Sensational Settings: Over 80 Ways to Arrange Your Quilt Blocks [Paperback]

Joan Hanson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2011

This update of a quilting classic shares bestselling author Joan Hanson's proven step-by-step process for turning a stack of blocks into a lively quilt. Includes over 80 inspiring settings, plus new information on designing quilts with computers. Offers solutions to common design dilemmas, such as how to arrange different-sized blocks, work with odd numbers of blocks, and plan diagonal settings. Joan's clever formula for calculating fabric needs means no dizzying math to do.

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About the Author

Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Joan Hanson is the author of several topselling titles that have sold more than 130,000 copies to date.

Product Details

• Paperback: 82 pages
• Publisher: Martingale & Company; Rev Sub edition (March 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564775216
• ISBN-13: 978-1564775214
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,153,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Resource For Quilters, August 19, 2000

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"lvbfan" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sensational Settings: Over 80 Ways to Arrange Your Quilt Blocks (The Joy of Quilting) (Paperback)

For the quilter wondering how to set your stack of blocks, here is the answer in 80 different ways. Ms Hanson covers side by side settings, simple sashing, sashing and setting and many more. She also suggests which block patterns are best for each type of setting. And best of all is her Special Considerations chapter where you learn how to deal with blocks that aren't quite the same size and how to set an unusal number of blocks. She ends this great resource with a Set Design Work Sheet and Inventory which makes it a snap to determine how much material you will need to finish your project and a "Quick Reference Charts" page that simplifies many of the "common calculations you will need when designing your own masterpiece."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So-So, April 17, 2010

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This review is from: Sensational Settings: Over 80 Ways to Arrange Your Quilt Blocks (The Joy of Quilting) (Paperback)

I have many books on the subject - this one would be at the bottom of my list - would be ok for a beginning quilter.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need to give it 10 stars, January 22, 2011

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This review is from: Sensational Settings: Over 80 Ways to Arrange Your Quilt Blocks (Paperback)

This soft cover quilt book NEVER gets put away. It is on stand by for all my large quilt projects. Want to put a quilt on point and not sure what size of triangle is needed? This book has it all. From small projects to large ones, this is a must. I have shared it around the office & several co-workers fell in love with it also & ordered it. Even for standard quilt designs, this book is loaded with ideas on color selections to make your quilts really POP as I call it. Best quilt book ever written as far as I am concerned.