Setting Solutions [Paperback]

Sharyn Craig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2009

Solve some of quilting's most common block problems, such as size dilemmas, color clashes, orphans, and just plain old boring blocks with this step-by-step guide! Setting Solutions demonstrates how to tackle unfinished blocks and helps set up a plan for completing a quilt top. Sixty-two lavish, full-color quilts illustrate scores of innovative, inventive techniques to fire up the creative juices of every quilter. Plus, dozens of project maps offer blueprints to using already completed blocks in fabulous settings. Of course, step-by-step instructions make the entire process fun and easy.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sharyn Craig loves to see how many totally different quilts she can make with the same traditional block. She travels and teaches extensively, and she writes the "Design Challenge" column for Traditional Quiltworks magazine. Sharyn lives in El Cajon, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 98 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing, Inc.; Illustrated edition (August 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571201173
• ISBN-13: 978-1571201171
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #499,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When Sharyn walked into the door of her first quilting class in the fall of 1978, she had no idea how that simple action would change the rest of her life. She had always loved to sew and do crafts. In fact, she had been a Home Economics major in college, graduating with a degree in Clothing and Textiles. Just attending one quilting class made it clear what all that training had been leading up to. Today she teaches, lectures, and writes about her passion, quiltmaking, and has authored twelve previous books. She has also been a regular contributor to Traditional Quiltworks magazine, having originated the Design Challenge column. You can visit Sharyn on her web site at www.sharyncraig.com

Customer Reviews

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best, May 26, 2001

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Carol H. Miller (www.Quilt University.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Setting Solutions (Paperback)

If you make quilt blocks, you want to own this book. Sharon will show you how to create your own quilts with blocks that are not matched in size or color and the results will be better than you would ever expect.   As I read through, marveling at her creativity, I kept wondering why she had such an endless supply of mismatched blocks of the month. She does it on purpose! She likes the challenge of starting with something and making it better, rather than making her own orderly and boring quilt from scratch.

There is no way to overstate how much you will get out of this book. Another recent book by Margaret Miller dealt with the same subject but her solutions were so much work that I doubt I would ever use them. This book contains easy, approachable solutions to problems all of us have faced. If you make blocks, you will want to have it in your library for endless inspiration.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone with ufos or orphan blocks!, August 11, 2001

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L. Carey "quiltnstitch" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Setting Solutions (Paperback)

Finally a good quilt book that tells you how to fix or set blocks! There are no patterns in this book, but who needs another pattern book. This book helps you clean up all those blocks just setting around.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Those Orphan Blocks and UFOs Have Marinated Long Enough, April 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Setting Solutions (Paperback)

Sharon Craig's new book is wonderful. If you have orphan blocks and or UFO's this book may be just the thing you need to give your creativity a jump-start, so that you can finish those projects. Quilter's from beginners to advanced will benefit from adding this book to their library. It is filled with pictures, as well as great instruction and explainations. There are numerous quilts made from the same sets of blocks which demonstrate Ms. Craig's ideas about "coping." New quilters will love the idea that even if your blocks aren't perfect you can still make a fantastic quilt. Advanced quilters will like the idea of finished quilts! If you have abandoned projects, Setting Solutions has great ideas for setting those blocks that have been marinating in the closet, under the bed or in a box somewhere.