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Sew One and You're Done: Making a Quilt from a Single Block "Print on Demand Edition" (That Patchwork Place)

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Quilters know that friends who don't quilt and even those who do love receiving quilts as presents. I love making quilts for presents, but unfortunately, I don't have time to make complicated block by block quilts. This book takes pretty, traditional mostly star blocks and enlarges them so that one block becomes a lap size quilt. Most are approximately 50" x 50" when finished. The center squares are usually about 12", so for the more ambitious, a pretty block that you have made can become the center. I particularly like the Star Within a Star pattern, which is the traditional carpenter's star block, enlarged. I have made this in traditional Amish colors (black background, light and dark purple for the star) for my son for Christmas and another in contrasting floral color for a friend. WHen finished, it is a very striking single star quilt, suitable for a wall hanging. The directions for all of the quilts are good and easy to follow. The technique used is rotary cutting and piecing -- no templates, no paper piecing. The book is suitable for quilters of all levels.

This book offers some great easy patterns that can be done quickly and look like you have spent alot of time on them. You will be working with big pieces, therefore you need a large mat and large size ruler for most. Finished quilt top will allow you to showcase your quilting techniques. A must have for any beginners through intermediate sewers. Great to make quick quilts that you can give as presents.

This book contains several quick, easy-to-accomplish quilt patterns, which still manage to look like they required lots of work. It's a great resource for those gifts you need in a hurry.

I originally saw this book in my local quilt shop after admiring one of the quilts on the wall that was made from the book. Since purchasing the book, I've only had a chance to make one of the blocks. The block I did make was a triple bear claw and turned out very nice indeed. Though I should have paid more attention to just how big it was going to be, it turned out a big larger then I expected.

The size of the block was clearly noted (I just didn't pay attention to it) and the directions are extremely easy to follow. Most of the blocks take more half square triangles then I like to use but that is only a personal preference. Each block appears to be just as easy to follow and make and can with ease be made into either baby quilts or lap quilts as is or combined together to make larger quilts.

The only problem I have with the book is the title "sew one and you're done". The only reason is the fact that each large block is in fact a number of smaller blocks, the title is catchy, but not that true.

Over all the book is wonderful and I strongly recommend it.

Overall, I really like this book. The only problem is that, with so many triangles, it doesn't do a great job explaing how to piece them together so that everything matches up just right. The pictures in the instructions show perfect blocks with no overhand, which doesn't actually happen. So, to make my blocks look like the ones in the book, I trimmed, which, I found out the hard way, is not what you want to do! Other than that, I've been very happy with how the quilts have turned out. I was able to piece them together quickly. Even though the first one didn't turn out exactly how it was supposed to (lots of cut off triangle tips!), it still looks pretty good. I just say I meant to do that :)

I've made a couple of the quilts in this book. They work up in a couple of days and are wonderful gifts. Everyone should have this book!

this is a really nice book. Lots of good color pictures and good instructions. Big blocks so quilts go together faster. Great book for beginners.

This is a great book for a beginner or someone who is looking for projects that are not terribly complicated.

This book offers the sewer a quick and each way to whip up a quilt block of huge proportions. I've made 4 of the quilts in this book and haven't been disappointed with the assembly and point matching. Any rotary cut quilt (and this book is exclusively rotary cut) is a combination of squares, 1/2 squares and triangles. Creating a diamond via a rotary cut method isn't easy, but she creates an easy "cheat" by using a combination of squares and triangles to create the effect of a diamond shape. Making the larger version of a quilt block also helps one learn how to assemble a similar design of smaller dimensions. I've used one of the designs to make 5 quilts for my girlfriend posse, and have made 3 other designs for myself. If you're just beginning to tackle patchwork and quilt projects or are an experienced quilter, you will not be disappointed with this book. It would be nice if the author developed another book of different designs! I'm just saying...