Shortcuts : A Concise Guide to Rotary Cutting [Paperback]

Donna Lynn Thomas (Author), Chris Gentry (Author), Liz McGehee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999

Become a rotary-cutting expert--and spend less time cutting and more time piecing and quilting--with Shortcuts! In this completely revised and updated edition, you’ll find step-by-step information on 18 rotary-cutting techniques, from the time-proven basics to the latest, most advanced rotary-cutting methods. You’ll also find:

• Six exciting, all-new quilt patterns for practicing your rotary-cutting skills

• Illustrated tips and techniques for both straight-grain and bias-strip piecing

• Tricks for rotary cutting odd shapes using either paper cutting guides or the mark, stack, and cut method

• Complete information on how to use and care for your rotary cutter and equipment

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Hometown: Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

Donna Lynn Thomas is the author of several bestselling books, including Scrappy Duos. Her books have sold a total of more than 300,000 copies to date

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Martingale and Company; Revised edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564772608
• ISBN-13: 978-1564772602
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,006,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Donna has been sewing since the age of four and quilting since 1975. It has carried her happily through her earlier years as an Army wife and the many years and moves since. Having taught nationally and internationally, she is the author of many previous quilt titles with Martingale, Inc. teaching precision rotary cutting and machine piecing: Small Talk, Shortcuts (imperial and metric versions, and four foreign language translations), A Perfect Match, Shortcuts to the Top, Stripples, Stripples Strikes Again!, Scrappy Duos, and the designer of the Bias Stripper™ ruler. Portable Patchwork: Who Says You Can't take it With You!, about integrating hand and machine piecing, was published by Kansas City Star books in 2008. She earned her National Quilting Association certification for basic quilt making (NQACT) in 1988.

Her newest book to be released in spring 2011 by Martingale, Inc., titled "Flip Your Way to Great Quilts: Taking Folded Corners to New Heights", takes the idea of folded corners and adapts it to lots of fun new uses. Most quilters are familiar with the basic concept of folded corners where a smaller square is sewn onto the corner of a larger square or rectangle and then folded over to form a triangle on the corner. Applying this idea to squares, rectangles and triangles, Flip Your Way to Great Quilts, teaches quilters how to make all kinds of new striped shapes and fun quilt blocks from folded layers.

Donna, currently living in Kansas with her husband, provides staff assistance to three cats and a dog. All her quilts are lovingly pre-furred!

Visit Donna's website at www.donnalynnthomas.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars shortcuts that really work!, October 18, 2005

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K. Hayhurst (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shortcuts: A Concise Guide to Rotary Cutting (ILLUSTRATED) (Paperback)

I bought this book when a fabric store in MD near me was closing; not my first choice at the time. Once I found myself experimenting with more challenging blocks, I finally opened it; within minutes it had the solutions to the angles and slices I had repeatedly made mistakes on. And I wondered why I hadn't read it sooner.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, September 22, 2000

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Susann Farrell (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shortcuts : A Concise Guide to Rotary Cutting (Paperback)

A book for both beginners and the more experienct. You can, and will go back to this book, over and over again, to find advices and shortcuts, that will make quilting and patchwork funnier

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you, February 3, 2011

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jblint - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shortcuts: A Concise Guide to Rotary Cutting (ILLUSTRATED) (Paperback)

for a pleasing transaction. Book arrived in good time, new-like condition, and well-pkg'd. Content of book is as expected.+++++