Show Me How to Paper Piece [Paperback]

Carol Doak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Even if you’ve never done a bit of patchwork before, you’ll be amazed at how quick and easy it is to learn the paper-piecing method. Just stitch along preprinted straight lines with your machine to create perfect, accurate blocks!

• Includes paper foundations for one small quilt, plus extras for practice; make it to get the hang of paper piecing and to show off to your family and friends

• Carol will lead you through each step-by-step photograph as you learn to paper piece with ease

• Have bestselling author and internationally-known teacher Carol Doak as your own personal tutor

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Hometown: Windham, New Hampshire

As a bestselling author, celebrated teacher and lecturer, and award-winning quiltmaker, Carol Doak has greatly influenced the art and craft of quiltmaking for more than a decade. Her accomplishments include authoring over a dozen books and designing quilts that have appeared on the covers of nearly every quilting magazine in the U.S., including Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine and McCall’s Quilting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 16 pages
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564772047
• ISBN-13: 978-1564772046
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Sewing
  • #13 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Quilts & Quilting

More About the Author

As a best-selling author, celebrated teacher and lecturer and award-winning quiltmaker, Carol Doak has geatly influenced the art and craft of quiltmaking for more than a decade, both in the U.S. and internationally. Her accomplishments include a sizable collection of popular books - Easy Machine Paper Piecing, Easy Paper-Pieced Keepsake Quilts, Easy Mix & Match Machine Paper Piecing, Show Me How to Paper Piece, Easy Reversible Vests, Easy Paper-Pieced Miniature Quilts, Your First Quilt Book (or it should be!), Easy Stash Quilts, 50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars, Easy Paper-Pieced Baby Quilt, 40 Bright and Bold Paper-Pieced Blocks, 300 Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks, Simply Sensational 9-Patch Stars and her recent release, Mariner's Compass Stars, is receiving rave reviews . Carol also recently released an updated version of her best-selling Easy Reversible Vests and 50 Little Paper-Pieced Blocks. With over one million books in print, it is no secret that Carol has raised the popularity of paper piecing, her trademark technique, to heights never before seen in the world of quiltmaking.

Carol's Carol Doak Foundation Paper and Carol Doak's Keepsake Frame Cards are very popular items for paper piecers around the world.

An impressive range of her beautiful blue-ribbon quilts have been featured in several books, such as Great American Quilts 1990 and The Quilt Encyclopedia and on the cover's of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, Quilt World, Quilting Today, Ladies' Circle Patchwork and McCall's Quilting.

Carol's lighthearted approach and ability to teach have earned her high marks and positive comments from workshop participants worldwide and at national shows such as the Houston International Quilt Festival and the American Quilter's Society Show. If you have ever taken a class from Carol, you know that her enthusiasm for quiltmaking is infectious. Carol has a gift of sharing her inspiring ideas with her students in such a positive and unique way. Carol travels to teach extensively through the United States including Alaska and Hawaii and as far away as England and Australia.

In April 1999, Carol was awarded the 8th Honors Award from the Eastcoast Quilters Alliance in recognition of her outstanding influence in the field of quilting. In September 1999, her book, Easy Machine Paper Piecing, was named by Quilter's Newsletter Magazine as one of the 30 most influential books in the past 30 years. She was also nominated as one of 24 All-American Quilters in 2004 and 2005 Professional Quilter of the year.

Carol's history in the quiltmaking is nothing short of remarkable, and the future of quiltmaking will benefit from her generous knowledge, enthusiasm, and most of all from her love of quilts.

Carol lives in New Hampshire, where she claims the cold winters give her plenty of reason to stockpile a fabric stash for insulation purposes!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can sew a straight line, you can paper piece, November 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Show Me How to Paper Piece (Paperback)

That's right! If you can sew a straight line, you can learn how to paper piece using Carol Doak's book. The directions are clear and the illustrations are excellent. It takes the mystery out of handling those little bits of fabric. I made the small quilt shown on the cover as my first paper piecing project. It came out beautiful. Once the reader has actually gone through and pieced the sample block, the reader will realize the the methodology taught is suitable for most paper piecing projects.

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even if you can't sew a straight line you can paper piece., January 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Show Me How to Paper Piece (Paperback)

I am hooked on paper piecing after following Carol Doak's easy instructions. The first block I did came out perfect. Talk about instant gratification, you can's miss. I've already gone out and bought Carol's book Easy Machine Piecing. The only problem is, I can't decide on which block to try first.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carol's Book is Like Taking a Class!, March 6, 2005

By 

Lisa M. Dunz "Kansas Cyclist & Quilter" (Shawnee, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Show Me How to Paper Piece (Paperback)

I purchased Carol's book because I chose a very difficult fan design to use in a challenge quilt and needed to paper piece for accuracy. I had never tried to paper piece before because all the on-line instructions I found were contradictory and confusing. For me, this book was the best resource for learning to paper piece because the techniques are clearly shown in photos and instructions and the pre-printed papers for piecing are included. I normally learn best from a class where I can see techniques demonstrated, but this book is just like taking a class and my challenge quilt turned out perfect!