Customer Reviews

A Slice of Christmas from Piece O'Cake Designs

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This is a beautiful book about appliqueing and their designs for Christmas. They cover everything from quilts, wall hangings to table runners, stockings and Christmas tree rounds. You can mix and match the ideas here and make everything you need for Christmas.
The nice parts are that the directions are complete for both hand piecing and machine (called fusible in the book) sewing & that most of the designs require small amounts (1/2 yard; 5/8 yard there) of fabric so if you have leftovers you can find places to use them here. Also nice is the ability to copy the designs for your own use. A nice present in itself.
The downside? You should be near a copier and have sharp scissors.
All in all, a great way to get into the Christmas spirit. It's a real joy to view and look at. I wish some of the designs were shown bigger in colour but it's a minor quibble.

The Piece O'Cake ladies always do a wonderful job with their books! And this one is such fun! A lot of fine ideas, especially with the trees. Using my own fabrics will make the quilt individualized for me. And the ideas in the book are a great guideline for my owm personal brainstorming and creative endeavors. This book brings a smile to my face.

If you love Christmas and love to applique, this book will definitely have something for you. With detailed, clear color photographs and patterns that have registration marks for precise applique placement, there are whimsical, cute designs with Santa and his toys and fun and funky trees, or more traditional images with poinsettias and Old St. Nick. The section on applique is invaluable, detailing the Piece O Cake way using overlays and vinyl to get accurate placement, and with tips and instructions for special techniques such as circles and reverse applique. The only issue I had with this book is that some of the patterns need to be enlarged. Know that before you get involved in a project that you just *have* to get started on!

I wanted to let you know that this book is now available as a PDF download at the following site.
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Beautiful quilts with mostly full sized patterns. The instructions have lots of helpful tips and several applique' techniques. It also contains instructions on how to make matching tree skirts and table runners. The patterns would also be great for embroidered quilt blocks as well.

One of the best and most helpful applique quilt books I've ever seen.A real must have

I am very happy with my purchase. The book was in teriffic shape, the price for this hard to find book was fair, and delivery was speedy.

I think this book is more for children's quilts or use the childish looking patterns for shirt fronts or cute wall hangs. I was disappointed with it. I would like to have the full book these patterns were taken from for my personal libery, when I can afford it.

Last year a lady called my shop looking for this book to buy. She asked if I could order it for her. I began looking for it and low and behold I found one copy of e-bay for $375.00. I called the lady back and told her I found her a copy buy she would have to order it herself at that price. Her answer "Oh, I found that one. I'm looking for somebody who has one and doesn't know the value of the book. Maybe I can talk them into selling it to me, maybe for 10 or 20 dollars.

I didn't call her a bad name but I wish she could have read my mind.

I'm glad I bought the book for a keep sake but I don't think I will piece anything in it.