Customer Reviews

Totally Tubular Quilts: A New Strip-Piecing Technique

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This book is a big dissappointment! I saw Rita Hutchens on Alex Anderson's quilting program and was intrigued with her technique, if not always the results. I downloaded the directions after the show and wanted to see more so I ordered the book, even though I did not care for the work on the cover.

The photo illustrations for turning the tubes are pathetic, especially the diamond tubes, a very step by step DRAWING is an essential addition, that will probably not ever be added. The photos show various views of wadded up fabric strips. While it may be useful to see that this is indeed what you will have to work with, it is of no help in achieving the goal. The later drawings are adequate, but where we especially need them is in the very beginning.

The projects for which there are directions are not the ones which intrigue me, rather the examples in a long section, at least a third of the book, at the end, are those that are most fascinating, many, many kaleidoscope quilts with no directions for how these were achieved. If only they coulld have included the directions for just one kaleidoscope quilt! Very, very frustrating!

She seemed like such a nice woman on the show, It is too bad she was not better served by her publishers! A strip of errata is wedged in at the end, so who knows what they haven't caught yet! Altogether not C&T Publishing's finest production!

I loved this book!

It was very useful to get me thinking about quilt patterns differently. I enjoy making my own designs on graph paper, and this has inspired me to try some new ideas and techniques.

One of the things I don't enjoy about making a quilt is trying to get the seams to line up perfectly! With these designs, it doesn't seem to matter so much (although I haven't actually made one yet). Looking closely at the pictures of some of her quilts, it seems small mismatching doesn't detract from the design.

I don't particularly like many of the choices of fabrics - but they do help show the design.

Some additional pictures at the beginning, explaining the technique, would have been helpful. I needed to read a few times, and play with cutting up & coloring paper, before I really understood it.

If you've never made a quilt before, I wouldn't recommend starting with this book. It really only teaches about this one technique. But if you enjoy quilting, and want to start thinking of some different designs, this could be a great choice.

This is a wonderful book and very well written. Plenty of photos and drawings to get this exciting quilting method across to any quilter who wants to learn. Totally Tubular is eye candy to the quilter and brain food for future quilt ideas! Rita even has a seperate CD you can purchase to go along with the book to help create your own dynamic quilts. Go to her web site [..] for more information.

It is a shame this book is out of print. But the good news is, you can still get an autographed copy from Rita! Shipping from Rita was super fast and very well packaged!

Great work Rita, I can't wait to get started!!!

The Book arrived before the date given in great condition and the content was all i could have hoped for!

It was just what I needed. In very good shape and very timely mailing. Thanks

This book is very clear on the instructions and sample pictures. A great find.