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Twenty Little Log Cabin Quilts: With Full-Size Templates (Dover Quilting)

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This book by Gwen Marston like the others in the series "Twenty little quilts" that I have read so far has 18 quilts shown in color on the inside of the cover plus 2 on the backcover. The photos are small and you can see little detail, but you can easily grasp the concept of each quilt. Some of the colors are not to my taste, but that will just keep me from copying any of the quilts exactly.

Patterns are provided with both template and rotary cutting instructions. A short annotation with each pattern gives a little additional info about how the quilt came about and I appreciate that. The templates are included in a take out section in the middle of the book on light cardboard. Gwen says she makes little quilts to be able to try a lot of different ideas and you can either follow suit or develop the patterns into larger quilts.

I came across those books after reading Liberated Quiltmaking and find them a good additional source.

I love this book! I made the block in a block pattern and it turned out beautifully. All directions are easy to follow especially for beginners and the patterns are on heavy cardstock in the middle of the book so there is no need to trace anything. Best of all, the seam allowances have been included so you just cut and sew! Hope you like it! Erin Pennington, Carmi, IL

... I love it. Each quilt has easy to follow directions and diagrams. Also, the templates are included in the center of the book on heavy cardstock paper. Every quilt is depicted in a full color picture. Plus, I made an Amish "square in a square" quilt in one Saturday afternoon. Just in case you are wondering, the templates ARE FULL SIZE fo you do not have to add a seam allowance to machine piece these.

A good introduction to making miniature quilts. I love log cabin, so this book helped me to make a tiny one.

Great variety of patterns and easy to follow and understand. Love the choices of patterns especially. Great Pictures!

Loved the book, and have made at least six of the projkects, with ideas for many more in the works. Although I did not use the templates, the directions are quite clear and easy to interpret into contempory quilting.

This was probably the poorest book I have seen written about Log Cabin quilts. There were no new ideas!!!