Is your stash of those fabulous border designs and striped fabrics piling up? Wondering how to select fabrics to go with them? Stop worrying! Start with just one fabulous fabric and you're on your way to creating a unique, one-of-a-kind quilt. This novel design process and easy construction method ensure knock-out results. No special tools are required. No need to shop endlessly for the perfect companion fabric. One fabric does it all! This fun, fast, and ingenious technique will appeal to quilters of all levels of experience. Simply cut identical squares into triangles, arrange and rearrange the pieces, and enjoy the surprise of the different designs that develop. Choose your favorite arrangement and your quilt will practically make itself. Step-by-step instructions clearly illustrate the process for these easily-constructed quilts.
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What caught my eye was the front cover fabric....which I have yards of! In 2 color ways! It's been sitting on my fabric shelve for a long time and I've had no inspirational ideas for it until now. I think someone with basic quilting skills could use this book but an intermediate quilter will get the most out of it and all the fussy cutting techniques. It does assume you have basic quilting skills, and I'm ok with that. Simple piecing but planned placement are the keys...D. Paukstys
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Kay is known for her enthusiastic teaching methods and for incorporating exotic fabrics into her quilts in unique ways. Her quilts have been juried into a number of prestigious international quilt shows, exhibited at the Michigan Women s Historical Center, and featured on a Quilter s Newsletter Magazine cover.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
very clever idea,
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with lots of applications.
there are a lot of examples of kay nichols' one fabric quilts that show the possiblities of her technique, but, of course, the idea can be used in quilts with more than one fabric. she shows how clever piecing can expand the use of all those gorqeous border stripe fabrics. the results are surprising and beautiful. some very precise quilters might not be completely satisfied with the way patterns can meet at the miters without more planning than the author suggests, but this technique can result in a very lovely, reasonably easy quilt. the quilts in the book range from the romantic to the funky. the photographs and digrams are very clear. the instructions are clear and detailed, though i wouldn't suggest this for a beginner. some experience with piecing is necessary. only general suggestions for quilting and binding the finished top are given, which is fine with me, as this is a book on piecing technique. more information on finishing a quilt is available in many other books. this book definitely belongs in a quilter's library--not just for the one fabric quilts presented, but as an inspiration to try the technique on other types of prints and include it in multi-fabric quilts.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Very cool,
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What caught my eye was the front cover fabric....which I have yards of! In 2 color ways! It's been sitting on my fabric shelve for a long time and I've had no inspirational ideas for it until now.
I think someone with basic quilting skills could use this book but an intermediate quilter will get the most out of it and all the fussy cutting techniques. It does assume you have basic quilting skills, and I'm ok with that. Simple piecing but planned placement are the keys for these quilts. Love them!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Directions fall short,
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This is a great idea but the instructions are way too vague. Would have been helpful if all examples shown would have shown the fabric and where the cut was made. Saying to cut 42 squares without considering size of repeat really makes it hard to estimate actual size of your quilt & fabric to buy. Does not give size of examples squares. Also, makes a difference where on stripe you begin and end cut. Great idea but this book just leaves you hanging. I am an experienced quilter and so is my friend who tried this at the same time and we both drew the same conclusion.. this is the poorest written quilting book we have ever bought. Also, book tends to separate at the binding with minimal use and no folding.
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