Word Play Quilts: Easy Techniques from the UnRuly Quilter (That Patchwork Place) [Paperback]

Tonya Ricucci (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 2010

Want your next quilt to send a special message? Now you can spell it out with no tracing, no templates, no paper-piecing, no applique, and no precise measuring! Inspired by renowned quiltmaker Gwen Marston (who wrote the foreword), Tonya presents a terrific technique for free-pieced letters. It's your chance to break rules, mismatch, go wonky, and enjoy yourself!

* Boost your ability to piece without a pattern--this easy technique is very forgiving

* Discover fabulous, whimsical ways to give letters and words a featured role in your quilts

* Find three practice projects and loads of quilt samples to instruct and inspire

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a great way to incorporate messages, names and words into your quilts. Tonya Ricucci has developed a brilliant free-form pieced alphabet which can be pieced without any templates, tracing or accurate measuring. She gives very detailed instructions for every possible angle you may need in a free-form alphabet and great advice about how to ensure your words have the required impact, how to choose your background and foreground fabrics wisely, and much more. There are three simple projects to start you off, but the main attraction here is the comprehensive alphabet piecing guide, and the hints on developing your own alphabet style. This technique is a fantastic addition to your wonky-piecing repertoire! --Popular Patchwork Magazine

This book is built around a totally original idea: sewing wonky letters and numbers without applique, patterns, templates, or pre-planned color schemes. The book is chock-full of inspiration and complete instructions for each alphabet letter, upper and lowercase, and each number. If you are ready for a book to "lighten up" from quilt rules, you will find this liberating. Tonya was inspired by Gwen Marston, author of Liberated Quiltmaking 1 & 2, who also wrote the forward. I can't wait to try this out. --Review from Stick Your Nose in a Book: Quilting Book Reviews by Jennifer Zoeterman

About the Author

Home: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Tonya Ricucci has been quilting for more than 20 years. Inspired by Gwen Marston's work in 1997, Tonya developed an innovative method for piecing letters without templates or measuring. A popular blogger, Tonya offers many online tutorials.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place (December 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1604680172
• ISBN-13: 978-1604680171
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.3 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding December 25, 2010

By Rosalyn Manesse

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Word Play Quilts is very well written and has excellent illustrations. I have followed the author's blog for a long time. It's [...] and I've made several of the type of quilts illustrated in this book. This type of quilt sewing is a great way for quilters to be free, and make original quilts. For instance, I made each of three granddaughters a quilt with her own name on the front. It is not necessary to make a big quilt, small wall hangings or pillows with pieced lettering are really fun to do, too.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to your quilt library January 5, 2011

By grassrootsquilting

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I've followed Tonya's blog and have been inspired to made a few words using Tonya's web based instructions. After reading this book, I have a better grasp of putting the letters together. The explanations and step by step directions are excellent. I am impressed that all the letters are shown in both small and capital versions. There are so many pictures for inspiration included in this book. Many of the projects are small enough to develop your "writing" skills and have finished projects to enjoy. I would highly recommend this book, it will help stretch your quilting skills!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Playing with Letters January 5, 2011

By Toni Macomb

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Word Play Quilts is a great book! Well written and well illustrated. And fun, fun, fun. I've quilted for years but never included words in my quilts as I didn't like to applique. Tonya's pieced techniques have made "Word Play" easy. I love her two important rules ~ "If it's too long, cut it off" and "If it's too short, add to it". I also like the way the letters are presented. Not alphabetically but moving from easiest to harder. I highly recommend this book if you like the idea of putting words on your quilts.