Rotary Magic: Easy Techniques to Instantly Improve Every Quilt You Make (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "You must have three pieces of equipment before beginning to rotary cut: a rotary cutter..." (more)
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Review

"Finally, a tell-all book about rotary cutting and machine piecing. No little secrets are held back, and no important details are left unexplained. Good advice about everything you'll ever need to know about quiltmaking."--John Flynn, best-selling quilt author, designer, teacher, and inventor of innovative tools for quilters

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description

"Rotary Magic" presents the essentials of rotary cutting--plus hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques on piecing and finishing a beautiful quilt. The author takes to heart her students' quiltmaking questions and problems and has reinvented the very best techniques for quiltmaking. 102 color photos & illustrations .

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 212 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Pr; illustrated edition edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875967833
• ISBN-13: 978-0875967837
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #272,441 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful basics and beyond quilting book!, January 4, 2000

By	T. Lethbridge "tim305" (Lake Placid, Fl USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm not a perfectionist sewer so I figured my attempts at quilting would be laughable. And they were. Thanks to this book, I learned simple, time-saving tricks that made even me, a questionable seamstress, produce great results. This isn't your usual quilting how-to book: it covers EVERY aspect to finish a great quilt top including pointing out common errors before you have a chance to make them. If you only buy one how-to-cut-and-piece book, this is it. For machine quilting, I looked to Robbie and Tony Fanning's book on machine quilting and haven't been disappointed since.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for any beginning quilter! (I'm one), August 23, 1999

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This review is from: Rotary Magic: Easy Techniques to Instantly Improve Every Quilt You Make (Rodale Home and Garden Books) (Paperback)

I just began piecing quilts a month ago. I took one beginning class and read this book cover to cover. I have since pieced several wall hanging sized tops, all of which look so good my husband wants me to make each into full bed sized quilts. The instructions are thorough and well illustrated. It gives truly "fool proof" methods for cutting pieces for your own designs in simple to follow steps. I tend to use only proven patterns in all of my crafts (I'm afraid of disaster with my own designs), but with Rotary Magic's help I designed my first project and it came out beautifully. Thank you for such a wonderful addition to my craft library and the beginning of what will now be many years of happy quilting.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly practical..., November 2, 2001

By	Ana Muhandis - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rotary Magic: Easy Techniques to Instantly Improve Every Quilt You Make (Rodale Home and Garden Books) (Paperback)

I ordered several books when I decided to learn to quilt, and found this book to be one of the most practical. In particular, she provides a guide to brand names for rotary cutters, mats, and rulers, which I found to be extremely useful in deciding what to buy. The book is filled to the brim with very practical tips on everything from setting up your sewing room to use of the rotary cutter. The presentation of the material is very concise, with lots of charts and lists presented in an interesting way. This book was very helpful to me as a beginner, but I think it would be useful for intermediate to advanced quilters as well because of all the tips.