Easy Stash Quilts (Paperback)

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The concept of a stash quilt is beautifully illustrated...this is Carol's best book to date. -- The Foundation Piecer

Product Description

Is your fabric collection collecting dust? Here's the perfect excuse to use it! Learn to use your stash fabrics to create wonderfully dramatic quilts that are surprisingly easy to make. Each quilt recipe is based on simple squares, rectangles, and triangles. With your stash, dazzling one-of-a-kind results are guaranteed every time! Learn how with:

· 15 quilt patterns (7 using traditional machine piecing and 8 using machine paper piecing), ranging in size from wall hangings to bed quilts

· Easy-to-follow lessons on grouping your stash fabrics by color, value, and texture

· Step-by-step sections on rotary cutting, machine piecing, paper piecing, and finishing

PLUS, the book includes a bonus CD-ROM! Watch as Carol walks you step by step through her unique Easy Stash Quilts technique, right on your computer screen.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 111 pages
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564772640
• ISBN-13: 978-1564772640
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #846,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book - but not for the weekend quilter, April 2, 2000

By	AnnaMaria (Montgomery, AL) - See all my reviews

Easy Stash Quilts is full of eye candy - each page will have your mouth watering and your fingers itching to dig through your fabric stash. But... Carol is a master of her craft, and this book is more suited for the advanced quilter or someone who has to have at least a yard of EVERYTHING at your quilt store. Beginners and those low on fabs will feel a little in over their heads - especially with instructions like "pull out 15 medium fushias". (And God help you if you only figured there were two in existance)

Beautiful book - filled with inspiration and quilts that we all like to aspire to make one day - a must for advanced quilters. Beginners, start out with her "Your First Quilt Book : (Or It Should Be!)" and work your way up to Easy Stash Quilts.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Stash Quilts is a winner!, March 30, 2000

By	BrendaLou Scott (Eureka, CA) - See all my reviews

I perused this book and found it to be very interesting. Then I noticed that in the back of the book there was a CD rom. WOW! This was a fabulous addition to the book. On it is a half hour workshop with Carol Doak and Nancy Martin, showing you exactly how to choose fabrics from your stash for absolutly stunning quilts. I canot tell you what a wonderful addition this CD rom is to help visually explain the information included in the book. The patterns are exciting, the pictures are great. Some of the blocks are traditionally pieced and some are foundation pieced. This is a fabulous book. I'm a quilting teacher and I plan to encourage my students to buy this book.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas - but not for the weekend quilter, April 2, 2000

By	AnnaMaria (Montgomery, AL) - See all my reviews

The quilts in this book are visual candy - each page will have your mouth watering and fingers itching to dig through your fabric stash. But... Carol is a master of her craft, and if you are not a serious fabric-aholic, this one is going to go way over your head. Average instructions call for you to pull "15 differnt medium fushias" out of your stash. God help you if you only thought there were two in existence.

So - excellent book for a gormet selection of ideas and beautiful piecework, perfect for an advanced quilter or someone who buys a yard of EVERYTHING at the quilt store. For beginners, work your way up to this one (maybe with a copy of her 'Your First Quilt Book : (Or It Should Be!)'.