Crazy Shortcut Quilts
Quilt As You Go and Finish in Half the Time
by Marguerita McManuc
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Crazy Shortcut Quilts
Crazy quilts are beautiful, but their odd-shaped pieces and fancy stitches can really…well, drive you crazy. Luckily, the authors of this book have come up with a brand new way to create crazy quilts that will speed up the process, turn out beautiful results, and save your sanity! What’s their secret? Here’s the first: Instead of using randomly shaped scraps of fabric, you start with uniformly sized squares in various colors, then you make a series of matching cuts in the squares and reassemble the squares mixing many different colors for each square. Quilters of all skill levels will enjoy this quick and easy method. You’ll find 15 projects here, all tailored to work with fat quarters! Softcover. Color photos • 128 pages • 8¼" x 11"
Softcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Krause Publications, Inc. ( June 01, 2007 )
Item #: 89-5997
ISBN: 9780896895478
Product Dimensions: 8.25 x 10.875 x 0.0 inches
Product Weight: 18.0 ounces
Great fun way to do Crazy Quilts
October 23, 2009
I am an expert seamstress but am new to quilting. I have always loved crazy quilts and was attracted to this just by the cover. It has really gotten me interested in quilting and it is a fun way of doing it. Even my d-i-l who is a quilter said it looked like a fun way to use up scraps quick projects.
The only thing I don't like about it is some of the quilts ,to me, have so much sashing it detracts from the 'crazy quilt' theme.
Reviewer: Bonnie G
Looks easy, hope it is
October 05, 2009
I love the pictures and it really looks simple. It looks less complicated than any other quilting books that I have.
Hopefully I will get started soon.
Reviewer: Tina S
What a great idea!
January 26, 2009
I purchased this book a while ago. I'm the kind of person that has to SEE something done before I feel confident that I can do it myself. I searched on Youtube and found Marguerita's video tutorial, which helped A LOT! I left a comment for her and she even responded and sent me a little sampler to help me with my crazy shortcut quilt. This is a great book full of wonderful ideas. I would highly recommend this to anyone!
Reviewer: Allyson L
Great fast quilting
January 13, 2009
I am an instant gratification kind of gal. These are fast and easy.
Reviewer: Alex W
A Blessing
December 22, 2008
Have always loved lap quilting, but not the hassle if putting the blocks together - The technique in this book more than pays for the price of the book in time and effort saved ! ! Great Book
Reviewer: K A
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