Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts
For lovers of traditional quilts with gazillions of minute pieces and fussy construction, this book is absolutely fabulous. It will make you recycle your tiniest scraps and engage in long months of work. The results are out of this world. Ready, set, go! --QuiltMania magazineDiscover spectacular full-size antique quilts made with hundreds of small blocks. Use the instructions and 19th-century reproduction prints to re-create the look and feel of an antique quilt. --allpeoplequilt.com, Editor's Favorite Quilting BooksIf you're questioning whether the book's title really says it all, just look at the very first project inSmall Blocks, Stunning Quilts.In "Rocky Mountain Thimbles," the twin-sized quilt is made from6,536 trapezoids (I think that's what my geometry teacher told me these shapes were!). Yes, you read that right. 6,536! Okay waay too scary for me, but the finished quilt is, well, stunning enough for me to buy absolutely everything I need to make it (you know how that is). And all of the other projects are just as fabulously intricate and traditional-quilt gorgeous.This book offers a great way to use up your tiniest of tiny scraps but I don't think I could ever imagine myself finishing one of these babies (I have a problem finishing even big-block quilts). Just too much work for my A.D.D. brain. But, I can name a few of my Type A quilt buds who would drool over the four-digit block counts in these projects. I say go for it. You only live once, so you might as well live in small detail (even if I can't).Should you buy this book? Yes, if you like really, really really intricate piecework, or just enjoy looking at these quilts for their astounding beauty. --Quilter's Home magazine