Quilts Made with Love: To Celebrate, Comfort, and Show You Care
This is a lovely collection of 19 modern quilt patterns that are pitched as being designed to send the right message when they are given as gifts. The patterns are split into two sections: 'Quilts to celebrate' and 'Quilts to comfort'. There's a mixture of designs, both traditional blocks made modern with fabric choices, and modern designs using modern layouts and fabrics. There's a mix of prints and solids too; personally I find the all-solids quilts the most striking, but that's just a matter of taste. Particular favourites are Pathways, It Takes Two and Turnaround which use Kona Cottons from Robert Kaufman and Pure Elements by AGF Fabrics. Fabric choices, whether by yardage, pre-cuts or scrap, are key to the designs 'working' with these quilt projects.--Popular Patchwork Magazine, February 2014Rachel's debut book is a delight of simple projects with lots of graphic impact. Her intent is to provide flexible patterns for quilts that will celebrate or comfort your loved ones. She succeeds soundly with the beautiful "Happily; Ever After", which would make any newlywed couple smile with joy, to the thought-provoking "Turnaround;" made from gorgeous solids. What we really like about this book is that Rachel has provided a diverse group of patterns that promise a solution to any project issue. Want to use some bigger cuts to show off a fabric's design? Try "Hopscotch; and Ribbons" or "Sweet; Treats".; Need to sew something fast? Try "Epilogue;".; Prefer repeated block quilts? "Unconditional;" will make you smile while still offering a modern take on a symmetrical pattern. Way to go, Rachel!--Review from Generation Q Magazine, January/February 2014