S is for Scraps: 18 Great Quilts
This book is great for any quilter who struggles with scrap quilts. It includes a very nice section on selecting fabrics, organizing, and piecing. Most patterns are constructed with squares, half-square and quarter-square triangles, and trapezoids. Once you know the basics, you can break the rules as you please. I do! --Stick Your Nose in a Book: Quilting Book Reviews by Jennifer ZoetermanThe scrap table at my guild meeting is always full of free fabric. Does your group or guild have a free table at their meetings? If not, you might want to consider starting one. I am always marveling at the free fabrics that return to the guild meeting for show and tell after they have been transformed into beautiful quilts.S is for Scraps: 18 Great Quiltsmade me think of all of those transformed beauties, so I had to see what Gayle had to say about scraps.When I read a quilting book, the first thing I notice is how the person writes. When I am reading I want to feel like I can almost hear the person speaking to me. More of a conversation than a recipe is my preference. Gayle has done just that. Her writing style is personal and informative. She has provided lots of tips for organizing your scraps and a variety of ways to consider grouping your fabrics for a project.Joy in the Morning is an example of what I would consider to be a easy project that would make a lovely quilt for almost any occasion, including charity quilts. I can't share how Gayle recommends putting this pretty pattern together but I can tell you that it goes together very nicely and Gayle has given you plenty of good directions and diagrams. There are 17 other patterns that work very well for using up scraps.S is for Scrapswould be a great addition to everyone's quilt reference library. --Kelly Jackson, ihaveanotion.com