Hop to It! Appliqued Blocks and Projects
Hop To It! Appliqued Blocks & Projects runs the gamut of this quilting form in well-organized fashion, providing tutorials on color choice and techniques, and easily-traced drawings of the designs. The instructions are clear and the photographs rich in color. This book is a deserving winner of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association s Midwest Book Award. --J.G. Stitson, ForeWord Reviews--ForeSight Crafts; November/December, 2010Edyta Sitar s passion for fabric, color and design shows through in the twelve unique blocks and eight projects presented in her eagerly-awaited first book. You ll learn Edyta s Rule of Five for selecting fabrics for a project, as well as her special techniques for machine, fusible, and hand appliqué. She is also one of the leading designers for Moda Fabrics with her fabulous batiks, which are the basis for many of the quilts shown. --Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting; September/October, 2010Fusible, machine, and hand appliqué Edyta covers it all with nine gorgeous projects that incorporate 12 original album-style blocks. Each block includes a detail photo, a color placement and layout diagram, and reversed templates for fusible appliqué. The chapter on selecting colors and fabrics and the Rule of Five will have seasoned quilters and beginners alike contemplating their stashes in new ways. --Carol Newby, Quilters Newsletter; October/November, 2010