Reviews
This book sets you up with 50 fabulous blocks that can be used in so many ways, samplers that you adapt, design ideas and so much more. Bring your creativity to play and you'll be creating so many quilts with this book. Mix and match for startling results, play with triangles, squares and shapes incorporating flying geese and more. Each block is seen over two pages and just like a recipe, you see the 'ingredients' and the finished block all in full colour., Lucky Spool are gaining a reputation for beautifully designed instructional craft books, and this latest book from Amy Gibson is no exception. It's attractively presented, with a thick hardback cover and full of stunning photography....whilst the design of the book is what attracted me in the first place, it's a huge amount of content and so is a great addition to a craft book collection., "In this mock cookbook, Gibson (For Keeps) instructs readers on seven sampler quilt designs, a pu pu platter of piecing. The metaphor of a cookbook extends throughout her sample blocks, which are organized by size; the introduction includes sections on "ingredients" and "stocking your kitchen," and the accompanying artwork includes cookbook-inspired flair such as dustings of flour or pats of butter laid out next to block designs. The book includes directions for 50 sample blocks, which vary in appeal and difficulty. It takes on energy when Gibson lays out her seven sampler quilts and the blocks brighten in the context of their neighbors. For example, giant spools acquire depth when pieced together, and pairing certain blocks commands attention in a way that singles did not. Gibson's folksy writing style encourages playfulness; her instructions, templates, and charts address skills from initial measuring to final pressing. Color photos.", "In this mock cookbook, Gibson (For Keeps) instructs readers on seven sampler quilt designs, a pu pu platter of piecing. The metaphor of a cookbook extends throughout her sample blocks, which are organized by size; the introduction includes sections on "ingredients" and "stocking your kitchen," and the accompanying artwork includes cookbook-inspired flair such as dustings of flour or pats of butter laid out next to block designs. The book includes directions for 50 sample blocks, which vary in appeal and difficulty. It takes on energy when Gibson lays out her seven sampler quilts and the blocks brighten in the context of their neighbors. For example, giant spools acquire depth when pieced together, and pairing certain blocks commands attention in a way that singles did not. Gibson's folksy writing style encourages playfulness; her instructions, templates, and charts address skills from initial measuring to final pressing. Color photos.", If you've ever thought that a quilt project is a lot like a recipe, you're not alone! Amy Gibson has brought together two of our favourite things in her new book, The Quilt Block Cookbook. Using modern classic quilting ingredients of HSTs and Flying Geese, she's created fifty different recipes for modern quilting blocks, as well as seven sampler quilt designs for mixing them all together.
