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Make dramatic quilts with easy-to-piece units! Use all your favorites quarter-and half-square triangles, Flying Geese, square-in-a-square, Four-and Nine-Patch, Log Cabin, strip-piecing, and more then combine them into dramatic art quilts while having fun with these dynamic teachers. Play with positioning the units, add strips and fussy-cut squares, maybe even one of those leftover orphan blocks, toss in some three-dimensional embellishments, then stand back and admire your genius! The freedom and fun of this approach will appeal to quilters everywhere. The authors' friendly style and down-to-earth enthusiasm will have you reaching for your fabric.

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Overview

Make dramatic quilts with easy-to-piece units! Use all your favorites quarter-and half-square triangles, Flying Geese, square-in-a-square, Four-and Nine-Patch, Log Cabin, strip-piecing, and more then combine them into dramatic art quilts while having fun with these dynamic teachers. Play with positioning the units, add strips and fussy-cut squares, maybe even one of those leftover orphan blocks, toss in some three-dimensional embellishments, then stand back and admire your genius! The freedom and fun of this approach will appeal to quilters everywhere. The authors' friendly style and down-to-earth enthusiasm will have you reaching for your fabric.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781574329599
  • Publisher: Collector Books
  • Publication date: 5/1/2008
  • Edition description: Illustrate
  • Pages: 96
  • Product dimensions: 8.30 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 0.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Linda K. Johnson and Jane K. Wells are the Crafty Ol' Broads, sisters with a shared passion for anything quilting and their families. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, they are developing a national reputation as superb teachers with a humorous outlook and a devotion to sharing all they know.

Jane K. Wells and Linda K. Johnson are the Crafty Ol' Broads, sisters with a shared passion for anything quilting and their families. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, they are developing a national reputation as superb teachers with a humorous outlook and a devotion to sharing all they know.

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  • Posted February 14, 2011

    Love, love, love this book!

    These two ladies, Linda and Jane, have created some of the most vibrant, artistic quilts that just pop! I love them all and I have been collecting fabrics to make several quilts that are in this wonderful book. Not only is this book instructional, but it is also awesome in planning new quilts that are not the norm. I have spent hours just looking at it deciding what to make first. You won't be disappointed, especially, if you are looking to make a statement with your quiltmaking in creating a true piece of art.

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