Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers: 12 Projects from Simple Squares - Choosing Fabrics & Organizing Your Stash

by Judy Gauthier

Overview

Learn to rescue fabric leftovers with 12 colorful quilt patterns for scrap lovers. Judy Gauthier teaches you her indispensible system for cutting from "real," oddly shaped scraps, not just strips or precuts! Cut scraps into 3 1/2" 4 1/2", and 5 1/2" squares - a magical combination for all skill levels - using traditional rotary cutting or Judy's fast2cut Simple Square Templates. Clever organizing and quilt-assembly tips will help you uncover hidden treasures from your stash.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617454615
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2017
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Judy Gauthier owns Bungalow Quilting and Yarn, a modern quilt shop. A fabric designer with Andover Fabrics and a Certified Critical Care Nurse, Judy has four children and two grandchildren. She lives in Ripon, Wisconsin, with her husband.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Leftovers Again? Yes!
Organizing Your Sewing Room for Optimal Scrap Quilting
Choosing Fabric for the Optimal Scrap Quilt
Half-Square Triangles and A Few Important Notes
The Windows in My Baby’s Room
Aromatic Rings
Packages, Boxes, and Bows
The Circus Comes to Town
Blended Hexagons
Star Baby
Color Brick Road
Owl’s Well that Ends Well
William Tell
Clinging Vine
Rectangles Squared
Fretwork
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Author Judy Gauthier guides readers through cutting, sorting, and organizing scraps into 12 colorful rainbow quilts. Using simple shapes, these patterns are perfect for quilters looking to use their odd-shape scraps and reduce their stash size.

June 2017 American Patchwork & Quilting

Bright and cheerful ways to use up your scraps to make beautiful quilts. 12 projects from easy squares make sensational quilts. Contents include using scraps; organize your scraps, fabrics, half-square triangles, notes and lovable projects. Sometimes scrap quilts can look like fabrics are fighting one another, but with Judy’s eye for colour and good design sense, her quilts are harmonious. Find colourful ways to use up all your scraps, no matter what odd shape. May your scrap bag be forever empty. Recommended.

4/15/2017 yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

If you're a scrapaholic and looking for a challenge, this book might interest you, especially if you are an experienced patchworker, as only a few of the patterns are at beginner level. Not only are the projects cheerful and lovely, but the author spends time explaining how to save and tame all those wonderful leftovers. She introduces tools that will help you cut to the correct sizes and explains how to step beyond the random and use background fabrics to balance a design full of many different pieces. The useful information given can also be applied to non-scrappy quilts as well, such as value and colour, how to select colour combinations and where to find inspiration.

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