• Instructions for exploring seven core techniques
• Step-by-step advice on tools and materials
• Excellent resource for all quilters
Jacquie Gering serves on the executive board of the National Modern Quilt Guild and is founder of the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild. She is also a board member of the popular online store and community Sew Mama Sew. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy and in Stitch magazine. She frequently speaks to quilters and exhibits her quilts. Katie Pedersen is a founder of the Seattle chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild. She teaches quilting locally and is a featured artist for Amy Butler Software.
Sept 12 This book, written by two quilters who have embraced the
modern quilting movement, looks at how to move beyond the
traditional quilting blocks and designs and improvise to modernise
them. The Interweave books are very often great value for money,
packed with a lot of techniques and projects, and this does not
disappoint. There are sections on basic tools and selecting colour
and there are comprehensive chapters on all practical aspects of
quilt making (from ironing seams to backing, quilting and binding).
There are good, clear diagrams in these sections that make the
instructions easy to follow. There is a huge amount of information
in the book. The main focus is on improvisation and the different
techniques (such as piecing, curves and strip piecing) all have a
tutorial at the start. Varying numbers of relevant projects follow
on, in which the technique is altered and developed. So there might
be a few projects with the Log Cabin block but it has been modified
in a way that makes it very fresh and contemporary. This is a great
book for those wishing to retain the elements of traditional
quilting, but break free from its constraints and create graphic
contemporary quilts.
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