500 Quilt Blocks: The Only Quilt Block Compendium You'll Ever Need

500 Quilt Blocks is a comprehensive guide to quilting, showcasing a wide range of the most popularly used blocks in the quilting world. It is the ultimate reference guide for quilters of all skill levels and includes techniques for beginners and advanced quilters alike. All of the blocks in this book are assembled by machine sewing. There are 10 chapters, each featuring a different quilt-block theme. Each chapter contains various blocks with photographs, cutting diagrams, and sewing instructions plus variations for each featured block. 500 Quilt Blocks takes things one step further with a series of project patterns that incorporate some of the 500 blocks found in the book. These patterns can be followed step-by-step, or serve as inspiration to create personalized designs. It's the perfect companion to planning your next quilt as well as a handy reference guide to add to your quilting library.

Lynne Goldsworthy is a modern British quilter, who quilts and works under the name Lily's Quilts. She has had her quilt patterns published in books and magazines, as well as designing quilts for fabric companies. She is one of the team of four modern quilters who run Fat Quarterly, the online modern quilting magazine. She also co-runs and teaches at the Fat Quarterly London Retreat. She belongs to the East Midlands Modern Quilt Guild and also has her own informal 'Kitchen Guild' of local, modern quilters who gather around her kitchen table to discuss important things such as new fabric lines, new quilts being made and the price of a cup of tea. You can find her quilts, free tutorials and daily musings on modern quilting on her blog: http://lilysquilts.blogspot.co.uk/ Kerry Green has been sewing from an early age and is happy making quilts, clothes, bags - in fact anything stitchy. She designs paper piecing patterns with graphic vintage themes as part of the Sew-Ichigo design team, and her patterns have been published in a range of quilting books and magazines. She has a quirky, scrappy style and her love of vintage fabrics gives her work a 'traditional meets modern' feel. Teaching has always been a big part of her life and she is a class leader at the Fat Quarterly retreat, as well as at the Sewing Directory regional meet ups. She shares her sewing tips, free patterns and tutorials along with her vintage finds on her blog: http://verykerryberry.blogspot.co.uk/