Back to Basics: Quilt Templates and Patterns Explained - Softcover

Yamin, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574328247 ISBN 13: 9781574328240

Publisher: Amer Quilters Society, 2003

Synopsis

A how-to manual for cutting old-time patchwork patterns with today's accurate templates and quick rotary techniques. All 175 block patterns are made from three basic shapes: the square, the half-square triangle, and the quarter-square triangle. Make different and unique-looking blocks, choosing your own colors and fabrics in light, medium, and dark tonal values. Overlapping skill levels - patterns are grouped by easy, intermediate, and advanced for Nine-Patch, Four-Patch, and Five-Patch blocks. Contains full-sized templates with double-cut points for accuracy. The math has been done for you; just trace, cut, and sew.

About this title

About the Author

Raised in the Midwest, Pat Yamin learned to sew and knit in 4-H clubs. After college, she married and moved to Brooklyn, New York. While pursuing her master's degree in guidance and counseling, she needed a creative outlet. Pat taught herself to quilt while she became familiar with the city. Quilting supplies were hard to come by, but she learned that Jeff Gutcheon had a studio in SoHo where he sold a few books, batting, and his line of fabric. Pat was working as a vocational counselor to high school seniors and quilting kept her sane in the evenings. She moved from an apartment to a Victorian-style home and began teaching quilting classes in the evenings. Pat's classes became popular, and in no time, she was teaching four nights a week in Manhattan, conducting workshops in her home studio on the weekends, and working full time in counseling. Pat started a mail-order company called Come Quilt With Me in 1981. She had an inventory of quilting supplies for her students and filled mail orders as well.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Quilters Society
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574328247
• ISBN 13: 9781574328240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112