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

Gauthier, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617454613 ISBN 13: 9781617454615

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

Review

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. (American Patchwork & Quilting, June 2017)

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. (yarnsandfabrics.co.uk, 4/15/2017)

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. (Down Under Quilts, 180)

Edition details

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1617454613
• ISBN 13: 9781617454615
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96