One-Block Wonders of the World: New Ideas, Design Advice, A Stunning Collection of Quilts - Softcover

Bardes, Linda; Rosenthal, Maxine

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9781617455186: One-Block Wonders of the World: New Ideas, Design Advice, A Stunning Collection of Quilts

Synopsis

One fabric, one quilt! Magical kaleidoscopes from pieced hexagons

Transform a single fabric print with marvelous piecing magic! Best-selling author Maxine Rosenthal and Linda Bardes share stunning One Block Wonders quilts, with contributions from their popular Facebook design community. Learn how to choose the right 60-degree ruler, pick the most useful fabric, and change the look of a quilt with a different strip size. See what others have done - the beginning fabric and the ending projects - and courageously cut into that beautiful yardage! Sew simple pieced hexagon blocks with no "Y" seams, and enjoy the thrill of arranging and rearranging them on your design wall.

• Fantastic transformations! Turn one fabric print into a kaleidoscope quilt with this visual guide
• Learn to cut and piece identical triangles, arrange blocks on the design wall, and design borders
• Admire 30 One Block Wonders, the original uncut fabric, and strip width needed to cut your own
• Quilt with best-selling author Maxine Rosenthal, Linda Bardes, and international quilters from their popular Facebook design group

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About the Author

Maxine Rosenthal started quilting almost 40 years ago. She made her first kaleidoscopic quilt for her daughter's ninth birthday. Her daughter is now 37 and has many quilts - all kaleidoscopic and yes, she still has that very first one. She lives in Minnesota.

Linda Bardes has sewn most of her life. When her 4 children were little, she sewed everything but their socks. One year she toted her sewing machine around the country and bartered her sewing for unoccupied resort rooms. She lives in Minnesota.

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