Stained Glass Quilts Made Easy

In just a few hours you can create beautiful stained glass quilts without yards of unruly bias tape! Now just four simple steps--trace, cut, fuse, and quilt--will produce gorgeous, color-splashed stained glass quilts in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional techniques. Includes:

• Twelve quilt projects that use hand-dyed fabrics to achieve a beautiful stained glass look

• Easy-to-follow steps for creating the illusion of stained glass by simply fusing colorful fabrics to a black background

• A super-quick method for quilting and securing fabric edges in one step--a handy trick that every quilter will appreciate

Hometown: Lake Oswego, Oregon

Amy Whalen Helmkamp is an accomplished quiltmaker who produces and sells her own line of quilt patterns through her business, Designs by Amy.