Best patchwork books according to redditors
We found 47 Reddit comments discussing the best patchwork books. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 47 Reddit comments discussing the best patchwork books. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
You don't have to fussy cut. You just cut and stack 6 pattern repeats so they line up, then cut strips and then cut triangles. All the triangles are identical and make the hexagons. It's actually really easy and fun!
One-Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-of-a-Kind Quilts https://www.amazon.com/dp/1571203222/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_TQmUBb1FYBJ29
This is the best book ever, I've read it over and over. It goes through all the shapes, all the finishing, and everything. Honestly I couldn't have done it without this book. I cannot recommend it enough. It's not a book of projects, it's 100% technique.
I also recommend buying cardstock shapes, especially for your first project. The exactness really matter. Also, bigger is not always easier. A good size is 1-2 inch pieces. I tried to do one much bigger at first, thinking it would be easier, but it took for freaking ever. Picking hexagons gives you lots of flexibility with the pattern, and picking diamonds means less corners to tack down.
I've used tacking stitches and glue, and I really prefer the stitches. Takes less time to take apart. That said, when I did the peacock from violet craft I used glue on the thin thin black pieces on his head.
Finally, I really like using ladder/mattress stitch for my epp projects, but that is a super personal thing. Check out my posts for a few
Aww, don't worry about it. They add character. And some folks love selvages. http://www.amazon.com/Quilts-Selvage-Edge-Karen-Griska/dp/157432957X
What kind of sewing are you interested in? Is there something you want to be able to make? I make quilts, and I am teaching myself how to make clothing so I recently picked up a few books to help me improve my skill and I really enjoy them.
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Get on Pinterest and look up Half Square Triangle tutorials. I also highly, highly recommend this book: Patchwork Essentials
Value and contrast - they are much more important than colour choices. And don't forget that small patches of fabric sewn together may look completely different from the same fabrics on the bolt.
Mary Fons has a good video on this subject and another that illustrates what can go wrong
Quiltmaker Magazine did a video on Value and Scale and OnPoint did one on choosing fabrics here.
You can also get help from art tutorials such as these:
-- Proko: The Basic Elements: Shape Value Colour Edge
-- ArtTutor: Understanding Tonal Value & Contrast
If you want a book for reference, try Alex Anderson's Scrap Quilting - the link is for Kindle (it's out of print but you can get paper copies through Amazon Marketplace). Sue Aubrey's books Pick Four is another good one - also unavailable at the moment but again you can get cheap second-hand copies.
For choosing fabrics from your stash, the photocopy (or scan and print greyscale) method is good. For choosing fabrics in a shop you need something to strip out the colour, such as a red or green filter -- you can buy fancy gadgets or you can make your own from cellophane paper.
If you find that you are really good at blending and not so good on contrast, then maybe you should look at making watercolour quilts, where the whole aim is to have a gradual change in colour and tone.
Things I put on my amazon wishlist for my family to reference:
Other ideas, especially for new quilters, or people (like me) who have amassed a strange collection of tools and need to fill in the blanks. You can totally get by without these things, but having them makes everything smoother and more enjoyable:
Get Maxine Rosenthal's book. It's really fantastic for getting started.
I like the Irish Chain pattern, or you could look through some books like this. I think minimizing girliness often depends on fabrics. You should be able to find lots of patterns with only a few fabrics though-- most beginner patterns only use two or three colors. If you're on a tight budget it might be good to find a very common/traditional quilt, where you can get the pattern free online. Good luck!
Here's a paper pieced alphabet one of the designers I follow on instagram did: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alphabet-Adventures-Paper-Pieced/dp/1726735117/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1573853483&refinements=p_27%3AMarianne+Jeffreys&s=books&sr=1-3
So the pattern is from this book and you can find the pattern in the free preview. I felt kind of bad about it so I bought the book because there are a few quilts I wanted help making! u/lindaeve in case you want to make another, but yours turned out BEAUTIFULLY!
Can you give us more details about the style of jewelry your wife likes? Maybe a photo of the stuff she has now? Something that has a good chance of charming her is jewelry that incorporates her favorite animal, like a ring or pendant with a fox on it, or a bracelet in the shape of a snake.
Since she's a quilter, some quilting books would be a great gift for your mother in law. This one has 400 years of historical information and a bunch of images of museum-preserved quilts. This one is a huge pattern reference - always helpful to a crafter. This one doesn't provide patterns but does provide a bunch of inspiration images.
My sister had the same nursery theme for her first baby and I made the fish quilt on the cover of Modern Baby: Easy, Fresh, and Fun Quilt Designs. It was very quick and very easy and 4.5 years later it's still being used regularly.
A friend of mind LOVES this book:
http://www.amazon.com/101-Fabulous-Small-Quilts-Various/dp/160468268X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376512058&sr=8-1&keywords=100+small+quilts
She has made some really cute quilts from it!
But if you want a really simple quilt, just do some 2.5" blocks of the prints you like in rows and columns.
Best of luck!
I recommend buying the book, as there are a ton of tips for everything from choosing fabric to arranging your blocks and super easy-to-follow directions, but if you google "one block wonder," there are a bunch of blogs dedicated to this pattern and those are also really helpful.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1571203222/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FJciDbBFKY84Y
Someone else posted this, currently free: Free-Motion Meandering: A Beginners Guide to Machine Quilting
Does she like pieced blocks?
Non-mobile: This book also has a lot of good pictures and explanations
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Welcome to the community! One of my favorite resource books is
[The Practical Guide to Patchwork: New Basics for the Modern Quiltmaker(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RQD3IO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) (Amazon link) by Elizabeth Hartman. I don't have a copy in front of me, but teaches you all the steps to make a quilt from fabric and color palette selection, to sewing the blocks, to making the quilt sandwich (2 fabric layers with batting between them), to quilting (sewing the layers together), to binding the finished quilt. Your local library may also have a quilting section with some great resource books. And have fun! Your quilts don't have to be perfect, just functional.
I suggest the Charm School book. It's intended for beginners. I know basics of sewing, but had never made a quilt before. I'm happy to report that I just dropped off the Chandelier quilt top and backing to the quilter today and I did it all by myself!
Charm School_18 Quilts from 5" Squares: A Beginner's Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617452718/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8kOODbZFW0957
Suzy Quilts has some really great free patterns that translate well to baby quilts. I made the Bows and Arrows quilt for my friends baby and it came our great.
Also, the Layer cake pop pattern by Fat Quarter shop is super simple, super cute, and you can make as many or as few of the blocks as you want!
There was this one I saw posted here a while back called Chandelier, but it was in a book. The pattern is super simple and the free book preview gives the instructions.
It's an addictive, time consuming, satisfying adventure. Think everyone answered all of your questions but just wanted to throw in another book option: https://www.amazon.com/All-Points-Patchwork-English-Projects/dp/1612124208
I like that this shows you the technique and then gives you lots of other examples how to use it that aren't just making quilts. It's a nice skill to learn and it's really been helping me learn how to hand stitch, which I've always struggled with.
Also if it bothers you that all the points don't line up in your quilt, this is the technique for you!!
Elizabeth Hartman's blog has recently featured a pattern she's creating for a Space Invaders quilt which has the pixelated action you're looking for. Her book is also a great resource for beginners and will teach you all about the basics of piecing, basting, and quilting your first quilt. Good luck!
There is a book I found called Sew, Slice, Spin & Sash which has some fast and easy ways to use up stash fabric. Maybe looking through that may help.
I am currently working on one for a baby quilt and it is coming together pretty well.
Personally I'd love to have a book of free motion quilting patterns (to go with her new longarm, wish I had one!) like 501 Quilting Motifs ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1604680547?pc_redir=1409927192&robot_redir=1) and/or a nice pair of fabric scissors/shears, I love Gingher brand.
I've done a little - I pieced the names into my kid's stockings a while ago. here
here is an older book I used to learn about text quilts, and there are a bunch of others in amazon's recommended lists.
Chawne Kimber is well known for her text quilts, although they are very political and nsfw in nature.
Nice snag! It would make a cute tote. There's a great pattern in Rashida Coleman-Hale's I heart Patchwork book. You could put a contrasting pocket or applique on the front, too. The colors on that fabric are awesome, and it'd be fun to make something that downplays the moustache part so it's something to discover rather than the point of the piece.
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This book also has a lot of good pictures and explanations.
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