Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Saturday, October 28, 2017
Modern Quilt Magic: 5 Parlor Tricks to Expand Your Piecing Skills by Victoria Findlay Wolfe, © 2017

17 Captivating Projects
*· A magic wand for quilters! Take the fear out of tricky piecing with simple, step-by-step instructions
*· Piece 17 projects for intermediate-level quilters, including 12 quilts and 5 smaller pillows and mini quilts
*· Stitch new takes on well-known techniques with award-winning quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe

My Review:

I preordered a signed copy of Modern Quilt Magic in July after seeing the wonky colors! Love how they are put together in an irregular pattern and not matching at all! Loved it!! The patterns of our lives are not following a trail of another but rather the path God sets before us, individually.

"Cascade" is what drew me in!

Arrange the Pieces
On a design wall (or the floor), arrange the pieces to create a gradational effect. I started with pairs of left and right curves from the same fabrics in an arc. Then I played with some, making matching pairs into V's and filling in with other single curves. Use the photo as a reference and have fun seeing how your fabrics work together from dark to light and back again!
Modern Quilt Magic, 113

This scrappy quilt pattern shows Fabrics, Crib, Twin, Full, Queen, and King along with how to make the curve. Step-by-step is shown with instructions on cutting and arranging the pieces; constructing and joining the rows and finishing.
"Cascade" Victoria Findlay Wolfe, 2016, quilted by Shelly Pagliai

Here are topics covered: Partial-Seam Construction; Blocks with Partial Seams; Mini Made Fabric; Y-Seams; Free-Form Curves; with Coloring Design Pages and Patterns with a notation to "use a ruler to measure these inch marks to verify that printout is correctly sized."

I enjoyed this book so much I wanted to share it!

***This review was written in my own words. No compensation was received. I preordered this book from the author's website.***… (más)

’15 Minutes of Play: Improvisational Quilts’ by Victoria Findlay Wolfe is a fun book for using up all of the scraps that quilters create in making other projects! The idea of the quilts is similar to the styles of Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville Crumb Quilts, but with more ideas. Wolfe uses the sewn scraps (made-fabric) in more traditional quilts, as well as more ‘wonky’ patterns. Many examples of quilt patterns are given, and many ideas can be generated by the quilt pictures, as well as the many patterns.
In 15 Minutes of Play, Wolfe recommends playing and sewing for 15 minutes of sewing this made-fabric every day, but I like to do this a couple of hours at a time, whenever I can, and having a stack ready for making the blocks. If I keep at it, I may be able to use up all my scraps! (not likely!)
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