Patterns using blocks

The Big Book of Quilt Blocks is an instruction manual for creating five different quilts from Thimbleberries popular Block-of-the-Month series. As suggested by the series title, each qult is composed of twelve blocks, thus reducing the daunting task of producing a full-size quilt into twelve bite-size pieces. I picked up the book at a sale and would likely never have purchased it for full price -- or even if I had had the time to examine it closely. The somber colors throughout the book quite likely influence my less-than-enthusiastic reaction. The complete, easy-to-understand directions are in large print (hallelujah!). In addition to the usual color diagram, each quilt design also features a one-inch square photograph of each required fabrics. All in all, this is a quite nice instructional book. This would make a very nice first quilting book. As well, it adds sixty block designs to your quilt-block catalog. Though the designs don't interest me at present, I'm awarding it four stars based on how nicely (and completely) it presents instructions for the featured traditional designs. ( )