If you're looking for a quick project, this is not the book for you. If you'd like a step-by-step in-depth immersion in theory, process, geometry, design and construction then snatch up this book and plan to pass it on to your grandkids. Numerous color illustrations and large photos help you plan, draw, cut and assemble intricate quilt blocks. These are classics such as Grandma's Flower Garden and Lone Star, but they're presented in such detail that a careful, patient planner will be able to lay out a doll bed quilt or a marble ballroom floor with precision. Photos show the pattern on the "right" side of the block and the nested, clipped and pressed seams on the "wrong" side of the block. It is easy to accept this book serving as a textbook for a college course in textiles, fine arts or home economics. If you want to develop strong skills in timeless hexagon and diamond quilt patterns then plan to spend months with this guide. ( )

‘Quilter’s Academy, Vol. 4, Senior Year’ by the mother/ daughter team of Harriet Hargrave and Carrie Hargrave have produced another wonderful book to their academy series of learning how to quilt, starting at the very basics in the Freshman edition. I have long wanted a book t hat would have patterns and instructions for the advanced quilter, and this book really fits that need. If you are a new quilter, do not start with this book! The book contains 128 pages of very detailed blocks, many that are not square blocks. This book contains patterns and lessons on making hexagon blocks, 60 degree angles, six and eight pointed stars, tumbling blocks, LeMoyne stars, Lone stars, 3 different shaped log cabin blocks, and designing your own unique blocks. This is a great book, if you want to be challenged, yet want instructions in how-tos!
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