101 Full Size Quilt Blocks & Borders

by Better Homes and Gardens

great quilting book

Genres: Quilting, Crafts

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 1998

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book second-hand specifically because of all the full-sized blocks in it. I'm not a quilter but I am a sewist. Quilting is so exacting and I never cease to screw it up.

But this, this I can do. Showing me a full-sized pattern makes it so much easier.

[Amberwench · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each block has two full color variations for inspiration, book also has full size pieced border patterns. Excellent long-term resource!

[Nonnie · Rating 2 out of 5]

issued 1998

NINE INCH BLOCKS

TRADITIONAL STYLE

I got this book for $1 at a quilt table. Some of the pages were fused due to poor storage but I was able to salvage the pages and patterns. This book consist of a collection of patterns from BH&G magazines and publications. This is an older publication and each block pattern is shown with little or no instructions on how to actually make the blocks. I have designed/ drafted the blocks I liked in EQ.

This is not the book for beginner quilter as little or no measurements are given. Block books were frequently written in this way in the OLDEN DAYS. BLOCKS are presented and you had to figure out you won measurements and techniques.

What I liked about the book:

Many of the blocks could be drafted in EQ.

Most of the blocks were novel and uncommon traditional blocks, not often seen.

What I did not like about the book:

THAT you HAD to draft your own blocks with graph paper and a ruler or EQ.

Lack of construction instructions and measurements for the patches.

My standard question..... Would I buy the book again? Yes if it was from a quilt guild table, but I would not pay full price for the book. This is a serial book in that the book has similar releases on a yearly basis in various forms. I do not know about the later releases they may have been written better.

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[Paula Montgomery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basic guide with wonderful instructions and full size patterns. Step by step, the reader can follow along to complete a block that can become part of a quilt, table runner, or pillow. The ability to make a simple block and then find so many ways to use it and to make it more personal to the quilter is very useful.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not great at imagining patterns in other color shades; however, with this I can scan in a square, change the colors of the square components, and test contrasting and complimentary colors.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice full sized patterns, good directions in the back for basics.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nice collection of quilting patterns and borders designs for anyone interested in quilting.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great. Ockham. Applique and template pieced Blocks. Pretty mice. Most are 12 inch blocks.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the blocks & the ideas for quilts & accessories:).

[Ellen Spes]

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