The It's Okay If You Sit On My Quilt Book

by Mary Ellen Hopkins

A New Look at a Beloved Block Book!

• Give your quilts an "art-school graduate look" using simple and fast methods
• Mary Ellen breaks down complex piecing into simple units
• Tons of tips cover fabrics, supplies, cutting, pressing, piecing and more
• Learn to make perfect pieced triangles the hassle-free way
• Lots of setting options for all your blocks

If you've ever looked at a complex pieced block and wondered if you could make it, this is the book for you. Mary Ellen deconstructs all kinds of blocks into easy-to-piece from Rail Fence to 18-Patch blocks, all you'll need is squares and triangles! First issued over fifteen years ago, this volume has been updated extensively.

Genres: Quilting, Reference, Nonfiction, Crafts

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Anne Hawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Mary Ellen Hopkins wrote this book years ago it was a brand new technique that people took classes to learn. Now it is the backbone of quilting. The premise was that quilts that were made with this simple technique using the rotary cutter and an easy way of stacking blocks would take much less time to make so that people could feel comfortable using the quilts instead of putting them in the guest room bed where people could look, but not touch.

Well, it worked and quilters found that they could make 20 or more quilts per year instead of just 1. It also meant that quilters could be free to try trendy colors or fabrics and make quilts for kids, whose taste changes from year to year and babies who tend to drag favorite quilts all over and love them to shreds. If you only have one quilting book, then this is a good one to pick.

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the first quilting books written that featured rotary cutting, this 1989 volume still serves as an excellent resource, both for construction and for block patterns. And in her section called “Secrets no one ever told you” I found an answer to one of my constant quilting dilemmas: a chart for determining the width of diagonally set blocks! Great book.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mary Ellen Hopkins shares her common sense about how to make usable quilts (as opposed to artsy quilts that take a year to create!). “Some people call it Fudging It, Winging It, Flying by the Seat of your Pants. I like to think of it as flexible, open to new ideas.”

[Double O]

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[Katd · Rating 5 out of 5]

She made quilting so easy. I have lifted this to several friends. Great book.

[Cws]

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[Catherine Woodman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have made a number of her quilts, and I LOVE this book--very fun and great creative ideas on how to be successfu with design

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mary Ellen Hopkin's books are always great. I learned to quilt with her methods and still use them today.

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book to refer to time and time again

[Ellen Spes]

Own it.