Successful Scrap Quilts from Simple Rectangles

by Margaret Rolfe, Judy Turner

Create dazzling scrap quilts with dozens of block designs based on one simple shape--the rectangle. Two stars of the quilting world share their expert tips for turning a so-so scrap quilt into a smashing success. Choose from 15 patterns based on simple one-patch designs--no tricky measurements or stretchy bias edges Explore three key elements that add up to winning scrap quilts--the value, color, and style of printed fabrics Learn how to scatter and blend your collection of fabrics for a perfect balance of variation and repetition--not too boring, not too chaotic Includes 45 of the many different options for designing with rectangles

Genres: Quilting

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

To make a quilt like the one on the cover of this book is a goal to which I aspire. Vibrant, moving the eyes of the beholder around its surface, and colorful this quilt is very beautiful to me. Almost all the other quilts in this book are also lovely to me. I think the book probably holds the key to why the many quilts I have made (even the ones I consider my best), don’t have the same impact on me. It makes me hopeful I can continue to grow in my artistic abilities. Knowing how successful scrap quilts are made and being able to make use of that knowledge remains to be seen. It will be fun trying.

[Darshan bhavinbhai patel · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a bad 👎 book

[Kris · Rating 4 out of 5]

The quilt on the cover is the one I'm making for my husband right now.