Playing with Patchwork & Sewing: 6 Blocks in 3 sizes, 18 Exciting Projects, Skill-building Techniques

by Nicole Calver

Overview

Are you a sewist who wants to break into quilting? Or a quilter who’d like to turn your blocks into something a little more dimensional? Take a walk on the wild side with eighteen projects that combine the best of both worlds! Create useful gifts, home decor, and bright modern quilts. Explore new skills in each project, with simple instructions for basic patchwork, foundation piecing, English paper piecing, and easy machine appliqué!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617458378
Publisher:	C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Publication date:	02/25/2020
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Nicole Calver is a self-taught quilter with a background in street art and graffiti-style painting. Her signature style combines her love of color and print with a cutting-edge design sensibility. Nicole lives outside Toronto, Ontario, with her family. snipssnippets.ca

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Simple Patchwork It’s a Patchwork Picnic Party! The Simple Patchwork Block Mega Project: Picnic Party Quilt Medium Project: Double-Strap Market Sack Micro Project: Tuck-and-Roll Cutlery Wrap Chapter 2: Grandmother's Puzzle Not Your Grandma’s Bed in a Bag! The Grandmother's Puzzle Block Mega Project: Grandiose Grandma Quilt Medium Project: Granny Shams Micro Project: Puzzling Patriarch Pillow Chapter 3: Irish Logs Catch That Spill! The Irish Logs Block XX Beginner Mega Project: Run, Run, Runner XX Beginner Medium Project: Hidden-Agenda Pocket Placemat XX Beginner Micro Project: Positively Petite Coasters XX Advanced beginner Chapter 4: Dresden Plate Double, Double, No Toil, No Trouble The Dresden Plate Block Mega Project: By Day and By Night Quilt Medium Project: The Two-Face Pillowcase Micro Project: Lash-Lovely Sleep Mask Chapter 5: Hexagons Hexies! And Homework! Hooray!! The Hexagon Block Mega Project: Helloooo Hexie! Floor Pillow Medium Project: Snap-Flap Notebook Cover Micro Project: Flat-Pack Pencil Case Chapter 6: New York Beauty In a New York Minute! The New York Beauty Block Mega Project: Half Moon Mat Medium Project: Pop Apart Project Pouch Micro Project: Phat Flat Pinnie Glossipendium: Pfft, that’s totally a word. It’s obviously the Glossary and Compendium smooshed together. This is the place to learn the terminology and techniques used in the book. I’ll also share some of my favorite tools! Basic Blocks Handy Tips, Techniques, and Terminology Tools That I Love About the Author