Stack & Cut Hexagon Quilts: Mix & Match 38 Kaleidoscope Blocks & 12 Quilt Settings . New Serendipity Patterns

by Sara Newphew, Marci Baker

Overview

Show off your large-scale prints and add a WOW factor to your quilts. Take advantage of the surprising designs that appear as you stack and cut triangles, diamonds, flat pyramids, gem shapes, and more. Each beautiful block design frames a unique kaleidoscope hexagon, for stunning results! Select from 38 hexagonal blocks, 7 setting triangles, 12 quilt layouts, and 5 pieced borders, plus get Sara and Marci's tips for picking the best fabric for this technique, lining up stacked repeats, and cutting shapes to take advantage of large-scale print fabric. Fair warning: you may never want to make a quilt any other way again!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617454691
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2018
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	961,069
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Marci Baker is recognized internationally for her ideas that simplify the process of quilting. She authored the Not Your Grandmother’s™ Quilts series and continues to travel and teach. Marci and her husband live in Fort Collins, Colorado. quiltwithmarcibaker.com Sara Nephew is a quilt designer, author, and teacher, and she has developed several isometric (60°) triangle rulers. Sara’s quilts have been exhibited all over the world and in magazines and books. She lives in Clearview, Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Use This Book Tools and Cutting Strips Cutting Tools • Rulers • Cutting Strips for Blocks Selecting the Best Repeat Fabric Choose a Large Print • Choose a High-Contrast Print • Get Six Repeats Preparing the Stacked Repeat Fabric Cut or Tear the Fabric Repeats • Stack and Align the Repeats  Cutting Design Possibilities • Previewing Your Designs with Mirrors Planning Your Design Selecting the Elements • Figuring Yardage • Using Multiple Fabrics per Shape  Sample Projects Three-Block Table Runner • Eight-Block Quilt Block Designs //add blocks & image numbers Quilt Designs Two-Block Three-Block Four-Block Five-Block Six-Block Seven-Block Eight-Block Nine-Block Ten-Block Eleven-Block Setting Triangle Designs  //add blocks & image number Border Designs //add blocks & image number Cutting the Shapes Triangle-Halves • Right Halves • Triangles • Strip-Pieced Triangles • Diamonds • Long Diamonds • Strip-Pieced Diamonds • Flat Pyramids • Gem and Hexagon • Half-Diamond Patterns About the Authors