Super-Quick Colorful Quilts: 35 Vibrant Designs for Fast Quilts

by Rosemary Wilkinson

Overview

Great for beginners, perfect for quilters in a hurry, here are 20 quick step-by-step quilt projects in a kaleidoscope of colors. Ranging from wall hangings to throws to bedcovers, each is made with simple shapes, easy piecing, and fast finishing techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620083390
Publisher:	CompanionHouse Books
Publication date:	04/09/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	260 MB
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About the Author

Rosemary Wilkinson has been designing and making quilts for many years. Her early quilts were handstitched, traditional designs but she is now exploring more experimental techniques, combining machine stitching with heavy embroidery and the use of silks. She has authored, co-authored and edited numerous books on patchwork quilting, including The Little Book of Simple Quilting, Quick Colorful Quilts, Quick Quilts for Babies&Toddlers, Quick Colorful Quilts for Beautiful Beds, and Classic Quilts: Tradition With A Twist.

Table of Contents

Materials, Techniques, and Tips 6

Fresh Colors

Shadow Work Dorothy Wood 22

Round Peg, Square Hole Rose Verney 28

Apricot Wave Rose Verney 34

Jouy Medallion Wall Hanging Rosemary Wilkinson 42

Flower Strippy Frances de Rees 48

Eight-Pointed Stars Katharine Guerrier 54

Vivid Colors

Sawtooth Stars Maggie Wise 60

Glow Worms Claire Higgott 66

Aurora Jean Hunt 74

Sevens and Nines Rosemary Wilkinson 80

Bright Colors

Stripes and Spots Dorothy Wood 86

Moulin Rouge Claire Higgott 92

All Fenced In Sarah Wellfair 98

Treasures Crib Quilt Gail Smith 104

Country Coverlet Gill Turley 110

Batik Beauty Sarah Wellfair 118

Blooming Borders Sharon Chambers 124

Candy Bars Jean Hunt 130

Checks and Flowers Rita Whitehorn 136

Crosses and Squares Katharine Guerrier 142

Sawtooth Fence Katharine Guerrier 148

Whirligig Quilt Dorothy Wood 154

Pastel Colors

A Kiss and a Cuddle Sharon Chambers 160

Dotty Crib Quilt Rita Whitehorn 166

Friends at Heart Nikki Foley 172

Four-Square Quilt Sarah Wellfair 178

Pretty Pinwheels Alison Wood 184

Sherbet Twist Sharon Chambers 190

Tulip Field Dorothy Wood 196

Primary Colors

Matrix Quilt Gail Smith 202

Red and White Dorothy Wood 208

Star Banner Wall Hanging Katharine Guerrier 214

Starry, Starry Lap Quilt Rita Whitehorn 220

Blue Ribbon Throw Sharon Chambers 226

Chenille Hearts Sarah Wellfair 232

Suppliers 238

Index 239

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis: Compiled and edited by rosemary Wilkinson and now brought back into print after more than a decade in a paperback edition, "Super-Quick Colorful Quilts: 35 Vibrant Designs for Fast Quilts" showcases twenty gorgeous patchwork quilts in a collection that is specifically designed for beginners and any quilter whose time is limited.

Using just three shapes, "Super-Quick Colorful Quilts" showcases an amazing variety of designs made all the more exciting by a clever choice of fabrics in three groups of colorways. These shapes are cut quickly using the rotary cutter rather than with a template, and they are machine stitched together with chain-piecing wherever possible.

The quilt "sandwich" (of backing fabric, batting and the pieced top) is held together with machine quilting, big stitch hand quilting or with simple ties and buttons. Two methods are used for the binding — one using four strips applied separately to the four sides, producing abutted corners, and the other, slightly more complicated, using a continuous binding, mitered at the corners.

Simple applique is introduced using a heart template and a technique called slashing. Chenille is used as an alternative to piecing to produce a highly textured surface for a really cuddly quilt.

Critique: Comprised of 20 quick step-by-step quilt patterns in a kaleidoscope of colors that are great for beginners and perfect for quilters in a hurry, "Super Quick Colorful Quilts" is unreservedly recommended for personal and community library Needlecraft collections in general, and quilt making instructional reference in particular.

Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

Comprised of 20 quick step-by-step quilt patterns in a kaleidoscope of colors that are great for beginners and perfect for quilters in a hurry, "Super Quick Colorful Quilts" is unreservedly recommended for personal and community library Needlecraft collections in general, and quilt making instructional reference in particular.

Midwest Book Review