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505 Quilt Blocks: Plus 36 Beautiful Projects to Make (Better Homes & Gardens)

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A book by Better Homes and Gardens

• Blocks can be customized easily and adapted for use as wearables and home decorations• Color photographs inspire quilters to create new projects for themselves and for others • Step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and full-size … see full wiki

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Author: Better Homes and Gardens

Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens

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A Good Addition to the Quilt Library

May 13, 2004

by rhaden
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

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This shouldn't be your only quilting book, and it probably shouldn't be your first quilting book, but it is a very handy addition to a quilter's bookshelf.
Like all Better Homes and Gardens books, it is well designed and beautifully photographed, very accurate, and practical. There are more pictorial quilts (both pieced and applique) than there are traditional blocks.They are organized in categories (holidays, trees, retro, etc.) so that you can easily grab this book and find a block for a particular need. For some reason, the traditional blocks are given nontraditional names, so it can be hard to find a particular design in this category.
Blocks are only occasionally shown in settings, but each is presented with a photograph and a good diagram that clearly shows all the pieces and the order of construction.
Each block is given in a 4" size, and in a traditional way (that is, you have to make templates and add the seam allowance you prefer when you use the templates). You have to be able to do the math yourself if you want to change the size. However, I made the "Linked Squares" design with 12" blocks with no difficulty. A good quilting ruler helps with this. Experienced quilters who like to do quick cutting and paper foundation piecing shouldn't have trouble adapting these patterns to those techniques, but all the instructions are traditional. They are good, clear, instructions, though, including directions to calculate yardage and make templates.
Most of the projects -- as distinct from the blocks themselves -- use just a few blocks. I liked that; they give you ideas for things to do with practice blocks, or with that block that turned out not to be enjoyable enough to use for an entire quilt, not to mention nice quick gifts. I also appreciated the variety of styles. You could make dozens of small projects and quilts from this book without feeling that you were doing the same thing over and over.
Overall, this is a nice, useful quilt book.

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