Description
Make dramatic quilts with easy-to-piece units! Use all your favorites quarter-and half-square triangles, Flying Geese, square-in-a-square, Four-and Nine-Patch, Log Cabin, strip-piecing, and more then combine them into dramatic art quilts while having fun with these dynamic teachers. Play with positioning the units, add strips and fussy-cut squares, maybe even one of those leftover orphan blocks, toss in some three-dimensional embellishments, then stand back and admire your genius! The freedom and fun of this approach will appeal to quilters everywhere. The authors' friendly style and down-to-earth enthusiasm will have you reaching for your fabric.
Reviews
This is a marvelous book for anyone who loves a "puzzle". Gave me great ideas for those blocks that don't quite fit. They put outrageous stuff together and it looks fabulous. I love stuff that's out of the ordinary, and this certainly is. I've added my personal ideas and touches, but thank the author for inspiring me to "climb out of the plain old quilt block box" and move on to greater quilting endeavors!! -Dolly L. Caswell
Reader Reviews
Confident beginners and experienced quilters will find these quilts charming and - 04/13/2009
Reviewer: Carol Newby from Golden, CO, USA
Confident beginners and experienced quilters will find these eight original, trendy, pieced quilts charming and inspiring. Each quilt is designed around a few key blocks with patchwork filler units, like chevron, lightning bolt, ribbon, rocking squares, and zipper, which makes for very striking settings. Every construction technique is clearly explained in the last section of the book. The instructions are easy to follow with helpful diagrams.
Color photos and patterns create a fun and intriguing guide to quilt blocks - 03/28/2009
Reviewer: James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review from Oregon, WI, USA
Begin with a fabric focus and add pieced components and strip piecing with different fabrics to mix and match and develop a new block style using dozens of piecing techniques in this fine guide. Color photos and patterns create a fun and intriguing guide to quilt blocks which are perfect for any collection catering to quilters seeking different options.--California Bookwatch: March 2009
Review of Beyond the Block - 11/20/2008
Reviewer: Wisconsin Bookwatch from USA
Quilting is an enduringly popular pastime and the source of many a family legacy quilt to be handed down from generation to generation. In “Beyond the Block,” quilting experts Linda K. Johnson and Jane K. Wells collaborate to present a series of new patterns and ideas for quilting projects with difficulty levels that range from the confident beginner all the way to the more experienced needle crafter. Enhanced with tips from the “Crafty Ol’ Broads” about the basics, “Beyond the Block” then dives right into the patterns themselves. Beautiful color photos clearly illustrate the instructions and piecing techniques for maximum comprehensions and design. Techniques and resources are included. Easy to follow, great color pictures and ideas. Enthusiastically recommended for quilters of all levels of proficiency.
