Crazy Quilting : Heirloom Quilts: Traditional Motifs and Decorative Stitches

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Summary: Good how-to
Review: Good photos & how-to. A detailed pattern for the crazy quilt in the movie "How to Make an American Quilt" is included. The text reads rather like a museum catalogue. There's also a fan quilt that was inherited by the author, but it isn't a crazy quilt so its inclusion here as a feature quilt is inappropriate. Like another reviewer I think Patty McCormick should have been acknowledged.

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Summary: limited interest
Review: it is unfortunate ms. dabbs did not list patty mccormick as the author of "pieces of an american quilt" when she listed the book as a reference source in the back of her book.

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Summary: wonderful resource
Review: The author's own quilts are such an inspiration, and her detailed explanations of matters such as signature transfer and working with unusual motifs -- all of that make this my favorite of the available books. And I have them all.