More Fat Quarter Quilts (That Patchwork Place)

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Summary: Great resource!
Review: I love looking at the quilts in this book and her previous books. I find a lot of inspiration in the gallery. I just finished making the top of the bargello quilt and had a lot of fun.

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Summary: Love the quilts, but errors in the instructions!
Review: I loved M'Liss Hawley's first fat quarter book and looked forward to this one. All the quilts in it look wonderful, particularly the Bargello which I'm dying to try.

However, there is a big error in at least one of the sets of instructions! "Triple Rail on Point" is the first quilt I'm trying from this book, and I've discovered that the diagram illustrating the number of blocks in each row is wrong. The diagram shows a single block in each corner of the main body of the quilt. This seemed a bit funny as all the example quilt photos showed 2 blocks in two of the opposite corners, 1 in the other two. As I began sewing my rows together as per the diagram, I finally realized there _is_ supposed to be 1 more block added onto the end of 6 or 7 of the rows. I have to go back and somehow fit them in to my already-sewn-together rows. If I don't, there will be either holes in my quilt top when I trim the setting triangles, or my block points will be cut off. NOT GOOD!

I hope this is the only error - I still want to make the other quilts but I'm going to be extremely cautious in comparing the diagrams to the photos from now on. I've pulled a lot of my hair out over this one!

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Summary: Love the quilts, but errors in the instructions!
Review: I loved M'Liss Hawley's first fat quarter book and looked forward to this one. All the quilts in it look wonderful, particularly the Bargello which I'm dying to try.

However, there is a big error in at least one of the sets of instructions! "Triple Rail on Point" is the first quilt I'm trying from this book, and I've discovered that the diagram illustrating the number of blocks in each row is wrong. The diagram shows a single block in each corner of the main body of the quilt. This seemed a bit funny as all the example quilt photos showed 2 blocks in two of the opposite corners, 1 in the other two. As I began sewing my rows together as per the diagram, I finally realized there _is_ supposed to be 1 more block added onto the end of 6 or 7 of the rows. I have to go back and somehow fit them in to my already-sewn-together rows. If I don't, there will be either holes in my quilt top when I trim the setting triangles, or my block points will be cut off. NOT GOOD!

I hope this is the only error - I still want to make the other quilts but I'm going to be extremely cautious in comparing the diagrams to the photos from now on. I've pulled a lot of my hair out over this one!

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: The first quilt that I made was from this book, and I plan on making at least two or three more. Actually, I like all of the patterns, and it is very rare that one likes every single pattern in a book! The quilts range from quite small baby/wall size to one that's big enough for a bed, with most of the designs falling into the lap quilt category. A couple of the quilts are easy enough for a brand-spanking-new beginner, and the others are in the advanced beginner/intermediate range. Two are paper pieced, the rest are strip pieced, and there is one quilt specifically designed to showcase machine-embroidered blocks.
One thing I really love about this book is that each quilt is shown in three or four variations, so the reader gets a chance to see how dramatically fabric choices affect the outcome of a quilt. Hawley also gives tips on fabric selection. Brief sections on piecing and finishing are included, though this is not really a how-to book. It is, however, an excellent book for a new quilter, as well as for a more advanced quilter who is looking for a fairly quick stitch, or for ideas on how to use some of those pretty fat quarters she has collected!