Quilts for Baby: Easy As ABC

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Summary: Terrific Book Especially for Beginners
Review: As a beginning quilter, I'm easily intimidated by some quilt patterns, but this book offers a user-friendly approach to each pattern. The author makes it easy to re-adjust fabric choices and placement, even the finished size and then quickly figure out how much of each fabric to purchase. She also provides lots of inside tips (with easy to follow diagrams) that help ensure your quilting experience is a good one. I've used several of her patterns to make quilts that look far more complicated to make than they really are and with a change of fabric choices they make the perfect gift for any age group. This is a MUST-HAVE for beginning quilters who want to make crib/lap sized quilts as gifts.

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Summary: Great for Beginners
Review: I have made many of the quilts from this book. I second all the comments made by the first reviewer. I wanted to add that any of these quilts can be expanded to make lap size quilts or bigger by increasing the amounts of fabrics. Any experienced quilter could make these quilts without these directions but save yourself time and follow these very explicit, very well written directions. Cutting directions and piecing directions are well thought out. Don't think of these as just baby quilts. Use more sophisticated colors for lap quilts or even bed quilts. I've recommended this book to many quilters over the years.

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Summary: Great for beginners and fast.
Review: I've been quilting blocks from kits (pre-cut pieces) and having fun. I was nervous starting a quilt on my own. These patterns are fun and only look difficult. The "Windows in the Attic" is my favorite. I can complete a quilt top from this book in about 6 hours (cutting and piecing) and look forward to the quilting. Great for beginners or anyone who wants professional results quickly. Low stress - just follow the directions. Great for your collection.

Rating:
Summary: Great for beginners and fast.
Review: I've been quilting blocks from kits (pre-cut pieces) and having fun. I was nervous starting a quilt on my own. These patterns are fun and only look difficult. The "Windows in the Attic" is my favorite. I can complete a quilt top from this book in about 6 hours (cutting and piecing) and look forward to the quilting. Great for beginners or anyone who wants professional results quickly. Low stress - just follow the directions. Great for your collection.

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Summary: A real confidence builder!
Review: The quilt that sold me on this book is the Attic Windows pattern. It is fabulous and easy. The great thing about the patterns in Quilts for Baby Easy as ABC, is that you don't have to make a quilt for a baby-make a quilt for anyone. Make a quilt as big or small as want. It is the most fun book on quilting and Ursula Reikes makes it effortless.

Rating:
Summary: A real confidence builder!
Review: The quilt that sold me on this book is the Attic Windows pattern. It is fabulous and easy. The great thing about the patterns in Quilts for Baby Easy as ABC, is that you don't have to make a quilt for a baby-make a quilt for anyone. Make a quilt as big or small as want. It is the most fun book on quilting and Ursula Reikes makes it effortless.

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Summary: Easy, fun and beautiful!
Review: This book shows easy techniques for what look like difficult quilts. All of them come out great and I learned a lot from the simple instructions and colorful pictures. :)

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Summary: Beginners and Inspirational
Review: This book triumphs in providing excellent patterns that are stimulating for the beginning quilter. The uniqueness of this book is that it demonstrates how to incorporate children's topic fabrics into traditional blocks. Its marrying the traditional patterns of quilting while including the new colors and fabrics available today.
The directions are clearly written with illustration that anyone walking off the street could successfully accomplish making a baby quilt that will be very pleasing.
I have used this book as the primer for teaching a class of first time grandmothers new to sewing to each make a quilt for their grandchild in a weekend. It would be a lovely gift from a pregnant daughter to her own mother.
What person wouldn't love to find a baby quilt that their grandmother made just for them?

Rating:
Summary: Beginners and Inspirational
Review: This book triumphs in providing excellent patterns that are stimulating for the beginning quilter. The uniqueness of this book is that it demonstrates how to incorporate children's topic fabrics into traditional blocks. Its marrying the traditional patterns of quilting while including the new colors and fabrics available today.
The directions are clearly written with illustration that anyone walking off the street could successfully accomplish making a baby quilt that will be very pleasing.
I have used this book as the primer for teaching a class of first time grandmothers new to sewing to each make a quilt for their grandchild in a weekend. It would be a lovely gift from a pregnant daughter to her own mother.
What person wouldn't love to find a baby quilt that their grandmother made just for them?