Smashing Sets: Exciting Ways to Arrange Quilt Blocks

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Summary: Recommended by the Accidental Quilter
Review: I've got lots of quilting books, but not many that offer innovative settings for the sampler square collections that I'm beginning to acquire. This book is for me. Layouts for sixteen quilts and all of them use straight line piecing. There are full color photos and advice on fabric choices. Best of all there are sample layouts to play with. I've always liked Margaret Miller's approach of playing with design by breaking a block down to a couple basic shapes and playing with it. I'm glad that she's extended this method to quilt settings.

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Summary: Innovative but Static
Review: The premise of this book, setting traditional blocks in innovative and creative ways, was what drew me to it. I was quickly disappointed to discover, however, that really what you get is one innovative setting idea. The instructions provided are good, however there is little here to inspire.

Rating:
Summary: Innovative but Static
Review: The premise of this book, setting traditional blocks in innovative and creative ways, was what drew me to it. I was quickly disappointed to discover, however, that really what you get is one innovative setting idea. The instructions provided are good, however there is little here to inspire.

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Summary: Beyond the basics
Review: This book is not for beginners, but more for those of us that have a lot of unused quilt blocks sitting around. It is also good for the experienced quilter that is board and wants a new twist to making quilt tops.