Modern One-Block Quilts


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Sewists of all skill levels can easily create quilts of various sizes from just one block with this step-by-step guide. Back to square one. Here are 22 exciting quilts, and all you need is one simple block pattern to make each one! From throws and wall hangings to queen-sized blankets, sewists of all skill levels will be inspired to create something new by manipulating this one simple block pattern with interesting fabrics, unusual shapes, and expressive lines. Expert quilters provide clear step-by-step instructions and a quiltmaking overview to help you from start to finish. • One-block quilts are beginner-friendly, with fast, easy piecing and endless design options by changing up fabric choices • Great value: 22 quilts in 3 sizes each - baby, wall, and queen - 66 quilt possibilities in all! • Graphic designs are perfect for use in home décor Praise for Modern One-Block Quilts “All you need is one simple block pattern to make 22 exciting projects. The manipulation of this one pattern is easy and beginner-friendly because of fast easy piecing. Interesting fabrics, unusual shapes and expressive lines make the difference. Clear step-by-step instructions and an overview will help you create throws, wall hangings and queen-sized quilts from start to finish.” —Quilter’s Digest




One Block Wonders


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1 Great Fabric + 1 Block = 1 Stunning Quilt! • Brand new technique is all about texture, movement, sparkle, and swirl! • Choose hexagons or octagons-you're the designer • Easy random cutting! No planning, no fussy cuts, no mess-ups • Simple piecing with NO Y-SEAMS! Amaze your friends! Maxine shows you exactly how to choose a large-scale print, figure yardage, cut and piece these drop-dead gorgeous quilts. Big pieces and clever short-cut methods make these quilts go together faster than you'd think. Choose one of two projects or use the techniques in any size quilt you can imagine.




One-Block Wonder Panel Quilts


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Pick one great fabric to create a stunning block One-Block Wonder expert and best-selling author Maxine Rosenthal, along with fellow quilter Nancy Miller, teach quilters the endless ways to turn preprinted fabric panels into fabulous blocks. Learn how to arrange One-Block Wonder hexagons around a panel, how to blend hexagon colors into the panel, and how to sew it all together. Includes easy-to-follow instructions, no y-seams, and an end result with gorgeous visual effects! Make remarkable kaleidoscope designs by cutting and sewing triangles into hexagons Use fabric panels in a beautiful way—each block is unique to you Simple piecing with NO Y-SEAMS!




Fun with One Block Quilts


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Anyone can master this simple triangle block, then progress from easy table runners to complex-looking bed quilts.




Wonky One-Block Quilts


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8 projects use a simple rotary cutting technique to make traditional large quilt blocks just wonky enough. Each beautifully kaleidoscopic pattern uses only two versions of the same block. You don't need any special tools to give familiar quilt patterns, like Court House Steps and Nine Patch, a fresh new twist.




The Big Book of One-Block Quilts


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It's so easy to create quilts that repeat a single block--make just one and you'll have the confidence to fly through the rest of your quilt! Choose from a whopping 57 quilts to piece one block at a time, or make blocks in multiples with quick chain-piecing methods. Star designers including Kim Diehl, Country Threads' Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene, Pat Sloan, Carrie Nelson, and Jo Morton will help you along the way. Pair your repeated blocks with plain squares, rotate blocks for a playful spin, or simply line them up row by row. From fun make-in-a-weekend designs to stunning quilts to cherish and pass on, you'll find the perfect block to repeat in this colossal compilation of quilt patterns!




Wonderful One-Block Quilting


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Quilting is not just your grandmother's hobby any more, with surging interest among 20-something young adults. This book is the perfect entry point for a new quilter. It will appeal to both beginners and time-challenged quilters. Wonderful One-Block Quilting features a progressive learning format—learn a technique, practice a project. It teaches basic quilting techniques via small, manageable, one-session projects.




Quilter's Favorites--Pieced Points & Stars


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Reacquaint yourself with a spectacular variety of pieced patterns from your favorite C&T authors, including Alex Anderson, Piece O' Cake Designs, Jean Wells, and Carol Doak. Whether you like One-Block Quilts, Mariner's Compass Stars, or New York Beauties, this book is sure to peak your curiosity!




One-Block Wonders Cubed!


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Add New Dimension to Your Favorite Hexagon Quilts • Your favorite One-Block Wonders authors are back with new graphic techniques using triangles, cubes, and appliqué • Learn how to create optical illusions with your fabrics • Bonus projects include totes, coasters and placemats for using up left-over hexagons • Create interesting shadow effects with clever fabric placement • Try new kinds of borders with uneven edges, creative shapes, and hexagon strips From the best-selling authors of the One-Block Wonders books. New techniques and design strategies using simple geometric shapes give you dramatic quilt imagery that seems to defy logic! Take the ordinary and turn it into something extraordinary with this book.




Blocks to Diamonds


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The quilt designer shares her technique for turning traditional square blocks into dazzling kaleidoscope star quilts in this guide featuring 12 projects. Quilt designer Cheryl Malkowski is always experimenting with new quilting possibilities. In Blocks to Diamonds, she shares 12 kaleidoscope star quilt patterns that use a simple yet ingenious design strategy: skewing traditional blocks into diamonds—and then forming those diamonds into stars. As Cheryl herself put it, “the results were instantly spectacular and very satisfying.” Blocks to Diamonds shows you how to create a complex quilt without the headache. With Cheryl’s step-by-step instructions, you will learn how simple techniques can be used to create unique and beautiful kaleidoscope star quilts.