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Title: New Cuts for New Quilts: More Ways to Stack the Deck Author: Alexander, Karla Released: 2006-10-09 Publisher: That Patchwork Place - Woodinville, WA ISBN: 9781564776778 Format: Paperback Category: Crafts, Hobbies & Home Last Updated: 2018-06-17 Rating: -1 Pages: 96 Description: The Stack the Deck technique gets new life in this popular author's third book! This new collection of tradition-with-a-twist quilts builds on methods used in the author's previous bestsellers. Expect the unexpected with this fun approach to one-of-a-kind quilts. Use the Stack the Deck technique in 17 all-new projects Get a complete introduction to the original "Stack the Deck" technique--simply stack, slice, shuffle, and sew Play with straight, curvy, or funky-cut angles for surprising results in each block Editorial Reviews Review Issue 5, 2007 The book starts with the basics for quiltmaking and is recommended for both beginners and intermediate students. The recommendation is that you read the whole of the introduction section. I'm too impatient to do this, tending to skim over this part, leaping straight into the projects. However, I came unstuck this time and had to go back to read carefully the section on Making the Blocks - it all made much more sense then! The next section covers how to choose your fabric and there is a good tip on how to choose fabrics that are going to blend well together. You then move on to choosing whether you want to do a freehand or template cut for your blocks, and there are very clear instructions for using both methods. You do have to remember that the more cuts you make in the block will reduce your finished size, so start off with big enough pieces. The next thing to decide is whether you want traditional or controlled shuffling of your pieces - again this is very well set out and the diagrams make it clear exactly what you have to do. Karla recommends chain piecing the corresponding section of each square, so that you build them all up at the same time. There are seventeen projects for you to do. A good way to use up those slightly larger scraps, as yu can match colour tones rather than need large quantities of one single fabric. This book is the third in Karla's series of 'stacking the deck'. I have not used either of her previous books but have found this book to stand on its own as a one-off set of projects to work through. Pauline Lindsey * Popular Patchwork * |