Carefree Quilts: A Free-Style Twist on Classic Designs Author Joy-Lily helps readers to put the fun back into quilting. Inside, readers experience a fresh approach to quilting with two simplified, carefree methods: sew & flip" & "stack, slice & swap, where skills like matching seams & measuring are not important. At the end of construction, each piece is trimmed to a uniform size to facilitate mixing & matching into many quilted projects. While matching seams & other traditional quilting skills are unimportant for success with these instructions, the reader still learn basic quilting techniques, including strip piecing, curved piecing, foundation piecing, sewing on a bias, piece swapping & more, as they work through the blocks. A getting started section explains which rules are necessary & which are optional. About the Author Joy-Lily is a silk painter, dyer, quiltmaker & fabric printer. Joy-Lily has been teaching quilting & other crafts since 1989. In 2007 she designed her first line of fabric for P&B Textiles, & her instructional articles have been published in Quilters Newsletter, Surface Design Journal & Woman's Day. She actively teaches fiber arts through adult education & quilt & art guilds.