In this invaluable directory Louise Bell provides an eclectic mix of 201 well-loved traditional designs together with a multitude of her own original ideas developed over twenty years of quilt-making. Here you will find the old Log Cabin for instance & Shoo Fly rubbing shoulders with patterns you will not find anywhere else. In quilting each block is made from units or patches usually geometric in shape but sometimes curved. Changing the number of units as well as their colour & arrangement changes the whole appearance of the block giving rise to thousands of different designs. Some have been handed down from generation to generation. Divided into sections on patchwork blocks & applique patterns this book
Includes:: four nine five & seven-patch designs as well as eight-pointed star hexagonal & diamond blocks among many others. Join the blocks together to create bedspreads throws wall hangings cushions & more
- the possibilities are endless. Applique motifs include all the letters of the alphabet so you can personalize any item & every block & pattern has full step-by-step instructions.