Christina Cameli is an enthusiastic quilting teacher and nurse-midwife. After being introduced to quilting by her grandmother, she learned free-motion quilting and over the next decade began teaching classes and writing books. She lives with her children in Portland, Oregon, and shares her adventures in patchwork and quilting on her blog at afewscraps.com
It's always nice to see a new quilt book that presents something
really different. This book is dedicated to wedges and ways in
which to use them. The book is divided into Basic Round
Construction, Round Variations and Beyond Rounds. In the
introduction, you'll see photos from the Volckening collection of
quilts. You'll discover wedge basics, rulers, shapes, possibilities
and formulas. In the first chapter, you'll see all the essentials,
information and avoiding the pitfalls of construction. The projects
hone your new found skills. Instructions are clear and easy to
follow with great photos and line drawings. In chapter two, you'll
learn some variations on the theme. These tend to be fabric
oriented i.e. scrappy, two colour wedges and not variations on
using wedges in innovative design ways. Another three projects
follow. Chapter three is about designing wedges that are not in the
round. There is no design instruction as such, this section goes
straight into five more fantastic projects. That's ten projects in
all of varying sizes. The book finishes with some basic quilting
techniques such as machine applique and setting in a circle. There
are some ideas for quilting. The afterword explains the creative
making of the Sacred Heart quilt. A very enjoyable and informative
book on quilting wedges.
*www.karenplatt.co.uk*
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