Contents
Introduction
Carolyn Forster started making quilts when she was a teenager and went on to study textiles. Since graduating, she has taught patchwork and quilting both in the UK and the USA and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Fabrications, Popular Patchwork and Patchwork and Quilting. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK with her husband and son.
One-Patch Quilts is Part of Search Press’s bestselling 20 to Make
Series which gives you bargain priced project packed books at just
£4.99 a book. The books are smaller than most their other books,
this one being 48 pages but you do still get full size templates
included as well as step by step diagrams. The concept behind this
book is quilt designs that only use a single block, tessellating
shapes, making the cutting out and piecing quick and easy.
There is a certain amount of sewing knowledge assumed with only a
couple of pages of techniques at the back of the book. The focus is
on making the quilt top itself, if you don’t know how to baste,
quilt and bind you’ll need another book for those instructions. The
projects themselves introduce you to the shape being used in the
block, tell you how to piece it and then give a couple ideas of
layouts for the finished quilt. There’s a photo of one of the
quilts next to the instructions so you can see how it would look.
The instructions are minimal, but to be honest if you’ve made a
quilt before you won’t need more. As the series name suggests you
will find 20 different quilt designs in the book. The shapes
progress from easy designs such as squares, half square triangles
etc at the start of the book to more complicated designs like
jewels, hexagons and apple cores (the latter 2 using English Paper
Piecing) towards the end of the book. You can see the full table of
contents here. I think this book is best aimed at those who have
already made a quilt before but who are looking for ideas of other
quilts to make. These quick and easy designs would make great scrap
busters and will most likely encourage you to try sewing with
shapes you haven’t used before. Personally I am keen to try
the braid design (pictured below) and 45 degree diamonds (at the
top of the page).
*The Sewing Directory*
April 2018 If you still haven't caught the quilting bug, prepare to
get wide-eyed and inspired. Although it may seem small, this mighty
book unveils the potential magic of shapes as simple as the
hexagon, triangle and square. By playing with prints, colour and
tessellation, Carolyn Forster creates 20 lovely quilt designs using
only one shape each - meaning easier cutting out!
*Sew*
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