501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique

by Better Homes and Gardens

A treasury of patterns for patchwork and appliqué Here, quilters will find 501 pieced and appliquéd quilt blocks, easily customized for unique, personalized themes. Plus, 40 step-by-step projects for using blocks in the form of wearables, personal accessories, and home and seasonal decorations are included as well as 500 full-color photos and 600 line drawings.

Genres: Quilting, Nonfiction, Crafts, Sewing, How To, Reference

320 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Leslie Hickman · Rating 2 out of 5]

After looking over it and reading the so-called instructions I was disappointed. While the figures are nice the actual instructions on how to create them are seriously lacking. Ironically the example shown sewn are not done well, many are lop-sided or off point. Not worth the time or money!

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use to look at this book and get ideas on what to do with my scrapbooking and my mom loved it for her ideas on to do quilt blocks.

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of these can easily be made into pp patterns.

[Charissa Wilkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overview: If you are a new quilter, how do you find new blocks to put together? Or if you are a more experienced quilter, how do you challenge yourself? This book claims to have the answer.

Likes: Most of this book showcases the blocks. This makes it easy if you just want to scale up the blocks. And the blocks are separated by, let’s say, family type.

As well, we get several different ways to use these blocks.

Conclusion: This is a fun book for the quilter in your life. I hope you get the same amount of enjoyment and use out of it as I have.

[Alison Olson · Rating 1 out of 5]

No measurements are provided for the patterns. There are pictures that can be traced into templates, add 1/4", then traced on to fabric. If you are looking for ideas, its useful for reference but not good for execution.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of wonderful blocks!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't wait to try a few of these.

[Karlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super excited to try making some! I put my new tabs to use! 😄😄

[Bec · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better quilting block guides.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has patterns for many blocks, square, rectangles, appliques, but one needs to enlarge them all. But I loved seeing the different Sun Bonnet Sues.
This could be a good reference book, not to own, unless you have a huge house with a large library. Just as easy to obtain from the library.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good resource for quilt blocks. But it should be rather treated as encyclopedia, plus if you really want to use these block for your projects, you should enlarge them, otherwise you'd make one quilt half a year :)

[Erika Mulvenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a big-ass book of traditional quilting blocks. Very interesting to browse through and finally learn a bit about many of these blocks that I've seen hundreds of times before. I'm not a traditional quilter, but this was a very interesting and inspiring read.

[Cws]

746.97

[Bridget · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good basic quilting book.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

excellent resource--not imaginative but good

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super resource for all quilters!!

[Mary D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good resource.

[Debra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Descriptions of classic quilt blocks. Very helpful and a good addition to my sewing and quilting library.

[Beatté · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reference for patchwork. One of the better books that you can actually have correct sizing for your quilt

[Ellen Spes]

Own it