Pretty in Patchwork: Holidays: 30+ Seasonal Patchwork Projects to Piece, Stitch, and Love

by John Q. Adams

Happy patchwork holiday! Celebrate the season with the second in our Pretty in Patchwork series. It's a very merry collection of absolutely adorable projects from the popular “Quilt Dad” blogger and friends, including pieced polar bear and penguin pillows, a too-cute pillowcase and matching hedgehog stuffy, stockings, ornaments, tree skirts, and more. Of course, there are assorted quilts of all sizes, too. With a robust basics section, color step-by-step illustrations, and color variations throughout, Pretty in Holidays will help you deck your halls in style! 
 

Genres: Quilting, Christmas, Crafts, Holiday

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2012

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute projects. Lots of variety: pillows, quilts, ornaments, stockings, even a pickle.
I will probably make his adorable Antarctica pillows to learn paper piecing.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Someone gave me this book. Usually if someone is finished with a book and no longer wants it, or finds it in their grandmother's attic type of thing, they give it to me. I don't know where it came from, but I wouldn't have bought it myself. Not that it isn't a lovely book, filled with beautiful pictures of patchwork projects to make for the wonderful Christmas season. I wouldn't have bought it because anything having to do with sewing doesn't like me and I don't like it. There is no chance of me getting the thread through the tiny hole in the needle. There is no chance of me not sticking the needle into my hand whether it has thread on it or not. I can't get the thread at the bottom of the sewing machine to come up through that hole, and don't know why I would want it to do such a thing. If I absolutely must sew something, I use a hot glue gun. So no, I couldn't make any of the beautiful things in this book. Unless I can use hot glue to do it that is.

[Candy · Rating 5 out of 5]

John Q. Adams edited and contributed to this. He's so comfortable with going a little bit non traditional.
I appreciated that the projects are not screaming red and green! Even if they are traditional colors, there are cute options.
The instructions are both concise and easy to understand.
I came away with lots of ideas, inspiration, and knowledge.

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good selection of holiday quilts and crafts to make and discover.

[Jeannine · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few cute projects that will come in handy at Christmas.

[Jude Grebeldinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

pg. 27" Drawstring Gift Bags"

[Karen Linton · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first quilting book I've bought that I want to make all the projects included! Love it, John!!

[Shari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute things. Only found 1 thing I would want to make.

[Cheri]

All very nice, nothing that struck me to make though. perfectly lovely, not my thing.