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Crazy Shortcut Quilts: Quilt as You Go and Finish in Half the Time!
Crazy Shortcut Quilts combines the look of a "Crazy Quilt" with the ease of quilt-as-you-go, so that every single quilt is unique and yet very easily made!
The quilt as you go process uses the decorative stitches of the sewing machine to do the quilting. There's no need to learn free motion quilting when your sewing machine can do all the quilting for you, using beautiful threads and decorative stitches!
From beginners to experts, all quilters will love the opportunity to have a finished quilt in just hours, using small, manageable pieces of fabrics that are joined in a unique and soft manner.
The book contains solid advice about fabric selection to coordinate your quilts with your home décor, and provides time estimates for finishing each quilt.
Learn how to make a gorgeous, reversible, quilt using fabrics that enhance your decor, quilted with all the beautiful stitches on your sewing machine.
Most quilt books teach you how to make just a quilt top, and offer no fabric selection advice.
Crazy Shortcut Quilts approaches quilting from a "new rules" point of view, teaching you about fabrics, cutting, a new way of creating a "crazy block", and unique quilting tips. The sashing method looks tailored and smooth, and yet is simple and easy!
Experience the joy of making your first completely finished quilt in a very short time, and the satisfaction of finally having a use for all the gorgeous decorative stitches that you sewing machine has!
The quilt as you go process uses the decorative stitches of the sewing machine to do the quilting. There's no need to learn free motion quilting when your sewing machine can do all the quilting for you, using beautiful threads and decorative stitches!
From beginners to experts, all quilters will love the opportunity to have a finished quilt in just hours, using small, manageable pieces of fabrics that are joined in a unique and soft manner.
The book contains solid advice about fabric selection to coordinate your quilts with your home décor, and provides time estimates for finishing each quilt.
Learn how to make a gorgeous, reversible, quilt using fabrics that enhance your decor, quilted with all the beautiful stitches on your sewing machine.
Most quilt books teach you how to make just a quilt top, and offer no fabric selection advice.
Crazy Shortcut Quilts approaches quilting from a "new rules" point of view, teaching you about fabrics, cutting, a new way of creating a "crazy block", and unique quilting tips. The sashing method looks tailored and smooth, and yet is simple and easy!
Experience the joy of making your first completely finished quilt in a very short time, and the satisfaction of finally having a use for all the gorgeous decorative stitches that you sewing machine has!
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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August 31, 2010
Excellent instructions! I whipped up a tablerunner in an afternoon. I am nervous to do a whole quilt, but the technique is well explained. I'm going to use it on a McKenna Ryan quilt that I have.
May 17, 2020
VERY useful techniques for crazy quilts - and other quilts
Very useful techniques for crazy quilts - and other quilts. I love the ability to make and quilt the quilt blocks and then join everything together (I was intimidated by the idea of putting together the entire quilt top and then quilting a whole full- to king-size quilt on my “regular” Bernina sewing machine - yet still do some “intricate” quilting all over the quilt. Now I know “how” to do that - by piecing together the quilt using the sashing technique described in this book. (I borrowed this book from the library, but found it useful enough that I am going to buy it for my Kindle library.)
Very useful techniques for crazy quilts - and other quilts. I love the ability to make and quilt the quilt blocks and then join everything together (I was intimidated by the idea of putting together the entire quilt top and then quilting a whole full- to king-size quilt on my “regular” Bernina sewing machine - yet still do some “intricate” quilting all over the quilt. Now I know “how” to do that - by piecing together the quilt using the sashing technique described in this book. (I borrowed this book from the library, but found it useful enough that I am going to buy it for my Kindle library.)
April 5, 2024
Helpful hints and tips
March 3, 2015
Excellent book!
This mother and daughter team identified their audience, carried out a theme through out the book, and shared the WHY of their unique method of quilt making. The book tells a story, and you get to know the family-they all seem to participate in the enjoyment of the whole process.
I appreciated the low cost tips and recognition of space and time limitations. I laughed about the "back seat quilts". (Even people down south could use them this winter!)
You can tell they have worked out all the bugs and have given us the benefit of their experience.
And the quilts are real pretty, too!
I don't buy many books, but I suspect I may have to buy this one- it is that good.
This mother and daughter team identified their audience, carried out a theme through out the book, and shared the WHY of their unique method of quilt making. The book tells a story, and you get to know the family-they all seem to participate in the enjoyment of the whole process.
I appreciated the low cost tips and recognition of space and time limitations. I laughed about the "back seat quilts". (Even people down south could use them this winter!)
You can tell they have worked out all the bugs and have given us the benefit of their experience.
And the quilts are real pretty, too!
I don't buy many books, but I suspect I may have to buy this one- it is that good.
May 29, 2008
What a neat technique! Now to find time to do it.
January 14, 2017
Great ideas!
Great ideas! Loved the tips & shortcuts. The mechanics of the measurement breakdown was well described and easy to understand.
Great ideas! Loved the tips & shortcuts. The mechanics of the measurement breakdown was well described and easy to understand.
April 19, 2017
This is not the type of quilt I had thought I would ever want to make, however, after reading through the book and seeing how fun and fast it could be, I hope to try one some time. You could get a modern look by using the right fabrics (solids, especially) if you like that look. I don't necessarily like all the stitched quilting using different stitches, but again you can take the idea and run with it using your own creativity.
I had read how to quilt as you go in the past and did not completely understand the ending process so it is nice to understand that now. This book is very thorough with details so that even a beginning sewer could figure out how to make a crazy quilt.
I had read how to quilt as you go in the past and did not completely understand the ending process so it is nice to understand that now. This book is very thorough with details so that even a beginning sewer could figure out how to make a crazy quilt.
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