Quick-Strip Paper Piecing: For Blocks, Borders & Quilts

by Peggy Martin

Learn how to speed up your paper piecing with this innovative technique and create radiant quilts.Paper piece your way to fast, accurate quilts! “Quick-strip” whiz Peggy Martin combines the accuracy of paper piecing, the speed of strip piecing, and an incredible eye for color to create quilts that seem to glow from within. Discover for yourself this fun, easy, nearly mistake-proof variation on a theme.• 17 block patterns plus two borders, based on traditional designs - all paper pieced for speed and accuracy• 4 complete quilt projects include “Midnight Garden,” “Millennium Star,” “New York Beauty,” and “Rainbow Galaxy”• Complete instructions for Peggy’s quick-strip technique, plus fabric selection, pattern preparation, and finishing touches• Get inspired by a gallery of bright, colorful quick-strip quilts• A great introduction to paper piecing for beginners, and experienced paper piecers will love it, too!

Genres: Quilting

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick Strip Paper Piecing had the following key points:
- Do your paper piecing in an assembly line fashion to make the repeat units.
- It includes strip measurements, so that you make fewer mistakes and waste less fabric.
- The book includes 19 different excellent star and other patterns.
I am not using her total procedure but benefited hugely from the book. I used the 6" Simple Star to add stars to Kathy's Galaxy quilt.
Excellent book. Beautiful colors in her stars and quilts. Includes a gallery of other quilts from her patterns. Very smart.

[Nonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

2003

Foundation / Paper Piecing

Ms Martin shows a different technique to paper piece. You start with a strip set and sew each foundation to that, making the four patches all at the same time, speeding up the process.

There are some lovely blocks in this book (12-15), put into some lovely quilts, shown in the gallery. I was disappointed in the book because the title implied that they would have some interesting paper pieced borders. That was why I bought the book. Beyond showing flying geese in the borders there was nothing new or interesting. If there was something exciting it was not from paper piecing.

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