Blue and White Quilts

I really enjoy two color quilts. Their crispness and simplicity really lets the pattern shine.  The editors of Red and White Quilts have written a new book with blue and white quilts.

Blue & White Quilts: 13 Remarkable Quilts with Timeless Appeal*  by That Patchwork Place offers beautiful traditional quilts, which means that you may have already seen these patterns, but they are beautiful and worth a second look. They are recreated using modern techniques.

The quilts are made by these designers:  Lissa Alexander, Lisa Bongean, Julie Hendricksen, Sherri McConnell, Camille Roskelley, Laurie Simpson, Helen Stubbings, Debbie Roberts, Jill Shaulis, Nancy Mahoney, Paula Barnes, and Mary Ellen Robison.

Because there are many different designers, it is worth reading the patterns to find different techniques to make the same block, to see which one you like.  Most of the quilts use simple techniques, but will take perseverance to make the multiple blocks.

Most of the quilts are pieced, but there is some applique.

 I really like this star.

 I also like using a dark background instead of a light background. The stars are on point. The pattern calls for making the flying geese using the stitch and flip method.

 Some blocks are bigger.

This applique and pieced quilt uses the four at a time flying geese method.

I received a review copy of Blue and White Quilts* from Edelweiss. It was published by That Patchwork Place on December 6, 2019 and is 96 pages.

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Sisterhood of Scraps

In A Sisterhood of Scraps*, Lissa Alexander compiles quilt patterns made by seven different designers:. Susan Ache, Kim Brackett, Barbara Brackman, Sheryl Johnson, Laurie Simpson, and Sandy Klop. The subtitle is 12 Brilliant Quilts From 7 Fantastic Designers. For some of them, she makes her own version of the quilts based on the theme. Although there are twelve quilts, some of them are quite similar.

The writing in the introduction and the biography of Lissa are more chatty and less formal than I am used to seeing in a quilt book, and lends a more casual feel to the book. There is a certificate in the back of the book to prove that you are a part of the sisterhood.

The quilts are renditions of traditional quilts, made with beautiful combinations of scrap fabrics.

This one is one of my favorites in the book.

I  received a review copy of Sisterhood of Scraps* from Edelweiss.

On Sale Date: January 6, 2020

ISBN 9781683560463, 1683560469

Paperback | 

96 pages

$27.99 USD

Crafts & Hobbies / Quilts & Quilting 

 

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