Sunday, October 8, 2017
book reviews
one of my job perks is first look at new things...saturday these were on my cart but never made it to the shelf...first up, a nice scrappy book by the author of "sunday morning quilts"...i loved that book but felt all the projects were too time consuming.
this book, however, has projects that incorporate small and larger pieces. lovely full-color photos, sections for each shape--square, triangle, rectangle, strips, snippets--that jump started my quilty muse. if you need inspiration or are over-run with a particular size, you'll get great ideas here. the next new book is tula pink's...
this book, too, has luscious color photos, some rudimentary information, detailed construction info plus innovative patterns--no surprise there--plus some really detailed machine quilting ideas. about the same number of patterns as the first book (i didn't count) but more involved for somebody looking to venture outside of a wide comfort zone. i offer these reviews simply as my observations, without author obligation and no remuneration whatsoever except that of inspiring and informing fellow sewists...caveat: not a repro print in sight either!
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My first library job was as a shelver. The supervisor said it took me longer to shelve a cart than anyone else because I wanted to look at every single book! Hope you're enjoying the job, Grace.
ReplyDeletei love it nann...the minuscule pay is secondary but comes in handy...my knees are even getting used to it...lol...sat i did 2 carts in 4 hours so i felt pretty proud of myself...
DeleteGreat to know, I welcome your reviews. I do have Sunday Morning Quilts and tons and tons of precut scraps... I will have to take a look at her newest book: No Scrap Left Behind
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen either book, but I like the title of the first one. I sometimes look at a quilt in bright. modern fabrics and can envision it in repros. Other times they just suffer too much in the translation. :)
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