Bonner Natalia - Modern one-block quilts: 22 fresh patchwork projects

Text copyright 2013 by Natalia Bonner and Kathleen Whiting Photography and Artwork copyright 2013 by C&T Publishing, Inc. Publisher: Amy Marson Creative Director: Gailen Runge Art Director / Book Designer: Kristy Zacharias Editor: Karla Menaugh Technical Editors: Susan Nelsen and Alison M. Schmidt Cover Designers: Kristy Zacharias and Christina Jaruamay Fox Production Coordinator: Jenny Davis Production Editor: Alice Mace Nakanishi Illustrator: Jessica Jenkins Photo Assistant: Mary Peyton Peppo Photography by Nissa Brehmer and Diane Pedersen of C&T Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise noted Published by Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549 Modern One-Block Quilts Download Copyright 2011 by C&T Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-60705-724-6 Published by C&T Publishing, Inc., PO Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549. www.ctpub.com All rights reserved.

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You are amazing! Acknowledgments Special thanks to both our families for supporting us along the journey of writing this book. To Ashlee Woolf, Ainslee Howells, and Ilene Peterson, thank you for the gorgeous quilts that you pieced for this book. Emmy and Gage Jasperson, thank you for your support, encouragement, and willingness to sew multiple quilts, unpick quilts, and repair sewing machines. To everyone who reads our blog and attends quilt guilds with us, your kind comments and support gave us more motivation and encouragement than we could have ever imagined. Thank you to Moda Fabrics, Riley Blake Designs, Michael Miller Fabrics, Birch Fabrics, Windham Fabrics, Robert Kaufman Fabrics, Warm & Natural batting, and all the brilliant fabric designers. The fabrics that you provided for this book are lovely and helped us to create beautiful quilts.

To all the staff at C&T Publishing and Stash Booksthank you very much for giving us the opportunity to write this book. This journey has been so much fun. IntroductionWE ARE CRAZY ABOUT QUILTING. We like the feeling that we are creating something useful as well as adding design to our homes. Displaying color and artistry on a bed enhances the room as well as giving the satisfaction of creating an inviting space. Making one block and turning it different ways to create a pattern can be fascinating. Todays fabric choices open up even more possibilities for design and depth in both the block and the quilt.

It is fun to see what we can create. We love the way different colors and shapes can be used in decorating to affect our moods and emotions. When it comes to decorating our homes, we can change the feeling of a room with a quick change of a quilt on a bed, draped over a chair or couch, or hanging on a wall. One-block quilts especially lend themselves to create interesting patterns that enhance a room when they are folded across the bed or even over a ladder. The effect can come from the pattern and from the color. Straight lines can create a modern, bold feeling, whereas rounded or curved lines induce a soft, more romantic atmosphere.

Reds and oranges can be energizing, blues and grays more calming. Green is considered a neutral and will create a relaxed feeling, while yellow lightens the mood. Purple stirs creativity, while brown adds sophistication. This book includes 22 blocks that appeal to todays quilters, from the beginner to the more advanced quilter. The blocks range in size from 6 6 to 12 24, and instructions are given for baby, throw, and coverlet sizes. The coverlet size is large enough to use on beds of various sizes.

Think of the way design and color impact your emotions, and decide what kind of feeling you are ready to create. Choose the block and fabric colors, and then you are ready to enjoy the process. Sewing BASICS The quilts in this book are constructed with many common elements: snowballs, half-square triangles, Flying Geese, and template piecing. The steps in each project show one way to construct the blocks for the quilt. For example, a quilt may have Flying Geese elements within a block, and the steps will explain one method for making Flying Geese. However, there are other methods for constructing Flying Geese, and this section explains some alternative methods for achieving the same elements in a quilt.