Paula Nadelstern - Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics

Text 2005 Paula Nadelstern
Artwork 2005 C&T Publishing, Inc.
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Front cover: Detail of Block 1B
Back cover: Block 1C, Block 1F

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nadelstern, Paula.

Puzzle quilts : simple blocks, complex fabrics / Paula Nadelstern.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-57120-336-2 (paper trade)

1. PatchworkPatterns. 2. AppliquPatterns. 3. Patchwork quilts. I. Title.

TT835.N334 2005
746.46041dc22

2005015583

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

To bright and beautiful Ariel, my new quilting buddy

So many thank-yous , so little opportunity to convey them. Thats why Im going to grab this occasion with both hands and shout out my appreciation to the following people:

My editor, Candie Frankel. I knew youd rush down the New York State Thruway to rescue a good read as soon as you heard my distress signal.

Amy Marson, Todd Hensley, Jan Grigsby, John Pilcher, and the rest of the C&T team, who try to let their authors write the books they have to write. Special thanks to Carolyn Aune for fine-tuning the manuscript technically, an aptitude I completely lack; I was beyond grateful to have a calm, skilled person to rely on. Same goes for Kristen Yenche, who worked very hard to uncover the quilt book cover that existed in my minds eye, and Rose Sheifer, who tweaked an ordinary book package into a stylish book design. Thanks also to Lynn Koolish for understanding the importance of a few good latkes.

Photographer Bard Martin, for exposing a likeness I like.

Megan Downer and Katia Hoffman, who get my design sensibility and use their combined expertise to turn it into gorgeous goods. Thanks also to the rest of the Benartex teamDavid Lochner, Susan Neill, Alex Rodriguez, Esther Zelinsky, Lisa Hamm, Susan Kemler, Karlos DaSalla, Elizabeth Ahlering, Bill Mason, Gayle Camargo, and Yuduth Holguin-Tejadafor ensuring that my fabrics live as long a life as possible and for humoring me and my endless requests.

Phillip de Leon (Alexander Henry); Gail Kessler and Clifford Quibell (Andover Fabrics); Donna Wilder, Meredith Voltaggio, and Debi Porreca (FreeSpirit); Sandy Muckenthaler (Hoffman Fabrics); Jason Yenter (In the Beginning Fabrics); Evie Ashworth (Robert Kaufman Fabrics); Pru Bolus (Langa Lapu); Cathy Miller (Michael Miller Fabrics); Wendy Richardson (Quilt Tapestry Studio); Yuichiro Kyomori (Watanabe Manufacturing Company); Cosette Russell (Cosette Marbled Silks); and Joyce A. Robertson (Westminster Fabrics), for trusting me with their collections.

Martin Favre and Gayle Hillert (Bernina USA); Pat Yamin (Come Quilt With Me); H.D. Wilbanks and Darlene Christopherson (Hobbs Bonded Fabrics); Marti Michell (Michell Marketing); Peggy Schaefer (Omnigrid, a division of Prym/Dritz); Ted Finkelstein (Gutermann of America, Inc.); Clover (for my favorite yellow scissors); Quilters Rule; and Rowenta Irons, for generously providing me with excellent products.

Deb Tilley, Linda Joy, and Shelley Knapp, for putting up with my shenanigans while they work very, very hard in my Quilt Festival booth. Thanks to Michael Miron, Shirley Levine, Stevii Graves, Debby Schwartzman, and Cindy Friedman for pitching in and to Wendy Richardson for shouting encouragement across the aisle. Also, a debt of gratitude to Deb for generously lending me her admirable talents and skills whenever I ask and to Lorraine Torrence who, to borrow from Tom Cruise, always helps me help me.

Cheryl Little and the knowledgeable, good-hearted gang of the Cotton Club, for supporting and encouraging my endeavors, not to mention inviting me to Boise every few years so this New Yorker can do some serious shopping. Id also like to recognize the generosity of the resourceful staff of Tennessee Quilts for helping me turn an overwhelming situation into a great opportunity.

The late Margit Echols, who in 1983 made the first contemporary puzzle quilt, entitled Patchwork Sampler Quilt. Margits contribution to the dynamic tradition of quilt design is gratefully acknowledged.

Katherine Knauer, for letting me use her clever phrase so everyone will think I am clever like her, and Robin Schwalb, who inspires me always and doesnt mind when I need to kvetch or need a TV program taped. As delighted as I am that Jeanne Butler and my dear cousin, Amy Orr, join us for Quilting by the Bay, mostly I am grateful that none of you accomplished artists are very fussy.

The members of The Manhattan Quilters Guild: Ludmila Aristova, Teresa Barkley, Jeanne Butler, Randy Frost, Iris Gowen, Tatiana Ivina, Emiko Toda Loeb, Ruth Marchese, Jeri Riggs, Diana Robinson, Robin Schwalb, Sandra Sider, Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Daphne Taylor, Ludmila Uspenskaya, Erin Wilson, and Adrienne Yorinks, for my monthly dose of creative juicing. I would be very thirsty without it. We will always miss our founding member, Karen Berkenfeld, a quiltmaker and friend of unequaled quiet grace.