Scrap Quilts: The Art of Making Do [B1880]

1998 HC in excellent condition. Antique scrap quilts can be the most humble of quilts and, at the same time, the most complicated of all quilts to understand. Roberta Horton shows her techniques for making a scrap quilt, including how to free-hand cut shapes for a folk-art look. A selection of 23 block patterns is provided (with instructions for enlarging), along with many colorful examples of pieced, pieced-and-appliqued, and folk-art scrap quilts. Roberta shares advice on the interaction of fabrics within a quilt and how to choose just the right blocks. Unpretentious and honest - and, at the same time, beautiful - old quilts give today's quilters inspiration for coloration, composition, and fabric usage.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Really good lessons about combining fabric to make interesting compositions."; "I love this book and am so happy to finally own a copy. Roberta Horton covers all the most important creative aspects of making a quilt."; "A seriously good book for scrap quilters. I procrastinated about buying this book for years but it kept getting referenced in some of my favorite books so I eventually gave in and bought it. There is so much good, solid information in it that I am left wishing I had bought it years ago."; "I found this book very inspiring. It isn't a pattern book so much as a book about how to create your own scrap quilts. Horton explains the factors to consider when considering what fabric will go in a particular composition. She also analyzes several scrap quilts in detail which really helped me see what choices had been made in each and the design impacts of those choices. There is also a section where Horton walks the reader through her process for designing "Corroboree," a quilt that features a large-print Aboriginal fabric in a Goose Chase setting. I found that process extremely illuminating as well."; "Roberta has put a lot of thought into what works well and what doesn't. Love her books!"; "This is a quilt philosophy book, chockfull of ideas, explanations, and examples. I love Roberta Horton’s sense of design and style, her open admiration of old quilts with all their idiosyncrasies, her avocation of using plaids that are cut casually off grain, her advice on adding color and interest . Roberta’s quilts are folk art and scrappy, refreshing to look at in a time of increasing mass production. I revisit this book often."