Setting Solutions
Published on 27. September 2022
96 pages
978-1-57120-773-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Offers clear, inspiring, and creative ideas throughout to help us complete our unfinished quilt projects in a fresh style." -Alex Anderson, author and host of
Simply Quilts
Get out all of the unfinished blocks lurking in the back of your closet, and use them to make a quilt! Sharyn shows you easy and fun ways to solve some of quilting's most common block problems, such as size dilemmas, color clashes, orphans, and what to do with plain old boring blocks.
- Sharyn's 10 Project Maps are your blueprints for success! Insert the blocks you already have into fabulous settings
- Learn how to identify why you haven't used a particular set of blocks and where to begin to determine a plan for using them in a quilt top
- Tired of traditional settings? You'll learn new techniques for grouping and enhancing your blocks
- Sixty-two full color quilts illustrate the techniques, and fire your imagination
- Presents an easy-to-understand glossary of many quilting terms such as audition, cornerstones, alternate set, and more
- Includes helpful Decimal Equivalents and Setting Triangle charts
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Sharyn Craig Bio: Sharyn Craig loves to see how many totally different quilts she can make with the same traditional block. She travels and teaches extensively and is known for her "Design Challenge" column in QuiltWorks Today magazine. Sharyn lives near San Diego in El Cajon, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Getting Set
- 1 Defining the Norm
- 2 Reconciling Size Differences
- 3 Color Correction
- 4 Dare to be Different
- 5 Framing the Competition
- 6 Alternating Possibilities
- 7 Organizing Your Orphan Blocks
- 8 Corner Cutters
- 9 Project Maps
- 10 Wrap it Up
- About the Author
- Index
- Copyright
