Quilt Book Review: Quilt Workshop

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1 Quilt Book Review: Quilt Workshop Wedge I was on a rabbit trail on the internet the other and came across this quilt from Confessions of a Scrap Addict. (photo from Sarah s blog-thanks Sarah) Wow I loved it. Find the full blog post about her quilt here. I really loved that quilt. Happily she mentioned the book that the quilt pattern was from. Wedge Quilt Workshop. Well I was off and running on yet another rabbit trail. I had to know more about the book. Then I noticed it was by an author I already liked, Christina Cameli. Well I wanted to know if there were more quilts from the book that I liked.well all I could find was pictures of the front and back cover on Amazon.

2 There wasn t much on the C&T Publishing website. They never show very many projects that are in a book and that s frustrating to me. I couldn t get that quilt out of head. I loved Sarah s version of the quilt. AH but I hate spending money on books especially if there might be only one quilt in the book that I like. UGH, ugh, ugh. I waited a week. Man that quilt was still in my head. I looked around again trying to find other quilts that were in the book. I waited another week. I STILL liked that quilt. Then I

3 started to reason with myself. I ve been wanting to expand my horizons on the quilting front so maybe this would/could be my avenue. So after a month of wanting the book, I ordered it. UGH. I was so disappointed when I saw the original pattern of the quilt that inspired me to buy it. The white background is ho-hum compared to the blue. Darn. Maybe I shouldn t have bought the book. Then I decided to start at the beginning and really check out the book. The instructions looked good. I appreciated that they gave options for buying a ruler or not. That was nice.

4 This was interesting although I d likely never make it but wait, that would be a great baby mat. perfect to be in a circle. Hmmm. A baby mat would be

5 This was okay.i liked the block but the layout wasn t my favorite. fan. I like a little modern but I m not a negative space

6 I liked this. These colors weren t my thing but I kind of liked the design. Hmm.what colors are more me?

7 This was interesting too Not sure I loved it but when Kalissa saw it, she sure did. In fact she asked me it this was a beginner quilt.my response was, it depends on where you want to begin!! HAHAHAHA!

8 One thing I loved about the book was that the machine quilting was AMAZING! Check out all the fun designs in the wedges!

9 Best yet the book had drawn out suggestions for the quilting. I really loved that!!

10 I liked this quilt. I could see me making this one. This quilt I adored! WOW I loved it. The fun thing about this quilt is that there is no real pattern. There are illustrated how to pictures and I love that. I like to know more about techniques and ideas to improvise rather than a pattern. that! I think this allows me a do my own thing I love

11 So my review started out a little ho-hum. It ends with me in love and feeling inspired!! I do like the book. It s a little out of my typical box but that s okay sometimes. I did show the book to Kalissa and these are all quilts that she likes. YAHOO!! Maybe she ll quilt one day. There is still plenty of time! She s only 23. Amazon has the book Wedge Quilt Workshop here.i can t thank Sarah enough for blogging about the quilt. Although I discovered I d have to applique the wedges down to make the quilt that inspired me, I still just might make it. I don t know what it was about the quilt that made me like it so much but I sure do! I know someone is going to ask so here s the link for the 10 degree and the 9 degree rulers that you might want for the quilts. P.S. I do have an extra copy and it s been awhile since I did a give away. Interested? Just leave a comment telling if you have ever made a wedge quilt-comments MUST be left here on this blog post. That s all you need to do to enter. I ll pick a winner next week either when I remember or someone

12 reminds me. Yes, I m having that kind of a weekend!!