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Title: Fat Quarter Friendly by Oxmoor House, Marianne Fons ISBN: 0-8487-2361-9 Publisher: Oxmoor House Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It is just what Liz & Marianne say it is
Comment: I like this book a lot. I read other reviews and want to add mine. On page 3, the authors give an introduction and mention that they have bunches of fat quarters and have quite a variety of them--now what to do with them?
Liz & Marianne say, "This book features a collection of our most popular Fat Quarter Friendly and Fat Eighth Friendly quilts from the magazine [For the Love of Quilting]....you have 30 patterns at your fingertips to inspire you." It is just what they say, reprints of their most popular patterns from their magazine that use fat quarters/eighths/small pieces of fabric. It is not trying to be all things to all quilters. (Beginners may not like this book too well, but Fons & Porter have published an excellent, very thorough and popular guide to quilting that would be better for them to start with.)
Of course one little bundle of 6 fat quarters is not going to make a twin/double size quilt! And yes, the front cover does show mainly bright colors but the back cover also shows quilts made in duller colors. If you don't like the duller ones, you can always get ideas for color combinations from many quilt books/magazines or other sources. You don't have to make your quilts match theirs. Some patterns are simple and some are WAY too hard for me. This is true of most of the quilt books I own. But I have seen pictures of "Circle Safari" done by other people in different colors from in the book; also in our local fabric store, someone has displayed a "Homespun Pleasures" quilt done in bright plaid flannels, and I almost didn't recognize it because the color choices are much different than the one in this book. I wanted to make these two quilts but I missed out on the Fons & Porter magazines that they first appeared in. Then I realized they were both in "Fat Quarter Friendly" and figured the price of the book equals out to about the same as buying two average quilt patterns, or would cost the same to locate & pay for the two back issues that these quilts were originally in, PLUS there are other patterns in it that I may try--so it's a good deal to me.
If you are limited in funds and in fabric, go to sales & keep collecting over time (almost everything in my stash is a fat or long quarter yard.) I have several other scrap quilt books, and each one has something different from the others, and I like them all for different reasons, including this book. This is a good addition for me, and thanks to Amazon.com, I was even able to get a used copy at a better price!
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for ideas!
Comment: I was looking for ideas to use the fat quarters I am always collecting and grabbed this book at a sale at my local quilt store. However, I probably would not follow the directions for some of the patterns. For example, the Mini Mariner's Compass could be much more accurately done using paper foundation piecing than just the traditional piecing instructions they gave. This surprised me because they did give paper piecing instructions for other quilts, so it is not as if they don't endorse the method. Very enjoyable reading and good as a source of ideas if you don't interpret them too literally.
Rating: 3
Summary: complete variety of scrappy block patterns
Comment: I bought this book solely for the large pieced flamingo ! The completed-quilt photos are mostly uninspiring, mostly dull colors. It takes a lot of imagination to choose your own colors to bring these patterns to life. But you have 30 different complete quilts to choose from, storm at sea, spinning wheels, scrappy star, mini mariner's compass, etc. An experienced quilter, I know that some are easy enough for beginners, while some are very challenging. (Not anything in the book to indicate which are which so be advised). And then there is that flamingo...
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Title: Fat Quarter Quilts by Mliss Rae Hawley, M'Liss Rae Hawley ISBN: 1564772691 Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: More Fat Quarter Quilts by M'Liss Rae Hawley ISBN: 1564773914 Publisher: That Patchwork Place Pub. Date: 03 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Fat Quarter Quilts by Jeanne Stauffer, Sandra Hatch, House of White Birches ISBN: 1882138937 Publisher: House of White Birches Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Our Best Seasonal Quilts: From Fons and Porter's for the Love of Quilting Magazine by Marianne Fons, Liz Porter, Oxmoor House ISBN: 0848723627 Publisher: Oxmoor House Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 101 Fabulous Rotary-Cut Quilts by Nancy J. Martin, Judy D. Hopkins ISBN: 1564772403 Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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