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    Go Big, Go Bold—Large-Scale Modern Quilts: 10 Projects - Quick to Cut - Fast to Sew
    Go Big, Go Bold—Large-Scale Modern Quilts: 10 Projects - Quick to Cut - Fast to Sew
    Go Big, Go Bold—Large-Scale Modern Quilts: 10 Projects - Quick to Cut - Fast to Sew
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    Go Big, Go Bold—Large-Scale Modern Quilts: 10 Projects - Quick to Cut - Fast to Sew

    By Barbara Cain

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    A quilt in one weekend! Indulge in your favorite hobby when you piece graphic, bold blocks. Well-known blogger Barbara Cain invites you make simple patchwork scaled to dynamic proportions, so pattern pieces are quicker to cut and easier to sew. Each of the 10 beginner-friendly, big-block quilt designs features 2 sizes and 6 colorways for 120 striking possibilities! Use elements from the quilt top to make a coordinating pieced quilt back. Maximize your time when you make and gift these modern quilts, which can be assembled in a weekend.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC&T Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateNov 16, 2015
    ISBN9781617450884
    Go Big, Go Bold—Large-Scale Modern Quilts: 10 Projects - Quick to Cut - Fast to Sew
    Author

    Barbara Cain

    When Barbara was a young girl, her mother taught her how to sew clothing. After Barbara understood garment making, her interests quickly turned to home goods. She began making kitchen linens, decorative pillows, bedding, and, most importantly, quilts! Barbara had an undying interest in all things textile, which inspired her to pursue an education in interior design. This was followed by a long career as a partner of an architectural firm where she honed her design skills. Due to the demands of her occupation, quilting had been a luxury hobby in Barbara’s limited free time. She recognized her need to continue making quilts, but without the huge time commitment that many quilts take. This need resulted in her developing Big Bold Modern Quilts, where Barbara shares her expertise in creating large scale, sizable quilts with rewarding speed. www.modernquiltingbyb.com

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      Book preview

      Go Big, Go Bold—Large-Scale Modern Quilts - Barbara Cain

      PUBLISHER: Amy Marson

      CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Gailen Runge

      ART DIRECTOR: Kristy Zacharias

      EDITOR: Lynn Koolish

      TECHNICAL EDITORS: Ellen Pahl and Debbie Rodgers

      COVER DESIGNER: April Mostek

      BOOK DESIGNER: Christina Jarumay Fox

      PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Freesia Pearson Blizard

      PRODUCTION EDITOR: Joanna Burgarino

      ILLUSTRATOR: Jenny Davis

      PHOTO ASSISTANT: Mary Peyton Peppo

      Style photography by Nissa Brehmer and instructional photography by Diane Pedersen, unless otherwise noted

      Published by Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my mother, Helen Summers, who was so thoughtful when planting the sewing seed in me many years ago.

      Acknowledgments

      Many thanks to the following manufacturers who kindly provided many of the materials used for the projects in this book: Andover Fabrics, Coats and Clark, Michael Miller Fabrics, Riley Blake Designs, Robert Kaufman Fabrics, The Warm Company, and Westminster Fibers / Lifestyle Fabrics.

      A very special thank-you to my husband, John Cain, for his continuing patience, encouragement, and support of anything I get myself into.

      Introduction

      Ask 100 quilters to define modern quilting and you’ll get 100 different answers, the majority of them relating to the final product—improvisational, asymmetrical, bold, minimalist, borderless, just to name a few. While modern quilting is certainly about what the quilts look like, it’s just as much about the process of quilting. For me, modern quilting is about using modern tools, techniques, and computer technology for learning, collaborating, and acquiring materials. It’s about making efficient use of what little spare time we have to indulge ourselves in our favorite activity. Modern quilting is about the modernization of a traditional craft to make it more compatible with our contemporary lifestyles.

      Whether you’ve just begun to make quilts or you are very experienced, you are a quilter who is living in today’s busy society. Along with that, you have a few conditions that need to be met:

      •You want to make the best use of the time you have available for quilting.

      •You want to enjoy the process of making a quilt.

      •You want to finish your quilt sooner rather than later.

      •You want a quilt that is worthy of your efforts.

      This book will allow you to meet those needs by teaching you to easily make bold graphic quilts for you, your family, and your friends to enjoy. The pattern pieces are much larger than their traditional counterparts, so they are quick to cut and quick to sew together. They provide the perfect spaces to showcase your favorite fabrics and quilting designs. As a bonus, the quilts have pieced backings that also exhibit big, bold character. Each backing displays a graphic pieced strip that echoes the quilt top and is flanked with a coordinating print fabric. This lets you feature either side; making these quilts essentially reversible. Choose your favorite side—you’ll have two quilts in one!

      Let’s get started. Be bold!

      —Barbara Cain

      P. S. If you are a beginning quiltmaker, take a look at Quiltmaking Basics and the Glossary—these sections will provide all the information you need to make the quilts in this book.

      Helpful Tips

      and Techniques

      Staying Organized

      The fabrics for each project are numbered to make it easier for you to use the color palette of your choice. To keep organized while you are working, make a fabric numbering reference sheet for each quilt that you make. Cut a snippet from each fabric, staple the snippets to a sheet of paper, and label each accordingly. This reference will help you in quickly identifying each of your fabrics and will help prevent cutting and sewing errors.

      Keep your cut fabric organized by labeling your cut pieces as indicated in the cutting charts. Make labels using scraps of paper and attach them with straight pins to the cut stacks of fabrics.

      Woven fabrics stretch more and handle differently when cut crosswise (along the weft) than they do when cut lengthwise (along the warp). Two pieces of the same fabric can also appear slightly different when oriented perpendicular to each other. To keep your quilt looking uniform, stack squares cut from solids and nondirectional prints in the same direction and with right sides up. Use your label to denote orientation. This will help prevent you from inadvertently rotating the cuts.

      Solid fabrics are included in most of the quilts shown in the book. While many solids are reversible, some are not. Labeling your cuts will also help you to ensure that you don’t mistake the wrong side of a solid fabric for the right side.

      Piecing the Quilt Backs

      All the quilt

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