Marsha McCloskey's Block Party: A Quilter's Extravaganza of 120 Rotary-Cut Block Patterns - Hardcover

Mccloskey, Marsha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875967566 ISBN 13: 9780875967561

Publisher: Rodale Books, 1998

Synopsis

With 120 rotary-cut blocks, each finishing at 9 inches, every quilter's creativity will be greatly enhanced when she mixes and matches the blocks in more than 15 settings. Each project features complete directions, sewing hints, and quilting suggestions, and quilters can choose their favorite blocks to feature in the quilt.

McCloskey offers tips for laying out blocks, planning fabric placement, and choosing borders. There are also step-by-step assembly diagrams for each block and quick-and-easy rotary-cutting dimensions along with traditional templates.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Mix-and-match 9-inch blocks to create hundreds of quilt designs!

With Marsha McCloskey's Block Party, making a quilt is as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Pick a block.
Choose your favorites from 120 exciting 9" rotary-cut blocks found in The Block Library.

2. Pick a setting.
Mix and match your blocks and combine them using one of the 15 quilt settings Marsha has designed. Since all the blocks are the same size, everything fits together without any messy math or extra figuring on your part.

3. Make a quilt!
Clear, fully illustrated directions give you everything you need to sew the blocks without a hitch and assemble a gorgeous quilt from start to finish.

Over 1,600 illustrations and 130 color photos make this a beautiful and practical how-to guide for every quiltmaker.

"Wow! What a book! Block Party is great for a beginning quilter, yet challenging and interesting enough for the more experienced quilter."--Georgia J. Bonesteel, creator and host of "Lap Quilting" on PBS

Marsha McCloskey has been a quilter since 1969. Internationally known as an inspiring teacher, prolific author, award-winning quiltmaker, and popular fabric designer, Marsha has legions of fans who love the way she blends traditional quilt designs with the latest rotary-cutting techniques. Block Party is Marsha's sixteenth book on quiltmaking.

About the Author:

Marsha McCloskey has published almost 20 books on quilting. Nationally recognized as a quilt teacher, Marsha lives in Seattle, Washington.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0875967566
• ISBN 13: 9780875967561
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256