Setting Solutions

Book excerpt: “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 “The problem-solving section and the project maps make it absolutely clear just how Sharyn dealt with each set of challenges, and just how simple the solutions are. Now where is that set of blocks I won last year?” —Sally Schneider, author of Scrap Quilts Fit for a Queen