by Amanda Murphy (Author)
Dress up your home in something fresh for the holidays! These quilts and holiday decorations from designer/blogger Amanda Murphy take Christmas in a bright new direction that updates the traditional reds and greens with blues, pinks, and whites. 18 festive projects include 9 quilts and 9 home decorations: seasonal pillows, a tree skirt, advent calendar, Christmas stocking, and more. Create modern looks with favorite blocks like Flying Geese, Dresden Plate, and Hexagon. Use all your skills: piecing, applique, and hand embellishment. Make many of the quilts for any season with a simple change of fabrics.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Publisher: Stash Books
Published: 22 Aug 2013
ISBN 10: 160705678X
ISBN 13: 9781607056782
June 13
Fabric and quilt designer Murphy brings her bright, modern aesthetic to holiday sewing in this collection of Christmas-themed projects. She begins with nine quilts, most of which are the perfect size for snuggling on a cold winter's night, and then follows with nine home decor projects. For many of the patterns, especially the quilts, a different choice of fabric or color palette would make them more suitable for everyday use, rather than as holiday gifts. Several of the projects incorporate intermediate or advanced techniques, such as precision piecework and hand or fusible applique, but directions are provided. VERDICT Holiday projects are ever popular, and summer is the time to start thinking about handmade gifts. Modern quilters will enjoy this fun collection.
* Library Journal, USA *