301 Country Christmas Quilt Blocks

By Cheri Saffiote and Mary Jo Hiney

Book Overview

Christmas offers the most popular themes for gift-giving and family remembrances, so quiltmakers will welcome a collection of all the yuletide projects they'll ever need. Over 300 patterns feature holiday symbols from children's toys to folk art designs to whimsical contemporary looks. Color shots of finished quilt blocks come with instructions for making them, including tips like how to use different colors of green in a tree, and how to create nostalgic or romantic moods.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806982756
• ISBN13: 9780806982755
• Release Date: December 1899
• Publisher: Chapelle
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Old time christmas feel

I found some useful ideas I will be able to bring more modern. A beginner would have no issues utilizing the book.

301 Christmas Quyilt Blocks

I love this book! Also, I have the companion book: "Two Hour Quilted Christmas Projects". Can't wait to start making Christmas gifts and ornaments for 2009.

Great Book for Country- and Christmas-Lovers

Because I'm a Country- and Christnmas-Lover too, I was very pleased, when I got the book. There ist a wide range of Blocks in different styles (Paper Piecing, Applique, Embroidery) and sizes. The book features only a few complete projects, but it should not be too difficult to create personal projects and use the blocks in little projects and gifts. As special "goodie" there are many drawings, named "Create it", in order to give examples and ideas for further Christmas Blocks. But there are no further instructions. You also get an instruction for "Tea Dying" to give the projects that ancient look. If you are a quilter who loves to get inspirations and not only complete instructions, then it's right book for you.

Imperfection is freeing

I disagree with other reviewers who took issue with the quality of the "country" ideas in this book. I think the charming irregularities and imperfections in the quilt blocks are wonderful! I think it frees me up as a quilter! This book is for impatient quilters who want to create something pretty without the tediousness of perfect piecing. True, the tea-dye brown gets redundant, but I think this book's strong point is that it allows for individual variation in the spirit of the home made "country" look. A lot of the patterns could easily be transformed into paper piecing or could be done using traditional pieced quilt blocks in similar "country" fabrics. The applique is rough and free-formed and so could be customized to suit one's own taste. I recommend this book!