Quilty Book Review by Ronni Chavez:
All Points Patchwork
by Diane Gilleland (
CraftyPod)
The layout of this latest EPP book just tickles me:
Storey Publishing and
Diane Gilleland have made complicated illustrations easy to understand, and very fun. [I know, because I drew similar illustrations for our
RHQ EPP Tutorial.]
Diane describes every type of English Paper Piecing form, how each is best covered (in fabric, of course:), with several design options for all shape.
No matter what the feature; skinny points, curves, every size angle...all are
covered here;)
And covered EQUALLY! Too often EPP books claim to be comprehensive, but really only focus on hexagons. This book actually is comprehensive, with every shape receiving it's own chapter comparing differing construction methods. Now you'll know when to glue EPP seam allowances, and when its best to stich through the papers.
Beginning chapters review all the different ways to make templates and cardstock forms. If you're planning to draw your own papers, you'll appreciate Diane's simplified geometry lessons for drafting. Contemporary tools like paper punches and marking pens are also included.
Best of all is the extensive in text cross referencing. For example,
"Bet you're wondering how to
xyz about now? Remember we answered that back on page 000." Makes my librarian's heart happy:)
I was inspired by the new projects in All Points Patchwork.
Some are 3-D, some are applique, all are clever and would be fun to make.
I have always wanted to try some Apple Cores. Diane's book has the cutest design for an embroidered apple core applique dish towel. Hope I'll get to try it out, soon!
[This picture isn't it. I wouldn't post copyrighted stuff here, and ruin he book for you! This is another cool apple core design of the Apple-a-Day bloghop project from CraftyPod]
So, the moral of the
Storey is, don't be afraid of EPP. If you are beginner, here is everything you need to know in one adorable, inspiring package. And if you are an expert, you'll still find advice on new EPP shapes you haven't tried yet, plus plenty of fun projects.
What new EPP shapes are you inspired to work on?
