Quilts with an Angle – Book Review
Confession time? Triangles in quilting scare me. They look super cool, but the thought of sewing with angles just petrifies me. But not any more! I was super lucky to be asked by Sheila Christensen to review her new book Quilts with an Angle and it’s made me excited about tackling triangles.
Quilts with an Angle covers everything you need to know to become a master of triangles. The projects offer a wide variety of complexity from the super simple beginner friendly quilts to a group of more challenging quilts. There’s information about choosing fabrics, making sure your seams are correct, choosing the right tools and how to quickly cut triangles for working with.
Sheila has put her heart and soul into making triangles accessible for everyone and it shows in her book. Sheila walks you through how to make sewing with triangles accurate and even provides handy strip cutting tables within the book to help you speed up your preparations.
I love that there’s a variety of shapes included in Quilts with an Angle that aren’t just triangles (think trapezoids, diamonds and hexagon) but use the same principles as working with triangles. These shapes open up even more opportunities to make spectacular quilts.
I also love that Sheila provides quilting suggestions for those of us that might not be as confident with working out how to finish these amazing quilts. Quilts with an Angle is a great resource for those, like me, that want (and need) a lot of support to conquer their irrational fear of angles in quilting!
Quilts with an Angle Blog Hoppers
If you’d like to see more projects and reviews from Quilts with an Angle be sure to check out the following websites on the dates below:
- April 16th C&T www.ctpub.com/blog
- April 17th Wendy Welsh wendysquiltsandmore.blogspot.com
- April 18th Sheila Christensen www.mysteryquilter.com
- April 19th Angie Wilson www.gnomeangel.com <- YOU ARE HERE
- April 20th Juliet van der Heijden www.thetartankiwi.com
- April 21st Kim Moos www.cottoncuts.com/blog
- April 22nd Yvonne Fuchs www.quiltingjetgirl.com
- April 23rd Aurifil www.auribuzz.wordpress.com
- April 24th Jacquie Gering tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com
- April 25th Sheila Christensen www.mysteryquilter.com
Win a eCopy of Quilts with an Angle
CLOSED: Sign up to receive my weekly newsletter, Gnome Gnews, and you’ll go in the draw to win a digital copy of Quilts with an Angle from C&T Publishing. Entries close 11:59pm Sunday 28th April 2019 AEST. Winner will be drawn 29 April 2019 and announced in my newsletter and on this blog post. Open internationally.
WINNER: Belinda Rodwell – Congratulations Belinda! (Email will be sent to winner advising of how to claim prize.)
I’m curious who won the giveaway from your site?? Congratulations to the winner! I’ve looked and don’t see it? Thanks!
Sorry, Coollizzie! I had a complete blunder and the update I had scheduled hadn’t published and then I forgot to put the details in the newsletter. I’ve updated it now. Apologises!