Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere

Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere
by Jessica Alexandrakis
ISBN: 978-0-7704-3412-0
Gifted by Random House
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Reviewed by Kathryn Wright, Editor of FaveQuilts.com
 

Discover a whole world of projects away from your sewing machine with the beautiful patterns included in Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere. Author Jessica Alexandrakis is encouraging quilters to slow down and enjoy a series of hand pieced English paper piecing patterns that can be done just about anywhere. Whether you're on the road, at home, or out, these paper pieced projects will be a fun way to relax and work on your quilting in a different setting.

Quilting on the Go maintains an encouraging, beginner-friendly voice from the start, but any quilter will find the thorough tips on prepping for quilting on the go, as well as starting to sew to be invaluable. With colorful images placed throughout the page and plenty of side notes, Quilting on the Go achieves the easy readability and resourcefulness of an excellent quilting guide. What gives this guide a much more personal feel is that Alexandrakis does not simply list basic quilting tools and templates; she also provides storage options and everyday essentials that will help quilters be prepared for any situation.

Not all quilters have hand quilting experience, which makes the chapter on starting to sew a must-read. It covers all of the basics you'll need to know when it comes to cutting, piecing, and finishing your English paper piecing patterns. The book also provides 10 puzzle pieces and resources in addition to the actual projects that you can use to start creating your own paper piecing patterns. This book is all about encouraging quilters to experiment and find what they like, and there's no better way to help readers grow than by providing them the framework that they can use to experiment and achieve all on their own.

What's so charming about these on-the-go projects is that so many of them can be used on-the-go as well. Instead of just providing readers with several full-sized quilting patterns, the book presents a list of projects varying in size and design to provide a variety of challenges for readers. You'll even be able to carry any future paper piecing patterns in the "Tiny sewing kit" (pg. 60), "Shoulder bag" (pg. 72), or the "Small pouch" (pg. 80). It'll be so easy to apply the skills taught in the previous chapters with not only quilts, but bags, accessories, and more.

Take a break from your sewing machine and use the patterns in Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere provides readers with a well-rounded experience.