Stack & Cut Hexagon Quilts Mix & Match 38 Kaleidoscope Blocks & 12 Quilt Settings • New Serendipity Patterns

by Newphew, Sara; Baker, Marci

• ISBN13: 9781617454691
• ISBN10: 1617454699
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-03-07
• Publisher: C&T Publishing

Summary

Show off your large-scale prints and add a WOW factor to your quilts. Take advantage of the surprising designs that appear as you stack and cut triangles, diamonds, flat pyramids, gem shapes, and more. Each beautiful block design frames a unique kaleidoscope hexagon, for stunning results! Select from 38 hexagonal blocks, 7 setting triangles, 12 quilt layouts, and 5 pieced borders, plus get Sara and Marci's tips for picking the best fabric for this technique, lining up stacked repeats, and cutting shapes to take advantage of large-scale print fabric. Fair warning: you may never want to make a quilt any other way again!

Author Biography

Marci Baker is recognized internationally for her ideas that simplify the process of quilting. She authored the Not Your Grandmother's™ Quilts series and continues to travel and teach. Marci and her husband live in Fort Collins, Colorado. quiltwithmarcibaker.com


Sara Nephew is a quilt designer, author, and teacher, and she has developed several isometric (60°) triangle rulers. Sara's quilts have been exhibited all over the world and in magazines and books. She lives in Clearview, Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Tools and Cutting Strips
Cutting Tools • Rulers • Cutting Strips for Blocks
Selecting the Best Repeat Fabric
Choose a Large Print • Choose a High-Contrast Print • Get Six Repeats
Preparing the Stacked Repeat Fabric
Cut or Tear the Fabric Repeats • Stack and Align the Repeats
Cutting
Design Possibilities • Previewing Your Designs with Mirrors
Planning Your Design
Selecting the Elements • Figuring Yardage • Using Multiple Fabrics per Shape
Sample Projects
Three-Block Table Runner • Eight-Block Quilt
Block Designs //add blocks & image numbers
Quilt Designs
Two-Block
Three-Block
Four-Block
Five-Block
Six-Block
Seven-Block
Eight-Block
Nine-Block
Ten-Block
Eleven-Block
Setting Triangle Designs //add blocks & image number
Border Designs //add blocks & image number
Cutting the Shapes
Triangle-Halves • Right Halves • Triangles • Strip-Pieced Triangles • Diamonds • Long Diamonds • Strip-Pieced Diamonds • Flat Pyramids • Gem and Hexagon • Half-Diamond
Patterns
About the Authors