Pattern on Pattern: Spectacular Quilts from Traditional Blocks

By Ruth B. McDowell

Book Overview

Here's how to create dazzling new designs from traditional patterns--simply by enlarging, reducing, rotating, or overlapping basic quilt blocks to create special effects of fabric, pattern, and color.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091332731X
• ISBN13: 9780913327319
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Quilt Digest Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Layering traditional blocks to make unique quilts.

McDowell takes traditional blocks, and layers and overlaps them, using color transparency, to create different depths and images. The depth and complexity is extraordinary; the templates and color charts are very helpful; and the author tells of the inspiration for each quilted wall hanging. You can choose to reproduce one of McDowell's offerings, or strike out on your own.