[.uk] Baby Patchwork: Small Quilts & Other Gifts (ISBN 0806999330)

baby patchwork:
This is a great book, in every page i found something special i want to do as soon as i can. Theres not only baby work, also awsome projects for kids, and why not, for myself. My friends always ask me to lend them this book, i really loved it.

Worth flipping through, once, but just a little too sweet:
I'm glad I took this book out of the library before buying it. On the plus side, it offers suggestions for gifts beyond the straightforward baby quilt; for instance, one quilt design also has instructions for making matching baby bibs, and another has a matching stuffed animal to accompany the quilt. That's quite charming. However, the designs are just a little too "sweet" for my taste. More importantly, the book isn't quite sure whether it's for beginners or for more advanced quilters. It devotes 35 pages to basics, but the project recipes are surprisingly sparse. For instance, the instructions say to make 6.5" square blocks, but never tell you "you'll need 2 yards of Fabric 1, 3 yards of Fabric 2." I did get some good ideas from this book. However, to make a baby quilt for my nephew's first child, I'm going to turn elsewhere for guidance.

Quilted Wreaths and Quilted Birthday Cakes:
Baby Patchwork / 0-8069-9933-0 I have about 50+ second-hand quilting books (okay, not that many, but it's still a lot). Since they all cover a lot of common ground (use rotary tools for cutting, sewing machines are nifty, thimbles prevent massive internal bleeding, etc.), it's usually just best to note whether this one covers the basics well (it does) and what sets it apart from all the other quilting books. First of all, the book is very pretty and modern. The page backgrounds exude a crisp, clean, shiny white and there's not very much of the "country quilting" motif here. Definitely, the editors were going for a "not your grandmother's quilting resource" here. Second, there's a lot of new ideas here. The quilted braided wreaths are great, and provide a new way to display your craft on the wall besides the standard "quilt on a wall" design. There's some decent gift bags here, and plenty of baby quilts, and (believe it or not) a quilted "cake" to trot out on baby's birthday. I'm not really sure that baby would prefer a quilted "cake" to a yummy, messy confection, but it's cute, different, and low-fat. I recommend this book if you can get it at a decent price. It's got some new ideas in it, and the presentation is certainly very clean and crisp.

Baby Patchwork:
This book has fabulous project directions for babies. I found it easy to understand and not only does it give directions for baby quilts it has other projects as well--pillows, carrying bags, etc. I would recommend this book to everybody.