Book review-All Points Patchwork

In one sentence, this book is a keeper, as a valuable reference, source of inspiration and guide to expanding your piecing repertoire.

I love improvisation as much as the next hip quilter, but leading craft author and popular blogger (CraftyPod.com) Diane Gilleland shows us in her latest book, All Points Patchwork, that achieving precision is cool too.

But getting all those corners and intersections lined up properly can be daunting. Her secret weapon? She employs traditional English paper piecing (EPP). Now the EPP lovers’ go-to shape is the hexagon, yet Diane, in this book, takes you Beyond the Hexagon for Quilts and Small Projects.

From the publisher’s promotional statement:

This complete course in English paper piecing takes you far beyond traditional hexagons with step-by-step photos showing you how to connect triangles, octagons, diamonds, jewels, triangles, tumblers, pentagons, and curved shapes. It even provides dozens of ideas for incorporating the pattern designs into clothing, pillows, quilts, and home decor items!

All Points Patchwork is well written and includes meaningful how-to photos and instructions for hand stitching. Diane offers a variety of projects, and some I want to make, particularly the giant hexagon quilt and the baby quilt. So many craft books are meh, but this one sings. I’ve barely had my review copy out of sight since I snagged it out of my mailbox. Thank you Storey Publishing for providing it to me, and for also offering a free copy of the book to a Craft Gossip reader. More on that later.

In addition to all else, Diane’s teaching style evokes a feeling of camaraderie; it’s like sitting down with a friend to sew, only this friend has mad skills.

If you want to buy this book, you can find it here.
$19.95 paper ISBN-13: 978-1612124209

If you want to get a chance to win a free copy, look for my contest announcement post, coming shortly.

Image credit: {Storey Publishing}