{"id":3440,"date":"2010-03-03T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2010-03-03T16:03:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T20:03:04","slug":"review-rule-breaking-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"Review – Rule-Breaking Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Kathryn Schmidt, AQS Publishing, 80 pg.<\/p><\/div>\n

The theme throughout Kathryn Schmidt’s Rule-Breaking Quilts<\/em><\/a> is escaping from the quilt police and freeing yourself to break the rules.\u00a0 “They tried to sentence me to a lifetime of tradition, but I ran from the rules and escaped … I’m here to help you make your way to the same type of freedom.”\u00a0 There are no templates or patterns, but rather instructions for a variety of “stack-slash-and move” and “easy-curvy-sewing” techniques that are explained in chapters with titles such as “cell block walls” and “major crimes.” The book comes across with a very friendly, tongue-in-check, feel that is very much geared to helping traditional quilt makers take the step toward creating with more spontaneity.<\/p>\n

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Stacking, free-form rotary cutting, and reassembly is certainly nothing new, and there have been different takes on it over the years.\u00a0 I have seen some stunning quilts made with this method, and in some very prestigious shows.\u00a0 While the quilts in the book do not intimidate the reader,\u00a0 the variety of methods explained have the potential to make those show-stoppers.\u00a0 Beginners will like that Kathy keeps it simple using 6 fabrics.\u00a0 Non-beginners should\u00a0 see the potential when thinking of using more fabrics, such as a variety of graduated color runs , accent colors, and so on, and combining techniques.<\/p>\n

Considering the topic is “rule-breaking” quilts, I expected a more quirkly layout other rather than its structured, two-column one .\u00a0 Even so, this book contains some of the best instructions I’ve seen on free-form piecing.\u00a0 This is a good book for any traditional quilter wanting guidance in learning to let go, or any “art quilt” maker looking for clear instruction on free-form piecing.\u00a0 It’s also an excellent book for quilt shops to stock, especially when offering classes on the topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The theme throughout Kathryn Schmidt’s Rule-Breaking Quilts is escaping from the quilt police and freeing yourself to break the rules.\u00a0 “They tried to sentence me to a lifetime of tradition, but I ran from the rules and escaped … I’m here to help you make your way to the same type of freedom.”\u00a0 There are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3440"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3452,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440\/revisions\/3452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}