Quilting plus scrapbooking equals one dynamite combination!
Put your best memories on display! Now it’s simple to turn your latest vacation, family event, or favorite activity into a one-of-a-kind quilted keepsake. Sue Astroth’s scrapbook quilts blend quilting with fun embellishments for a personalized heirloom you and your family will treasure forever.
• 15 quick and easy projects include kids, nature, patriotic, art, and ethnic themes - and more!
• Add vintage photos, memorabilia, stamping, decorative papers, and other imaginative embellishments
• No photo transfer involved - use simple color copies instead
• 1 basic quilt pattern, step-by-step instructions, and lots of creative suggestions allow limitless design and embellishment possibilities
• Use the projects as a jumping-off point for your own stories
• Ideal family activity - no-sew options make the process enjoyable for children and inexperienced crafters, too
Reviews
Review Threads & Crafts - June 1, 2004
Quilting + scrapbooking = 1 dynamite combination! Creativity is what this book is all about!
Review By: Sylvia Valle, Somerset Studio - July 1, 2004
Even if you are not an expert quilter, Sue Astroth shows you how to use fabric in quick and easy ways to make the quilts, mainly thorough the "easy base quilt" techniques…Tips on treasure hunting is especially helpful for those in need of extra ideas in finding items to incorporate into their quilts.
Review By: Cate Prato, Quilting Arts Magazine - July 1, 2004
Author Sue Astroth takes a friendly, assume-nothing approach to teaching scrapbook quilt techniques…the perfect entrée to art quilting for you.
Review By: Maureen Taylor, Scrapbooking & Beyond - August 1, 2004
What a wonderful way to combine fabric scraps or have a good excuse to shop for fat quarters at your local quilt shop…They are wonderful gift ideas for family and friends…talk about easy!
Review By: Sophie Littlefield, www.quiltersreview.com - June 21, 2004
Whether your passion is scrapbooking or quilting, or even if you're new to both, with Sue's help you can create a wonderful keepsake of your own.
Review By: Patti Ives, The Applique Society Newsletter - May 1, 2004
She has combined quilting with scrapbooking and the results are terrific!
Review The Bookwatch - May 1, 2004
The blend of quilting and scrapbooking skills come together in projects which blend photos, memorabilia, decorative papers and quilting to produce unusual results.
Review By: Kathryn Bold, Legacy - April 1, 2005
This book proves that paper, rubber stamps, and found objects work together just as well on quilts as they do on scrapbook pages.
Review By: Jo Hansling, Craft Digest - August 1, 2005
This book gives you a basic layout, the rest is your imagination and creativity to put it together.
Review Jo-Ann Magazine - September 1, 2004
15 keepsake concepts for one basic quilt pattern. A bonus: incorporate photos without the hassle of photo transfer.
Review By: Trudy Thompson Rice, Creative Needle - November 1, 2004
Jan's teddy bear designs have a vintage look about them, but with a fresh twist. They're jaunty and playful, poignant and sweet.
Review Quiltemagasinet - March 1, 2004
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Review Norsk Quilteblad - April 1, 2004
Reviewed in this foreign language publication.
Review Sew News - October 1, 2004
General instructions for choosing and using fabrics, stamps, papers and other treasures are liberally peppered with helpful tips and followed by step-by-step project instructions.
