All-New Twenty To Make: One-Patch Quilts

Carolyn Forster is a best-selling quilting author whose popular, trusted books have now amassed sales of more than 175k worldwide.She started making quilts when she was a teenager and went on to study Textiles at the University of Bath. Since graduating, Carolyn has taught patchwork and quilting both in the UK and the USA and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Fabrications, Popular Patchwork and Patchwork and Quilting. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK with her husband and son.Visit Carolyn's website www.carolynforster.co.uk

It feels like many modern quilters overlook the beauty and simplicity of quilts made with a single block shape, so I’m really glad Carolyn has brought this technique to the forefront. As a long-time quilter, I’ve created many one-patch quilts myself, using shapes like hexagons, squares, half-square triangles, rectangles, and quarter-square triangles, to name just a few. Carolyn’s “One-Patch Quilts” has already inspired my next project: a scrappy quilt using simple square blocks – perfect for making a dent in my fabric stash! I’m planning to share some of my fabric pulls and the initial cutting soon. In case you missed my recent posts, I’ve been traveling for the past six weeks, but I’m absolutely itching to get back to my sewing machine, and Carolyn’s book is just the inspiration I need to dive right in.

• Introduction 4Tools and materials 6Using the templates 8Cutting the patches 9Stitching the patches 10Completing a quilt 12The projects 14Square 16, Half-square triangle 18, Quarter-square triangle 20, Rectangle triangle 22, Rectangle 24, House or Prism 26, Offset square 29, Tile or Double prism 32, 45° Diamond 34, 60° Diamond 36, Kite 38, Equilateral triangle 40, Tumbler 42, Half-square 44, Half-hexagon 46, Braid 48, Clam shell 50, Hexagon 52, Jewel 54, Apple core 57The quilt 60Acknowledgements 64