Rosemary Wilkinson has been designing and making quilts for many years. Her early quilts were handstitched, traditional designs but she is now exploring more experimental techniques, combining machine stitching with heavy embroidery and the use of silks. She has authored, co-authored and edited numerous books on patchwork quilting, including The Little Book of Simple Quilting, Quick Colorful Quilts, Quick Quilts for Babies & Toddlers, Quick Colorful Quilts for Beautiful Beds, and Classic Quilts: Tradition With A Twist.
Synopsis: Compiled and edited by rosemary Wilkinson and now brought back into print after more than a decade in a paperback edition, Super-Quick Colorful Quilts: 35 Vibrant Designs for Fast Quilts showcases twenty gorgeous patchwork quilts in a collection that is specifically designed for beginners and any quilter whose time is limited. Using just three shapes, Super-Quick Colorful Quilts showcases an amazing variety of designs made all the more exciting by a clever choice of fabrics in three groups of colorways. These shapes are cut quickly using the rotary cutter rather than with a template, and they are machine stitched together with chain-piecing wherever possible. The quilt sandwich (of backing fabric, batting and the pieced top) is held together with machine quilting, big stitch hand quilting or with simple ties and buttons. Two methods are used for the binding -- one using four strips applied separately to the four sides, producing abutted corners, and the other, slightly more complicated, using a continuous binding, mitered at the corners. Simple applique is introduced using a heart template and a technique called slashing. Chenille is used as an alternative to piecing to produce a highly textured surface for a really cuddly quilt. Critique: Comprised of 20 quick step-by-step quilt patterns in a kaleidoscope of colors that are great for beginners and perfect for quilters in a hurry, Super Quick Colorful Quilts is unreservedly recommended for personal and community library Needlecraft collections in general, and quilt making instructional reference in particular. Midwest Book Review