Quilting Patterns

by Linda Macho

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Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Quilting Patterns: 110 Ready-to-Use Machine Quilting Designs is a reprint of a 1984 volume by Linda Macho. Re-released 18 Dec 2019 by Dover, it's 80 pages and available in paperback format.

This is a basic no frills pattern book with 110 unit patterns (note: I did not count them). They are not arranged thematically (nor is there an index) but they are full sized templates. There are small circular, square, and freeform units as well as larger linear repeats for borders or binding areas. There is a short introductory chapter with basic instructions for transferring and quilting the designs. This is aimed at hand quilting, there is no information on machine or long-arm quilting included in the book. The book does also include an abbreviated bibliography. I believe the 'machine quilting' in the book's title refers to using a sewing machine to make a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the quilt surface to be hand quilted in frame or in hand.

I remember this book along with Ruby McKim's iconic Dover quilt pattern volume very well as I was learning to quilt. Dover has always filled a need for preserving and presenting these classics of fibre arts and history to a new generation of readers. This is *not* a graphically stunning book, nor is it modern. It -is- authentic to the time and still valuable in my opinion. The only color photography or illustration in the book is found on the covers.

Four stars for this, as a classic, and still relevant, source of quilting patterns.

Five everlasting stars for Dover, they are a treasure worth preserving and supporting.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.