Very nice book with simple instructions....

I just finished one of the projects featured in Connie's book, called Serenity, and I love it! As Connie suggests in her book, I just picked fabrics at random as I was putting the blocks together. If you have never tried it, Connie gives you lots of details at the beginning of the book so, by the time you choose which of the 15 projects you want to make, you will feel very confident you can do it.

I used the Foundation Papers by Martingale which made the whole process a breezy. I am already picking my next project from this book! A must-have in your quilting library, particularly because she gives you ideas of how to enlarge patterns to make bigger quilts, too.

What a neat book! I love paper-piecing and Connie's patterns are very precise and easy to understand. I have fabric waiting for the "Playing with Plaids" quilt.

Beautiful photos and drawings with clear instructions. I like the small arrows for pressing directions. The designs are varied--sure to find some that please.

Si Ustedes como yo guardan todos los retazos y sobrantes de telas para utilizar en algún proyecto más adelante, entonces permítanme decirles que este libro es para nosotras.

Las quilts a pequeña escala o mini quilts como también las conocemos son un deleite a la vista además de que se consideran pequeñas obras de arte. ¿Joyas de la Corona? En este caso son ¡Joyas de la Costura!
Trabajar en pequeña escala ofrece muchas ventajas, poder utilizar retales que ya tenemos en casa además de que la pieza de tela más grande no pasa de 1/8 de yarda (que no son ni 15 cms) y que la tela para el reverso no mide más de 14" x 14" ( 35 x 35 cms)

Se cree que trabajar con piezas pequeñas presenta siempre un reto tanto en el corte como en la costura misma, lo que la autora de entrada ya nos facilita pues cada patrón se trabaja con la técnica del Paper Piecing.
Por años enseñé la técnica de Paper Piecing y aunque al iniciar pareciera complicada, no lo es en lo absoluto. Yo les garantizo que al tercer retazo que coloquen sobre el papel, lo cosan por el revés y lo alisen al derecho, verán la lógica del proceso. Todas mis alumnas lo han confirmado.
Me gusta mucho que la autora además nos brinda en los proyectos que se prestan para ello, la opción claramente explicada para aumentarlos de tamaño y poder hacer un camino de mesa o bien una frazada.
Además de ofrecer 15 proyectos cada uno muy diferente del otro, el libro viene salpicado de tips y sugerencias en cuanto a colores, el estampado, y por supuesto técnicas adicionales para darle un hermoso terminado a cada mini quilt incluso con cuentas y abalorios.

Ya sea formando parte de un conjunto decorativo sobre la pared, sobre una cómoda, una mesita de centro... que al momento en que voy escribiendo esta reseña, se me siguen ocurriendo tantos sitios dentro de la decoración de la casa donde se pueden exhibir estas pequeñas joyas de la costura.
Ya no veo el momento de comenzar a coser!

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If you, like me, keep all the scraps and leftover fabric to use in any project later, then let me tell you that this book is for us.

The quilts, small-scale or mini quilts as we know them, are a delight to the eye plus they are considered works of art. Crown Jewels? Here are Jewel Couture!

Working in small scale offers many advantages to use scraps we already have at home; plus the largest piece of cloth does not exceed 1/8 yard (15 cms) and the fabric for the back does not measure more than 14" x 14" (35 x 35 cms).

It is believed that working with small parts always presents a challenge for both cutting and sewing it, which the author provides for each pattern works with the technique of Paper Piecing. For years I taught the art of Paper Piecing and although the start seems complicated, it is not at all. I guarantee that by the third patch you put on paper, sewn and ironed, you will see the logic of the process. All my students have confirmed.

I really like that the author also gives us the projects that lend themselves to options, clearly explained, to increase them in size to make a table runner or a blanket.

Besides offering 15 projects each very different from the other, the book is peppered with tips and suggestions for colors, printing, and additional technical tips to give a beautiful finish to each mini quilt, even with beads.

Whether part of a decorative set on the wall above a dresser, coffee table ... at the time I write this review, I am still finding many places within the the house where you can exhibit these little gems of sewing.
I can no longer wait to start sewing!