Known for their exciting use of color in quick and easy quilts, sisters Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson present a value-packed collection of popular projects.
- Select from 12 strikingly simple quilts and recharge your creative batteries
- Discover skill-building projects that move from squares and strips to designs featuring stitch-and-flip corners, half-square triangles, pinwheels, a Rail Fence layout, and more
- Enjoy patterns that are just right for quilt retreats and make-in-a weekend gifts
"We like easy!"- this is how Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson of Me and My Sister start their new book Simple Quilts from Me and My Sister Designs published by Martingale. Yet, they also insist simple doesn't have to be boring. The 12 quilts in Simple Quilts are fun, modern in feel and meant to showcase today's beautiful fabrics which are anything except boring! They even take easy beyond "easy as 1, 2, 3." The quilts count up to "easy as 1, 2, 3 all the way up to the last pattern titled "Easy as 12!" Very clever Barb and Mary! These easy patterns are based on various pre-cut shapes making kitting easy for you. And, don't you just love the pretty, happy cover? Your customers will too!
Review from McCall's Quick Quilts, February/March 2014
Ready for some instant quilting gratification? Simple Quilts is the book for you. Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson of Me and My Sister Designs have put together 12 of their most popular patterns for easy, fresh quilts. Whether you need a quick pattern for a gift, baby shower, or charity project, this book is sure to have the right idea for you.
Review From Quilt-It Today Magazine, March/April 2014
Known for their exciting use of color in quick-and-easy quilts, sisters Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson present this value-packed collection of 12 popular projects. Discover skill-building patterns that move from squares and strips to designs featuring stitch-and-flip corners, half-square triangles, pinwheels, and more. Enjoy patterns that are just right for quilt retreats and make-in-a weekend gifts!

Barbara Groves
Sisters Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson make up the popular design team of Me and My Sister Designs, based in Tempe, Arizona. Their belief in fast, fun, and easy designs can be seen in the quilts created for their pattern company, in their books, and in their fabric designs for Moda.
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Mary Jacobson
Sisters Mary Jacobson and Barbara Groves make up the popular design team of Me and My Sister Designs, based in Tempe, Arizona. Their belief in fast, fun, and easy designs can be seen in the quilts created for their pattern company, in their books, and in their fabric designs for Moda.Visit Mary's website
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