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Big One-Star Quilts by Magic</a></font><br>
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patterns in this new book by Nancy Johnson-Srebro make it fast and easy for 
anyone to make Star of Bethlehem or Lone Star quilts. There are no diamond 
shapes or Y-seams. There are no bias edges. Nancy's patterns are only made with 
squares and rectangles.<br>
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Fourteen star pattern designs vary in their design and are easy enough for 
beginner-level quilters. From simple to complex-looking, the traditional looking 
patterns look like they were in fact made with diamonds, and they aren't! Easy 
cutting techniques, using rectangles and squares, are all that Nancy uses to 
give the effect of diamonds. She has eliminated all �Y� seams from adding the 
background to the star. And, she provides cutting sizes and diagrams for four 
sizes on each pattern. <br>
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I would recommend choosing fabrics without a directional print for certain 
blocks where you want the seams to be invisible. Nancy shows each pattern made 
in fabric in two starkly different colorways. This really is the key to getting 
the look you want in the end. Usually there are three to six colors of fabric 
used in each finished quilt top shown. The pieces are rather large, and the 
color layout can change the entire look. <br>
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Fourteen additional patterns are included -- mostly made with fabric left over 
from cutting the star pieces! They make perfect backs for the star. Additional 
fabric for borders may be needed to get the same size. Be &quot;green' and reuse, 
recycle, reclaim your scraps for the back or for another quilt top. Is this the 
21st Century's version of the �economy quilt?�<br>
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Nancy illustrates two completely different and fabulous quilting patterns for 
each pattern. They are unique, complex-looking, and beautiful enough to use on 
whole cloth quilts as the only form of design. Whether you are quilting by hand 
or machine, there are no templates for the stitched designs or continuous line 
diagrams, but the illustrations are clear and easy-to-see; you draw your own and 
enlarge them to mark the quilt. You can choose from feather patterns, stars, 
circles, or diagonal and curved lines. There are too many designs to list here, 
but they range from easy and simple to different pattern combinations forming 
smaller designs and tighter coverage. <br>
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The result is a quilt top almost completely covered with stitching, as tops 
would have been in the early 19th century, when that was the style; it was 
necessary to hold cotton batting in place. In Nancy�s diagrams, areas of one 
color are detailed out by the quilting pattern filling that color and drawing 
the eye away from seams. The patterns accentuate the big star.<br>
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patterns as gifts in less time. No one receiving your gift will be the wiser.</font></td>
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