Book Review - Anita Grossman Solomon Response

WOW ! A personal reply from the author Ms Solomon. Very impressive. I had no idea people were actually reading my blog, well apart from me and my 4 followers !

I have included the reply in this post as I think it merits a show rather than finding it thru the comments section as its a good response in answer to my limited experience of quilting reviews.

Thank you so much for your reply Anita it was much appreciated to get the personal touch.

Response:Hi,

Glad you are giving it a try. It's the same as 'regular' piecing except that you piece on one sheet of vellum. By not cutting up the subunits you won't have to pin them together. Perfect matching.

You can watch videos of it. Note the links at the bottom of my blog.

http://makeitsimpler.blogspot.com

Book Review

Make it Simpler Paper Piecing: Easy as 1, 2, 3 - a Pinless Fold & Sew Technique by Anita Grossman Solomon

Out here in 'The Kingdom' it is pretty difficult to come by many quilting books, therefore I have been relying on ordering via Amazon or the monthly quilting meeting where we can borrow books from the library. I came across this one on a recent visit to the local Jarir Bookstore. I initially thought it was a book on paper piecing and definitely wanted to give it a go. However, on careful looking once home, I realised it was a new method of paper piecing quilting, a totally different quilting procedure. Not sure if its cos I'm a newbie but I did wonder why would you bother to do all this extra work when you can just do it the usual way which to me appears easier and quicker. Maybe its a more exact method but I don't think I want to worry too much about it.

Anyway, I don't think I've wasted too much on it as it was 35SR (approx £6) and there are some stunning blocks to make up and the templates are also included which just need to be reversed to make a standard block.

I love looking at the glossy pics and thinking, I'll make that one, and that one, oh and that one ... soon !

If you have this one I'd love to hear your opinion.

Errata UpDate:

For the 1st printing only there are some amendments. Here's the link to copy and paste into your browser: http://www.ctpub.com/client/client_pages/errata/10333.cfm