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Rewarding, stimulating, frustrating, challenging, joyful and just plain fun are all attributes of Beyond the Block by Linda K. Johnson & Jane K. Wells. This is an instructional book of inspiration with a wonderful collection of original and trendy quilts designed around special motif or theme fabrics. A confident beginner will enjoy the challenges, while experienced quilters will be inspired to let their creativity shine.

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Beyond the Block

Authors: Linda K. Johnson & Jane K. Wells
Pages: 95
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: American Quilter's Society
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4L0210
Weight: 0.95 lb

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Take you quilting "beyond the block" with these exuberant quilt designs!

Start with a focus fabric, feature it in a variety of settings and add pieced components and strip piecing with complementary and zinger fabrics.
Mix and match quilt components at will! Follow the detailed block placement diagrams or pick your own settings and fillers.
Complete instructions for dozens of piecing techniques are clearly illustrated.
Join the Crafty Ol' Broads in this fun method that lets you go beyond the block!

About the Authors

Sisters Linda K. Johnson and Jane K. Wells are award-winning, quilters who love every aspect of quilting and just happen to be crafty, old and broad.

In 2001, soon after we took our first quilt class, we started designing our own patterns, dreaming up new patterns while non-quilters were sleeping. We then started the Crafty Ol' Broads pattern and fabric company. We specialize in designing quilt patterns that appear much more complicated to make than they actually are. Our work is often inspired by the beauty of nature, art and antique quilts.

In 2005, we began teaching and lecturing as a team. We are passionate about sharing our knowledge and love of quilting through our many classes and lectures where we introduce quilters of all levels to our unique patterns. We constantly challenge each other to create new techniques. Watch out because we are likely to "quilt talk" with anyone who is even remotely interested.

Our quilts have been selected for distinction in shows and contests both locally and nationally. Three of our quilts have appeared in two recent New Quilts from an Old Favorite books that document a yearly contest sponsored by the Museum of the American Quilter's Society. Our quilts have also been "the show" at various art galleries.

Table of Contents
Introduction	4
A Few Thoughts from the Crafty Ol' Broads on the Basics	5
The Patterns	11
Here a Chick, There a Chick, Everywhere a Chick, Chick	12
Big, Bold and Beautiful	18
Under the Sea	24
I Give You the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars	30
Guatemala En Rojo	36
Summer	42
Ah, Autumn!	48
Front Yard Gardens	54
Gallery	60
Techniques	72
Resources	94
And Just Who Are the Crafty Ol' Broads?	95

Instruction Page

Friendship Garden Christmas

Guatemala en Rojo I Give You the Sun, the Moon and the Stars

Under the Sea Ah, Autumn

Here a Shick, There a Chick, Everywhere a Chick, Chick Front Yard Gardens

Here a Chick, There a Chick, Everywhere a Chick, Chick and Front Yard Gardens

Let It Snow Summer
Summer

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Contemporary Design Techniques & Ideas for Repeating Designs & Block Variations

Settings for Quilt Layouts Diagonal Set Triangle Rulers	Great Sets by Sharyn Craig	Round Robin Renaissance by M'Liss Rae Hawley	Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller	Sensational Settings by Joan Hanson

Single Block Ideas with Design Variations	9-Patch Pizzaz by Judy Sisneros	Dresden Plate New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit	Puzzle Quilts by Paula Nadelstern	Monkey Wrench New Quilts From Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit
	New Quilts From an Old Favorite Contest Double Wedding Ring, Log Cabin, Ohio Star MAQS Exhibit	Seven Sisters New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit	Simple Contemporary Quilts by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader	StrataVarious Quilts by Barbara Persing and Mary Hoover

Design using Perspective & Adding Illusions
3-D Explosion by Cara Gulati	Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust	Easy Pieces by Margaret M. Miller	Shifting Perspective by Lorraine Torrence	Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller

Optical Illusions For Quilt Ideas	Ambiguous Optical Illusions by Al Seckel	Action Optical Illusions by Al Seckel	Geometric Optical Illusions by Al Seckel	Impossible Optical Illusions by Al Seckel
	Book of Optical Illusions by Michael DiSpezio

3-D Illusions using Hexagons in Quilts

Building Block, Inner City

Big Book of Building Block Quilts
by Sara Nephew

Seven Sisters
by The American Quilter's Society

One-Block Wonders Encore!
by Maxine Rosenthal & Joy Pelzmann

Optical Illusions for Quilters
by Karen Combs

Designs	DecoDesigns	GeoDesigns	MicroDesigns	OptiDesigns
	PrismDesigns	UltraDesigns
Modern Patterns	Modern Patterns Botanical	Modern Patterns Circular	Modern Patterns Illusions	Modern Patterns Linear
	Modern Patterns Molecular	Modern Patterns Optical

Linear Lines Design Influences	A New Twist on Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith	Beyond the Block by Linda K. Johnson & Jane K. Wells	Creative Fabric Weaving by Julie Higgins	Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust
Dancing Quilts by Debbie Bowles	Quilted One Block Marvels by Carolyn Sullivan	The Quilter's Book of Design by Ann Johnston	Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts	Thinking Outside the Block by Sandi Cummings with Karen Flamme