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Paula Nadelstern's optically challenging quilts with simple blocks are easy to design with Puzzle Quilts. Focus on fabric selection, then use special techniques taught in the book to create stunning designs.

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Puzzle Quilts
Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics

Author: Paula Nadelstern
Pages: 96
Page size: 81/2" x 11 1/2"
Publisher: C&T
Cover:Soft
Item Code: 4E30750
Weight: 1.0 lb

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The Puzzle is in the pairs- the 2 blocks here and on the front cover are all identically pieced but they look amazingly different!

  • Finally...Paula Nadelstern's signature look in blocks any quilter can create
  • Choose special fabrics to create a variety of effects
  • Everyone loves Paula's complex, optically challenging quilts. Now, Paula strips construction down to the bare bones, so you can focus on fabric selection, then use special techniques like symmetry, mirroring, and seam blending to create stunning, exciting designs.

About the Author

Paula Nadelstern's award-winning quilts have been exhibited internationally, in solo exhibits mounted at the Museum of the American Quilters Society, at the Houston International Quilt Festival, and in Japan, as well as featured in television shows, online websites, books, and magazines. Her work was included in the Twentieth Century's 100 Best American Quilters, a prestigious exhibit mounted for the millennium.

Paula is the author of Kaleidoscopes & Quilts and Snowflakes & Quilts, and she travels extensively, teaching her unique kaleidoscopic quiltmaking techniques. She was a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1995 and 2001 and from the Bronx Council on the Arts in 1996. Paula designs textile prints exclusively for Benartex, Inc.

 

whirlwind of colors blockyellow kaleidoscope block

puzzling purple patchwork qlt

Block 1CBlock 1F

 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments4Block 364
Introduction6Block 470
Elements of Design9Block 576
My So-Called Concepts15Block 682
Our Fabrics/Our Palettes20Block Piecing Diagrams90
Templating33Block Templates92
Piece by Piece44Block Diagrams to Photocopy94
The Puzzle Block Workbook51About the Author95
Block 152Resources95
Block 258Index96

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