Maxine Rosenthal

"A design in which a single hexagon cannot be easily identified"
By sally tarbox on 10 November 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
Despite doing patchwork for yerars, I'd never heard of this technique till I chanced on a Facebook site on the subject!
Unlike normal patchwork, where you use loads of fabrics and want to accentuate the patterns you create, this uses just one piece of cloth. Avoid the normal patchwork fabrics (tiny designs, stripes, checks) and go for big swirly designs, large novelty show more prints - the sort of stuff you normally avoid!
The idea is to line up the pattern repeats, cut six identical 60 degree triangles and assemble a hexagon. You get a sort of kaleidoscope effect (and each hexagon can be assembled in different ways to vary the result.) By judiciously arranging your hexies, you get a totally different look. (Can also use octagons combined with 'sensational squares.'
This is a fab book to get started, inspiring photos and clear instructions. There's advice on the fabrics that work (and photos of the original fabric juxtaposed with the quilts she's created - unrecognisable!)
I've bought my fabric and am off to try it! show less

Synopsis and review: This book is every bit as good as their first one. The information and instructions are clear, and the ideas for using the techniques are inspiring.

This book is an excellent primer, if you like sewing hexagons and creating kaleidoscope effects using pre-printed fabric designs.

This manual explains how to make cubes, triangles, appliques and so forth with particular techniques that use the same materials to make these forms appear in different patterns. The instruction are not as clear as in their first book.