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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Preface
          by Lynette Chiles, Joan Lewis
  • PROJECTS:
    • WALL QUILTS:
            20"x25" Baltimore Album(showpiece of applique skills)
            24"x30' Cats in the Attic(patchwork,applique)
            36"x36" Crazy Quilt Sampler
            36"x36" Op Art Sampler
            52"x35" Very Victorian
            20"x26"(w/out borders) Teatime Anytime
            34"x47"(w/ borders) Teatime Anytime
           
            Spools for All Seasons
            50"x50" Star-Spangled Banner
            Signatures Friendship Quilt
            26"x36" Alphabet Soup
    • QUILTS:
            85"x97" Timeless Treasures(224 4" blocks)
            73"x93 1/4" Magic Carpet(144 4" blocks)
    • EDGINGS:
            Welcome Springtime(mantle Shelf)
            Spirited Quilting(sports blocks edging for family bulletin board)
            42"x9" Halloween Mantle
            Sweet Dreams Linen Borders
    • OTHER:
            Basket Wraps
            22.5" x 74.5" Table Runner
            Santa Tree Skirt
            Christmas Stockings
            4" Block Ornaments
            Nativity Scene Card Holder
            Country Charm Chambray Shirt
            Button-On Bibs
            Ranch Dressing(quilt block apparel)
            Kitchen Ware
    • BLOCK PATTERNS:
            Patchwork(84)
            Applique:
                 Flowers(44)
                 Folk Art(12)
                 Baltimore Album(12)
                 Sunbonnets(12)
                 Calendar(12)
                 Hearts(12)
                 Christmas(24)
                 Easter(12)
                 Santas(12)
                 Halloween(12)
            Traditional:
                 Signature Blocks(12)
                 Pieced Flowers(12)
                 The 1930's(12,has another Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill blocks)
                 Trees and Leaves(12)
                 Birds and Butterflies(16)
                 Building Blocks(12)
                 Ships and Planes(12)
                 Stars(12)
                 Baskets(12)
                 Alphabet(26)
                 Numerals(10)
                 School Spirit(10)
            Young At Heart:
                 Juvenile(12)
                 Noah's Artk(12)
                 Barnyard(12)
                 Tea Time(12)
                 Cats(12)
                 Sewing(12)
                 Southwest(12)
                 Columbus(12)
  • 501 BLOCK PATTERNS- Diagrams and Color Sample
  • TIPS AND TECHNIQUES
  • INDEX
  • SOURCES

Title: Better Homes and Gardens: 501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique
Authors and Designers: Joan Lewis, Lynette Chiles
Editor: Sylvia Miller
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1994
Publisher: Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa
Language: English
Page Count: 320
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10" x 9 1/4"
ISBN: 0696204800

SUMMARY- There are a ton of very cute, if very small(4"), blocks in this book. It's some work to use them, but you're not afraid of a little work, are you? It has both patchwork and applique, plus a scattering of projects to browse through before you get to the blocks. I highly recommend this book for the compendium of clever blocks, and the worthwhile collection of projects they offer up with them. Their Table of Contents wasn't really adequate for giving a general idea of the book, so I expanded them to include a listing of all the projects, and for the blocks, what categories they broke them into and how many in each category. There are some really wonderful and clever blocks in this book. I think it could easily be a "Go To" on your bookshelf.

Author has a website: https://www.bhg.com/