These charted designs include a heart, swan, Christmas tree, potted flower, butterfly, and more, and each design can be made with the traditional nine-patch block—one of the first and easiest blocks that novice quilters master.
By following the colour and placement charts using nine patches of varying sizes, you can take a pixelated approach to create your own unique novelty quilts. Nothing will keep quilters of all skill levels from tackling any of these designs! You can even sprinkle in some additional block designs within your nine-patch grids. Depending on the fabric you choose, these charted designs can take on a modern spin or a traditional one.
Picture Patchwork also features author Jo Ann Lepore's professional advice on choosing tools, fabrics, and other materials. In addition to being a quilt pattern book, it is also a technique book, offering how-to instructions for a new approach to nine-patch quilt block design, strip piecing, and more. Jo Ann likes to work with the prints of famed quilting artist Kaffe Fassett and pixel sensibility, which are both exceedingly popular modes of quilting often seen at markets today.
About Jo Ann Lepore
Jo Ann Lepore has been sewing since childhood. In 1985 she started a wholesale decorative accessory company. She has taught quilting for over 25 years and has been featured in a multitude of quilting magazines.
