Fat Quarter Workshop Book Review

Welcome to my first review of a quilting book. When I first started sewing, I never thought I would become a quilter. It didn’t flex my instant gratification muscle so I never even tried it. I thought “that’s way too complicated” or “that will take way too long”! Then sometime in 2019, my sister told me about a beginner quilting tutorial series. She told me she and my other sister were doing it and asked if I would like to as well. Um, of course – I’m not going to be left out! Thank you, Carmen for your generous invitation! I now consider myself a quilter!!

Fat Quarter Workshop

The first quilting book I will be reviewing is called, “Fat Quarter Workshop” by Stephanie Soebbing of Quilt Addicts Anonymous. This book contains 12 modern quilt projects that can each be made using fat quarters. Fat quarters are pre-cuts of quilting fabric that measure approximately 18″ x 21″ as opposed to 1/4 yard of quilting cotton which measures approximately 9″ x 42″. This cut allows for a larger variety of shapes and sizes to be cut from it. I personally love fat quarter bundles, which are bundles which include a fat quarter of each fabric in a collection. They can also be curated bundles of fabrics from different collections or color coordinated bundles.

Projects

As I stated earlier, “Fat Quarter Workshop” contains directions and fabric requirements for 12 beautiful, modern quilt projects. Techniques used include making half square triangles (HSTs), strip-piecing, log cabins, 9-block, 60 degree triangles, diamonds and using templates. Before you get to the projects, Stephanie tells you a bit about making a block more modern, essential tools, piecing, quilting and binding your quilt.

For each quilt project, you get fabric requirements for one to four different sizes (depending on the quilt) and all the cutting and sewing instructions to complete your quilt top. In addition to everything you get in the book, you also get access to a video tutorial library which includes tutorials for each of these quilts. You won’t get the fabric requirements or the cutting measurements in the tutorial, only instructions on putting them together. Stephanie finds a way to make the most complicated-looking quilt simple and totally approachable.

Decisions, decisions! Which quilt should I make?

The quilt that I chose to make from the book is called “Hugs and Kisses“. As you can probably guess, its comprised of “X” blocks and “O” blocks. I made mine using the Library Fabric Collection (how fitting) by Elizabeth Hartman for Robert Kaufman Fabrics. The entire quilt is made using HSTs plus a few background squares and I couldn’t be happier with the results. If you have the book, you’ll notice that the instructions for this quilt include 4 block, 16 block, 24 block, and 36 block quilts. My quilt is a 9 block and I was able to make it using some simple calculations based on the information contained in the book.

Quilting and Binding

I quilted it using a stitch-in-the-ditch in all of the horizontal and vertical seams and then also outlined each of the X’s and O’s. You can see exactly what I did in the 2nd photo (back of quilt). I used the fat quarter and background fabric scraps and one extra strip from another print in the collection to create a scrappy binding. I am so in love with how this quilt turned out!

I’m not going to say that I want to make all of the quilts in the book, because a couple of them are not my style, but that’s what is great about this book. There are so many interesting designs that there is bound to be one or more you will love. I myself want to make at least 4 other quilts from this book!

I hope you enjoyed this month’s book review and I hope you will subscribe to be notified of each new review or tutorial. Let me know if you have any suggestions in the comments for future book reviews. I already have quite a few in the wings, but at some point I will probably need some new ideas!

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Fat Quarter Workshop Book by Stephanie Soebbing

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