Quick Kids' Quilts: Easy-To-Achieve Projects for Newborns to Older Children

by Juju Vail

Book Overview

"Quick Kids' Quilts" features 25 quilting projects guaranteed to liven up any child's room. Juju Vail's punchy, bright designs for babies, toddlers, and older children capture, the imagination while accommodating a variety of tastes and functions. Readers looking for ways to create unique surroundings for a child will delight in how easy the projects are to personalize.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785818480
• ISBN13: 9780785818489
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Booksales
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.2" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

I love this book

The first quilting book I bought (some years ago) and I still love it. Sure, it is more patchwork than quilting and it has a number of "projects" rather than quilts but what book doesn't these days? The patterns are straightforward and easy to adapt to suit colours/experience and interest. A real variety of styles to suit many different children (and their mum's taste). The designs are pattern based - not fabric based as many others seem to be. This makes them cheap to do, especially as a beginner who does not already have a bagful of scraps. The patterns are rated for difficulty, finished sizes are provided and (I think) the steps are clear. I have made the "Animal Quilt" a number of times (and my own variations of it). Rated two stars, a cot sized quilt with simple coloured squares interspaced with white squares, appliqued with simple animal shadow shapes. The "Hearts Hat" (made with stars instead) was an absolute favourite of one mum, who cried when her son finally lost it. A jester-style hat with appliqued hearts on the rim. The "Space Rocket Quilt" looks far more effective when finished than I thought it would. I have made it twice and look forward to doing it again when I have more old jeans (although I did choose to use it as a large centre patch on a quilt with a black background and quilted stars on the edging). It is an appliqued rocket on a patched denim piece made from old jeans. Keep a back pocket for the top right and hide a toy inside. The "Tree of Life Quilt" is my next project.

Colorful and inspirational

If you're looking for fun, easy projects to make for children, this is worth looking out for. The title is a little misleading - it's not just about quilts but such things as children's beanbags, hats and bags - but there are lots of ideas that can be adapted to other projects. It's an interesting blend of traditional and modern, with easy-to-follow explanations for novices.