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Thinking Outside the Block has 6 different blocks that teach Sandi's concepts, one step at a time. Easy processes include inserting strips into blocks, constructing free-form units, cutting double, and creating checkerboards.
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Start with traditional blocks as Sandi Cummings shares easy steps to designing and creating your own artistic quilts. Next, move up to deceptively simple "transition" units that offer a bridge into the world of contemporary quiltmaking. Get ready to loosen up and have fun as you learn!
| Preface |
6 | Cutting Double Gallery | 46 |
| Chapter 1 | Chapter 7 | ||
| Think Outside the Block |
8 | Just Keep Cutting Double | 52 |
| Repetition |
11 | Irregular Checkerboard Blocks | 53 |
| Chapter 2 | Pieced Irregular Checkerboards |
55 | |
| Make Room for Creativity | 12 | Cutting Double X Blocks | 56 |
| Claiming Your Space |
15 | Chapter 8 | |
| Fabric Has It Air | 16 | Bring Your Garden Inside | 58 |
| Fabric Dyeing |
18 | Garden Lattice Quilt | 60 |
| The Value of Value |
19 | Chapter 9 | |
| Importance of Variety in Scale |
20 | Everybody Loves Leftovers | 64 |
| Creating a Mood |
20 | Leftover Size | 65 |
| Chapter 3 | Gallery of Leftovers |
70 | |
| Start With Something Familiar | 22 | Chapter 10 | |
| Get Your Supplies Together | 23 | Compose Your Own Quilts | 72 |
| Basic 6” Star Block |
23 | Jump Right In | 73 |
| Chapter 4 | Critiquing Your Design |
74 | |
| Easy Transitions | 25 | Dealing With Quilter’s Block | 75 |
| Inserted Strip Block |
27 | Don’t Stop Now | 75 |
| Putting It All Together |
28 | A Question of Borders | 75 |
| Chapter 5 | Gallery of Creative Results |
77 | |
| Beyond the Star | 32 | Chapter 11 | |
| Transition Blocks | 33 | You Did It Once, Now Do It Again | 84 |
| Trust Your Creativity |
33 | Work in a Series |
85 |
| 6” Square-Within-a-Square Blocks | 33 | Collaborative Quilting | 87 |
| Putting It All Together |
34 | Chapter 12 | |
| Freeform Units With Inserted Strips | 35 | Talk It Over | 90 |
| Chapter 6 | Starting a Group |
91 | |
| Double Your Fun | 39 | Talk About Your Quilts | 93 |
| Cutting Double Baby Quilt |
40 | Sources |
94 |
| Block Variations | 43 | About the Authors | 95 |
| Cutting Double With Inserted Strips |
44 | Index |
96 |
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1000+ Books &
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Settings for Quilt Layouts Diagonal Set Triangle Rulers |
 Great Sets by Sharyn Craig |
 Round Robin Renaissance by M'Liss Rae Hawley |
 Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller |
 Sensational Settings by Joan Hanson |
Single Block Ideas with Design Variations |
 9-Patch Pizzaz by Judy Sisneros |
 Dresden Plate New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
Puzzle Quilts by Paula Nadelstern |
 Monkey Wrench New Quilts From Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
 New Quilts From an Old Favorite Contest Double Wedding Ring, Log Cabin, Ohio Star MAQS Exhibit |
Seven Sisters New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
 Simple Contemporary Quilts by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader |
 StrataVarious Quilts by Barbara Persing and Mary Hoover |
Design using Perspective & Adding Illusions |
 Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust |
 Easy Pieces by Margaret M. Miller |
 Shifting Perspective by Lorraine Torrence |
Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller |
3-D Illusions in Quilts or Ideas for Quilts |
 3-D Explosion by Cara Gulati |
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 Ambiguous Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
 Action Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
Geometric Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
Impossible Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
3-D Illusions using Hexagons in QuiltsBuilding Block, Inner City |  Big Book of Building Block Quilts by Sara Nephew |
Seven Sisters by The American Quilter's Society |
One-Block Wonders Encore! by Maxine Rosenthal & Joy Pelzmann |
 Optical Illusions for Quilters by Karen Combs |
Linear Lines Design Influences |  A New Twist on Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith |  Beyond the Block by Linda K. Johnson & Jane K. Wells | 
Creative Fabric Weaving by Julie Higgins | Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust |
 Dancing Quilts by Debbie Bowles |  Quilted One Block Marvels by Carolyn Sullivan |  The Quilter's Book of Design by Ann Johnston |  Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts |  Thinking Outside the Block by Sandi Cummings with Karen Flamme |
Quilt Designs usingContemporary Curves |
A New Twist on Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith |
 Blendable Curves by Peggy L. Barkle |
Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust |
Dresden Plate New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
 Easy Bias Curves by Wendy Hill |
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 Free & Eazy Circles by Jan Mullen |
 Free Expressions by Robbi Joy Eklow |
 Journey of an Art Quilter by Barbara Olsen |
 Piec-Lique by Sharon Schamber |
 Pieced Curves So Simple by Dale Fleming |
 Quilters Playtime by Dianne S. Hire |
 Quilting by Improvisation by Vikki Pignatelli |
 Simply Stunning Woven Quilts by Anna Faustino |
Ruler WaveEdge Rulers 2 sizes: 24" & 16" |
Book Let's Make Waves by Lily Marie Amaru |
Pattern Triangle Waves by Lily Marie Amaru |
Pattern The Wave Lotus by Lily Marie Amaru |
Innovative Software for the Quilter |
  Bargello Designer 32 |
 Creative Impulse 2000 |
 Gliftic |
 Repligator |
 Paint by Number 2005 CD Being able to draw is NOT required! Turn any photo or image into a pictorial quilt! |
 Quilted Photo Xpress Software 
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Innovative SoftwareCreate Stack-n-Whack Images, Wedges & Kaleidoscope Repetition |
 Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 |
 Quilters' Polygon Templates for Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 |
 Frame Frenzy Templates for Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 |
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SymmeToy |
Creative Impulse 2000 |
Design & View Tools |
 Distance Viewer Reduce Tool Designed Soft Cover |
 2x Reducing Lens Glass 3" diameter 3/12" Handle |
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 Colorscope Use to view fabric, thread and paint selection for color balance, value and contrast |
Projector & Light Table |  The Projector enlarge photos or drawing |  Porta-Trace Light Table two sizes |
Trace & Develop Line Ideas for Quilting & Appliqué |  EZ Flex Design Rule |  Mesh Canvas Transfer by Clover See-thru material that allows simple tracing & transfer | Preview, Overlay CLEAR Quilter's Preview Paper by Quilter's Touch use with quilting lines & appliqué | |
 Quilter's Vinyl by the Yard | EQ Printables Clear Overlay 12 Sheets for use in inkjet or laser printers | 
Transdoodle Transfer Paper for clean guidelines |
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Backs for Quilts |  Beautiful Borders, Backings, and Bindings by Jill Reber and Margaret Sindelar |
 Over Easy, Creative Ideas for Pieced Quilt Backs by Lerlene Nevaril |
Two Block Quiltsexplore secondary patterns that also can form Quilt Layout & sash/lattice |
 Pairing Up 2 Block Quilts by Nancy Mahoney |  Traditional Two Block Quilts by Sally Saulmon |
 Two-Block Appliqué Quilts by Claudia Olsen |
 Two-Block Theme Quilts by Claudia Olson |
Settings for Quilt LayoutsDiagonal Set Triangle Rulers |
Great Sets by Sharyn Craig |
Round Robin Renaissance by M'Liss Rae Hawley |
Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller |
Sensational Settings by Joan Hanson |
Medallion Quilts |
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Out of Print |
Edges & BindingsAlso See: |
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DVD Borders & Binding Machine Quilting with Paula Reid |
 Scallops Sew Easy by Marie Seroskie |
Corner & Seam MarkersUse with Hand & Machine Piecing, Bindings and Edges |
 Binding Miter Tool By Animas Quilts Publishing |
 The Binding Gizmo Reference Book & Binding Tool included |
Includes Piping & Trimming Tool  Piping Hot Binding by Susan K. Cleveland |
Fabric Calculator by Calculated Industries |
Borders & LatticePaper Foundations |
 Sew and Fold Flying Geese & Braid Borders on a Roll Sizes: 1" to 2" to 3" x 6" |
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Borders. Binding & Edges Designs Software & CDs / DVDs Electric Quilt |
 Perfect Quilt for Windows Jenny Haskins, A Touch of Magic with Every Stitch |
 Quilt-Pro for Mac |
DVD Borders & Binding Machine Quilting with Paula Reid |
 Building Blocks and Borders Use with the Mac or PC |
Borders, Edges & Some Bindings |
Pattern Booklet Bareroots Embroidery Borders by Barri Sue Gaudet |
Beautiful Borders, Backings, and Bindings by Jill Reber and Margaret Sindelar |
 Borders, Bindings & Edges by Sally Collins |
 Borders & Finshing Touches 2 by Bonnie K. Browning |
 The Border Workbook 10th Anniversary Edition by Janet Kime |
 Earthly Delights The Perfect Finish by Karen Kay Buckley |
Fun with Fabric Frames by Joyce Mori & Pat Hill |
 Pieced to Fit Instant Borders from Easy Blocks by Sheila Sinclair Snider |
 The Quilter's Edge by Darlene Zimmerman |
View PIX Catalog pages for latest exciting products
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