[.ca] Old-Fashioned Applique Quilt Designs (ISBN 0486248453)

Not the Best Investment...but still worthy:
I was hopeful that this book might add a different aspect to my other quilting books. There are no instructions for the patterns...though any quilter with any experience could easily put the designs together. The patterns appear to be hand drawn...and as a result some of the designs appear to be lumpy. Also, the patterns are not to size, that is unless you prefere miniature quilts. All of the designs are sketched on a page, some have 2 to a page, and are all in black and white. There are no pictures of any of the completed designs. If you plan to use this book for quilting it would make for a complicated quilting motif. Here is what I will probably do with it: 1. Make a copy of a design so that I can use colored pencils to help me visualize the pattern I want to make. (Keep the book clean!) 2. Make an enlarged copy (or 2) to make freezer paper templates to use in the applique design. Having said that, had I seen this book in the store I would definitely NOT have purchased it but since I have I will make the most out of it. This is definitely not for a beginner quilter who would need and appreciate directions and guidance on putting the designs together. However, there are a couple of designs that are very pretty and that I will probably make.

Not a pattern book.....:
This book is not a book for quilters who need templates, but does give 42 black and white picture drawings of vintage quilt designs, and labels the quilts with their respective names. This book was not intended to be an instruction on how to applique, quilt, piece or select fabric, etc; but to provide only the names of various designs.