Shannon Arnstein: Quilter's Guide to Repurposing, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Despite the fact that quilters today have yards of fabric and stacks and stacks of fat quarters and pre-cuts, quilting, at its very soul, is a craft that was built on making use of what innovative seamstresses had on hand. Quilts were made by the frugal with food sacks, worn clothing, and scraps of fabrics they consciously saved. With each design, quilters will hearken back to a time when women purposefully held onto even the smallest textile knowing they'd have a place for it in a future project.

Quilter's Guide to Repuposing, with 15 projects, enables quilters to use their own special repurposed fabrics simply and easily to recreate each pattern. The author has strong design sense, and the quilts are exceptionally appealing, which can be challenging in this category. Incorporating vintage treasures into patchwork is a gentle, beautiful way to give cherished pieces a new purpose. Most were originally made by hand, with time and care, and by incor-porating them into something useful, quilters can pay tribute to that effort rather than relegate the pieces to a drawer, chest, or box of memories.

Everything in this book is about giving old things new life. Old shirts might not be worn anymore, but that doesn't mean they're done being beautiful or useful. --Shannon Arnstein