First off, I hate paper piecing, or else this would have more stars. But it is a very well done book, with fun ideas. I thought the instructions on how to paper piece were also very nicely done.

A few quilt meeting ago I had to ask my group what was the big deal with Jelly rolls. I have ladies who just love them and can not stop talking about the fabulous projects. I can see the benefit of Jelly Rolls (Pre-cut material strips) and I can see how that would make things much easier, but overall, la de da. As for this work, it says its new ways with Jelly Rolls, but I just don't get it. It seems like patterns that I have seen in other quilt books.

Short and sweet and kind of dull. Nothing new and my favorite pattern was the one that is on the cover.

My mother loves boarders on quilts, I hate them. This short book had some ideas of what you could do with various boarders like house or brick a brac. Interesting, but not my thing.

Not a very good instruction book. I found the instructions were to simple for a novice. They would be shaking their head going huhhhhh. And the patterns were boring.

Quiltmaker has always been one of my favorite quilting magazine and I am happy they put out a book of blocks and quilts. One of the reasons that quiltmaker is so good, is that they not only show you an example, they also so alternative examples so you can see who the pattern changes with different colors, or when you place a dark fabric where they have a light fabric etc. Good job.

THe people in my quilt group will go gaga for this book. Me not so much.

There was just something about this book I didn't like. It is hard to say exactly what. Up close I didn't think the pictures were that great. They looked like kids books from the 70's. And the story was cute, but long, and way over done. Its more like a story people tell to kids, rather than read to kids.

Both of these stories together were very cute. And very true to things that happen in our real world. How oddities are caged and stared at, how people are kidnapped, etc. But luckily it all has a happy ending.