Lovely Landscape Quilts: Using Strings and Scraps to Piece and Applique Scenic Quilts

First, this is a beautiful book with excellent directions and easy to understand. Plenty of color photos throughout the text and quite inspirational. I only gave it 3 stars because the book has many photos of a Monument Valley landscape quilt which is the pattern I wanted the most, but it’s not in the book! Why would you feature these photos and not include the pattern? Frustrating!

I really love Cathy Geier's new book, Lovely Landscape Quilts. It's easy to read, several different ways of piecing with the strips are shown, as are closeups of her free motion quilting techniques. I've almost finished my first design of hers and I'm hooked. This is my favorite landscape quilt book, and believe me, I have most of them! I have several other designs in mind from the book to make after I finish this one. If you don't have this book, please add it to your collection - it's been #1 on Amazon for a good reason. Oh, and you have to check out her blog and website if you are looking for other techniques and specialty landscape fabrics to make your creations! She also just won an amazing award for her tree quilt in front of an amazing sunset - you'll be glad to have this book if you decide you want to try to make something similar. Thank you Cathy for a great, inspirational book. I can't wait to continue using this technique on other quilts!!

If the above book had been printed in a format that was easier to read, the the good material would have been very helpful and a good resource.

I am able to read only a little at a time due to the paleness of the print. What a shame. The pictures are excellent.

I was looking for a new method to do a landscape scene quilted wall hanging and saw this book. Having used applique before, along with adding buttons, yarn and flowers to embellish, this was new to me. I've done a string quilt using paper as my foundation to sew strips onto and this went right along with that experience. The photos and instructions work together to illustrate the process well. There are even some pull out patterns in the back. I've read the parts I wanted for my quilt and look forward to reading it through later. If you need some new ideas to make quilted landscapes, this book is worth the money. I'd seen it on a quilting site for much more, so I was glad to purchase it through Amazon.

This book was on my wish list. I'm thrilled that I recently received it as a gift! It is a beautiful book full of photos of artists quilts. It is well written with step by step photos for creating quilts in this landscape-strip piecing method. There are several products I have heard about but have never seen used. Cathy gives clear instructions in how she uses fabric dye & metallic markers to add shading and highlights to her quilts. She explains products like Bo-Nash 007 Bonding Agent that she uses with tulle, and her use of tear-away foundation to build the quilt on, keeping the strips straight with beautiful results. Plus so many more insights to making her lovely quilts your very own. There are several step-by-step patterns using Cathy's methods included in the book, as well as pull out patterns at the back of the book. Making landscape quilts is definitely at the top of my list of quilts to make in 2015.

Just received the book. Good helpful tips and techniques. Lots of photos of her quilts that will help give you ideas and at the back are three very large fold outs of line art for trees, flowers and other things that you can use .

I have a couple of other landscape quilt books; however, this one is really one I think I could follow to make the landscape I'm wanting to make! I haven't read it in detail; just skimmed it, but there are several landscapes in it that I really like. It's a wonderful addition to my quilt book library!

After seeing the author's creations online, I purchased the book so I could make my own landscape art quilts. Her instructions are detailed and clear, and the book has many examples of finished pieces that you can reproduce with the patterns included. There are many techniques that I can use in making my own designs.

Fun and new ideas for landscape quilting! There are several projects as well as different ways to approach each project. You can mix and match as you want. This book was very well written, and entertaining enough that I read it from cover to cover.

This book is right up my alley. I've loved the look of landscape quilts and wanted to try some, but have never liked applique all that much. This book shows an alternate way of making landscape quilts with mostly strip piecing (and a little applique). This is much more my style and am looking forward to trying this method.