An exciting new title from the leading quilt author, Quilt Me! celebrates Jane Brocket’s liberated, joyous, colourful approach to quilting using wonderful fabrics and simple shapes and patterns to create stunning effects.

Taking ‘inspirational fabrics’ as its starting point, the book explores not only the

designs available in cotton, made-for-the-market quilt/patchwork fabrics, but

also moves into a new realm of alternative fabrics that can be used to make

beautiful, practical, usable quilts. It is as if a quilt-maker has walked into the

haberdasher’s of her dreams and has explored the many possibilities that

traditional fabrics offer, fabrics such as ticking, linen, gingham, tweed, tartan,

suiting, shirting, velvet, silk and calico.

With clear instructions for a fantastic variety of quilts, Quilt Me! recreates the

excitement, known to all quilters, of rummaging through a new stash of fabrics.

The author describes the joy to be found in a wonderful colour scheme, design

or pattern, as well as the aesthetic and practical advantages of making the most

of what we find in traditional fabric shops and in our textile heritage, finding

alternatives to quilt cottons, and casting a new eye over fabrics made for other

purposes such as clothes, curtains, upholstery and interior decoration.