*** I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ***

This book is a must for the modern quilter! It is well organized and full of information. It encourages readers to take chances with colors and fabrics in their quilts. Throughout the book, common questions are answered and tips are shared. 14 quilt projects and patterns are highlighted in this book. In each project, Ms. Maxwell compares the traditional and modern quilt pattern featured. I found several projects that I'd love to tackle including Color Worm, Shazam, and Shattered. I would definitely recommend this fun quilt book and suggest you share it with your quilting guild!

This is not a quilting book for the fainthearted! Including patterns with a variety of techniques it will tempt you out of your comfort zone for sure but may help you make some new ones.

The step by step instructions and illustrations are great, making everything clear and complimenting each other. By offering a choice of colourways for each quilt this book helps you to experiment with shades you might not normally combine or steer you away from your go to palette.

I was able to read a copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers in exchange for an unbiased review and would recommend it to any quilter wanting to stretch themselves. Not a book for a beginner unless very confident but definitely a book to aspire to.

Fresh Modern Quilts from Traditional Blocks is a quilting tutorial and project book by Sarah J. Maxwell. Released 1st March 2020 from Fox Chapel on their Landauer imprint, it's 160 pages and available in paperback format.

This is a refreshing and expert take on color use in traditional pieced blocks to create an entirely new look. The colors the author/artist uses are very bright, often primary colors which pop and create optical illusions and secondary patterns. Most of the blocks are very well known old patterns like flying squares and periwinkle stars (my go-to baby quilt block) but done in such a way, enlarged, broken up, and contrast colored that the effect is -really- entirely new. The author also emphasizes block size and placement to completely change the effect of the finished quilt.

Projects have tips and takeaway advice in highlighted sidebars, a project description with finished size and materials used, and step by step instructions. Templates (with marked seam allowances) are included in each pattern, and are likely worth the price of the book on their own merits even if readers want to stay more traditional in their quilts. The instructions, and the tutelage throughout the book are accessible, supportive, and encouraging. I strongly suspect the author is a gifted teacher and that shines through in the text.

This book is a great resource for quilters (like me) who wind up going again and again to their default projects which "work". This will be super for when my projects are feeling a little bit stale. I personally tend to stay with the same colors and combinations and this book is full of good advice for pushing outside of our comfort envelope with specific tips and tricks to make good choices and explore color and pattern and contrast. The author also features a number of batik prints which I am really great at *buying* and which I love to *look* at, but am always afraid to *use* in my quilt tops. Extra note: her choice of fabrics and colorwork on the drunkard's path quilt in this collection (templates included) are truly exceptional.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

A great quilt book with unique quilt patterns that are a mixture of modern and traditional. Great color inspiration in the samples. I can't wait to make some of these quilts.
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