Product Description

Add a touch of warmth to your home with these 12 original projects that combine traditional patchwork with charming country-style applique. From best-selling author and award-winning quilt designer, Kim Diehl, comes this fabulous new volume featuring 12 original projects in Kim's signature style. With their combination of traditional patchwork and country-style applique each project is perfect for adding a touch of warmth and comfort to your home - but with such beautiful artistry, they could easily end up on the wall instead.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39618 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781564778482
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Kim Diehl is a self-taught quilter, a best-selling quilt-book author, and an award-winning quilt designer.

Customer Reviews

Kim Diehl Deals Another Fine Hand!
Kim Diehl presents us with one more fine book in her "Simple" series. I already own "Simple Seasons", so I snapped up the new "Simple Comforts" as soon as I saw it.

These "Simple" books tend toward traditional patterns done in strong colorations with just the right mix of color and contrast, and not TOO much applique. Ms. Diehl's style also lends itself very well to scrappyness, and "Simple Comforts" is a wonderful resource to inspire you to finally deal with those scraps.

The Table of Contents page provides thumbnail photos of each of the 12 quilt patterns, which is a most helpful editing technique that I wish all publishers would utilize. You instantly see the full range Diehl's colorful interpretation of traditional patterns.

Of course, you can make these quilts using really modern/mod fabrics, and there is one particular quilt - "Checkerberry Bliss" - that is a great exercise in contrast in black and light greens. My favorite is "Twilight Hopscotch", a really lovely star/chain variation in tone-on-tone greens on neutral; I am thinking of making this one first to use as a shower curtain.

Scattered throughout the book are Diehl's "Pin Points", which are helpful insets which offer handy technique tips. Also worth noting: each pattern includes directional arrows for "proper" seam pressing, which I rely on to help me best-match pieced seams.

I look forward to more "Simple" books from Kim Diehl; whether this is your first of her books or not, I think this one will inspire those of us who prefer colorful yet still largely traditional patterns. "Simply" a winner!!

This Book Doesn't Dissappoint
This book contains 12 beautiful quilt patterns. Half of the quilts feature applique in them, which I think is one of the things this designer does best. Full color directions are very clear and easy to follow even for novice quilters. Kim Diehl has 3 other books out. I own all of them and have made many of her designs. Many of the quilts featured in this book are square and are of a size that make great wall hangings and table toppers. 'Simple Comforts' makes a great addition to my quilt library.

another amazing book!
here is the last masterpiece written by Kim Diehl!
I've found it innovative but traditional at the same time.
Wonderful colours and well-explained patterns.