Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts Paperback – May 10, 2010

This book is perfect for using scraps and creating beautiful quilts. Easy to follow directions and helpful hints.

Love, love, love this book by Carrie L. Nelson! I knew nothing about Carrie before purchasing this book on Amazon but the photo on the cover was intriguing with an interesting-looking quilt and a photo of a lovely Golden Retriever sitting next to it. (Being a fellow dog lover, I thought I'd try it out. Little did I know that "Miss Rosie" in the title was actually her dog!) I was not disappointed, in fact I'm going to rate this book in the top five of my personal library of quilting books... and since I've been teaching quilting for over 30 years, I have a lot of them. Carrie's designs take scrappy quilts to a new level. She apparently loves to go crazy with lots of different fabrics but it works. All of her designs are fun and beautiful and she includes a nice variety of patterns in her book. She has many designs that are unique to her, but she also has an exceptional way of taking a traditional design and adding a new twist. (For example she has a very scrappy Irish Chain with Ohio Stars in the open spaces between the chains. Also in one quilt she took a Bear's Paw and kicked it up by piecing the "paw" section with different fabrics and adding a simple, yet effective pieced sashing and border.)Most all of her quilts in this book have a scrappy "Country" feel, but I'm sure you could easily change things up with your own color schemes. Carrie includes many wonderful diagrams in color for every quilt to help you piece each section as you go along. One great feature is that each quilt pattern is self- contained and has all the instructions you need so you don't have to keep going back to a reference page to find a particular technique. (She repeats what is needed for every quilt.) She has used strip piecing and other speed techniques throughout to make your sewing fun and quick. She also has a nice section in the back with general instructions for the beginner. My favorite part about this book is that each quilt has a brief description by the color photo explaining where she came up with the idea for the quilt and why she named it what she did. This makes it more personal and it is nice to know what the designer was thinking when they created their quilt. There wasn't a single quilt in this book that I wouldn't consider making. I highly recommend this book.

I love Miss Rosie quilt books! I love buying used books!!!!

The used book arrived on time and in very good condition, as advertised. I was pleased with the transaction and will order from this seller in the future.

The book was in great condition and contained many pretty quilt patterns.It arrived quickly and I am very happy with my purchase.

I use bits of each thing to make a new thing! I use this book in one of my Quilt Alongs.

Written with a true quilter in mine. Beautiful photo's, step by step cutting & piecing instructions.Gave extra tips with each pattern.Found several I'm adding to my "to do list"

Outstanding book. I have a lot of quilt pattern books and this is my favorite one. I really like all of the patterns, which is rare for me. Clear instructions and all of the designs and color choices are lovely. Most call for the use of fat quarters, which is a huge plus, since I prefer FQ bundles when I buy fabric. Would work awesome for scrap or stash busting as well. I am planning to make at least 2 of them this coming year. Highly recommend this one for your quilting library.

Excellent ,lots of lovely quilts here . I would recommend this book sometimes there are only one or two you would like to make in a book.Well in this one there are two the rest l would be happy to make. Thank you

It is just what I expected. It is a nice book with great patterns.

I bought the book because I had seen one of the quilts made up and I loved it. I was not disappointed the quilts look really complicated but in fact when you see the breakdown so so hard. Would not recommend for a real beginner but fine otherwise.

Like many of these.

A lovely book. Not for beginners but if you have some experience it has some nice patterns. Am hoping to start one soon. Just need the fabric!