Judy Martin (1)

Judy Martin has put together a very thorough and well-organized book on the log cabin pattern. While she touches on traditional, she really is all about the creative interpretation of the pattern and the use of modern techniques in construction. She includes 5 pages of log cabin "setting plans" or arrangements (66 plans, total). The book includes the usual basics, choosing fabrics, working with light/dark values, organization and her method of machine piecing. Quilters of all abilities will find something in this book and she rates each pattern for "ease of understanding" with three different symbols (related to cutting, sewing and thinking) explained early in the book.

Of the sixteen patterns she features in the book, several have a simplified modern look, others have a more updated traditional look, and still others have a more complex, creative that employ the suggestion of curves. Her directions are easy to follow and thorough and include all the technical know-how you might need. She also further includes at the end of the book a useful general charts of yardage and specifications to encourage quilters to "go off on your own creative direction."… (mere)