Better Not Pout Quilt Pattern Book by Nancy Halvorsen of Art to Heart

Description

Better Not Pout packs a full Christmas into one book: a cheerful Santa sampler, poinsettia and peppermint piecing, a flock of mini stocking ornaments, and a run of holiday towels, runners, pillows, and bags. The mix runs from simple patchwork to fusible applique, so there is a project for every skill level and every corner of the house.

What the Book Includes

This listing is for the printed 40-page softcover pattern book, not a kit or a finished quilt. Inside are more than 40 Christmas projects with cutting and assembly instructions and color photos: two large quilts, six mini quilts, two table toppers, five table runners, five pillows, six tea towels, twelve mini stocking ornaments, six pot holders, and seven bags. Fabric, batting, backing, and notions are not included.

What You Can Make

• Better Not Pout Quilt, a Santa sampler, and the Peppermints and Poinsettias Quilt
• Joy Wreath and Snowman mini quilts
• Twelve mini stocking ornaments for a tabletop tree
• Christmas tea towels, holiday pot holders, table runners, pillows, and bags

What You’ll Need

Projects range from straightforward patchwork to fusible applique for the Santa, snowman, and lettering details. No special rulers or templates are required beyond a rotary cutter, mat, and ruler. With more than forty projects in one book, there is everything from a quick-to-make ornament to a full bed-sized quilt. Fabric, batting, and backing are purchased separately, and the book gives the amounts by project.

Perfect For

• Quilters who want a whole season of Christmas projects in one book
• Holiday gift and bazaar makers who need quick finishes like ornaments and towels
• Anyone who enjoys cheerful applique Santas, snowmen, and wreaths
• Stitchers comfortable with simple piecing and fusible applique

Why You’ll Love This Book

Better Not Pout is built for the way people actually decorate for Christmas: a big quilt for the bed or wall, smaller pieces for the table, and a pile of little ornaments and towels for gifts. Because everything shares one bright, folk-art holiday palette, the projects look like a set even when made over several seasons.

The range of effort is the real gift. A mini stocking ornament is an evening’s work, while the Santa sampler or the Peppermints and Poinsettias Quilt is a centerpiece. Leftover reds and greens from one project feed naturally into the next, so a single fabric pull stretches a long way.

Product Details

• Brand: Art to Heart
• Item : 554B
• Author: Nancy Halvorsen
• Category: Quilt Pattern Book
• Skill Level: Confident Beginner (simple piecing with fusible applique)
• Technique: Patchwork with Fusible Applique
• Number of Projects: 40+ (two large quilts, six mini quilts, table toppers, runners, pillows, towels, ornaments, pot holders, and bags)
• Pages: 40, softcover
• Format: Printed Pattern Book
• Made in the United States