The ultimate guide to achieving beautiful and inspirational quilt blocks.

Modern Japanese quilting uses Eastern and Western techniques to create quilts of extraordinary beauty. This book is a treasury of more than 125 block designs, characterised by their use of beautiful oriental textiles, unusual motifs and striking colour combinations.

Choose from patchwork, appliqué and sashiko blocks, organised into themed sections based on geometric, pictorial and family crest designs. All the techniques you will need are clearly demonstrated.

Each design features a photograph, clear instructional diagram or template, fabric palette and cutting guide, and instructions for making the block. At-a-glance icons indicate skill level and techniques used.

All of the blocks can be mixed and matched, and you will find examples of fail-safe block combinations for stylish quilts, from tessellated all-over patterns to spectacular sampler quilts.

'I don't think there are many quilters who won't get something from this informative and useful book. * Popular Patchwork (June 2007) *

Susan Briscoe is a professional textile designer, author and teacher and is a graduate in Visual Art and Design from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has lived and worked in Japan where her appreciation of Japanese textiles flourished. Susan has designed textile projects for a number of magazines, kits for manufacturers, curated quilting shows and written 3 previous books on quilting and textiles.