French Braid Quilts

Reviewed in this foreign language publication.– “Patchwork-Quiltjournal”“Hone your rotary cutting and piecing skills with this collection of 14 French braid quilt projects. You will also learn to use colour value to dramatic effect.”– “Australian Quilters Companion”Miller clearly has an eye for colour and for the dramatic use of colour gradations in the quilts. Some quilts almost glow on the page and are inspiring in the combinations used.– “Popular Patchwork”You’d think this project would be complicated, but easy piecing and quick quilt construction techniques promise easy duplication of complex-looking designs.– “The Midwest Book Review”

Jane Hardy Miller was born and raised in California, where she eventually attended college and law school. Her mother, a home economics teacher, taught her to sew by hand and machine, beginning at age five. Jane made her first quilt in 1968, and for the next ten years, she made about one per year, inventing techniques as she went along. She practiced law briefly in Hawaii and California before moving to Miami in 1979, where she married, had two children, and finally took a beginning quilting class. She has been working and teaching in a local quilt shop since 1987.