Secondary Designs with Judi Madsen

This is a specialty book probably very good for long armers. For long armers this book is rated 4 to 5, but as a domestic machine quilter I did not find as much to use in this beautiful book. So I would rate it 3 for myself....Ms Madsen walks you thru how she designed the quilting for several of her quilts. The idea, to the drafting, how she corrected what did not work.... her entire thought, design and quilting process. The book included a cD which included over 300 pages of a pdf file which shows how the motifs and quilting was drawn.Ms Madsen designs are based on the entire quilt top and she uses her quilting to achieve her secondary designs. Her quilting is very dense and complicated ... but real show stoppers. Done on a long armer but a DETERMINED domestic machine free motion quilter could achieve similar results. She said she does extensive marking on her quilts and that sets up her designs. She uses a method on her long arm that requires no washing. As it takes me forever to quilt a quilt due to lack of consecutive time ... I would have to find a different way to mark my quilt as I often go days between quilting sessions.As a domestic machine quilter I at first thought that there was not a lot that I could take away from this book. Especially since I am NOT a dense quilter and do more simple then complicated FMQ. But the more I drooled over the quilting the more I found motifs I could translate and use in my own quilting. It is all in the effect you want to achieve and how much time you are willing to give the the work. I can see myself using just some of the motifs and block on some of my quilts. The motifs provide ways of punching up my quilting and making it better. Initially I thought little would apply to my quilting but it was a pleasant read. Ms Madsen is a pretty good author. I am happy I bought the book and see myself being able to use her motifs in my own quilting.

Judi provides ALL the details to stitch her signature free motion quilting. It is breathtaking. It requires a LOT of time to accurately mark and then stitch. I make a small quilt to try her process; it's a bit too much work for me, and I didn't like the denseness of stitching. I do believe this book is well worth it, the unique quilt patterns and CD containing full size markings make it worthwhile. I will continue to reference this book for designs and plan to make of the quilts. I have both her books. All are comprehensive.

Love Judi's books. Great price.

Nice pictures, instructions along with good ideas.

Just what I expected

Fantastic book of ideas and the way to accomplish them!

What can I say. Judy Madson is an amazing quilter. Love this book.

I really like that Judy shows us how her quilting has improved and how she has turned a mistake into a positive part of her design. Really enjoying this book.

Not as detailed in terms of how the designs are arrived at, but overall a very inspiring book

Amei o livro. dá pra explorar muitas idéias para o quilting.