Readers will enjoy the detailed instruction and beautiful layout of Outside the Box : Hexagon Patterns from The Kansas City Star, the third in our series from Star Quilts. We've gathered 20 great quilt patterns from The Kansas City Star's historic collection. But these aren't your typical square quilt blocks. Instead, each has been redrafted to make a 9-inch hexagon. All of the patterns fit together to make a sampler quilt - or a lovely quilt can be made by repeating a single block.

Outside the Box: Hexagon Patterns from The Kansas City Star

McGinnis, Edie

Kansas City Star Books

Star Quilts expert Edie McGinnis has gathered more than 40 patterns from The Kansas City Star that go together like ... well, loving sisters! The Tulips, Blubells, Magnolias, Butterflies, Roosevelts, Kites and Spring Flowers are all here... and many more, each with redrafts, instruction and templates. Plus Edie introduces 7 new Star patterns! Plus 12 great Sister Quilts. Detailed instructions and templates and great stories about the love between sisters make this one of the most enteraining quilt titles!

The Sister Blocks: 17 Sisterly Sets From the Kansas City Star

Quilt instructor Edie McGinnis rediscovers 17 classic Star patterns and introduces six new blocks of her own.

O' Glory: Americana Quilt Blocks from the Kansas City Star

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

C&T Publishing / Kansas City Star Quilts

Author Edie McGinnis presents 24 classic Kansas City Star quilt patterns that will have you eager to pack your bags for your next vacation.

Roads and Curves Ahead: A Trip Through Time with Classic Kansas City Star Quilt Blocks

Basket designs have been favored by quilters for years, Kansas City Star Books presents 20 basket patterns, including fourteen classics from The Star's archives and six original designs. As a bonus, come along on a tour of the Arabia Steamboat Museum. Take a look at the artifacts found on board a steamboat that sank in 1856. You will discover pins and needles, thimbles and scissors, buttons and beads - goods that would entice quilters whether they lived in 1856 or now.

Baskets of Treasures

Large prints are set into traditional quilt blocks, giving the quilts a fresh, new look using a combination of piecing and applique. A great way to use those lively print fabrics!

No Boundaries: Bringing Your Fabric Over the Edge

Edie McGinnis explores the origins of scraps from the Kansas City garment district. Includes easytofollow directions to make eight spectacular scrap quilts some from old designs, some new and a handful of fun projects.

A Bag of Scraps: Quilts and the Garment District

Finders Keepers―A Rare Cache of Quilts from the 1900s is based on a collection of quilts found in an abandoned farmhouse in Davis County, Iowa. This historical find is rare gem. Famed quilter Edie McGinnis has worked to re-create the early quilts, using reproduction fabric to reflect the time period in which they were made. She has also included updated versions of each that will appeal to today's modern quilters.

Finders Keepers Quilts: A Rare Cache of Quilts from the 1900s - 15 Projects - Historic, Reproduction & Modern interpretations

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

In addition to great quilt projects, Edie McGinnis has sprinkled throughout stories of couples married more than 40 years, and the wisdom they've gained through devotion to that special someone.

Sparkling Jewels, Pearls of Wisdom

Edie McGinnis explores the history of feed sacks, discusses their importance in times of need and war, and displays more than 600 examples of feedsack prints. Book tells how to reproduce antique quilts such as Ozark Cobblestones, Flower Pot, as well as some newlymade quilts using old feedsacks and reproduction prints.

Feedsacks!: Beautiful Quilts from Humble Beginnings

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