Dedication
T
o Sharyn Craig, a valued and admired friend. I thank you for sharing
your expertise and information throughout your long career with suchan open and generous heart. You made math clear and understandable and
helped open the door to creative freedom for so many of us, your students; I
aspire to do the same with this book. You continue to serve as a role model
for me as a quiltmaker and teacher, and I am forever grateful for your generos-
ity and kindness. You leave indelible footprints on my heart and the world of
quiltmaking—thank you.
Acknowledgments
W
riting books has always been exciting, fun, challenging, and at times
frustrating, confusing, and overwhelming; and this book, my fifth, hasbeen no different. Writing a book is not a solitary task; it takes many hearts,
hands, and eyes to make an idea materialize. I thank each of you, from the
bottom of my heart. Always, first, my husband, Joe, for continuing to support
what I do and love me without question; my son, Sean, for all his patience,
knowledge, information, and help on the Chrysanthemum block; Larry
Axelrod, my friend Susan’s husband, who is a wizard at math and answered
any question I asked; my friend Glorianne Garza, who supports my work and
gives honest, insightful help and critique; my friends Charlene Dakin, Marg
Gair, and Nancy Elliott MacDonald, for kindly lending their beautiful quilts;
Diana McClun and Laura Nownes, for sharing their Double Wedding Ring
drafting instructions; Elaine Krajenke Ellison, who’s eye-opening book, Math-
ematical Quilts, taught me so much. To all my students—I have learned so
much from you. To C&T Publishing, for giving me the opportunity to share
what I do again; to Liz Aneloski, developmental editor, who is absolutely the
best; to my technical editors, Teresa Stroin and Joyce Lytle; to my book de-
signer, Kerry Graham, and my illustrator, Lon Eric Craven; and to my produc-
tion team, Zinnia Heinzmann and Julia Cianci.
I am forever grateful to you all.