Originally Posted by
Deecee
Anael and Nicky - is the book different enough from Carol Doake's Foundation Factory to be worth buying as well? It retails at A$45.00 here (have seen it on special for A$38) so would be interested to hear your opinion before considering it.
It's been great seeing everyone's blocks so far - they are all fabulous.
Hi Deecee, the book has general instructions for newbies, and then cutting charts for each block. And of course beautiful photos. The cutting charts are nice, if you want to make the blocks the original size. In the book, the blocks are all 4" (or 8" if you put 4 of them together), and the alphabet blocks are 3".
Foundation Factory is software from Quiltpro.com, and there are different modules you can buy. Several of them are companions for Carol Doak's books. Each is around $20, but sometimes on sale for $14.95. You can download it instantly! With FF there are no instructions or cuttting charts, BUT you can print the block any size and the seam allowances are correct. With the book, I often enlarge or reduce the patterns with my printer/copier, but then I have to adjust the seam allowances, which also get enlarged or reduced.
So there are advantages to both. I hope this helps. Personally if I could only have one, I would choose the software.
I get all my quilting books from Amazon.com, and usually can find them in good used condition for a great price.