All-New Twenty to Make: One Patch Quilts - (All New 20 to Make) by Carolyn Forster (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

20 stunning quick and easy one-patch quilt designs with full-size templates included.

Calling all quilters looking for ready-to-trace templates and contemporary one-patch quilting inspiration! This stunning book, from quilting guru and best-selling author Carolyn Forster, contains 20 different patchwork shapes, from triangles and diamonds, to tumblers, clamshells and applecores, each made up into a stunning one-patch design. For each of the 20 shapes you get:

• A full-size template, ready to trace off and use
• Piecing instructions to help you put together your one-patch designs with ease
• Layout variations to inspire you to use each shape in numerous ways
• Clear photographic visuals showcasing Carolyn's chosen layout and fabric.

A complete quilting primer makes this book accessible for beginners, with advice on scaling the templates up and down, and both hand and machine sewing. Also included is a complete one-patch quilt project, with full making-up instructions and sumptuous photography, created using a selection of the one-patch blocks.

This book is an expanded hardback edition of 20 to Stitch: One-Patch Quilts, 2017.

Review Quotes

Midwest Book Review - September 2025

Synopsis: Appropriate for both novice and experienced quilters looking for ready-to-trace templates and contemporary one-patch quilting inspiration, "All-New Twenty To Make: One Patch Quilts" is a simply stunning and instructive DIY instructional guide for twenty quilting projects from Carolyn Forster and contains 20 different patchwork shapes, ranging from triangles and diamonds, to tumblers, clamshells and applecores, each of which are made up into a stunning one-patch design.

A complete quilting primer makes "All-New Twenty To Make: One Patch Quilts" easily and methodically accessible for beginners, with advice on scaling the templates up and down, and both hand and machine sewing.

Of special note is the inclusion of a complete one-patch quilt project, with full making-up instructions and sumptuous photography, created using a selection of the one-patch blocks.

Critique: Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, this new edition of "All-New Twenty To Make: One Patch Quilts" from Search Press is an expanded hardback edition of their "20 to Stitch: One-Patch Quilts" (2017) and is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library Needlecraft/Quilting collections.

About the Author

Carolyn Forster is a best-selling quilting author. She started making quilts when she was a teenager and went on to study Textiles at the University of Bath. Since graduating, Carolyn has taught patchwork and quilting both in the UK and the USA and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Fabrications, Popular Patchwork and Patchwork and Quilting. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK with her husband and son.

Visit Carolyn's website www.carolynforster.co.uk