Quilts With An Angle by Sheila Christensen

The step-by-step method for cutting diamonds without a special ruler finally made 60-degree shapes click for me. I've already mapped out three hexagon quilts from the 15 projects included.

I was intimidated by 60-degree shapes until this book showed me how to rotary cut them cleanly. The step-by-step instructions for piecing diamonds and hexagons without y-seams finally clicked for me. Already planning my third quilt from the patterns inside.

The no-template, no-y-seam approach finally makes those 60-degree shapes click for me—the rotary cutting instructions alone are worth it. I've already started two of the 15 quilts and my seams are lining up like never before.