Quilting book turns fabric strips into easy quilts

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BERNE, Ind. -- Jelly Roll Quilts is a project book published by House of White Birches, with five beginner quilting projects made from fabric strips called jelly rolls. The book includes 16 pages of instruction written for novice quilters. It retails for $9.95.

With Jelly Roll Quilts, needle crafters who are new to the art of quilting can create colorful heirloom quilts with a technique that pieces two-and-a-half inch-wide strips of material to form a unique quilting pattern. The book includes patterns for full-size, lap-size and crib-size quilts.

Every project comes with a set of easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and a color code for ease in completing each quilted design. There is also a color photo of each completed quilt and a materials list.

House of White Birches was founded in 1947 in Seabrook, N.H., and was purchased from its original owners in 1985 and moved to Berne to become a part of the DRG family of brands. It is a leading voice in the enthusiast categories of crochet, knitting, quilting, paper crafting, plastic canvas, nostalgia and beading.

Other DRG brands include Annie's Attic, American School of Needlework, Clotilde and Good Old Days.

Along with its pattern books, DRG also publishes a variety of hardcover and softcover books, patterns, and seven nationally-distributed special-interest magazines.

Quilters can learn more about DRG, its brands and its sewing and quilting products by visiting the Coltilde catalog website at Clotilde.com or the DRG website at DRGnetwork.com.


About DRG: DRG (DRGnetwork.com) is in its third generation of Muselman family ownership in Berne, Ind. The company consists of a direct marketing division, featuring craft and nostalgia products, and a marketing services/fulfillment division in East Texas. DRG publishes magazines and books, and also offers kits and supplies under consumer brands that include House of White Birches, Annie's Attic, Clotilde, The Needlecraft Shop and American School of Needlework. Most print products are also available for download via the Internet. The fulfillment division, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), in Big Sandy, Texas, offers database marketing and Internet services alongside traditional subscription and product fulfillment.