QuiltnLady1

If you were to give a beginning quilter one book to help her learn some of the tips and techniques involved in making a quilt, what book would you recommend?

AudreyB

"Quilting, The Complete Guide" by Darlene Zimmerman is a great book. It tells you about everything and how to do it. It's also a great reference guide.

spstout

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts because that was my first!

sandilee

I like the dummy books.....Quilting for Dummies. Very basic and a good teacher

QuiltnNan

Egg Money Quilts by eleanor burns... various patterns and techniques and excellent instructions and pictures

Quilt-Till-U-Wilt

Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting. I still look up things in this book.

Stitchnripper

This is my favorite all purpose book too. Great photographs. Also there are plenty of free videos on line.

PaperPrincess

Quilter's Academy Freshman Year: A Skill-Building Course in Quiltmaking
by Harriet Hargrave & Carrie Hargrave http://www.amazon.com/Quilters-Acade...ilters+academy

maminstl

I think I would want to know the style of quilts this person was attracted to, and get a beginners book featuring that style. I like contemporary quilts, so bought a book with some simple patterns that I really liked. Since then, I've gotten books that are more technical, but the book I ended up with was very basic and just what I needed to get going.

ManiacQuilter2

Any "Quilt in a Day" book. Eleanor Burns is so good at teaching beginning quilters.