Books: What do you Recommend for a New/Intermediate Quilter?
03-10-2010, 11:34 AM
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I am slowly building a modest quilting library. I have Quilting 101 - a Beginners Guide to Quilting (which I seem to have outgrown already), the Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting (love it) and Judy Hopkins 501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks (impressive.)
What books do you recommend I should be putting on my wish list, keeping in mind that I'm no longer a complete beginner and nowhere near mariner's compass stage yet. I want to keep improving my skills and am more interested in making big quilts than making bags or trivets.
What books do you keep coming back to? Or do you just use magazines and web sites? Look forward to hearing what you recommend.
What books do you recommend I should be putting on my wish list, keeping in mind that I'm no longer a complete beginner and nowhere near mariner's compass stage yet. I want to keep improving my skills and am more interested in making big quilts than making bags or trivets.
What books do you keep coming back to? Or do you just use magazines and web sites? Look forward to hearing what you recommend.
03-10-2010, 11:43 AM
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www.quilterscache.com will give you tons of ideas.
I get a lot of ideas from quilting magazines. There are so many of them available these days. And if you have a Sam's Club membership, they discount magazines 30%. Believe it or not, they carry a couple of quilting magazines!
Oops, I just noticed you're from Australia. I don't know if you have Sam's Clubs there or not. Maybe you have other club stores you can check out. :D
By the way, I love the Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine.
I get a lot of ideas from quilting magazines. There are so many of them available these days. And if you have a Sam's Club membership, they discount magazines 30%. Believe it or not, they carry a couple of quilting magazines!
Oops, I just noticed you're from Australia. I don't know if you have Sam's Clubs there or not. Maybe you have other club stores you can check out. :D
By the way, I love the Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine.
03-10-2010, 01:24 PM
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Fons & Porter was the best purchase I ever made, closely followed by Pam Lintott's Jelly roll book (if you're into that). Both are really easy to follow and have great patterns.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quilters-Com...8256125&sr=8-7
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jelly-Roll-Q...8256232&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quilters-Com...8256125&sr=8-7
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jelly-Roll-Q...8256232&sr=1-3
03-10-2010, 04:34 PM
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Recently I started using the "It's OK if you sit on my quilt" book because it shows a lot of different blocks and breaks them down by how many patches are in the block. This has been helpful in the block swaps. Not sure how it compared to the 501 block book though.
I think the Ultimate Visual Guide to Quilting might be up your alley. It's an A to Z helpful hints book.
I think the Ultimate Visual Guide to Quilting might be up your alley. It's an A to Z helpful hints book.
03-10-2010, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I think the Ultimate Visual Guide to Quilting might be up your alley. It's an A to Z helpful hints book.
The book I keep going back to is Eleanor Burns Underground Railroad. I have made all the blocks for a quilt, pick and choose for a tablerunner and a wall hanging. (the wallhanging is my Avatar at last years MQX)
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