What are some good quilt books to buy and have for good patterns and resources? Thanks for your help with this. I love this site. I have learned so much from this site.
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What are some good quilt books to buy and have for good patterns and resources? Thanks for your help with this. I love this site. I have learned so much from this site.
I can pm you. Have a list.
That would be great. When Joanna has a sale on their books or somewhere else, I don't know any good authors to look for that would be easy to follow and not to difficult to understand.
It really depends on the type of quilts you like to make. Do you like to quilt by hand or machine? When I look for books it depends on what I want to do at the time. When I first started (in 1975) I bought the Better Homes & Gardens Encyclopedia of Sewing. It worked for years as it had a little bit of everything and then I branched out as I found quilts I wanted to make. For paper piecing I took a beginners class because the books looked like a foreign language to me. But for English paper piecing (EPP) i just watched the videos on YouTube. I still want to make a cathedral window and bought a book with the patterns and then have watched a few videos - still kind of afraid to start until I finish a few of my UFO's.
What is the difference between EPP and PP? Thought they were the same.Originally Posted by quiltingcandy
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I have only made quilts with instructors helping me so I haven't done very much. I love table runners and quilts. I have not tried paper piecing. I am not real sure what I like or don't like yet. So far everything I have done I have liked.
i have found the most helpful resource for quilting techniques to be The Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting. I bought the hard cover spiral edition in 2002 and have used it as a reference for every quilt I've made. It has a section for every area and technique of quilting. I have found it especially helpful for guidance in sizing and piecing quilt backs (and hanging sleeves) as well as quilt binding. Not much in patterns but handy when I forget how to join the ends of binding when sewing it on the quilt.
I too use this and it is wonderful. Mine is paperback, has everything in it.
Sewbeadit
W. Washington
I used to buy books for what ever quilt I was making..log cabin, pin wheel, stack & whack...etc. Check yardsales...a few years ago I hit the jackpot..I got over 100 magazine & books, a started BOM, fabric, pressing ham, double wedding ring kit with instructions & all the templates, plus more I can't even remember. All for $20..Mag. subscriptions are sometimes hit or miss, I don't always like what's in them. One of my favorite books is 501 Quilt blocks by Better Homes & Gardens. Great directions for binding your quilt.
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I bought the F&P Quilter's Complete Guide decades ago. It is a good basic manual.
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