Thread: What is your favorite quilting book and why?

If you had to pick just one quilting book to keep, what would it be and why that book?

-Harry B.

I'd pick "It's OK To Sit On My Quilt" by Mary Ellen Hopkins. That is the book that kick started my quilting.

I can't just pick one! Well maybe "The Big Book of Scrap Quilts".
And my newest favorite: "Setting Solutions"
and...

I dont know,but I sure do like Nickel quilts by Pat Speth

I like the book Quick Quilts from your Scrap Bag. I have made about 5 quilts from that particular book. I love looking at the pages and and design will catch my attention and I will look at it for awhile and then one day it just hits me to start working on it.

I just cannot pick a favorite, in fact, QB and other online sites have taken the place of books. My favorite genre is scrap quilts.

Tradiition With A Twist and the reason being is traditional quilts with a twist!

Oh, I have no idea. I think I buy books just to set in the closet. I have soooooo many and can't choose just one.

I am a fairly new quilter....2 years...and I find that I don't need books. This board and the internet are really all I need....which is a shame, because I am the librarian for my quilting guild. I bring home 5 books a month to review, but I have yet to use any of them for my quilting. I must not be alone, because many of the books I review have not been checked out for 5 or ten years. Our library has probably 500 books, and maybe ten get checked out each month, not counting the five I check out and review. New books are added all the time, and they just sit. Sad, really....

...but it is so easy to find what I want on my computer, quicker too.

I could never pick one... I don't buy many, but I do have a long list on hold at the library. I love to see and read about all of the new styles, techniques, etc... :D:D:D