What is your single favorite, must have quilting book?
#3
I've only been quilting for about a year now, but when I first started I was a YouTube fanatic! I have my inevitable collection of books of course, none of which I remember right now, but I learned more from YouTube at first than anywhere else. Just do a search on "how to quilt" and there are numerous free resources online.
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Originally Posted by Wholeheart Mom
I am looking for book recommendations for a newbie.
With that in mind, what book do you consider your favorite, all time, must have quilting book?
With that in mind, what book do you consider your favorite, all time, must have quilting book?
Can we reword that to -
>>I am looking for book recommendations for a newbie. What book do you consider a must have quilting book for a newbie?
With that in mind, what book do you consider your favorite, all time quilting book?
#5
hands down..............
the complete guide to quilting
it covers every topic of quilting and gives you step by step photos.
i've been quilting for 8 years and i still refer back to this book on a weekly basis.
here's a link
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide...9706693&sr=8-1
the complete guide to quilting
it covers every topic of quilting and gives you step by step photos.
i've been quilting for 8 years and i still refer back to this book on a weekly basis.
here's a link
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide...9706693&sr=8-1
#6
I use "500 Full-Size Patchwork Patterns" by Maggie Malone. It has all the patterns but doesn't tell you how to put them together. I guess since I've been piecing for so long I can look at the block and figure it out. Still it's a great resource. I also love Eleanor Burns at Quilt in a Day. She has great free videos at www.quiltinaday.com
#7
If you're a hand-quilter, Jinny Beyer's "Quiltmaking By Hand" is essential and will see you from the basics through to fairly skilled quilting.
The "Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quiltmaking" is an excellent all-round book, fairly encyclopaedic in nature, beautifully illustrated, lots of techniques for both hand and machine quilters in it although it does have a few errors in it (e.g. tables for calculating QST sizes and similar are sometimes completely off), so watch out for that.
The "Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quiltmaking" is an excellent all-round book, fairly encyclopaedic in nature, beautifully illustrated, lots of techniques for both hand and machine quilters in it although it does have a few errors in it (e.g. tables for calculating QST sizes and similar are sometimes completely off), so watch out for that.
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I really like the Rodale Quilting Library Series. The books are broken into different sections and each is well illustrated.
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.de...&qsort=&page=1
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.de...&qsort=&page=1
#9
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MTS, you said it all. Too many "newbees" start the process backwards, then when nothing works right they ask the rest of us how to fix it.
As for my favorite quilting book, it's the one I bought last week, until I see a new pattern I want to try.
As for my favorite quilting book, it's the one I bought last week, until I see a new pattern I want to try.
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Originally Posted by Wholeheart Mom
I am looking for book recommendations for a newbie.
With that in mind, what book do you consider your favorite, all time, must have quilting book?
With that in mind, what book do you consider your favorite, all time, must have quilting book?
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