Originally Posted by Bluphrog
Though I'm not just a beginner, I bought a book called "Quilter's Academy Vol. 1--Freshman Year" by Harriet Hargrave, and it's very good. It takes you step-by-step in the hows and whys, has practice projects to build skills, and even has a section on designing your own quilts. Since I'd love to get in to teaching beginners, this will be a great resource.
I posted not too long ago asking if anyone had this book yet, but no one responded then, evidently no one else had it at the time. I'm glad to hear it's good. I'm hoping our library gets it, but if not I may buy it. Harriet's other books are good, so I figured this one would be, too. She and her daughter are going to publish additional books in the Quilter's Academy series.