My sad story on buying Quilt books. I purchased one several years ago and really liked several of the quilts. Of course, I never got around to making any of them. HOWEVER, a year ago I found a pattern that I really liked and made a quilt for my friend. I bet you know the rest of the story--a while later I was looking at my pattern books. Lo and behold there were two of the patterns which I had since purchased for the price of the book. Did I learn a lesson? Sort of because I really think twice before I spend money on a quilt book.