Originally Posted by Prism99
I would suggest anything by Harriet Hargrave. Her machine applique book made huge vistas of quilting open up for me. I also like every book that Debra Wagner has.
Both of these authors give explicit explanations of techniques that make regular quilts better, and also offer explicit explanations of advanced techniques that can make a huge difference in what you decide to tackle.
I'm with you. There is a book that is on Machine quilting burgandy cover-and several reprintings later, it is still a wonderful book. It has several quilt motifs-something you may want to invest in also is a book on quilt motifs. I think I have Helens's copy and use along with Hooked on feathers. We thought our son was going to be living with us and I packed up all my books--except these 3 quilting books.