I have 200+ quilt books. I also do something that you might find helpful: if I see a quilt I like I photocopy it, and instructions if there are any, slip into a 3-hole cellophane and keep in a three hole binder. The books are labled SCRAPS, HOLIDAYS, FOCUS fabrics, etc.
The books I turn to:
- Quilts, Quilts, Quilts
- Carrie Hall Blocks by Bettina Havig, AQS publication 1999
- Quilt Savvy One-Patch Scrap Quilts by Pat Yamin, AQS,2007
- 1000 Great Quilt Blocks by MaggiMcCormickGordon, That Patchwork Place, Martingale Company, 2003
- Material Obsession: Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke, Stewart, Tabori & Chang (an imprint of Harry Abrams, Inc.) 2009. Originally published in '08 in Australia.
- Material Obsessions Two by Doughty and Fielke, Murdock Books Pty Limited (Australia), 2009
Pat Yamin has a nice website -google Come Quilt with Me - from which you can order her book plus other neat stuff.
Hope this helps.