Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by mosaicthinking
Too bad my birthday has already passed for this year.
Are you familiar with Alice in Wonderland? They celebrated "a very happy unbirthday" - that gives you 364 chances to get stuff. lol
I took a look at my bookshelf last night and realize that I have a book for pretty much every occasion. Once the basics were covered, I added books on specific patterns. (Stars, attic windows, birds, etc). Got quite a few on using Scraps and/or Fat quarters. Then I have some for specific processes (Crayons, applique, painting, embellishing) and if one each is good - more is better. Most of them I browse through to get inspiration. Many I will never make, but they are still pretty to look at.
This also is a very good suggestion. I love looking at pictures of quilts!!! But once you get your basics down your creativity comes in and I've also thought about the books and patterns that I have on actually quilting them. I've purchased many books and patterns for quilting the quilts themselves. Found them very useful and also enjoyable to look through!! :-D