Essential Quilts Books
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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I really like the "Big Book of Scrap Quilts". You can get a used one quite inexpensively. Not for beginners, however, as the instructions for each quilt are not extensive.
http://www.amazon.com/Scrap-Quilts-A...f+scrap+quilts
http://www.amazon.com/Scrap-Quilts-A...f+scrap+quilts
#4
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Dallas, TX
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Quilts, Quilts, Quilts! By McClun & Nownes. Great learning tool & I like that it gives yardage & measurements for each pattern for lap, twin, double/queen & king sizes. We used this book for my beginning class & I refer back to it a lot.
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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The two books I learned the most from were technique books by Harriet Hargrave -- the one on machine quilting (on a domestic machine), and the one on invisible machine applique.
I also learned a lot from Debra Wagner's books -- I think she published only two or three, but they are excellent. That's where I learned how to divide batting up to make quilting large quilts on a domestic machine easier.
I also learned a lot from Debra Wagner's books -- I think she published only two or three, but they are excellent. That's where I learned how to divide batting up to make quilting large quilts on a domestic machine easier.
#6
One of the best books I have is "Mastering Precision Piecing" by Nancy Collins. Great book, especially if like me, you like working with small pieces. I was a self-taught quilter and she un-taught of lot of bad habits I taught myself!!
Other than that, most of the books I concentrate on are about techniques, not patterns.
Other than that, most of the books I concentrate on are about techniques, not patterns.
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