I agree with Omak. The mags always do things the hard way when El Burns has so many easier ways to do it.
Quilting is so much more pleasurable when cutting is made easier.
I have so many mags colllected over the years. I have been slowly eliminating my subscriptions. Still love to look at them and it is always a thrill to get them in the mail. But just dont use them so time to move on.

Although I admit to being a big EB fan, there are a couple of books in my library I wouldn't be without:

Rotary Magic by Nancy Johnson Srebro covers rotary cutting techniques and her instructions for the quarter inch stop are awesome

Quilters Complete Guide by Fons & Porter covers just about everything quilting - very helpful if I run across a new to me technique and the instructions for drafting are invaluable. If it's something new to me, this is the book I turn to first.

Quilts Quilts Quilts by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes - another very good, comprehensive quilt book and very easy to understand. Lots of great quilts in this book.

Joanie's Quilting Elements by Joanie Zeier Poole covers machine quilting and helped me understand some things that had eluded me. The book comes with some machine quilting pdfs - a nice bonus.

All that being said, I admit to having 27 Eleanor Burns Books :oops: You just can't beat what works - and for me, her books work.

I agree that the Harriet Hargrave books are a necessity. I learned *so* much about machine applique and machine quilting from her books!

Please include books by Karen Kay Buckley. She is an excellent appliquer and her books are all great. One in particular is "Flowers and Friennds". She is very thorough and easy to follow.

And, Elly Sienkewicz's books are wonderful except they are pricey. She too is an excellent appliquer.

S

Can't recommend any one in particular, but I do agree with getting books from the library, either a guild library, or a public library and if it is helpful, then buy it. I used to get many magazines, but they do become repetitive, and they pile up! If you find something you like in a magazine, note it some way on the cover, or clip it, or copy it and file it where you can find it! It is difficult to remember where you found something later! :lol:

I clip patterns and the instruction section from those magazines I LOVE and put them in a sheet protector in a binder (or 3 or 4 lol) If I don't LOVE any one pattern enough to rip the mag apart, I pass it on.


As far as books:

I like "Quilts, Quilts, Quilts" and the Rodale's Successful Quilting Library series.

Oh my some good books reccomended here. I think the best advice was the Elenore Burns series of books for the person just learning.

There is Carol Doak for the paper piecing. And I like the book, "Applique The basics and beyond", by Janet Pittman for learning applique.

The book I learned the most about machine quilting with is, "Machine Quilting Solutions", by Christine Maraccini.

I love the McCall's Quilting magazines still to this day. Although sometimes the American Quilting traditions by better Homes and gardens is sometimes really nice. They also have a "quilts and more", magazine, I think. It is very basic and for newbies.

I too am a bit of a bookaholic. So I have several but this is the one that first comes to mind: The It's Okay If You Sit On My Quilt Book by Mary Ellen Hopkins. Also I don't know about everyone else but I would recommend the All-in-One Quilter's Reference Tool book for quick information getting on basic things.

I have over 100 books in my Quilting Library, always looking through them for ideas. But what I call my staple is Quilters Complete Guide, it is great. If you can still find the spiral bound used on Amazon get that one. I also have been getting Quilters Newsletter and Quiltmaker since 1983 and still have them all. Although Quilters Newsletter has turned into an Ad mag. so I will be cancelling it finally and just keeping Quiltmaker, which I love. I also love any of the ThimbleBerry books or Fons and Porter. But if I had to give them all up, I wold keep Quilters Complete Guide and Quilts, Quilts, Quilts. Hope this helps.

I was reading this and wondering if anyone else here has tried finding a book they want on Bookmooch.com ?? You can exchange books for just the cost of you shipping to it the person who wants what you listed.

When you request a book (Mooch it) and it is accepted, you get the book for free. There are all kinds of books on there. I listed some of the quilting books I no longer cared for on there and they were snapped up!

I recommend it for anyone who can't do Amazon's prices or is looking for a "collectible" book. There is a Wish List for ones you can't find but are willing to wait for.

PS Maybe we could set up a book and pattern exchange? Or just lending? Just an idea.