Pam Bono Books
 

Oh my! I read in one of the other threads all about Pam Bono. It rang a bell but when I looked through my stuff, I didn't have anything from her except her Angler 2. So I did a research on her and found a way back machine of her old website. I started to download her free patterns and I was so thrilled to get to know a little about her and her designs. The woman was a quilting genius.

I went to Amazon and found four books in the used section, starting at .03 cents. The one that cost 6.99, came today. It was brand spanking new with a sticker price of 50.25 on the back. "A Quilter's Life in Patchwork". It has got to be one of the best books for techniques and variety yet and so much of it. I love the squirrel and acorn quilt. It is so chuck full of techniques. It also comes with a cd and two sheets of the special June Tailor Clark fabric sheets. I can't believe my luck. I will definitely be doing some of these.

I might just have to make that darling squirrel for a pillow or something, it looks so fun. Now I can't wait to see what the other books have in them. I know one is coming every day...fun fun....will keep you posted.

I love Pam Bono designs, have fun with your new books.

I didn't know about Pam Bono until her passing was announced. At least that's what I thought until I realized I has a couple videos from when she was on a couple shows on public television.

I didn't know her either. Good luck with enjoying your found treasure.

I searched for her, "A banquet of Quilts" that books sells for anywhere from 200.00 to 900.00 and more. I wonder why. For those of you not familiar with her work, go to the way back machine and type in ...http://pamsclub.com/.. and you can download her free patterns.

Rosyhf, not sure what you mean by way back machine?? I couldn't get any where by typing in Pams club. I thought they shutdown her site and were no longer selling her stuff.

PP this is the link for the way back machine. If you were searching for a site that no longer exists, you would type the url in this search and they usually have some pages of that site.
http://archive.org/web/web.php

This link will take you to some of the years of Pam's pages,. just click on a date of any year and you will get there.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/pamsclub.com

You can download the Wayback machine. It takes you to webpages not online anymore. I use it all the time.

OH yes, I have two of her books but have yet to make one of her quilt designs. So many quilt patterns, so little time. That will be on my headstone.

I did not realize that I had several of her books until after I had heard of her passing. One day I was looking at a book and her name popped out at me. I started looking at my other books and found several by her. I must have really liked her designs. Made several of her quilts. A couple are still in process.

Wayback Machine, Wow!!! Wish I could use it to go back to college and study something useable. Sill, it's nice to be able to find Pam Bono's free patterns on the internet somewhere in space. Thanks for suggestion that.

Rosyhf, where did you find the free patterns? All I could find on the site were member patterns.

I love her quilts. First one I made I thought was hard but by following her instructions to the letter it was outstanding and not as difficult as I thought it would be. I was in her online club and still cannot believe she is gone.

The site must be down. I got a big SORRY! I have one book of Pam Bono's and love it.

I share her philosophy about slowing down to make a beautiful, intricate quilt to be very proud of. I have a pattern from a magazine dating back about 10 years that I will someday make into a wedding quilt for my son

I got started making quilts using Pam's "Rotary Cutter Quilts" and learned all my basic piecing techniques from there! It was my only "teacher". I've since "moderized" a few things like Flying Geese, but I am soooo glad that was the first book I bought!!

I am not Rosyhf, but using her link, they are in the left menu and say "Free for everyone."

Thanks, Rosyhf for the link.

If you get the SORRY page you are not using the correct address. http://pamsclub.com/free-for-everyoneYou will get the Error 404 page. Then click the Wayback link.

The Pam Bono sites were taken down by the family shortly after the death of her and her husband. If you were a member of the PamsClub you were able to download anything you wanted for a few days. She and her husband are surely missed in the quiltin community. I love her patterns. They have a lot of pieces but go together beautifully. You must follow her instructions to the letter though.

Terrible tragedy for all of their friends and family!

I will be doing her squirrel shortly lol

You better start now lol.

Looking for pattern and or directions for Bursting Buds by Pam Bono
 

Would appreciate information about this pattern. Is it paper pieced? I have a photo but have not been able to acquire a pattern. Does any one have this pattern or can you help me with directions? TIA

I don't think Pam Bono did paper piecing patterns. All her patterns are pieced. She had exact measurement for each piece for her blocks. I have most of her books, I'll look to see if that pattern is in one of them.

I have made her Breezing By hot air balloon quilt...twice. ( my avatar is one of the blocks) i am still sad that she is gone. I have two of her books.

Sandy

From her free patterns, I found...bluebud, pinkbud and yellowbud. I don't know if those would help.