I just received '501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks' by Judy Hopkins (not to be
confused with 501 Quilt Blocks by Better Homes and Gardens - ask how I
know LOL) and 'Sew One and You're Done' by Evelyn Sloppy. Both highly
recommended.
The first one has all the blocks you can imagine in every size you need.
I know there's quilterscache but this book has different blocks and easy
to browse. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. ;-)
The 'Sew One and You're Done' - they have some nice blocks and as the
title suggests you make one block and you have a quilt. The size of the
block varies from 45" to 56". Some look complicated but are quite easy.
I think I'm really going to enjoy both books as they both have lots of stars
which I am into right now. If you don't have these books, check them out
at your library if you can. I think they are worth it.

How about you? Any new books? Maybe we can keep this thread going to
add our newly acquired books.

received yesterday "The Ultimate Guide to Longarm Machine Quilting" by Linda Taylor
this been on my list for a while so I deceide to go for it :P

I love this book, it combines three books in one.

EasyPeezy, those are both excellent books. I've had them in my collection for a year and enjoy browsing thru them all the time. I also highly recommend them.
I haven't bought any new books lately with money being tight. Thankfully there's plenty of free patterns for me to choose from.

I just bought Judy Martin's new book on Log Cabins b/c I'm making 3 for my boys and want them to all look different.
I also bought Barbara Brackman's book on antique fabric b/c the 3 Log Cabins are being made with all antique cottons.
I love Barbara B's quilt history books. Fascinating reading!! :D

I recently picked up a couple of Judy Martin's books.
Log cabins, Piece and Play, Cookies and Quilts. I would like to add Stellar quilts to the collection soon too

Our county library has their book sale this Saturday. DD and I went yesterday and helped set up for several hours. When all was said and done, we helpers got first choice of the books to buy. I found three quilt books:

More Lap Quilting by Georgia Bonesteel-$2.00

Best-Selling Bazaar Patchwork from Oxmoor House- $2.00

and my favorite; Better Homes & Gardens 101 full-size Quilt Blocks and Borders (with the templates)-$2.00

I'm a happy camper. :lol:

Recently I bought 2 books on color analysis, and a small portable color wheel. I am going to start teaching quilting, and I haven't taken a color class, so am learning it this way.

Today I bought Stack-n-Whackipedia by Bethany S. Reynolds.
Only looked at it briefly but I had to come on here to see what was going on! LOL

quilting for busy boomers,awesome book

I just got 8 quilt magazines at the library for $1, I don't normally collect books, per se.

I just ordered some magazines from the classifieds here! Havent got them yet, but they were cheap, and it will be nice to have some "new" ideas!

Georgia Bonesteel really got me hooked on quilting!! I love her books :D

can anyone tell me if there are books only for charm packs or 1 for jelly rolls, etc.?

I just picked up Adoration Quilts by Rachel W.N. Brown. As soon as I saw it I had to have it :)
http://www.amazon.com/Adoration-Quil.../dp/1564776700

My hubby bought me Better Homes and Gardens "Complete Guide to Quilting" It has EVERYTHING. I call it my bible. All the pages are laminated, easy to read, everything you ever asked about quilting!! I would recommend this to anyone...it's fabulous (price not bad either 32.00) You would need 10 books to cover what's in here.

I'd love to read your review on this book.

I just got Great American Quilts book 9. About 9 months ago there was a posting of a "Yin Yang" quilt that the poster's late mother had made. I loved it and asked her about the pattern. She was able to tell me who the designer was. I contacted the designer and she only offered the instructions in workshops and classes in the Pacific Northwest but told me another quilter had also created this same design and published the pattern in this book. I bought it used on line the shipping cost as much as the book but it still only cost me $7 even with the shipping. That is about what I would pay for a stand alone pattern. Which is good because it is the only pattern in the book I really like. So yet another quilt to add to the "bucket list". :lol:

I added a Hawaiian Applique book and just finished my first Hawaiian needleturn 18" block. Bought several FQ to continue working through the book. It has the mini patterns as well as the larger ones, and lots of leaf patterns as well. I am starting to learn the joy of hand sewing as it gives me 'quiet time'.

I've added a LOT lately but mostly through purchasing used ones. The only one that was purchased new has been Carol Doak's Mariners Compass Stars.
Used: Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Stars, The Civil War Diary Quilt both bought at a wonderfully reduced price from a friend. And I got fabric for the first one--all the state flowers in fabric. With the second one I got a whole bag of CW fats.

Also used: Quick Easy Projects for the Weekend Quilter, Thimbleberries Big Book of Quilt Blocks, Patchwork Minus the Mathwork, Thimbleberries Pint Size Traditions, 3x5 1/2=Quilts, American Patchwork Quilts, Candy Coated Christmas, Circle of Love Companion Book, 7-8 Lay Them Straight, Garden Glory, Sunshine and Shadows, Firm Foundations, Quick Watercolor Quilts, More Fat Quarter Quilts, Kansas City Scrapbook, Stir Crazy, Royal Stars of the States, and 54 quilt magazines. All of these were bought at a garage sale yesterday for only $25!

These were just this week's purchases. Yes, I'm an addict. I may go back to that garage sale today.

I bought these in the last few months:

1. 5500 Quilt Block Designs by Maggie Malone
2. 365 Foundation Quilt Block by Linda Causee
3. Stellar Quilts by Judy Martin
4. Scraps by Judy Martin

I will buy Bonnie Hunter's books this month but they will be for a gift. I buy her books as soon as they are available!

eightylady, for charms and/or jelly rolls, take a look at:

Jelly Roll Quilts
Layer Cake, Jelly Roll, and Charm Quilts

both by the Lintott women. I love both books.

I went back to the garage sale and to another one. Today I got;
A Quilter's Christmas, by Marti Mitchell
Two Color Quilts, Better Homes and Garden
The Practical Encyclopedia of Quilting & Quilt Design, by Isabel Stanley and Jenny Watson
Acorn Hollow, by Nancy Halversen
Collections One, by G. Kimmel, L. Brannock, J. Patek
Patchwork and Quilting, Applique, and Rug Making all Better Homes and Gardens books
And lastly, The Quilted Garden by Jane A. Sassaman
All for only $10.50

And I forgot that while at the Carol Doak workshop I bought her 40 Bright & Bold Paper-Pieced Blocks for $5 from the lady right next to me. I guess she wasn't enjoying paper-piecing as much as I was. LOL

Oh, how I would love to find some Judy Martin books. So far my garage sales, Goodwill, estate sales, etc haven't had any.

OK< are you ready? Remember I just went to the Paducah quilt show and went to the AQS "Hurt Book Sale" so these were either 5 or 6 dollars each.

6 books on medium and short arm quilting (patterns)
Quilted Elegance and Folded Fabrics by Rami Kim
Stellar Journeys (mariner's compass type)
Bear's Paw, new quilts from an old favorite
A Floral Affair

More importantly, I just got them all into my database, so I can tell what I have. I can find them by author, category, title and even value. woohoo!

How do you do this? What type of program are you using? Is it a spreadsheet or something else? It soulds like something I would like to do but maybe a winter project.

I used a simple works spreadsheet. It took me an afternoon to get them all logged and valued.

Thanks, I might do that some day but it would take me WEEKS. I've got hundreds of mags and books.

I haven't catalogued my magazines, maybe another day. I have just under 200 books right now.

Two second hand books which I have just added to my collection were bought on trade me for $8.00 NZ total.
I am thrilled with both of these!!

'Drunkard's Path' an easy no pins technique by Anita Murphy

'Happy Trails' variations on the classic drunkards path pattern by Pepper Cory

Both have wonderful pics of antique and contemporary quilts, loads of great instructions and tips and all the templates to copy from in the back. I could not believe my luck at getting these two fantastic books.

I have a hand project on the go using this pattern working with some very pretty fabrics OklahomaSuzie sent me some time back. Might be a while until I post pics as it is a project for Dr's waiting rooms and such but it is surprising just how much you can get done that way.

Gal

Recently I went on a shopping splurge. I do this once a year. Purchases via Amazon. As yet I am waiting for the books to arrive. My purchases included:

INSTRUCTIONAL
* The Essential Quilter, Barbara Chainey (recommended here)

PATTERNS
* Aunt Millie's Garden: 12 Flowering Blocks from Piece O' Cake Designs , Becky Goldsmith
* Grandmother's Garden Quilt (Quilt in a Day), Patricia Knoechel

QUILTING/STENCIL INSPIRATION
* Quilting Designs from the Past: 300+ Designs from 1810-1940, Jenny Carr Kinney
* 400 Floral Motifs for Designers, Needleworkers and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
* Decorative Flower and Leaf Designs (Dover Design Library), Richard Hofmann
* 2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series), H. Roessing
* Pattern Motifs: A Sourcebook, Graham Leslie McCallum
* 4000 Flower & Plant Motifs: A Sourcebook, Graham Leslie McCallum
* 4000 Animal, Bird and Fish Motifs: A Sourcebook, Graham Leslie McCallum

Can't wait for them to arrive.

Mine was delivered on wednesday!! it is good reading!

One block wonders cubed, is my latest addition :D:D:D

I have been reading all the posts and enjoying the tips and ideas for a few years, and have not had anything to contribute until now. I just purchased Happy Endings by Mimi Dietrich and The Quilter's Edge by Darlene Zimmerman. I had been checking out The Quilter's Edge from the library from time to time, and I thought it was time to just own it. It is a great book.

Just last night I purchased this one:

"The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns: 4050 Pieced Blocks for Quilters"

I don't have it yet. But my understanding is that it is an encyclopedic reference for quilt blocks. I have the other one about 5500 quilt blocks, but it does not have the research that the new book does, only the blocks. I like knowing the names and history of the blocks.

Then, before that: every cat quilt book I could find!

I still have this one for sale for $10 plus shipping if anyone wants it. Check out my post from about a month ago:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-45567-1.htm

i haven't bought any books recently, but i have purchased some magazines and pattern:McCalls quilting N/D 2008 and N/D 2009, 4 older F&P LOQ mags at the quilt show, 2 pattern for PP bird quilt and 1 of a PP birhouse quilt, bow tie tuck tote and i have one on order-Thinkint outside the block.

The newest book I got is Jelly Roll Inspirations by Pam Lintott. I have their first book Jelly Roll Quilts, which is great.

This book is 12 quilts that won prizes and have such great patterns!

Here is a link for the book on sale: http://www.mycraftivitystore.com/pro...-inspirations/

just received a new "thimbleberries quilting a patchwork garden"from y best friend! haven't had a chance to even look at it yet,but know i'll love it ! she is SO good to me, kept encouraging me to start quilting after my dh died in '01. i'm SO glad she did !what would we do w/o our friends ? my bf came yesterday bearing gifts !!!a beautiful twin size quilt in perfet condition, a table runner that is pretty stained,& a heart wall hanging.all hand pieced & quilted !!!am washing them now they were pretty musty ,but beautiful ! his dd was THROWING THEM OUT !!! i was thrilled!, esp that he thought of me. i'm very lucky to have found someone like him.he's now trying to make me a table ext.[he's not a handyman,but is willing to try anything i ask.can't ask more than that !!!!