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Old 04-02-2011, 03:56 PM
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All of the above books mentioned are great books for beginners. I myself have the Fons and Porter Complete Quilting Guide, and a Leisure Arts book, "Learn How to Quilt" that I used when I first started. I had no one to help me so learned all I did from these books.
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Old 04-02-2011, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mltquilt
My first quilting book was by Fons & Porter. I still have it. The name is "Quilters Complete Guide."

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I agree. This one is the best. I refer to it often.
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Old 04-02-2011, 04:07 PM
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Judy Martin's Log Cabin book. Good clear instructions for lots of beautiful quilts.
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Old 04-02-2011, 04:47 PM
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:wink: Forget the books- give her a link to this site :thumbup: LOL
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Old 04-02-2011, 04:50 PM
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What a precious friend you are!

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Originally Posted by marand
Ok. I am working on building a basket of quilt supplies for someone who is just starting quilting and thank you for all your ideas in an earlier post.. Now if you could choose only one or two quilt how-to books to have, which would it be? Thank you
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Old 04-02-2011, 04:52 PM
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Great idea!

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:wink: Forget the books- give her a link to this site :thumbup: LOL
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Old 04-02-2011, 06:07 PM
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I like the better homes and garden complete guide to quilting
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Old 04-02-2011, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mamaw
Quilts, Quilts, Quilts The Complete Guide to Quilt Making
This was my first quilt book too. I still have dog-eared pages with patterns that I want to do from that book. It is my go-to book since I am still a newbie at quilting. Very easy to understand. The other book I bought at the same time is called, "Start Quilting with Alex Anderson" - 3rd edition.

Those were my first two books, and am still using them even now.
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Old 04-03-2011, 02:47 AM
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My first quilting book is Better Homes & Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting.
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Old 04-03-2011, 03:36 AM
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Originally Posted by hobo2000
Alex Andersons book for new quilters is so easy my 11yo grand. understood it. I am not sure of the name but they just redid it and brought it back out due to requests.
I used this book, she has several out, but it's great, has several different block patterns, so you get a real sampler option.
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