What's the latest quilt book you bought?
05-22-2011, 04:33 PM
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Last November I bought Bonnie K. Hunter's book LEADEERS & ENDERs after attending one of her lectures. Bonnie is the queen of SCRAPPY QUILTS. She so inspired me that i re-organized my stash and have completed 3 quilt tops. I just finished hand quilting the first one and now on to the rest. Her philososphy and pattern ideas are awesome. Take a look at her blog at Quiltville. com. Honestly I am not a relative just a great fan of hers
05-22-2011, 04:43 PM
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Though I have bought lots of books over the years, I go back to a couple of goodies to get new inspiration time and time again.
Try "Calico and Beyond: The Use of Patterned Fabric in Quilts"
by Roberta Horton . The focus is on using more challenging fabric types and colors. It really pushed me beyond straight traditional quilts (which I love and feel deeply connected to) without leaving traditional blocks behind. The book also introduces exercises for Asian and African-American style quilts.
If I had to only keep a dozen books this would be in my top 3!
Try "Calico and Beyond: The Use of Patterned Fabric in Quilts"
by Roberta Horton . The focus is on using more challenging fabric types and colors. It really pushed me beyond straight traditional quilts (which I love and feel deeply connected to) without leaving traditional blocks behind. The book also introduces exercises for Asian and African-American style quilts.
If I had to only keep a dozen books this would be in my top 3!
05-22-2011, 05:32 PM
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(Last November I bought Bonnie K. Hunter's book LEADEERS & ENDERs after attending one of her lectures. Bonnie is the queen of SCRAPPY QUILTS. She so inspired me that i re-organized my stash and have completed 3 quilt tops. I just finished hand quilting the first one and now on to the rest. Her philososphy and pattern ideas are awesome. Take a look at her blog at Quiltville. com. Honestly I am not a relative just a great fan of hers)
I just went over to amazon and bought it!
thanks for the tip-
I just went over to amazon and bought it!
thanks for the tip-
05-22-2011, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Greenheron
Kaffe Fassett's "Passionate Quilting". I've been away from quilting publications for years and his work was new to me. I love his manipulation of patterned fabrics such as the shirting stripes.
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