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    Old 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
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    Old 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!
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    Old 05-22-2011, 04:48 PM
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    I just bought Karla Alexanders' "Stack the Deck Revisted." I would like to do a crazy quilt and this book looks it will give me some good ideas.
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    Old 05-22-2011, 04:52 PM
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    Kim Diehl's latest book...I have every one of them...they are all full of great quilts...would love to make just about every one of them!
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    Old 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-
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    Old 05-22-2011, 05:51 PM
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    Carol Doak's paper piecing!
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    Old 05-22-2011, 05:58 PM
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    I just bought Skillbuilder Mastery and Skillbuilder Companion from

    They might be skinny books but there's a ton of info and quilting design ideas.
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    Old 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.
    I'm with you! Kaffe can take a traditional block and make it sing w/ fabric and setting-
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    Old 05-22-2011, 07:42 PM
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    I have to add that my personal quilt library is getting as big as my fabric stash. =) Please tell me I'm not alone in that....
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    Old 05-22-2011, 08:01 PM
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    Crazy Curves continues by Elsa's Back Porch. Very inspiring to do something different.
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