I was at Big Lots last week and I found A Leisure Arts Publication "Encyclopedia of Quilting" by Donna Kooler for $5.00. It's a fantastic book! Pattern Gallery - 20 projects / History / Basic techniques/ Hand and Machine Quilting / Foundation Piecing / Applique / Trapunto / Color Theory / Drafting. It's 240 pages of easy to understand information. So glad I found it.