books
Ricky Tims’ Convergence Quilts
Ricky Tims’ Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun (Paperback) by Ricky Tims - Wow! This is one of the best quilt books I’ve read cover-to-cover. It’s filled with eye-candy and laced with a humorous story. Tims brings the art quilt out of the museum and into the home, where explanations are clear and easy […]
Designing Tessellations
Designing Tessellations: The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns (Hardcover) by Jinny Beyer - What’s a tessellation, you might ask? Think MC Escher, where interlocking geometric patterns bend back into themselves to create double designs. Beyer makes this artistic form easy to learn with more than 125 color photographs and 2,000 step-by-step color drawings. Don’t worry if […]
Quilting 101: A beginners guide to quilting
Quilting 101: A beginners guide to quilting (Spiral-bound) by The Editors of Creative Publishing international - One of the best rated and best-selling books on beginning quilting. The spiral binding is a plus for hands-free education on 16 different projects in this book, small projects like hot pads and pillows that look great yet that […]
Show Me How to Paper Piece
Show Me How to Paper Piece (Paperback) by Carol Doak - As a bestselling author, celebrated teacher and lecturer, and award-winning quiltmaker, Carol Doak has greatly influenced the art and craft of quiltmaking for more than a decade. Her accomplishments include authoring over a dozen books and designing quilts that have appeared on the […]
The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide
The Quilter\’s Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z-Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Successful Quiltmaking (Paperback) by Ellen Pahl (Editor) - A wonderful book for beginners, intermediates, and even pros. Pahl covers every known explanation about quilting, with photos and handy reference guides. Each article written by different authors, so there’s bound to be […]
Quiltmaking For Beginners: A Stitch-by-Stitch Guide to Hand and Machine Techniques
Quiltmaking For Beginners : A Stitch-by-Stitch Guide to Hand and Machine Techniques (Paperback) by Lynn G. Kough - If readers can sew a straight line by hand or by machine, they can then use the 12 patterns in this book to make fabulous quilts. Unlike other beginners’ books that devote little space to color and […]
501 Quilt Blocks
Better Homes and Gardens 501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique (Paperback) by Better Homes and Gardens (Editor), Joan Lewis - if you feel that 101 quilt blocks aren’t enough, then 501 quilt blocks is for you. Whether your tastes run to the more traditional (nine-patch, star, basket, or pineapple variations, […]
Encyclopedia of Classic Quilt Patterns
Encyclopedia of Classic Quilt Patterns (Paperback) by Inc. Leisure Arts (Corporate Author), Patricia Wilens (Editor) - And, the patterns within this book are classics. Schoolhouse, log cabin, fruit basket, etc. Includes template, complete and easy-to-complete instructions. Great for beginners, but this is a must that belongs on every quilter’s bookshelf.
The Border Workbook
The Border Workbook: Easy Speed-Pieced and Foundation-Pieced Borders (Paperback) by Janet Kime - Few quilt books focus on borders, but this book is the exception. Can’t finish a quilt without a border, right? That’s what this book is all about. But - beware - as the method here is on pieced borders, and some quilters […]
