Stitched with Love: A Mother's Quilting Legacy; with CD-ROM [Illustrated] [Paperback] Review

Here are some excerpts from my review of this book. You can see the complete review on the Quilter's Review website.
"...'Stitched With Love' includes clear how-to instructions and recipes. Not only do you see photos of quilts, you see these cute quilts in rooms showing the other projects included in this book. The beautiful double-page photos by Mark Packo make you think you are looking at a decorating magazine instead of a quilting book...."
"Robyn's easy applique patterns look real nice in her vintage fabrics, but I would like to make the quilts in bright colors for baby shower gifts. She anticipated this by including a nursery brights palette along with a country colors palette and a contemporary fabrics palette.
"There's also a teaching video on the CD-ROM, in which Robyn shows her method of needle-turn applique step by step. The best part of this video is that each step is a separate mini-video, making it easy to repeatedly watch just the pieces on which you need clarification...."

Click Here to see more reviews about: Stitched with Love: A Mother's Quilting Legacy; with CD-ROM [Paperback]

Product Description:
A designer shares her love of handwork and the traditions that have passed from grandmother and mother to daughter and granddaughter in this endearing family collection of country-style needlecraft projects.Gifts to make for weddings, babies, children, and holidays include quilts, pillows, and tablecloths. Bringing the collection right up to date, a CD-ROM is packaged with the book, offering printable patterns that can be customized easily to resize or recolor on a computer screen-plus a virtual step-by-step appliqu class given by the author.

Buy cheap Stitched with Love: A Mother's Quilting Legacy; with CD-ROM [Paperback] now

Keep Quilting with Alex Anderson: 7 Skill-Building Piecing Techniques 16 Traditional Blocks to Mix & Match 6 Sampler Star Projects [Paperback] Review

Excellent book from the mistress of Quilt Making.Easy to follow instructions and good information.Very readable and clear instructions.Encourages creativity and imagination.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Keep Quilting with Alex Anderson: 7 Skill-Building Piecing Techniques 16 Traditional Blocks to Mix & Match 6 Sampler Star Projects [Paperback]

Product Description:
Quilting Superstar Alex Anderson takes amateur quilters to the next level of skill with this latest volume in her quilting how-to series.This project-packed book comes complete with seven new skill-building piecing techniques, 16 traditional blocks to mix and match, and six new sample star projects.Quilters will master such skills as how to match triangle points perfectly; how to piece diagonals (painlessly!), and three different ways to construct a Sawtooth Star (including sew-and-flip squares).Anderson also instructs readers in how to sew partial seams and Y-seams with confidence and how to make any size block using her "Magic Numbers."Anderson is well-known through her TV show Simply Quilts, and through her many quilting books published by C&T.

Buy cheap Keep Quilting with Alex Anderson: 7 Skill-Building Piecing Techniques 16 Traditional Blocks to Mix & Match 6 Sampler Star Projects [Paperback] now Get 22% OFF

Easy Does It Quilts (For the Love of Quilting.) [Hardcover] Review

Everything a quilter needs to know is in this book - This is the MUST-HAVE book for the beginner and the experienced

Click Here to see more reviews about: Easy Does It Quilts (For the Love of Quilting.) [Hardcover]

Product Description:
Good binding

Buy cheap Easy Does It Quilts (For the Love of Quilting.) [Hardcover] now

Show Me How to Paper Piece [Paperback] Review

I purchased Carol's book because I chose a very difficult fan design to use in a challenge quilt and needed to paper piece for accuracy.I had never tried to paper piece before because all the on-line instructions I found were contradictory and confusing.For me, this book was the best resource for learning to paper piece because the techniques are clearly shown in photos and instructions and the pre-printed papers for piecing are included.I normally learn best from a class where I can see techniques demonstrated, but this book is just like taking a class and my challenge quilt turned out perfect!

Click Here to see more reviews about: Show Me How to Paper Piece [Paperback]

Product Description:
Even if you've never done a bit of patchwork before, you'll be amazed at how quick and easy it is to learn the paper-piecing method. Just stitch along preprinted straight lines with your machine to create perfect, accurate blocks!
- Includes paper foundations for one small quilt, plus extras for practice; make it to get the hang of paper piecing and to show off to your family and friends
- Carol will lead you through each step-by-step photograph as you learn to paper piece with ease
- Have bestselling author and internationally-known teacher Carol Doak as your own personal tutor

Buy cheap Show Me How to Paper Piece [Paperback] now

Finish It with Alex Anderson: 6 Quilt Projects Choose the Perfect Border Options for Edges [Paperback] Review

Whenever you begin to learn a new skill -- whether it's cooking, quilting, or computer programming -- the best asset to have is a friend standing next to you, showing you the details. ("No, move it more to the left!" or "The dough should feel like _this_.") Alas, we don't always have someone to call upon, so we turn to books written by experts. Often, they know their skill... but are imperfect at getting the point across.

That's not a problem here. "Finish It With Alex Anderson" is very much like having a friend standing at your side. While it includes 6 full quilt projects (they're nice, but not astonishing), the primary emphasis of this book is on -- as promised -- the steps in finishing a quilt, making good design choices for borders and other "edgy" issues.

I'm a rank beginner at quilting, and I've gotten confused over the stupidest things. For example, I know that it's easy to miter corners on the binding... once you know how. Most books give an arm wave to what's involved, as if you've seen it done and simply need a reminder. Alex Anderson's shows several different ways to bind a quilt, with so many pictures that I can't do it wrong. And, in fact, I didn't; my binding looks great, and I finally understand what I'd missed before.

Great book. This one won't get far from the sewing machine.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Finish It with Alex Anderson: 6 Quilt Projects Choose the Perfect Border Options for Edges [Paperback]

Product Description:
For quilters looking for a little something more to add to their quilting projects, this book provides tips on creating stunning borders, bindings, and edge treatments. Popular teacher and TV host Alex Anderson shows quilters how to enhance their quilts with just the right border or edge treatment through six complete quilt projects. Each project teaches a variety of easy finishing techniques and includes how-to illustrations that take the mystery out of miters, scallops, prairie points, and more.
Alex Anderson is a prize-winning quiltmaker, teacher, and host of HGTV's premier quilt show Simply Quilts. She lives in northern California.

Buy cheap Finish It with Alex Anderson: 6 Quilt Projects Choose the Perfect Border Options for Edges [Paperback] now Get 32% OFF

Q Is for Quilt [Bargain Price] [Paperback] Review

A cheerful book which lives up to the promise of its cover, while it could be used by an absolute beginner.The projects are repetitve of a few simple ideas.What lifts this from the ordinary is the inspiring advice/instruction to make a few extra blocks and use a design wall to pick and arrange for maximum effect.Each of the complete projects include color harmony suggestions that are fresh and inviting.Also, here is a gallery of quilts completed by students, using the patterns from this book.What fabulous ideas !Each is shown as a whole, and with enlarged details.I think it's a great way to envision what you might accomplish working through one (or more) of the patterns in the book.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Q Is for Quilt [Paperback]

Product Description:
Here's your own private quilting class! In Q is for Quilt, popular quilters Diana McClun and Laura Nownes show readers how to sharpen their quiltmaking skills with the help of 19 cheery quilt projects. Step by step, quilters progress from the basics to more challenging designs as they practice strip piecing, half-square triangles, applique, and more, using traditional blocks such as Nine Patch, Rail Fence, and Houses.They'll also find ready-to-use checklists for selecting the right fabrics and supplies with confidence, as well as a magnificent full-color gallery of quilts sure to inspire the creative genius of every crafter!--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Buy cheap Q Is for Quilt [Paperback] now

The Classic American Quilt Collection: One Patch [Hardcover] Review

This book contains instructions for 12 log cabin variations, antique & contemporary. The diagrams, charts, and yardage requirements are as good as they get! There is even a black and white line drawing of each quilt so you can experiment with your own color combinations. Very well done, a nice book for a beginner or experienced quilter.

Click Here to see more reviews about: The Classic American Quilt Collection: One Patch [Hardcover]



Buy cheap The Classic American Quilt Collection: One Patch [Hardcover] now

Link to the 30's: Making the Quilts We Didn't Inherit (That Patchwork Place) [Paperback] Review

Nine quilts that your great grandmother made such as Double Windmill and Jeweled Wedding Ring are found in this book.It begins with 15 pages of quilting basics like rotary cutting and machine piecing.

Each pattern begins with a blurb about the quilt pattern and continues with the name and finished size of the quilt.A material and cutting list follow, along with a full page color photo.The instructions continue with directions on appliqué or piecing.Large, clear graphics help to explain the written word.

Any templates needed are provided at full size.Suggestions on how to finish the quilt complete the pattern.There are even quilting designs given but some of them need to be enlarged before use.Tips are scattered throughout the book and can be found in colored blocks with a patterned border.There is a full page bio on each of the authors.

Like the feel of the 30's?If so, this book will guide you through making quilts to give as gifts or for use in your own home.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Link to the 30's: Making the Quilts We Didn't Inherit (That Patchwork Place) [Paperback]

Product Description:
Some people are lucky enough to own beautiful heirloom quilts that were passed down through the family. The rest of us have to be content with making those eye-popping quilts ourselves! Now we can, with this fantastic collection of nine authentic 1930s patterns made using reproduction fabric. The projects feature a range of skill levels and techniques and are ideal for showcasing your talent and your fabric collection.

Buy cheap Link to the 30's: Making the Quilts We Didn't Inherit (That Patchwork Place) [Paperback] now Get 27% OFF

Your First Quilt Book (or it should be!) [Paperback] Review

You too can read this book and feel like a quilting bee! I love this book because Carol Doak explains every stupid little detail you need to know inorder not to screw up big time withquilts. It's not easy to sew all thoselittle pieces together and have them come out symetrical. If you wack offthe excess with a rotary cutter, (which seems pretty fun at the time), theblock is the wrong size. Carol has a gentle and humorous voice and thisbook must be written at about the third grade level because even Iunderstand it. I like the black and white shaded diagrams because it'seasier to keep your colors straight if you use different color combinationsfor the same quilt. Best of all, there are simple projects in this bookthat are beautiful and truly suitable for a beginner. I made a variation ofthe simple stars quilt for my Mom for Christmas and she loves me again. Mydaughter has been whining for one of her own ever since she saw Grandma's.I ironed on wonderful antique photos of four generations of mothers anddaughters in the star centers--which made the quilt an instant family hit.As a result, Mom loves me second best of all the kids again, although sheprobably still loves my brother the best because he bought her the weedwacker she wanted for Christmas and she always liked him better anyway.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Your First Quilt Book (or it should be) [Paperback]



Buy cheap Your First Quilt Book (or it should be) [Paperback] now Get 32% OFF

Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!! : The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking [Paperback] Review

Of all my quilting books (and I have tons) this is the reference book I keep coming back to. No matter what you need, this book will give you answers and ideas. If I could only keep one of my quilting reference booksit would without a doubt be this one !

Click Here to see more reviews about: Quilts Quilts Quilts : The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking [Paperback]

Product Description:
Based on the principle that a solid foundation turns beginners intolifelong quiltmakers, this book covers every tool, every technique,every stitch, every tip and every shortcut in machine and handquilting--no matter how basic.The all-time classic on quilting, itis an essential handbook for beginners and a constant companion forthe experienced quilter.250 diagrams.65 color photos.

Buy cheap Quilts Quilts Quilts : The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking [Paperback] now Get 34% OFF

The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z-- Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Successful Quiltmaking [Paperback] Review

If you have never sewn, or have limited experience at best-grab this book!Quilting books-and I have a huge " beginners" collection-are geared towards those who have at least grasped the basic terminology of sewing and quilting.If you do not understand "stitch in the ditch", "burying the knot", "selvage", or how the determine the "crossgrain"-start reading today!It will save you a lot of time, frustration, and wasted fabric, money, and resources.Quilting should be inspiring, fun, and relaxing-not an exercise in frustration.This book will save you the heartache of a dust gathering project.Remember that all learning involves the basics-the bulding blocks of knowledge-sewing and quilting are not the exception.Do not be discouraged by those who have been sewing for years-everyone has to begin somewhere.Peruse the other selections that Amazon has to offer.Arm yourself with the basics, and you will be confident when you begin your next project!Good LucK!

Click Here to see more reviews about: The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z-- Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Successful Quiltmaking [Paperback]

Product Description:
Everything you ever wanted to know about quilting!

You've hit the jackpot with this quilter's ultimate answer book. From A to Z you'll find combined wisdom from a star-studded cast of 60 expert quilters. Lavishly illustrated, this fun "look-and-learn" reference book covers every aspect of quiltmaking:

* Basic quiltmaking techniques
* Hard-to-find information on specialized techniques
* Reviews of tolls and supplies
* Basic quilt types explained and illustrated
* Definitions of terms every quiltmaker should know
* Creativity and inspiration


Buy cheap The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z-- Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Successful Quiltmaking [Paperback] now Get 32% OFF

120 Patterns for Traditional Patchwork Quilts [Paperback] Review

A friend loaned this book to me and had to remind me to give it back to her.There are some really great patterns in the book ranging from easy to advanced.Beginning and advanced quitlers alike can find something to use from it. This is a quilter's definite must have.

Click Here to see more reviews about: 120 Patterns for Traditional Patchwork Quilts [Paperback]

Product Description:
Full-size patterns with clear, simple guidelines, and tables listing pieces per block, pieces per quilt, and total yardage. All patterns, whether classic or unusual, are accompanied by a brief history of the origin of the pattern.

Buy cheap 120 Patterns for Traditional Patchwork Quilts [Paperback] now