Quilter's Complete Guide

If you are a beginner (or intermediate ) quilter then this is a great book for you. The pictures are wonderful. The patterns are beautiful. And, the way it shows you how you can progress from simple to intermediate quilting just within the pages of this book is great. This book could keep you busy for at least a couple of years just sewing all these wonderful patterns / quilts.

I really love this book. It has a lot of traditional quilts to try. You are taken step by step and taught how to do a lot of different types of blacks and techniques, I don't think they left much out. It will be a lot of fun to go through with fabric and machine.

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One. of two, of my all time favorite books for quilt making, hands down. Liz and Marianne have created a book that will teach everyone some important skills. It sits inches away from my machine at all times. If I have a question I run to this book for the answers. The layout is fantastic. It starts out with a Quilt making Primer, which offers you everything you need to know about Tools, fabrics, and colors. You learn basic quilting skills and then move into direction for block drafting. Then it is onto borders, where you will find an important chart on how to calculate for borders. The book takes you through the step-by-step process of thinking, creating, making and finishing a quilt. Every step along the way there are two page classes on skills you can learn, to put into action the tricks they just taught. Then you move beyond basic patchwork to more intricate techniques. The patterns range from easy to more complicated and remove the risk element on new techniques while you learn different block construction skills.

When I decided to learn to quilt recently, I ordered a number of quilting books. This is by far the most useful comprehensive guide. I love this book! I've been working my way through it. Each chapter presents a different technique and shows how to make a block or small quilt to practice the technique. Reading ahead, I can see that even after I work my way through it, I'll be consulting this book for years to come. The instructions are easy to follow, with numerous diagrams and pictures, and it has ideas for almost any type of quilt you'd like to try. I very highly recommend it.

I must say that I have looked at lots of books on Quilting. But, this book is the best. I love how the two authors take their time to describe each detail carefully and accurately. The pictures are wonderful. The small block projects are easy and quick. I feel that in one hour I learned something by making just one block. If you know a friend that is interested in quilting this one is a good one to start looking at.