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** Patterns/Blocks **

ULTIMATE BOOK OF QUILT BLOCK PATTERNS, THE
by Judy Martin
Crosley-Griffith Publishing 1988

Excellent book, lots of of various sizes.

This book is my most favorite, and most used, of all time.

QUILTS! QUILTS!! QUILTS!!! ($21.95)
The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking
by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes
The Quilt Digest Press, 1988

Great book.

Includes patterns that beginning quiltmakers can complete successfully, as well as designs an experienced quiltmaker will enjoy working with. Popular and traditional patterns--and all the instructions for the techniques required to make them.

The patterns are arranged in a progressive sequence, incorporating new designs and utilizing more difficult techniques as you move from the simpler patterns to the more complex. Some patterns require more precise work than others, but with careful work all can be completed by the quiltmaker who begins with the simpler patterns, moving onward as experience warrants.

QUILTS, QUILTS, AND MORE QUILTS
by McClun and Nownes.

This book is just as good as their first book (see above).

QUILTER'S COLOR WORKBOOK: Unlimited Designs from Easy-to-Make Quilt Blocks ($12.95)
by Kirstin Olsen
Sterling Publishing Co., INc., New York 1990

For a beginner: shows multiple color combinations for a number of quilt patterns; provides ten or twenty starting points. Lots of quilt blocks in a variety of color combinations: pinwheel, ohio star, chimney sweep, mosaic, triangles, wrench, double-nine patch, rabbit's paw, bow-tie, hexagon, pineapple log cabin, log cabin, lone star, tumbling blocks, and irish chain.

Also provides piecing instructions for each block.

QUILTER'S PATTERN WORKBOOK ($12.95)
by Kristin Olsen

This book has templates for the bow tie block and demonstrates how the block can be arranged with different colors at least 10 times. I've yet to read the book in detail, but she does this with many patterns and it looks really neat!

TEMPLATES FOR 171 NINE-PATCH QUILT BLOCKS
by Rita Weiss
American School of Needlework 1989
Good book of 9-patch blocks in 10, 12 and 14 inch sizes

SCRAP QUILTS
by Judy Martin
Moon Over the Mountain Publishing, Wheatridge, Colo 1985

Techniques plus patterns old and new for making quilts a from collected fabrics. Very nice, colorful quilts. I bought this book because I saw her quilt "Tennessee Waltz" on display at the Great American Quilt Festival 1993 in New York.

RADIANT STAR
by Eleanor Burns
Quilt in a Day Series 1990

Good book for making stars.

QUILT PROJECTS BY MACHINE
by Singer, 1992

There is a small section on Bow Ties (about a half doz or so pages) in this book. It shows several arrangements: traditional, zigzag, octagonal, staggered. There are a couple of neat arrangements using color (oh, no, I'm starting to write "American"!) gradations, as well as scrap, necktie fabrics and amish colours. It gives a couple of ideas for borders and sashings as well.

QUILTS SEW QUILT
by Nancy J. Smith and Lynda Milligan

This is the one that has the Ivy Trellis Pattern in it that I asked about on QuiltNet last fall and noone could find the pattern for. It has a number of other interesting patterns in it for large print fabrics.

QUILT ALMANAC 19xx
by Oxmoor House

These are some of my favorites too. The quilts range from very simple to very difficult. The patterns are good and I enjoy the biographies. There's a chapter each year on group quilts or guild quilts and someday I expect I'll see a QuiltNet quilt featured there!

120 Patterns for Traditional Patchwork Quilts
by Maggie Malone
Sterling Publishing, NY 1983

Patterns range from easy to hard; from well-known designs to more obscure patterns. Some of the patterns you may have never seen before since they were reproduced from museum quilts.

BEST OF THE CLASSIC QUILT SERIES, THE
by Laura Nownes.

This book is chock full of great photos and patterns (and instructions) for many "classic" quilt designs (cathedral windows and grandmother's flower garden to name only two).

COUNTRY QUILTS BY COUNTRY LIVING ($25.00)
Text by Eleanor Levie, Jennifer Place and Mary Seehafer Sears
Hearst Books, New York 1992

More than 10 years worth of Country Living's favorite country quilts, offering instructions and pattern pieces for making twenty of them. Over 100 examples of how quilts can personalize every room in the house, adding color and graphic impact to any space.

EAST QUILTS WEST ($24.95)
by Kumiko Sodo

It is wonderful!!! She has many patterns that have instructions for an average to advanced quilter. Her patterns are not, on the most part, for the faint of heart. The best part, is the ideas which spring forth from her many designs. I very, very seldom use a design, even if given permission - I like to make my own designe. Her book is an inspiration. I hate to piece curves, so I have been appliqueing them down on top of the under piece after turning under the edge. This is how she "pieces" her curves. The book is rich in color and in interestingly narrated. Her use of color is wonderful. It is not a cheap book, but I would definitely recommend it.
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