Building My Quilting Library

You know me, I rarely, if ever, make quilts I didn’t design myself, purely because that’s my favourite part of quilting! Which means I make very selective choices about what books I buy. You’d also think that with an international move in a couple of weeks that I’d have not gotten any while in the US last month… well, you’d be wrong. Waaay wrong. Over the next few weeks, I’ll take you on a little tour of some of the quilting books I own and explain just why I did buy them and give you a bit of a review of why I like them, but for now, here’s a snapshot of the latest editions!

The Modern Medallion Workbook: 11 Quilt Projects to Make, Mix & Match by Janice Zeller Ryan and Beth Vassalo //  Yes, the Janice of Better Off Thread that I stay with in LA every year for QuiltCon! Of course I had to have her book. She was also my roomie (and bed-mate for 3 of 4 nights!), hence what she signed.

Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle: Foolproof Patterns and Simple Techniques from Basic Blocks by Jeni Baker // Jeni was one of the first quilt bloggers I found, and quickly fell in love with her style. I also love HSTs, so that one was a no-brainer purchase.

The Appliqué Book: Traditional Techniques, Modern Style – 16 Quilt Projects by Casey York // I got her first book last year at QuiltCon when she taught my applique class, and she’s also been a wonderful friend and support, so I just had to get her second one too!

Quilting From Every Angle: 16 Geometric Designs by Nancy Purvis // There were several quilts that I absolutely loved at QuiltCon, and almost all of them were made by just a handful of different quilters. Nancy was one of those quilters whom I kept seeing on the labels of quilts I loved, so I just had to get the book from which many of them are in!

As all the authors were also at QuiltCon, I was able to get them all signed too! Which is always a bit fun.

And yes, Janice did indeed sign, “Thank you for spooning with me” – makes me smile every time I see it! Let me know what you’d like to see more of from each book and I’ll try to include that in my review posts!

 

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