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Quilting Books
| Circles of the East by Kumiko Sudo-- Lovely book, discusses the use of crests on kimonos and includes more than 35 applique quilt blocks that reproduce traditional crest designs. Full size patterns are in the back. | |
| Quilter's Complete Guide by Fons and Porter-- a good basic guide to many different kinds of quilting, It assumes you are a beginner -- goes over techniques and has projects for you to learn on. | |
| Mastering Machine Applique by Harriet Hargrave-- Very useful book teaches you how to applique with your sewing machine using satin stitch, blanket stitch, and invisible applique. Covers material and techniques useful to this type of quilting. I used it to make the bunny quilt. | |
| Teach Yourself machine Piecing and Quilting by Debra Wagner OOP | |
| Applique! Applique! Applique! :The Complete Guide to Hand Applique by Laurene Sinema--Projects used to demonstrate techniques | |
| Designing Tessellations by Jinny Beyer-- Wow! If you ever wanted to make an Escher-type drawing or quilt, this is the book you'll need. It's pretty amazing. | |
| A Celtic Garden by Philomena Durcan-- pattern book combines celtic knotwork with floral applique | |
| Trapunto and Other Forms of Raised Quilting by Morgan and Mosteller OOP -- Quite an old book, so many of the pictures look very out of date, but the techniques are useful. | |
| Applique Alphabet: Fruit and Flower Letter Designs for You to Make by Stewart Merrett-- A very pretty design for each letter of the alphabet. Each letter is shown as a pillow. Applique used is satin stitch, but I'll bet you could use other techniques if you wanted to. | |
| 1000 great quilting designs by luise Roberts -- this book concentrates on quilting designs (not block patterns). Lots of good ones in here. | |