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Excellent informative bookReview Date: 2009-06-10
The Quilter's Ultimate Visual GuideReview Date: 2009-06-10
Quilting BookReview Date: 2009-06-04
Quilting Techniques to LearnReview Date: 2009-04-07
The Quilters Ultimate Visual GuideReview Date: 2009-04-03

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Quilting LessonsReview Date: 2009-05-31
Very pleased!Review Date: 2009-03-25
Good buy!Review Date: 2008-12-28
Learning!!Review Date: 2008-11-14
Great for those with NO QUILTING KNOWLEDGEReview Date: 2009-01-10
This book will provide the info you need to actually get started.

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Jelly Roll Quilts- Quilting bookReview Date: 2009-07-04
Simple and FunReview Date: 2009-06-28
Beautiful quilt patternsReview Date: 2009-06-23
Let your imagination roll.Review Date: 2009-06-01
Good bookReview Date: 2009-05-21

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Quilt in a Day - Log Cabin by Eleanor BurnsReview Date: 2009-05-26
Best there is for a brand new quitler!Review Date: 2009-03-10
I looked at many books and still found it to be somewhat confusing, all the terminology,, and intimidating at best.
I have knit log cabin squares ,so I did not think it would be hard to sew them ( I have sewn in the past so that part is not new to me)
It was fun to knit, and find it very enjoyable to sew the log cabin quilts!
I never was a fan of quilting before ,,,,and I still think that this will be the only pattern I will use and re use for quilts.
Most other patterns are SO time consuming and confusing to me.
I have known about the whole Quilt in A Day series since I had visited quilt shops and shows with friends who do quilts for church projects and had spent sometime looking at all the fun projects that are out there. Plus I got hooked on the Amy Butler line of fabric for skirts and halter tops (she designs them also) and she makes some to die for fabrics for awesome contemporary quilts. Check out her website to see some of her things.
The new mom wanted a quilt and even asked for one ( if possible) that a little girl could " grow with" ,meaning all her other baby quilts/blankets from before were small,,,,, and quickly outgrown from her first little boy.
OK, I thought,,,,,this is for a little girl now, lets see what can be done.
I went to the fabric shop with a knowledgeable friend and picked out the mom's chosen colors of lilac's and greens and the backing.
After getting this book as well as ordering the DVD ( that has even more info in it for 10$ from the company) I am pleased to report that I am NOT intimidated anymore and having a lot of fun sewing it up!
I did decide to do a wall hanging size ( vs baby size) as the baby can use this for play space when on the floor and also transfer it to her bed when she gets a little bigger.
I will not be doing the actual quilting the first time around , I am taking it in to get quilted, but the next one I am planning , I will do on my machine ~ that one will be a lap robe for my mother who also wants a light weight quilt rather than a knit throw.
I guess I will keep knitting socks , and sweaters but as of now,,,,I am HOOKED on quilting for beds and throws!
I want to thank the author for making this SO clear and SO easily understood that a person like me who has NO idea how to quilt feels confident in their very first quilt!
I think I am going to very much enjoy this new hobby!
I think the whole Eleanor Burn's line of books and DVD's are very good but the truth is,,,,you can make some pretty incredible Log Cabin quilts in many different patterns just out of this one book.
I LOVE It!
Must haveReview Date: 2008-12-29
Quick and Easy and Lots of Fun!Review Date: 2008-10-10
Innovative methodReview Date: 2008-10-01

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One-Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-of-a-Kind Quilts (Paperback)Review Date: 2009-06-26
One block wonders reviewReview Date: 2009-06-04
An amazing book for some beautiful quiltsReview Date: 2009-04-15
enter a new dimensionReview Date: 2009-02-27
The technique really set my creative juices flowing.
The book is very well written with lots of helpful hints.
Too much for a quilt? Think wall hanging.
Fabulous!!Review Date: 2009-02-05

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Nancy CrowReview Date: 2008-08-01
Amazon sucksReview Date: 2007-10-19
Nancy CrowReview Date: 2007-08-23
Nancy CrowReview Date: 2007-07-14
It was one of the best b-day presents I've ever received.
Diane
loads of colorful pictures!Review Date: 2007-03-08

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reviewReview Date: 2009-06-26
A Fan Of This BookReview Date: 2009-06-11
Rerfect book!Review Date: 2006-02-27
That Perfect StitchReview Date: 2006-02-27
I liked this bookReview Date: 2005-09-26

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Enchanting BookReview Date: 2008-12-23
Felt wool that actually is usefullReview Date: 2008-06-14
Beautiful and Fun!Review Date: 2008-05-18
I love This BookReview Date: 2008-04-09
Wonderful felt projectsReview Date: 2008-04-13

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THE QUILTING BIBLEReview Date: 2009-07-02
The pictures of various types of quilts are reason enough to buy the book. Two really pretty picture sections are "QUILT BLOCK GALLERY" on page 3-11. It shows all types of quilt styles. Also, "QUILTING DESIGN GALLERY" on page 11-17 shows 47 quilt photos that you can use as reference to design your quilt.
I actually did not buy the book from Amazon because I wanted to see it before I bought it. I can save you a trip to the bookstore & say that this is THE BOOK to have on your bookshelf. BUY IT NOW!
Girlfriend is new to quiltingReview Date: 2009-01-07
Excellent resourceReview Date: 2008-06-16
Best All Around Quilt Book Review Date: 2009-02-13
The binding technique on page 11-7 makes mitering the two ends together so easy. My students can refer back to this, and all the other techniques I teach, long after the class, to refresh their memory. We even have the spine cut off and have it spiral bound for a lay flat, easy to read, book.
Useful but flawed basic encyclopaediaReview Date: 2008-09-25
This book has no overall contents section, which is awkward, although there is a contents page for each section at its start. It is divided into the following sections, and the pages are renumbered at the start of each section, e.g. 8-12, which again is an awkward way to do things, although it is useful that the section name is printed in the outside margin of every page.
1. Tools, notions and supplies
2. Fabric and colour
3. Planning pieced blocks
4. Planning the quilt top
5. Cutting
6. Hand piecing
7. Machine piecing
8. Hand and machine applique
9. Assembling the quilt top
10. Basting and backing
11. Hand and machine quilting
12. Binding and finishing
13. Specialty techniques
14. Glossary
15. Index
As you can see, this covers the whole process of traditional quilting fairly well, and as it's a long book, there is plenty in it. There are oodles of nice clear photographs, good headings, diagrams, charts and formulae (which may not be correct!), separate instructions for left-handers where applicable, and spaces at the end of every section where you may write your own notes.
Where techniques are discussed (a few aren't - bargello quilting gets a paragraph saying what it is but no instructions, for instance), they are usually discussed thoroughly. There are usually several ways to do anything in quilting, and a lot of the time this book will describe several options, though not always. For instance, it gives a variety of options for joining multiple pieces to make backing, but only one option (and not the most popular either) for joining two pieces of batting. I'm not wildly happy with the basting instructions generally, though they're certainly useful when used alongside other instructions. I also feel that a lot more space should be given to hand-quilting technique, where only one page is devoted to the all-important quilting running stitch. I can't judge the sections on machine-sewing as I have yet to learn how to use a sewing machine, but as is usual for quilting books, machine-sewing is assumed to be the norm. Where it comes into its own is in giving a lot more information about hand-sewing than most quilting books these days do, and as a hand-sewer I'm extremely grateful for that.
There are very few troubleshooting sections, which is a particular loss in a book which is giving out incorrect formulae: if you follow this book's instructions to the letter, you're going to run into problems. There are definitely gaps. For example, the only method suggested for marking up fabrics is to use templates, when many quilters prefer to calculate the piece sizes and draw them straight onto the fabric using an acrylic ruler (a method that is, in my experience, far more accurate and far quicker). It doesn't even discuss making sure your shapes will fit together the best way possible to use up the minimum fabric (personally I always sketch them out on graph paper first), let alone how to calculate how much fabric to buy.
The most serious omission is that this book is only interested in old-fashioned quilting. If you plan to spend your entire quilting career sticking to traditional geometric patterns based on repeated square blocks, you'll be fine - as long as you don't expect the book to teach you how to make any of these blocks! Some basic units, such as flying geese or a square within a square, are covered, and there are discussions on the grid underlying blocks as well as five pages of pictures of traditional blocks (a couple of which I'd say are wrong), but nowhere does the book walk you through putting together a traditional block. This is unusual in quilting books aimed at beginners, which usually give instructions for a few blocks and indicate the level of difficulty for each. If your only source of quilting instructions is this book, half of the blocks in the gallery will be beyond you, since there is absolutely no information on how to sew more complex blocks depicted such as the Mariner's Compass or Double Wedding Ring. To be honest, an encyclopaedia-style book should really have a much fuller block gallery than this.
If you want to learn how to make art quilts, or how to piece quilt tops that aren't made of geometrical repeating blocks, there isn't a word to help you. Ruth McDowell is a good author to go to there, and there are many books and websites discussing more unusual techniques.
I've reluctantly given this book three stars. There are too many important omissions in this book, and for a book that sets itself up as a start-to-finish bible, readers may be deceived into thinking that it will cover all of their needs. More importantly, some of the information is plain wrong and will wreck a quilt if followed literally, and some of the instructions give rather odd methods while ignoring the most commonly-used ones. If you take all of that with a pinch of salt, and have other quilting books around to fill the gaps, as well as checking techniques before using them on a full quilt, then it is certainly a very useful book to have in your quilting library.

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The one I returnedReview Date: 2009-03-18
Excellent step by step instructionsReview Date: 2009-01-30
Quilting moreReview Date: 2009-01-12
Quilts through the Season, A quilt for each Month of the Year ( Quilt In A Day )Review Date: 2008-03-18
Best book in collectionReview Date: 2008-07-10
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