Re: Recommended Quilting Books

DS gave me an Amazon token for my birthday, and I think its time I spent a bit of it!

I have been looking at actual quilting books, and have found these:

"Quilting Inside the Lines" by Pam Clarke

"Machine Quilting Solutions" by Christine Maraccini

"Quilting Possibilities, Freehand Filler Patterns" by Sue Patten

Unfortunately I am only able to look on Amazon, no quilt shop near who stocks them, and the bookshop here doesn't know what quilting is, so can anyone give their views on these - and recommend any others I should look at.

I have the McTavishing book and Barbara Chainey's already. I really want to know what to do when I have the quilt sandwiched up! I am inclinded look at it for a long time and then take the easy way out and stitch in ditch and diagonals, as the quilts I've done recently were gifts, but I have some ready sandwiched which are staying here, so I want to try something new on them. Just using Janome 6500. Want easy to do but looks complicated!!!

I tried the 'look inside' facility for some of the books I looked at, but some had the pictures removed (copyright? have people been copying the pictures?)

Any other recommendations welcome - but I have to use the UK Amazon - the token says so! I did think about the triangle book that's a bit like Dear Jane, but that wasn't listed, nor is the birds applique one - not that they are quilting - they were just where I started before I looked at the quilting ones.

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Sally Swindells
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I have the Sue Patten book, Sally. I like it a lot, though I haven't tried anything from it yet - I haven't finished anything since I got it >gg< The principles do look sensible. Did you try looking inside the books on Amazon.com? I bought some CD's recently from Amazon.co.uk, but used the 'listen' feature on Amazon.com to listen first. Amazon.com might have better 'look' facilities, too?? I almost certainly got my book from Amazon.co.uk, as I don't think I found it in a shop and I don't send for anything in the US. . In message , Sally Swindells writes

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I don't have the first, I think I've seen it, but haven't looked at it sufficiently to comment. I have the 2nd and it's highly recommended, she gives so many different possibilities, including trapunto, they are mostly freehand and she breaks down how you make each individual line. The 3rd I also have and I don't recommend it at all, there are very very few quilted examples, it's all line drawings and she doesn't actually tell you how to do anything, or even mark the starting point, so you have to find a point and trace your finger around the diagram to figure out how you might do it, she builds everything up from about 4 basic fillers, but without instructions how to do those that doesn't really help. Mostly I don't even like her examples, there are 36 different blocks, each quilted a few different ways, but they are mostly not very common blocks. There are a few bonus patterns for sashing dotted through the book, but no ideas how to combine them, compared to the 2nd book, where there is lots of help on analysing the quilt top and pulling patterns together as well as analysise of the purpose of the quilt and what type of quilting is appropriate.

Cheers Anne

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Anne Rogers

Yes I did look on the US site too, but only the Machine Quilting Solutions had anything, and that was just the basics for machine quilting, too small to read, and was really the bit at the beginning of the book before you get to the stuff that makes the book different to all the other quilting books. The contents list looked interesting .I presume it costs to let people look inside, + the copyright issues, so few do it.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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"Quilting Inside the Lines" by Pam Clarke

I have this book. It concentrates on stencil work. Pam takes the stencils and breaks them up to you can understand better how to quilt them. It features borders also. How you can take a stencil and break it up to do the design as a border. She also shows you how to follow the design. She uses a couple dozen stencils, and the graduation of difficulty.

The reason I bought it was the feature of breaking down the design. I have a machine quilting frame and can't do a whole stencil at one time. I have to break it down in sections. She also shows how to take the measurements of your borders, break it down into grids and make a stencil design fit your quilt, either shrink or enlarge. And the biggest feature is you can do this on the frame or sitting at your sewing table.

Just remember one thing there is a learning curve. Once you get the hang of it you can do it freehand.

You will start with simple loops and graduate to feathers. And feathers are not difficult once you learn now to breakdown the design.

Kate T. South Mississippi

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Aren't you clever - I could never have found that! Tomorrow I will order the book (too late for brain to work tonight - just looked at my watch and its far, far too late!)

Thanks.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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Sally Swindells

Thanks, the Maraccini is winning at the moment, sounds as though it will hold my hand more.

My token was rather large so the others may tempt me, or......

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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I was also going to suggest

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& look under their book tab. Many of their books also allow you a peek inside.

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Pauline

sounds like the quilting inside the lines could be good to, I suppose Quilting Possibilities might suit someone who is very visual, but even then, with very little of the theory of how the design is reached, it's only going to help on those particular blocks with nothing on borders of any sort.

Cheers Anne

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Anne Rogers

Thanks - that's good, it really helped me make a decision. I've bookmarked it under Books so I can remember where it is and use it again.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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Sally Swindells

I looked inside the quilting inside the lines, and decided I quite liked it, so it has joined the Maraccini. When I looked at the Quilting Possibilities I decided that it wasn't for me - I have my McTavishing I have yet to use and appears to be slightly more within my capabilities.

Thanks for your comments.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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I have quilting inside the lines and it is wonderful if you aren't really good at machine quilting. The patterns are also great if you are going to hand quilt.

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Good, 'cos I've ordered it! Thanks

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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