We met four new Guild members, and it's fun getting to know all of you better! The meeting ended earlier than expected, but the social hour that followed was great fun! The sixteen of us that came shared our favorite quilting books with the group, and let me tell you, my Amazon wishlist grew a bit last night! Here are (hopefully) all of the items shared last night:
Tricia brought along a book about creating your perfect Quilting space, because let's face it, which one of us doesn't have that dream studio floating around inside our heads?
Crystal and Jill M. both mentioned Malka's book as one of their newest faves, it's full of fun, bright colors and fresh project ideas.
Kris shared Linda Otto Lipsett's Remember Me, a book of quilt history talking about signature or friendship quilts. Kris also shared that she's enjoyed everything written by this author.
Karen is a relatively new quilter and she shared this book,The Ultimate Quilters Visual Guide, given to her by the person who first introduced her to quilting. It's her fave because of the personal connection, but it is also a valued go-to answer book when shecomes across a term she doesn't recognize, or a method that's new to her.
Our resident linen and asian fabric devotee, Veronica, brought along FIVE faves, all by Japanese designers, and we all had fun gawking over those. Many of the instructions are in Japanese, but the photos and illustrations are amazing, and one really doesn't need to read the instructions, anyway, right?!?
A book I had not heard of before, but was shared by Maria, Stash Happy Patchwork is full of super cute small projects...
Penny and Lisa S. both shared Elizabeth Hartman's book, which I've been told by more than one person is a great basic reference book...
More than a few of us mentioned that we love the Material Obsession and Material Obsession Two books...and WDMPL has both of these books available to check out!
Until I saw this book in person last night, I thought, why would I need a book on log cabins? Modern Log Cabin Quilting is full of unique project ideas,combinations of fabrics such as corduroy and linen, small projects as well as full quilts--worth checking out quilters! Penny, Jill Mc and Meghan all brought copies of this to share with the group and raved about it!
The book I shared was Applique Outside the Lines, by the Piece O' Cake Designs ladies. They were one of the first established pattern companies to recognize the modern quilting movement by joining in...
Etta brought a block reference book (one of the biggies--as did Linda) and she also brought this book on fabric manipulation. Anyone with any interest in art quilts would find this book to be a great addition to your library.
One thing we all agreed on, while we may not actually read all of these books, we love to collect them and great photography (read: eye candy) is essential to draw us in and satisfy our hunger for them. I wrote a post over two years ago, about utilizing quilting books from the library. I still stand behind each of those books as great reference for any quilter!
Do you have a favorite quilting book we didn't mention at last night's meeting?
--Posted by Doris Brunnette, President
--Posted by Doris Brunnette, President
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