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If you have the extra $11.00 to spend this is an excellent guide to quilting, tons of tips and patterns.  The patterns seem to be endless and really come in handy with any quilting project. I have come up with many ideas. Directions are simple and clear(which I definately need).  My favorite part are the vintage patterns, I think the Medallion will be my first project!

You can order the book and read more about it here

I give it two thimbles up, loved reading it and can not wait to start my first project! I have already got it in a binder and ready to head out to get some fabric!

Here is a little more information from the sales page:

Perfect for a novice or a pro

Whether you are a novice or an accomplished, experienced quilter, this wonderful book will give you everything you need to know in order to make over two hundred quilts.

• step-by-step instructions
• cutting designs
• materials suggestions
• yardage estimates

You will be able to add a special value to the each quilt that you make, because you will be able to tell the story of the original quilt in American history, which Ruby provides.

Here is an excerpt from Mrs. McKim’s introduction, which eloquently explained her philosophy about quilting:

“…To salvage beauty and usefulness from coarse waste materials was the everyday accomplishment of our pioneer mothers who hooked rugs and pieced quilts and the story of their wanderings, their few original possessions, their accumulations, the friendships formed, their abiding faith and the home established, is the story of patchwork quilts.

“…Study the names of patterns and again you will know they were so christened by young ladies of imagination, sometimes devout, sometimes droll but always kindled by that divine spark of originality.

“…a hundred or so of them are contained in our pages, but we have found bits of interesting history about these and drafted patterns from which you can copy them. We have estimated the yardage, suggested ways of setting blocks together into tops and planned suitable quilting designs.

“…During years of experience there have been questions come to us concerning every phase of quilt making. We have tried to answer them all in this book, to tell you every practical, helpful angle in the game of quilt
making.”.

Happy Quilting,

Jen

Happy Quilting,

Jen

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