Quilting books offer an excellent medium with which you can add to or improve your quilting skills. Listed below are books that will amaze, inspire and stimulate your creativity and enhance your quilting experience!

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Quilters Travel Companion by 10th Edition (2008-2010).

A must for any quilter who travels. with this edition of the Quitters' Travel Companion we have 1900 Featured Shops' and (new in this edition) 1000+ Quilt shows across the United States and Canada. You'll be able to travel right to their doorstep! Each shop's listing includes address, telephone, shop hours, directions and a description of merchandise. Also included are addresses and phone numbers for over 1000 additional shops.

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Part Number: 1034893 Price: $18.95

Once Upon a Season by Becky Goldsmith & Linda Jenkins. Nine Appliqued and Pieced Quilts, Celebrating Every Season

We quilters are motivated by the changing seasons to make different kinds of quilts..Whether for the bed or wall, we like to have quilts that reflect the changing seasons. Bright, cheerful quilts make us think of spring. Warm, earthy colors remind us of fall.
The nine quilts in this book are divided between the four seasons. Each quilt celebrates a different part of the year. We hope you enjoy them.

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Part Number: 1025209 Price: $24.95

Wedge Works II by Cheryl Phillips.

A New Twist for an Old Favorite!
Wedgeworks II... The 3-D Mariner's Compass made easy with folded inserts. Two new tools offer continued excitement and added dimension with folded fabric. Both tools are included in this book:

• The Mariner's Wedge
• The Compass Insert
• Includes Wedge & Tool

KAFFE FASSETT with Liza Prior Lucy.

Passionate Patch Work.
Passionate Patchwork is a new collection of quilt designs from one of the world's best-known decorative artists.

With patchwork now more popular than ever, Kaffe Fassett, renowned for his amazing color palettes and innovative designs, is the ideal artist to open up a rich new vein of possibilities in this exciting craft. In this major new book, Kaffe has seized the opportunity to delve deeply into the intricate arrangement of pattern, color, and prints. ?

• A completely fresh, contemporary approach to patchwork.
• Some of Kaffes stunning fabric designs created especially for use in patchwork.
• Over 20 main designs, together with a wealth of variations, include everything from full-size quilts to cushion covers and baby quilts.
• Detailed Instructions and clear colored piecing diagrams for every quilt.
• Templates for tracing and basic start-to-finish directions are given in a special chapter.
• Hard Cover 160 pages.

Super Simple Squares by Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith.

Creative Uses for 6 1/2" Squares
Have you ever purchased packets of 6 1/2" squares, but were unsure of what to do with them once you got them home? Super Simple Squares show syou the endless combinations you can create by using fat quarters or packets of precut 6 1/2" squares or strips. This book contains 18 original quilt designs with full directions (including yardage requirements if you choose to cut your own fabrics), as well as comprehensive general directions.

Time for a Chain by Nancy J. Smith and Lynda S. Milligan.

The Irish Chain Updated

So you want to make an Irish Chain quilt. You have found the right book! Our updated, improved method of pressing makes Irish Chains easier than ever. After following the directions and illustratoins in this book, you will find that Irish Chains are fast, fun, and fabulous.

The quilts in this book are made by the Possibilities team and their friends. Directions-and most importantly, pressing techniques-were followed exactly. Quilters then used their creativity for borders, appliques, and quilting designs. Use the quilts for inspiration to design your own one-of-a-kind Irish Chain.

Hidden Block Quilts by Lerlene Nevaril.

Discover New Blocks inside Traditional Favorites
Remember Hide and Seek, Treasure Hunt, and jigsaw puzzles? Maybe you've researched your family tree, explored space with a telescope, or enjoyed the wonder of planting bulbs and waiting to see what comes up in the spring. Whatever your personal choices, let's face it-we love the thrill of seeking out the unknown, of discovering something we've never seen before.

This book brings that search for the unknown into one of our favorite worlds-the world of quilting! Lerlene Nevaril takes us on a journey to find a Hidden Blocks within block patterns we may have long since abandoned. becoming bored with the repetition of twelve blocks, side by side, with a border or two. She brings these traditional blocks back to life by showing us what's hidden inside them-like a package that keeps opening to reveal more and more surprises!

Come along with Lerlene to explore the Hidden Blocks she has found, and let her inspire you to find an infinte variety of new Hidden Blocks on your own. This design concept will open up a whole new world of quilts just waiting to be discovered!

Two-Color Quilts by Nancy J. Martin.

Ten True-Blue and Ten Romantic Red Quilts
Learn to make fabulous red and white or blue and white quilts from this double-sided book. When your done working with the red quilts, just flip the book over to start on the blue!