Quilting book reviews to help you select books that contain the type of quilting information you're looking for.
Quilting book review: 'Crazy Quilting: The Complete Guide' by J. Marsha Michler.
You'll find seven colorful patchwork and appliqué projects in Carol Burniston's "Color-Splashed Quilts."
Joen Wolfrom's book, Visual Coloring, will erase any anxieties you might have about choosing colors for your quilts.
Darling Little Dogs, by Darcy Ashton, contains thirty-five appliques of different small dog breeds, along with patterns and suggestions for using the applique shapes in your quilts.
A look at Quilted Photo Xpress 3.0, software by Tammie Bowser. You can use this software to make mosiac quilts from photographs.
A review of Fast Fun and Easy Book Cover Art, by Jake Finch. You'll definitely want to take a look if you're ready to cover your books and notebooks with quilted covers.
A review of the quilting book "Piece by Piece," by Nancy Wong Spindler, which includes 18 small quilt projects.
"Where Women Create" is an inspiring look at art and design studios of twenty-six women, including quilter Freddy Moran and designer April Cornell.
Quilting book review: Indygo Junction's Needle Felting, by Amy Barickman, includes basic needle felting instructions and lots of needle felting projects.
A review of two landscape quilt tools from Joyce Becker: the book "Beautifully Embellished Landscapes" and the DVD "Joyce Becker Teaches You Landscape Quilting."
Lively Little Folk Art Quilts, by Gwen Marston, offers twenty small quilting patterns that even beginners will be able to complete in a weekend.
Round Robin quilts take block swapping a step further by making each quilt a true group quilt, with a packet that moves from one quilter to the next before finally ending up back "home" with its owner. "Round Robin Renaissance" helps you plan and participate in a successful quilting Round Robin.
Looking for lots of applique, lots of Wow! color combinations and plenty of heavy quilting in open spaces? Then be sure to take a look at "Amish Inspired Quilts," a quilting book by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins.
Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Postcards explains how to make quilted postcards that can be mailed and delivered without putting them in an envelope. The author walks you through the basics and offers lots of tips learned during her own fabric postcard experiences.
I think we often envision how beads and other embellishments would look on our quilts, but we don't try it because we aren't quite sure how to get what's in our heads onto the face of a quilt. Nancy Eha's book, Bead Creative Art Quilts, gets you there with ease.
A review of the book "French Braid Quilts," by Jane Hardy Miller with Arlene Netten.
Color and color value are critical to the success of our quilts. Any one of these books will help you gain a better understanding of the use of color when you sew.
