Showing posts with label free books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free books. Show all posts

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Eight free quilt books left for the taking

I've had a good response to my free book offering. These eight are left for the claiming. Drop me an email and make arrangements to send me just $3.50 each to cover the cost of mailing it to you, and any book of your choice will be on its way to your home. I thought I'd describe the remaining books to help you make your selection.This book is by Diana McClun an Laura Nownes. What more do I need to say? It's a lovely big book with gorgeous photos and detailed patterns.
Another beauty by Diana and Laura. These books have everything: inspiration, patterns, instructions. They are both wonderful additions to your crafting library.
This book has a good selection of patchwork patterns and quilting designs, as well as guidelines for estimating fabric requirements and instructions for drafting patterns. It's good for the beginner. This is a lovely hardbound book full of traditional patterns, both pieced and appliqued. If your tastes run to traditional quilts, this is the book for you.
Are you new at quilting? Are you trying to build a fabric stash? Or are you an old hand who is overwhelmed by the bounty in your local fabric store? This book covers color theory, fabric combination and fabric selection. It's a workbook to help you manage your fabric collection.
If you have ever wondered how to cut large patterned fabrics to create those kaleidoscope effects we all ooh and aah over at quilt shows, here is all you need to know to get started.
Jinny Beyer is one of our "founding mothers" in modern quilting. This takes her work in a whole new direction, combining piecing and applique in the same block to create soft-edged designs. It's brilliant.
I'm sure that Georgia Bonesteel's quilting program on PBS was the first exposure to the craft for many people. Her book is a great reference for the beginner.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Free book list

As I discussed yesterday, here's the list of available books. If you want any of them, comment or email me and let me know. I will reserve it for you. All I ask is you pay for the cost of sending it to you, which will be $3.50, to cover the Media Mail postage and a bubble mailing envelope. I'll tag each one as they are claimed by a requester.

These are all really nice books in excellent shape, about 9" x 12" format; I just got realistic about how much space I have and how much time I have to make all the projects I've already planned! If you're a history buff, I recommend the book "Quilted All Day", which is the life story of a prairie settler, her family and her quilts.
  1. --CLAIMED!--Little Quilts: All Through the House by A. Berg, M. von Holt and S. Johnson, That Patchwork Place, Softcover
  2. --CLAIMED!--Patchwork Patterns by Jinny Beyer, EPM Publications, Inc, Softcover
  3. Soft-edge Piecing by Jinny Beyer, C&T Publishing, Softcover
  4. --CLAIMED!--Color Confidence for Quilters by Jinny Beyer, Quilt Digest Press, Softcover
  5. --CLAIMED!--The Quilter’s Album of Blocks and Borders by Jinny Beyer, EMP Publications, Inc, Softcover
  6. --CLAIMED!--The Romance of Double Wedding Ring Quilts by Robert Bishop, E. P. Dutton, Softcover
  7. East Does It Quilts by Georgia Bonesteel, Oxmor House, Hardcover
  8. Tricks with Chintz by Nancy Breland, American Quilter’s Society, Softcover
  9. --CLAIMED!--A Thread Runs Through It by Barbara Dieges, American Quilter’s Society, Softcover
  10. --CLAIMED!--Quilts from America’s Heartland by Marianne Fons and Liz Porter, Rodale Press, Hardcover
  11. --CLAIMED!--Quick Quilts from the Heart by Marianne Fons and Liz Porter, Oxmoor House, Hardcover
  12. Quilting from the Heartland by Sharlene Jorgenson, Softcover
  13. Quilts Galore! by Diana McClun, Laura Nownes, Quilt Digest Press, Softcover
  14. Quilts, Quilt, and More Quilts! by Diana McClun, Laura Nownes, C&T Publishing, Softcover
  15. Quilting Shortcuts by Maggie Malone, Sterling Publishing, Hardcover
  16. --CLAIMED!--Sets and Borders by Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham, American Quilter’s Society, Softcover
  17. --CLAIMED!--Quilted All Day: The Prairie Journals of Ida Chambers Melugin by Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, Sanpete Publications, Softcover
  18. Color and Cloth by Mary Penders, Quilt Digest Press, Softcover
  19. --CLAIMED!--The Quilter’s Kitchen by Darlene Zimmerman and Joy Hoffman, EZ International, Softcover
  20. America’s Heritage Quilts edited by Patricia Wilens, Better Homes and Gardens, Hardcover
  21. --CLAIMED!--Scrap Quilts: Fast and Fun editd by Patricia Wilens, Oxmoor House, Softcover

Well, folks, what do you think? I'll hold onto the books for a few months and see if I have any takers.