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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One Block = Many Quilts by Agnete Kay.

No quilt is as magnetic to the eye as one wiht a repeated block! Agnete Kay's IMAGINE BLOCK, which was designed perfectly symmetrical, has been stretched, shortened, and made to appear very different in each of the 13 blocks presented. Many more variations of this versatile block are possible. Colorful block and quilt patterns, easy directions, and Angnete's fun and interesting comments will inspire beginning to advance quilters alike to make their own quiltmaking odysseys.

Canadian author Agnete Kay shares not only her vast knowledge of designing and making quilts but also thoughtful journal entries allowing us to see what inspires her. A "serious" quiltmaker since 1987, she has earned recognition for block and quilt designs in Canada and in the United Kingdom. She brings her refreshing style to American quilters in this, her first book.

Q is for Quilt by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes.

From the Authors of Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts!

Take a private quilting class and sharpen your quiltmaking skills with two beloved instructors. Diana McClun and Laura Nownes' creative quilt projects help familiarize you with successively more complex techniques.

• 19 bright, cheery projects made with traditional blocks such as Nine Patch, Square-in-a-Square, and Houses.
• Start with simple blocks and techniques and proceed to more challenging designs.
• Techniques include strip piecing, half-square triangles, applique', and more.
• Choose fabrics and supplies with confidence.

Come Listen to My Quilts by Kristina Becker.

Cultivate the creative side of applique' and quilting with inspiration from master folk artist Kristina Becker! Kristina's playful portrayals of cats, birds, and more neighborhood friends will help you tell your own stories in cloth, using imagination as a starting point. Forget everything you thought you knew about accuracy and coordinating colors-it's time to have fun with your fabric and patterns!

• 5 whimsical applique' projects let you try out Kristina's methods.
• A gallery of 17 colorful folk-art quilts to warm your heart, tickle your funny bone, and inspire your creativity.
• Learn how to personalize basic pattern pieces and layouts for one-of-a-kind quilts.
• Suitable for all levels of experience-a great place for novices to begin and a perfect jumping-off point for seasoned quilters.

Magic Pillows, Hidden Quilts by Karin Hellaby

Open a pillow to magically reveal a spectacular quilt! Learn how to mix and match patchwork blocks to create your own designs, quickly and easily, using the latest machine sewing techniques.

As in Karin's first book, Sew a Row Quilts, clear diagrams and step- by-step instructions show you exactlv how to achieve simple, quick and well proven patchwork techniques.

• 20 projects for you to try.
• 3 different magic pillows: slip-in, wrap-around and quillow.
• Fast and easy techniwues laid out as lap size and mini quilts.
• A dozen different blocks - and thousands of combinations - to make your quilt unique!