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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EQ5 Block Book: An Illustrated Guide to the Block Patterns in EQ5.

This book illustrates all the blocks you'll find in EQ5. You'll find classic and contemporary pieced, as well as applique block designs. EQ5 includes special categories like paper piecing, quilting stencils and applique motifs. Use this book to guide you through the blocks of EQ5 and to inspire you to accomplish more that you ever though possible.

EQ5 Drawing: Exercises in Block Design by Patti R. Anderson.

This book is all about drawing blocks! Think of the exercises in this book as a collection of recipes for tasty dishes you have always wanted to try. You not only get a picture of every block in the book, but you also get illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating them!

EQ5 Quilt Design: Border, Layout, and Setting Secrets by Barb Vlack.

It is fun to design a quilt. You are in charge and can make all the decisions about size, color, block choices, layout, and borders. With EQ5 as a design tool, you can envision your ideas on the computer screen before working in fabric. It serves as a virtual design wall.

EQ5 Simplified: an easy learning guide by Fran Iverson Gonzalez.

Fran Gonzalez has taught thousands of students how to use Electric Quilt software. This is the fourth of Fran's popular EQ "Simplified" series. She makes it all so easy. Her gentle, visual approach is perfect for quilters who would rather sew than read instructions. Sit down at your computer, open EQ5 Simplified, and let Fran quickly teach you to use tools that will open a whole world of original quilt designing.

EQ5 Color: Applying color theory to quilts by Susan McKelvey. Understanding color theory has never been this fun! Color expert and quilt designer, Susan McKelvey, brings color theory to life as you work through her easy lessons. No more cut and paste - color right on your computer screen to see color changes instantly! Learn to give your quilts the color effects you admire but never knew how to create.

Susan's easy lessons teach you how to:

Learn to read and use a color wheel.

Create illusions of transparency.

Use value gradations to produce movement.

Control background and foreground through color.

Analyze color contrast within fabrics.

Find new color schemes by using geometric shapes.

Simulate dimension using light and shadow.

Develop your color scheme from multi-colored prints.

And so much more...

Let Susan show you how to control color. Then put her lessons to work in your quilts as you develop your own unique color sense.

Quilt the Seasons by Barbara K. Baker and Jeri Boe.

Learn something new each month or just improve your quilting skills. You'll begin with a simple project that teaches a new technique, then build your proficiency with a larger quilt. It's the perfect teaching tool, a great refresher course, and best of all, everyone will love the stunning quilt designs!

Everyday Embellishments by M'Liss Rae Hawley.

Spark your creative spirit with fabulous embellishments! Each of these quilts together spotlights a different technique to create texture and interest.

Winding Ways Quilts by Nancy Elliott MacDonald.

Welcome to the "curvy" world of Nancy Elliott MacDonald! You'll love her simple technique for putting together traditional Winding Ways blocks and her fun, down-to-earth attitude about quiltmaking. Soon you'll be whipping through those curved seams like a pro!

Tennessee Waltz Quilt by Sue Bouchard.

Easy traditional pattern with no curved pieces! The Tennessee Waltz Quilt is easily created by combining four-patches, star points and snowball blocks. Straight forward piecing techniques makes this pattern fun and easy to make.

Dimensional Quilts by Phyllis Dobbs.

Quilters are always looking for something new and interesting to sew, and Dimensional Quilts delivers! Inside you'll find a brand-new technique that breathes life into 30 fresh quilting projects for your home. The directions are so easy, new quilters can start right away.

Log Cabin Borders and Corners by Linda Causee.

Are you tired of adding plain borders to your quilts? If the answer is yes, here's the book for you. Don't let the title fool you. Yes, the borders are made Log Cabin style - adding pieces consecutively around a central piece. But they are not meant for just Log Cabin quilts. As you look at the various patterns, you will see that they form many interesting patterns that can virtually fit with any type of quilt.

One-Patch Tumbler Quilts by Rosie Gonzalez.

One-Patch Tumbler Quilts were designed with love for Camp Reach for the Sky's children who are battling cancer. This book features many quilt designs from the camp, and each year a design is chosen that everyone can use to make quilts.

Learn to Quilt Row by Row by Linda Causee.

Have you ever wanted to learn different quiltmaking techniques, but did not want tomake several different quilts? If so, you will want to Learn to Quilt Row by Row. Each of our four quilts is made in rows (of blocks) giving you the oppurtunity to try many different techniques.

Strip-Frenzy by Suzanne McNeill.

Quilts made with a variety of fabrics continue to be a favorite of quilters. Color-coordinated fabric collections save time. Create a colorful quilt full of texture, pattern, and endless variety using pre-cut Jelly Roll 2 1/2" strips, or cut your own strips in a jiffy.

Big Blocks Quick Quilts by Suzanne McNeill.

Now you can create a colorful quilt full of texture, pattern and endless variety using pre-cut Layer Cake 10" x 10" squares. Color-coordinated fabric collections save time, allowing you to dive right into the delights of sewing. You can even make an entire quilt top in a day.

Strip-Samplers by Suzanne McNeill.

Faster than you can say speed cut, you will have your strips sorted and arranged, ready to be sewn into fabulous quilts. 'Jelly Rolls' and 2 1/2" fabric strips make quilting easier and more enjoyable than ever. Skip the search for coordinating fabrics and the steps of measuring and cutting and get right to the fun. The designs offered in this collection work well with any color palette.

Big Blocks Easy Quilts by Suzanne McNeill.

Quilts designed with big blocks make up quickly! These quilts have the handmade scrappy look that is so popular today.

Strips or Squares by Suzanne McNeill.

Quilts made with a variety of fabrics continue to be a favorite of quilters. You can create a great quilt full of texture, color, pattern and endless variety using pre-cut Layer Cake 10" squares or Jelly Roll 2 1/2" strips. Color-coordinated fabric collections save time, allowing you to dive right into the delights of sewing.