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Tuesday, December 12

Books

I've once again been shopping at Kalahari :) I have spent way too much money there, but these virtual shops are irresistible!
I've posted Amazon.com links here as they tend to have more information about the books than Kalahari does. (I always look up the books on both sites to read as much as I can about it before I buy it, as I have to buy them unseen.)
Uncommon Threads - Gayle Pritchard. Just published in November 2006. My, how small the world has become :). I was interested in reading the history of the art quilt movement, and although it is American history, it's still interesting to see the developments and how they happened.

Art Quilts - Lark Books. A GREAT buy. Large and thick with colour pictures of 400 quilts. Awesome. I bought this one some time back and often just sit and page through sections again or leave it open on a page and just gaze.

Gaudynski's Machine Quilting Guidebook - Diane Gaudynski
I'm about half-way through reading this and it is a great How-To book. I'm wanting to work on my machine quilting skills and as usual it is a case of practising and practising and making all the mistakes. But this practising is great fun so it's going well. I'm making LOTS of mistakes :))
Diane Gaudinski really seems to know what she is talking about and I'm finding it very useful having guidelines to follow.
Contemporary Quilts - I have only glanced in this book so far. It seems to be English. I can't find it on Amazon as the book is at home and I can't see the author from the above pic! Will search some more.

Colouring with Thread - Ann Fahl (sorry, but I cannot resist correcting the spelling of 'Colouring'!) This looks VERY promising. I think it was the 'no-drawing' phrase that drew me, if you'll excuse the pun :)

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