Simple Knits for Sophisticated Living: Quick-Knit ...
The Best of its Type: The subtitle of this book, "quick-knit projects from beautiful, chunky yarns," describes quite a few books that are out right now. This is my favorite of the group. The projects include many of the popular "hip knit& [... more]
CDN$34.95
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Simply Stars: Quilts that Sparkle
WOW! What a great way to explore your own creativity.: Alex Anderson, host of HGTV's "Simply Quilts", teaches the reader how to make stars - - but, OH! What wonderful stars! Designed for quilters with some experience, though there are stars for [... more]
CDN$36.95
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Quilting 101: A Beginner's Guide to Quilting
Plenty of photos and diagrams, and an easy gradient: As a self-taught quilting novice, I've looked at several books and bought a handful of them. But I'm a little daunted by the amount there is to learn about the subject (especially for someone who isn't [... more]
CDN$28.05
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A Thimbleberries Housewarming
Lynette Jensen has done it again: This Thimbleberries book is a must. The book contains over 140 pages of easy detailed instructions to make the beginner quilter a success. Each of the 22 projects are easy for beginners and intermediate quilters. Pillows, [... more]
CDN$32.06
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A Slice of Christmas from Piece O'Cake Designs
Beautiful designs; lovely ideas: This is a beautiful book about appliqueing and their designs for Christmas. They cover everything from quilts, wall hangings to table runners, stockings and Christmas tree rounds. You can mix and match the ideas here and [... more]
CDN$30.05
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Rotary Magic
Loved the book: This is the best purchase I've made learning to quilt. The tips have allowed me to do fairly complex blocks as a beginner. She covers all the basic tools and how to use them, not only how to pin but what to look for a pin. She covers how [... more]
CDN$29.95
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The Quilter's Home: Fall
recommended by the accidental quilter: The cover quilt, in autumn shades, and colorful fall applique blocks, is what drew me to this book. I would still buy this book for this pattern alone. Plus it's laid out one block at a time, so that you may have [... more]
CDN$35.99
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The Best of Black Mountain Quilts
Wonderful updated traditional designs: Beautiful choices of fabric and innovations on traditional patterns make this book of piecing and applique such a delight. Includes an elegant flag quilt, watermelon log cabin, and lots of flowers. Log cabins and [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Time to Quilt: Fun Quilts and Retreat Ideas for 1 or 101
something on every page: My wife and I have enjoyed the ideas in this book immensely. The layout and illustrations are engaging -- everyone who picks this book up stops their conversation until they've looked at every page! Full of great quilting ideas, [... more]
CDN$27.95
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The Crocheter's Treasure Chest: 80 Classic Patterns for ...
Review of "The Crocheter's Treasure Chest": "The Crocheter's Treasure Chest" is an excellent, comprehensive book for anyone that loves to crochet or wants to learn. It has easy to follow directions and explains as well as illustrates [... more]
CDN$10.50
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Marsha McCloskey's Block Party: A Quilter's ...
My favorite!: There are so many things I love about this book! First of all, the blocks range from simple to more complicated, from familiar to rarely-seen. Second, Marsha has so much good advice about all aspects of quilt making. Third, in the section [... more]
CDN$26.95
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Comforts of Home: Simple Knitted Accents
Easy, but wonderful: Even though I would classify myself as an advanced knitter, I love this book and highly recommend it. Even though these patterns are simple (and designed for the beginner) they don't look like My-First-Knitting-Project-- if anything [... more]
CDN$32.95
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