Favorite Quilting Books & Magazines

I am a book junkie.  Ask anyone who knows me.  I decorate my house with books.  Of course, this is unintentional; it's just that they happen to be piled everywhere.  My budget won't allow me to buy every book I see so I've developed a few strategies to develop my personal library without breaking the bank.

I always make a list.  I like to keep my lists in a 4 x 6 notebook but a 4 x 6 index card works well, too.  These fit easily into your purse and you can keep them at hand near the computer.  Why a list?  Because I like to browse through the book first before I buy it to be sure it's a title I *really* want in my library.  I want my quilt book library to be filled with titles that I'll use and refer to again and again.  I'm going for quality not quantity.

My next step after I've heard about a quilting book I might be interested in is to check it out the from the library.  If the library doesn't have it, I'll check out the contents on my next trip to the quilt store.  The reason I do it this way is to avoid being disappointed.  Quilting books are expensive and sometimes a book sounds *so* promising but then doesn't live up to my expectations.  Then I have buyers remorse thinking I should have bought fabric instead because I'd get more use out of the fabric than the book I just bought.  Maybe that's just my own quirk from having lived on such a tight budget for so many years.  

Buy used

Buy discount online

Don't forget to support your local quilt store, too!

Listed below are some of my favorite books and quilting magazines...