100 Best Quilting Books of All Time

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The Quilter's Apprentice (Elm Creek Quilts, #1)

Jennifer Chiaverini

5.0
After moving with her husband, Matt, to the small college town of Waterford, Pennsylvania, Sarah McClure struggles to find a fulfilling job. In the meantime, she agrees to help seventy-five-year-old Sylvia Compson prepare her family estate, Elm Creek Manor, for sale. As part of her compensation, Sarah is taught how to quilt by this cantankerous elderly woman, who is a master of the craft.

During th
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Complete Guide to Quilting (Better Homes and Gardens)

Better Homes & Gardens

4.9
A one-stop quilting reference for beginners and expertsBetter Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting shows readers how to master every technique, method, tool, fabric, block, seam, knot, and stitch. It's like a private "show me" quilt class designed to help quilters expand their skills.
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Jelly Roll Quilts

Pam Lintott

4.9
Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects

Turn gorgeous Jelly Rolls into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one roll.

Features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes.

Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your
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Quilter's Complete Guide

Marianne Fons and Liz Porter

4.9
The perfect book for both beginners and those wishing to brush up on their skills, this definitive guide takes readers from the basics of choosing and cutting fabric to placing the finishing touches on their handmade quilts. Hundreds of full-color photos, charts, and diagrams accompany lessons on quilting styles — hand, machine, trapunto, and appliqué — and instructions for assembly, plus a wealth
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Round Robin (Elm Creek Quilts, #2)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.9
Round Robin reunites readers with the Elm Creek Quilters in this poignant and heartwarming follow-up to The Quilter's Apprentice, Jennifer Chiaverini's acclaimed debut novel. "She chose green and blue for the colors of Elm Creek Manor. She chose blue for truth and green for new beginnings . . ."

The Elm Creek Quilters have begun a round robin...a quilt created by sewing concentric patchwork to a ce
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The Practical Guide to Patchwork: New Basics for the Modern Quiltmaker: 12 Quilt Projects

Elizabeth Hartman

4.8
Quilting Basics with Modern Flair .12 quilt projects for beginners, confident beginners, and intermediates .Explore different options for each project-make it with just two colors or scrappy, make it vintage or mod, make it soft or playful. .Alternate colorways included with each project show you how swapping out fabrics can change the look of the same block. .Learn how to cut, piece, applique, ma
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Sunday Morning Quilts: 16 Modern Scrap Projects Sort, Store, and Use Every Last Bit of Your Treasured Fabrics

Amanda Jean Nyberg, Cheryl Arkison

4.8
Are scrap piles wreaking havoc in your sewing space? Modern quilters Amanda and Cheryl share a passion for scraps. Their book features 16 bold and scrappy projects as well as expert hints and tips for adapting patterns to your own style, and effectively cutting, storing, and organizing your scraps.
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Circle of Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts, #9)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.8
The ninth book in Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling series—when two of Elm Creek Quilts’ founding members decide to leave the fold, who can possibly take their place in the circle of quilters?

When Elm Creek Quilts announces openings for two new teachers, quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. The impending departure of two founding members means untold changes for the Elm Cree
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The Quilter's Legacy (Elm Creek Quilts, #5)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.8
Resolving to locate her mother's heirloom quilts after so many years, Sylvia Compson embarks on a cross-country investigation of antique shops, quilt museums, and other, more unexpected places, where offers of assistance are not always what they seem. And as Sylvia recovers some of the missing quilts and accepts others as lost forever, she reflects on the woman her mother was and mourns the woman
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The Cross-Country Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts, #3)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.7
Julia, Megan, Donna, Grace, and Vinnie are cross-country friends who are about to begin work on a challenge quilt. A piece of fabric is divided among the women, with the understanding that the following year they will all meet at the Elm Creek Quilt Camp to sew the sections together into a single quilt. But the friends have set themselves a special challenge: no one can start working on her block
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The Sugar Camp Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #7)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.7
With Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical suspense, The Sugar Camp Quilt blends danger, courage, and romance into a novel of antebellum America.

History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the novel follows Doro
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Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts

Pam Lintott

4.7
Jelly Roll, Layer Cake and Charm Quilts provides seventeen beautiful projects that show you how to get the most from pre-cut fabric bundles. The projects range from smaller lap quilts to full-sized bed quilts and each is made from one jelly roll, layer cake or charm pack (or a combination), making the quilts quick and economical. Using the latest fabrics, the authors provide a main quilt and an al
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The Runaway Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #4)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.7
In the fourth novel of the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, Sylvia Compson searches for evidence of her ancestors' courageous involvement in the Underground Railroad.
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Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition-Print-On-Demand-Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine

Harriet Hargrave

4.6
A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Includes everything you need to know about machine quilting.
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The Lost Quilter (Elm Creek Quilts, #14)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.6
Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures an antique quilt called by three names -- Birds in the Air, after its pattern; the Runaway Quilt, after the woman who sewed it; and the Elm Creek Quilt, after the place to which its maker longed to return. That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm. Though Joanna'
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The Master Quilter (Elm Creek Quilts, #6)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.6
This ninth Elm Creek Quilts novel continues the series with a tribute to matriarch Sylvia Compson, who surprised her fellow quilters by marrying her longtime sweetheart on a recent holiday. Eager to honor their favorite Master Quilter, the Elm Creek Quilters hasten to stitch a bridal quilt for the newlyweds. Until the time comes to unveil the surprise gift, Sylvia will be the one in the dark.

Such
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Quiltmaking by Hand: Simple Stitches, Exquisite Quilts

Jinny Beyer

4.6
Celebrating today’s surge of interest in hand crafts, this book introduces new quilters to a simple yet versatile set of techniques that allows them to create sensational quilts entirely by hand. A world-class designer and extraordinarily skilled quilter, Jinny Beyer demonstrates everything from threading a needle to piecing perfect points. Beginning with the basic running stitch, quilters quickly
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Quilting with a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community

Rachel May

4.6
Modern quilting allows artists the freedom to play with traditions and take liberties with fabrics, patterns, colors, stitching, and the ways in which they all connect. In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than 70 modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods, and aesthetics. Their ideas, their quilts, and their tips, tutorials, and techniques will insp
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The Quilter's Homecoming (Elm Creek Quilts, #10)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.6
Newly wed in a festive yet poignant ceremony at Elm Creek Manor, bride Elizabeth Nelson takes leave of her ancestral Pennsylvania home. Setting off with her husband, Henry, on the adventure of a lifetime, Elizabeth packs the couple's trunk with more than the wedding quilts she envisions them dreaming beneath every night of their married lives. They are landowners who hold the deed to Triumph Ranch
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Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters: 70+ Designs for Blocks, Backgrounds & Borders

Angela Walters

4.5
It's easy to plan your machine quilting--simply open Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters and find creative inspiration on every page. User-friendly and visually exciting, the contents are first divided into three sections: Blocks, Negative Space, and Borders. Then, to make it even more accessible, the Blocks section is further organized by five shapes: Squares, Triangles, Circl
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Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern

Eleanor Burns

4.5
Celebrate 20 years of Quilt in a Day with the 20th Anniversary Edition of Eleanor's first book that brought the tradition of quilt making to so many. Sewers of all ages can make a Log Cabin quilt in 10 to 16 hours with this book's easy step-by-step directions and clear illustrations. Yardage charts, color combinations, and a choice of pattern settings are given for a variety of sizes. This anniver
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Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!!: The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking the Complete Guide to Quiltmaking

Diana McClun, Laura Nownes

4.5
This is an essential handbook on quilting fo r the beginner and a companion for the experienced quilter. Features include 10 new patterns and 20 quilting designs, cu tting and sewing guides, quick cutting and quick piecing tec hniques and exercises. '
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Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters: Choose & Use Quilting Designs on Modern Quilts

Angela Walters

4.5
Popular machine quilter Angela Walters will motivate you to try something new with her continuous-line designs for longarm or domestic sewing machines. This book features step-by-step instructions for continuous-line swirls, circles, squares, vines, arcs, and points.
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Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts

Jacquie Gering, Katie Pedersen

4.5
From two pioneers of today’s modern quilting movement, Quilting Modern teaches quilters how to use improvisational techniques to make graphic, contemporary quilts and quilted projects. Explore seven core techniques and multiple projects using each technique—all presented with detailed instructions. Also included is step-by-step direction from Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen on tools, materials,
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The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #8)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.5
When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the tenor of the holiday is far from certain. Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter, has her own reasons for preferring a quiet, even subdued, Christmas. Her young friend Sarah McClure, however, takes the opposite view and decides to deck the halls brightly. As she explores the trunks packed with Bergstrom family decorations that haven't been tou
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Kaffe Fassett's Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts: 23 Original Quilt Designs

Kaffe Fassett, Debbie Patterson, Liza Prior Lucy

4.5
In Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts, world-renowned quilter Kaffe Fassett demonstrates how basic geometric forms—squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, circles, and quarter-circles—found in natural and manmade environments inspire his quilt designs. Twenty-three of his magnificent, inventive quilts—ranging from the relatively simple Tilt, ideal for beginners, to the more complex Circle of Stars
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501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork Applique

Better Homes and Gardens, Joan Lewis, Lynette Chiles

4.4
A treasury of patterns for patchwork and appliquéHere, quilters will find 501 pieced and appliquéd quilt blocks, easily customized for unique, personalized themes. Plus, 40 step-by-step projects for using blocks in the form of wearables, personal accessories, and home and seasonal decorations are included as well as 500 full-color photos and 600 line drawings.
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Machine Quilting Made Easy!: Perpetual Calendar

Maurine Noble

4.4
At last! Machine Quilting Made Easy makes learning to machine quilt easy and fun. Get familiar with the basics as you do the exercises; then use the samples you make as handy references. Learn to machine quilt with sixteen lessons in straight-line quilting with a walking foot, freehand quilting with a darning foot, quilting with decorative threads, and more Includes five comprehensive charts for s
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The New Year's Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #11)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.4
As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we cankeep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve."

As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love
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Material Obsession: Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots

Sarah Fielke, Kathy Doughty, Kaffe Fassett

4.4
Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke, owners of the popular quilting shop Material Obsession in Sydney, Australia, bring an unconventional spirit to a traditional craft. They encourage quilters to use bold patterns and unusual color combinations, and to trust their instincts rather than follow rigid rules.

In Material Obsession, Doughty and Fielke present 23 vibrant quilt patterns that appear fresh and m
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The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt: Letters from 1920s Farm Wives and the 111 Blocks They Inspired

Laurie Aaron Hird

4.4
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Glorious Patchwork

Kaffe Fassett, Liza Prior Lucy

4.4
The landmark quilting book from a modern-day quilting legend.
For more than two decades, Kaffe Fassett's sumptuously textured, vibrantly colored designs have thrilled readers and inspired them to pile on color and break the rules. In "Glorious Patchwork"--one of his most spectacular and original books--Kaffe presents more than 25 designs that draw on the essence of his colorwork. Divided into five
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The Winding Ways Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #12)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.4
As Elm Creek Quilt Camp opens for a new season, there will be new faces on the faculty. Quilters have flocked to learn from the Master Quilter, Sylvia Compson, and her expert colleagues, each of whom specialises in a different aspect of the craft.
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The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns: 4044 Pieced Blocks for Quilters

Jinny Beyer

4.4
Providing quilters, researchers, and design enthusiasts with a comprehensive tool for finding, identifying, and drafting more than 4,000 unique patterns, this encyclopedia of quilt block designs presents a method of categorizing designs that eliminates duplication and allows quilters to understand exactly how each one is constructed. Each design is analyzed in terms of the grid on which it is draw
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The Quiltmaker's Gift

Jeff Brumbeau, Gail De Marcken, Gail de Marcken

4.4
When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.
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One-Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-Of-A-Kind Quilts

Maxine Rosenthal

4.4
'One-Block Wonders' is a guide to making kaleidoscope quilts using just one large-scale print fabric. The projects produce high-impact quilts made with simple cutting and construction, therefore no fussy cutting or Y-seams are required.
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The Aloha Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #16)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.3
Another season of Elm Creek Quilt Camp has come to a close, and Bonnie Markham faces a bleak and lonely winter ahead, with her quilt shop out of business and her divorce looming. A welcome escape comes when Claire, a beloved college friend, unexpectedly invites her to Maui to help launch an exciting new business: a quilter's retreat set at a bed and breakfast amid the vibrant colors and balmy bree
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A Quilter's Holiday (Elm Creek Quilts, #15)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.3
The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the Christmas, where hand-stitching brings out the holiday spirit in for their loved ones.
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The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously

Sherri L. Wood

4.3
Forget step-by-step instructions and copycat designs. In The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters, Sherri Lynn Wood presents a flexible approach to quilting that breaks free of old paradigms. Instead of traditional instructions, she presents 10 frameworks (or scores) that create a guiding, but not limiting, structure. To help quilters gain confidence, Wood also offers detailed lessons for stitching
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Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in the Sun: 20 Designs from Rowan for Patchwork and Quilting

Kaffe Fassett

4.3
Twenty fabulous masterworks comprised of colors, patterns, and textures that capture the essence of brilliant sunlight are yours to enjoy -- in stunning photographs and in future creations. Master colorist and quilter Kaffe Fassett escorts you through a showing of each gorgeous new piece accompanied by photos of the quilts taken on the sun-drenched shores of Portugal, the inspiration for the fanta
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Modern Patchwork: 12 Quilts to Take You Beyond the Basics

Elizabeth Hartman

4.3
Ready for the next level of creative patchwork? Expand your skills with new designs and techniques from the best-selling author of The Practical Guide to Patchwork, Elizabeth Hartman. She s back with brand new quilts bring her innovative style into your home. Projects are bold, bright, graphic, and designed to give modern quilters new challenges. Learn new skills like curved seam piecing and creat
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Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun

Ricky Tims

4.3
Quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again.
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Quilts From The Quiltmaker's Gift

Joanne Larsen Line, Nancy Loving Tubesing, Gail de Marcken

4.3
Who says you have to be an expert to make beautiful quilts? Inspired by The Quiltmaker's Gift, this companion book shows beginners, children included, as well as seasoned quilters to experience the joy of quiltmaking and quiltmentoring. 20 traditional patterns for a new generation of generous quiltmakers are included.
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The Last Runaway

Tracy Chevalier

4.2
New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement.

In New York Times bestselling author Tracy Chevalier’s newest historical saga, she introduces Hono
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Prayers for Sale

Sandra Dallas

4.2
Hennie Comfort is eighty-six and has lived in the mountains of Middle Swan, Colorado since before it was Colorado. Nit Spindle is just seventeen and newly married. She and her husband have just moved to the high country in search of work. It's 1936 and the depression has ravaged the country and Nit and her husband have suffered greatly. Hennie notices the young woman loitering near the old sign ou
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Block Party - The Modern Quilting Bee: The Journey of 12 Women, 1 Blog, & 12 Improvisational Projects

Alissa Haight Carlton, Kristen Lejnieks, Denyse Schmidt

4.2
The quilting bee gets a modern makeover - From the creators of popular blog, blockpartyquilting.com - Let go of "the rules" with 12 fun, funky, and improvisational projects - The fundamental techniques are outlined-from fabric selection to quilt tops to binding - Projects are perfect for both beginner and experienced quilters It's hip to be square! In this inspiring book, quilting mavericks Alissa
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A Single Thread (Cobbled Court Quilts, #1)

Marie Bostwick

4.2

Marie Bostwick weaves the unforgettable story of four very different women whose paths cross, changing their lives forever.

It's a long way from Fort Worth, Texas, to New Bern, Connecticut, yet it only takes a day in the charming Yankee town to make Evelyn Dixon realize she's found her new home. The abrupt end of her marriage was Evelyn's wake-up call to get busy chasing her dream of opening a quil

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Scrap Therapy Cut the Scraps!: 7 Steps to Quilting Your Way through Your Stash

Joan Ford

4.2
All quilters know one thing for sure: a fabric stash is a living thing. It grows imperceptibly at first, but soon takes over your sewing room, and, if you’re not careful, your life. Joan Ford is a quilt designer who recognized a need to clear the clutter among her fellow quilters and came up with a fun and effective way to deal with it. Enter ScrapTherapy™, Ford’s feel-good method for organizing t
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Denyse Schmidt: Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration: 20 New Designs with Historic Roots

Denyse Schmidt, John Gruen

4.2
Denyse Schmidt is one of the leading quilters of the 21st century. Known as a “modern” quilter, she actually draws much of her creative vision from quilts of the past. In Denyse Schmidt: Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration, Schmidt pays homage to the quilters and quilts that came before her. Each of the 20 traditional quilt designs she has reinterpreted here (among them are Irish Chain, Mariner
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The Modern Quilt Workshop: Patterns, Techniques, and Designs from the FunQuilts Studio

Bill Kerr, Weeks Ringle

4.2
Prepare to be inspired. This book shows novice and expert quilters alike new ways of planning, designing, and constructing contemporary quilts. The Modern Quilt Workshop takes you through every step of making a quilt, encouraging you and challenging you along the way. YouÆll learn basic principles of quilt design, as well as new technical skills that will make your quilts more beautiful, more dura
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The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950

Roderick Kiracofe, Mary Elizabeth Johnson

4.2
For more than two hundred years, American women have been recording their hopes and dreams, their fears and frustrations in the exacting stitches and exuberant designs of their quilts. The American Quilt shows how these virtuoso textiles, long appreciated for their bold graphic appeal and naive charm, are also a fascinating reflection of cultural and social attitudes, painting an indelible portrai
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Landscape Quilts

Nancy Zieman

4.2
- Make quilts without patterns or measurements
- Quilt experts Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell offer easy instructions
- Select the best nature fabrics
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Labor of Love: Scrappy Quilts at the Heart of Home

Sherri L. McConnell

4.2
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The Union Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts, #17)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.2
The New York Times bestselling author of the Elm Creek Quilts series joins the Dutton list with a Civil War-era tale of love and sacrifice behind Union lines.

With The Union Quilters, Chiaverini delivers a powerful story of a remarkable group of women coping with changing roles and the extraordinary experiences of the Civil War.

In 1862 Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, abolitionism is prevalent, even
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Vintage Quilt Revival

Katie Clark Blakesley, Lee Heinrich, Faith Jones

4.2
Combine traditional and modern quilting practices to create a design that incorporates the best of both styles. Vintage Quilt Revival helps you utilize traditional quilt blocks with contemporary colors and fabrics to create pieces that could rightly be a part of the "traditional made modern" movement. In this book, you'll find: 22 quilting projects, including 19 traditional quilt blocks, and rangi
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Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting: 50+ Visual Tutorials to Get You Started Professional-Quality Results on Your Home Machine

Natalia Bonner

4.2
Photo tutorials show stitching in action for 50+ free-motion quilting designs to create modern quilts with classic style! Popular blogger and designer, Natalia Bonner, illustrates her instructions with detailed photos that make it easier to get beautiful results on your home sewing machine. Learn how to quilt all-over, as filler, on borders, and on individual blocks…using loops and swirls, feather
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The Giving Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #20)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.2
“Why do you give?” asks Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper in The Giving Quilt, the New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini’s artful, inspiring novel that imagines what good would come from practicing the holiday spirit each and every day of the year.

At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is “Quiltsgiving,” a time to commence a season of generosity. From near an
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Free-Motion Meandering: A Beginners Guide to Machine Quilting

Angela Walters

4.2
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Dear Jane: The Two Hundred Twenty-Five Patterns from the 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt

Brenda Manges Papadakis

4.2
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Denyse Schmidt Quilts: 30 Colorful Quilt and Patchwork Projects

Denyse Schmidt, Bethany Lyttle

4.2
In Denyse Schmidt Quilts, the ultimate resource for the home quilter, Schmidt reveals the secrets behind her most popular designs. Thirty projects range from the simple to the challenging, from patchwork slippers and aprons to tote bags and pillows to her beloved quilt patterns, offering something for every level of quilter. Schmidt reviews the fundamentals of quilting and provides easy-to-follow
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Quilts Made Modern: 10 Projects, Keys for Success with Color & Design, from the Funquilts Studio

Weeks Ringle, Bill Kerr

4.2
This work teaches you everything you need to know about colour theory, fabric selection, and design, as well as providing expert advice on piecing, hand and machine applique, and finishing techniques."
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The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook: Patterns, Projects and Inspirations

Susan Briscoe

4.2
Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique of needlework quilting, uses simple running stitch to create beautifully decorative patterns ideal for patchwork, quilting and embroidery. Sashiko (pronounced shash-ko) means 'stab stitch' and refers to the small running stitch that is worked to build up distinctive decorative patterns, of which there are hundreds. The book begins by exploring the origin
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Scrap-Basket Surprises: 18 Quilts from 2 1/2" Strips

Kim Brackett

4.2
Get scrap happy with 18 projects designed for 2 1/2- strips! You can cut strips from your stash or use convenient precut Jelly Rolls. The projects feature easy triangle-free piecing in a variety of fabrics, from batiks and reproduction prints to florals and folk-art designs. Contains projects for quilters of all skill levels, including beginners Inspires creativity with a wide variety of designs C
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Passionate Patchwork: Over 20 Original Quilt Designs

Kaffe Fassett, Liza Prior Lucy

4.2
Quilting patterns by renowned designer Kaffe Fassett--all innovative and artfully arranged, with a wealth of variations.
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Magic Stack-N-Whack Quilts

Bethany S. Reynolds

4.1
Working with medium- to large-scale prints, quilters can create dynamic pieced blocks without hours of planning and precision cutting. The kaleidoscope effects occur spontaneously, thanks to the ingeniously simple 'Stack-n-Whack'(R) cutting technique. By stacking identical repeats of fabric, quilters can efficiently cut the pieces needed for all the blocks. Each block will be unique and unexpected
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Walking Foot Quilting: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques to Master Quilting with a Walking Foot

Jacquie Gering

4.1
Quilters love the look of textural, detailed stitching that adds to the beauty of the quilt top design. This stitching is actually the "quilting" in quilting, and many quilters feel that paying a professional for machine quilting is one of their only options. The walking foot is an accessory for sewing machines that's often used for machine quilting, but many quilters only use it to stitch around
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The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z-- Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Successful Quiltmaking

Ellen Pahl

4.1
The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z by Ellen Pahl will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about quilting!

You've hit the jackpot with this quilter's ultimate answer book. From A to Z you'll find combined wisdom from a star-studded cast of 60 expert quilters. Lavishly illustrated, this fun "look-and-learn" reference book covers every aspect of quiltmaking:

* Basic quiltmaking te
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Simply Retro with Camille Roskelley: Fresh Quilts from Classic Blocks

Camille Roskelley

4.1
Camille Roskelley, best-selling author of Simplify with Camille Roskelley, puts a brand new spin on traditional-block quilting. By exploring modern print combinations and employing innovative techniques such as supersizing blocks, Roskelley offers a fresh interpretation of classic blocks in 12 achievable projects. Simple enough for beginners, all of the projects are easy to piece using precuts, ya
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Scrap-Basket Sensations: More Great Quilts from 2 1/2" Strips

Kim Brackett

4.1
Kim Brackett is back with more of her masterful designs! If you enjoyed the popular Scrap-Basket Surprises, you'll love this all-new collection of eye-catching quilts. Designed for 2 1/2" strips, each project is perfect for convenient precut bundles--or for cutting strips from your stash. Enjoy a varied assortment of fabrics, from soft pastels to rich country colors to contemporary batiks Choose f
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Modern Log Cabin Quilting: 25 Simple Quilts and Patchwork Projects

Susan Beal

4.1
If you think quilting is too difficult or too complicated, you’re not alone. Cutting hundreds of pieces and joining angled seams can be tough work! But log cabin quilting—an artful and simple way to piece strips of fabric around a central square—is different. From the intuitive construction through the straight-line stitching, this style of quilting is simple as can be.

In Modern Log Cabin Quilting
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Underground Railroad Sampler (Quilt in a Day Series)

Eleanor Burns, Sue Bouchard

4.1
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Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern: Fresh Techniques for Busy Quilters

Jera Brandvig

4.1
Do you believe rules were meant to be broken? If so, this improvisational quilt-as-you-go technique is for you. Instead of dealing with precise paper patterns and cutting measurements, you ll learn how to piece fabric onto small, manageable batting blocks. Let your creative juices flow as you quilt directly on the blocks (not the entire quilt!), whether in large abstract zigzags or small structure
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Moda All-Stars - On a Roll: 14 Quilts That Start with 2 1/2" Strips

Lissa Alexander

4.1
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City Quilts: 12 Dramatic Projects Inspired by Urban Views

Cherri House

4.1
Discover Endless Design Possibilities in Everything from Parks to Parking Lots! Create city-inspired quilts by piecing together simple geometric shapes Beginner-friendly project designs are inspired by modern urban architecture and landscapes Learn how to achieve dramatic looks with more effective use of color, value, and placement Work with traditional blocks like Flying Geese and Log Cabin in a
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The Quilting Book: A Step-By-Step Guide to Patchwork and Quilting (Ultimate Craft Guides)

DK

4.1

The ultimate guide to quilting, from the first cut to the final stitch. The Quilting Book contains everything you need to know to create your own stunning quilt designs. This essential guide includes more than 200 step-by-step techniques, from measuring and cutting to quilting and binding, along with different styles including improv and foundation paper piecing. Once you have practiced the basics

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The Persian Pickle Club

Sandra Dallas

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It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up
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No Scrap Left Behind: 16 Quilt Projects That Celebrate Scraps of All Sizes

Amanda Jean Nyberg

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Rescue your fabric scraps--even the smallest pieces--with 16 satisfying quilts and projects. Sew modern quilts for everyday use that will help you return to the roots of quiltmaking, with projects designed to help you use up every last scrap. Learn sorting and storage tips to help you plan your next quilt, with projects categorized by type of scrap--squares, strings, triangles, or little snippets.
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Still Stripping After 25 Years

Eleanor Burns

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Eleanor Burns and Quilt in a Day invite you to celebrate our Silver Anniversary with "Still Stripping - After 25 Years"! Eleanor reminisces as she journeys from 1978, with the publication of her first book, through her 25 years of strip quilting. Stroll down memory lane with photos and stories of good times, good friends, and beautiful quilts. "Still Stripping" is a collection of 12 quilt patterns
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Quiltmaker's 1,000 Blocks: A Collection of Quilt Blocks from Today's Top Designers

Carolyn Beam, Paula Stoddard, et al.

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Hundreds of blocks from today's top designers!

Quiltmaker magazine has long been regarded as the place to find blocks that range from innovative to traditional, whimsical to sophisticated, classic to unique! Now, these blocks are together in Quiltmaker's 1,000 Blocks.

This comprehensive guide covers every block-making approach including applique, foundation-pieced, mixed techniques and pieced. It al
Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere book cover80

Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere

Jessica Alexandrakis

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Break Free from Your Sewing Machine
Imagine being able to quilt on vacation, at the beach, or virtually anywhere else you find yourself. Jessica Alexandrakis has traveled the world with her on-to-go sewing kit and small stash of fabric, creating strikingly modern patchwork along the way. Now she shares everything she's learned about this addictive, beginner-friendly technique.

• Sewing kit essent
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Patchwork City: 75 Innovative Blocks for the Modern Quilter - 6 Sampler Quilts

Elizabeth Hartman

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Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts: A Stress-Free Journey to Original Design

Rayna Gillman

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Enjoy the freedom of free-form! In this follow up to 'Create Your Own Handprinted Cloth', Rayna shares her approach to designing quilts. Learn how to trust your instincts so you can work more intuitively, and develop a new appreciation for the therapy of sewing without a plan.
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Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks

Tula Pink

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Tula Pink gives you an inspiring quilt block collection with Tula Pink's City Sampler. Make a beautiful, modern quilt of your own design with the 100 original quilt blocks or try one of the 5 city-themed sampler quilts designed by Tula.
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French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results

Jane Hardy, Arlene Netten

4.0
This volume contains 14 French braid quilt projects plus basic braid construction and lessons in value. It shows how to choose fabrics to maximize variations in value and 'light' effects.
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15 Minutes of Play -- Improvisational Quilts: Made-Fabric Piecing Traditional Blocks Scrap Challenges

Victoria Findlay Wolfe

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This title presents improvisational piecing reinvented: learn how to create your own creatively-collaged swatches of fabric in just 15 minutes a day.
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ELM Creek Quilts: Quilt Projects Inspired by the ELM Creek Quilts Novels

Jennifer Chiaverini, Nancy Odom

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12 quilt projects based on the bestselling Elm Creek Quilts novels.
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Dare to Be Square Quilting: A Block-By-Block Guide to Making Patchwork and Quilts

Boo Davis

4.0
"Boo Davis is a rock star! Dare to Be Square Quilting is the perfect patchwork primer for beginners and a refreshing review for experienced quilters. A must-have book for any quilt or craft library." --Denyse Schmidt (author of Denyse Schmidt Quilts)

. . . My approach to quilting is an approach for true beginners. I don't like triangles, circles, hexagons, diamonds, rhombuses, or any shape that m
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Crazy Quilting: The Complete Guide

J Marsha Michler

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Your One-Stop Source for Crazy Quilting Know-How

From Victorian quilts to contemporary works of art, crazy quilting has evolved into a beautiful mixture of piecing, embroidery, and fabric techniques.

Crazy Quilting: The Complete Guide tells you everything you need to know to create your own beautiful heirloom crazy quilts, including:


10 different methods for piecing
More than 100 embroidery stitches f
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The New Hexagon: 52 Blocks to English Paper Piece

Katja Marek

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Unlock the possibilities within hexagons and make your own unique blocks. Learn the glue-basting method of English paper piecing and use it to create exciting designs. You'll enjoy relaxing handwork as you incorporate hexagons into decorative projects. Select from 52 patterns for 6" blocks Divide the shapes within the hexagon outline and discover new shapes Stitch projects ranging from a mug rug a
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Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, & Inspiration

Malka Dubrawsky

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Brighten up any room with fun, contemporary, and functional projects exploding with sensational color! Fresh Quilting presents 21 brilliant designs featuring quilt artist Malka Dubrawsky's intoxicating colors and unexpected palettes.

Learn to create beautiful and lively pieces for you and your home--from modern quilts and fun pillows to flirty bags and scarves. In addition to clear directions and s
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Easy Layer-Cake Quilts 2: More Simple Quilts from 10" Squares

Barbara Groves

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Introducing more sensationally simple quilts from Me and My Sister Designs--Layer-Cake style! The sisters are famous for sharing little sewing tricks that make quilt blocks look more complex than they truly are. In Easy Layer-Cake Quilts 2, they're at it again. Put your Layer Cakes (10" fabric squares) to work in 11 quilts that are easy AND as pretty as can be. A Layer Cake, a background fabric, a
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Simple Patchwork: Stunning Quilts That Are a Snap to Stitch

Kim Diehl

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Rulerwork Quilting Idea Book: 59 Outline Designs to Fill with Free-Motion Quilting, Tips for Longarm and Domestic Machines

Amanda Murphy

4.0
Quilting rulers have long been used by longarm quilters to make uniform shapes, but now, with the advent of the domestic ruler foot, domestic quilters can join in on the fun, too! Amanda starts with how to use 6 basic shapes of machine quilting ruler to lay a foundation for your quilting, then moves on to executing 59 different designs. Finish up by following Amanda's suggestions for filling in ba
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Organic Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book: 170+ Designs; Tips for Longarm & Domestic Machines; Plus Plans for Sashing, Borders, Motifs & Allover Designs

Amanda Murphy

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Let Mother Nature inspire you! Best-selling author Amanda Murphy (Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book and Rulerwork Quilting Idea Book) shares the next book in her free-motion quilting series, packed with exciting new motifs. This handy guide provides over one hundred original ideas inspired by the elements--water, air, stones, fire, and more. Gain confidence in your free-motion work with step-by-step
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Kaffe Fassett's Kaleidoscope of Quilts: Twenty Designs from Rowan for Patchwork and Quilting

Kaffe Fassett

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In Kaffe Fassett's Kaleidoscope of Quilts, Kaffe offers the reader a range of 20 individual designs that feature both the new fabrics in Rowan's patchwork range and some firm favorites. Photographed against the glittering backdrop of the Mediterranean island of Malta, these quilts echo the bright sunshine colors in a glorious array of new designs from both Kaffe and his team, Liza Prior-Lucy and P
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Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler: 50 Quilt Blocks with Stories from History

Barbara Brackman

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• This remarkable book features 50 quilt blocks to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.
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The Wedding Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts #18)

Jennifer Chiaverini

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The New York Times bestseller celebrates one of America’s most romantic and enduring traditions

As her daughter’s wedding day approaches, Sarah McClure reflects upon Elm Creek brides past and present—the traditions they honored, the legacies they bequeathed, the wedding quilts that contain their stories in every stitch.


Unexpectedly, Caroline confides, “I wish I had a wedding quilt, one I made myse
Quilt As-You-Go Made Vintage: 51 Blocks, 9 Projects, 3 Joining Methods book cover98

Quilt As-You-Go Made Vintage: 51 Blocks, 9 Projects, 3 Joining Methods

Jera Brandvig

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The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks Th at Honor Them book cover99

The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks Th at Honor Them

Laurie Aaron Hird

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Material Obsession Two: Shared Inspiration

Kathy Doughty

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