What is/are your favorite quilt book(s)?

This is my first journal for the quilt group, and I’m more of a silent reader here, so forgive me if this topic has been covered recently. I thought I’d start with a review of the quilt book I’ve used most often, One of a Kind Quilts by Judy Hopkins.

It is made up of a series of block pieces that can be mixed and matched, so I can cut my scraps into these blocks and eventually use them. I have also made several very different wall hangings out of it:

The variety of blocks you can make is really a plus. There are probably other systems like this and I would love for quilters to post them in the comments! The book also includes both “recipes” and easy-to-follow pages with clearly laid out combinations. It’s almost as simple as a Nine Patch quilt, yet it feels like the quilts are unique, as the title suggests.

And since I started quilting again this summer, even though I realize I can’t do much because of my arthritis, but also because I’ve had three people donate wonderful pieces of fabric, I’ve reused those pieces for some lap quilts that I’m planning to donate. I’m pretty disorganized, so many (most?) of my quilts remain just tops. (I hope I can get around to actually getting the donated quilts. Completed.) Another benefit of a quilt “system” is that you can play with ideas and still have the option to use the pieces for something else if it doesn’t work out.

Here I am putting together a bunch of the blocks I have collected:

This works with some other blocks (cats and chickens) and the various leftover blocks (Speckles “helps”):

And this is what I’m going to give to a friend (a batik fabric that I got from another friend):

So you can see there is a LOT of variety in this pattern technique! I hope you enjoyed it and you’ll post the name of your favorite quilting book or books in the comments.