Quilt making has provided pleasure to countless needle workers for centuries, and the skills of patchwork, applique, and quilting have been handed down through generations in most of the world's cultures. Creating a beautiful quilt is a challenge and luckily, enormous numbers of quilt makers have risen to meet it. This book features several hundred quilted, appliqued, or pieced items that fall into the broad category of quilt . The variety is immense, enough to whet the appetite and imagination of anyone interested in making - or just simply looking at - quilts.

Will satisfy any die-hard quilting fanatic. As astonishingly beautiful book at an astounding price...it's the biggest book bargain to appear in a long, long time. -- The Quilter
Compelling, often astonishing details about each quilt...Their simplicity motivates the reader. -- Piecework

Maggi McCormick Gordon is an American-born book editor and consultant who specialises in needlecraft and quilting. Maggi is the author of The Book of Home Sewing, The Quilting Sourcebook, and the co-author of A Quilter's Guide to Amish Quilts. She lives in London.