If you have never made a quilt, you'll find the guidance you need in this book. Start easy with simple squares, as in Checkerboard or Trip Around the World. Progress to squares combined with rectangles in Burgoyne Surrounded. Enjoy playing with colors in Courthouse Steps. You are never too young to learn to quilt. Learn to quilt with this book, filled with step by step instructions, tips, hints, definitions, good diagrams, and a little humor. The author explains the supplies used by quilters and why certain tools work better than others. Techniques are often shown in a series of photographs which is the next best thing to being there. A series of simple projects will let you practice what you have read. -Quilt university Bonnie Browning is Executive Show Director for the American Quilter's Society. She is an author, teacher, and certified judge. QUILTING BOOK WITH PROJECTS