Most books on quilting don’t go into much (if any) detail on quilting with a sewing machine. The Complete Book of Machine Quilting makes up for what the other books have skipped. This book has everything—including a very clear and complete explanation of how a sewing machine does what it does, and instructions for projects and cautions/directions for working with unusual materials on the sewing machine. The discussion of finishing the edges of a quilt is the best I have seen. In a section entitled “How NOT to Machine Quilt a Sheet,” The Fannings follow someone else’s instructions and the project doesn’t work. They explain what’s going wrong as they work on it so the same won’t happen to us. The book is clever, comprehensive and useful. It’s a good buy for traditional quilters
as well as for the busy person who wants to make a quilt in one day. — Marilyn Green
