J. Marsha Michler

If you are looking for one book from which to learn crazy quilting, this is it. It teaches the basic methods of patching a crazy quilt, and talks about embellishments and surface work. It compares and describes machine and hand methods, and gives examples of styles of crazy quilt. It even includes 100 embroidery stitches with excellent diagrams! I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Very little information about the fibers mentioned. The patterns are pretty, though I wish they had more photos, so you could get a better idea of how they really look.

Another case of why I shouldn't judge books by their covers. The pictures in this book are hilarious out of date and un-fashionable. HOWEVER, the advice, instructions, and guides are all exceptionally useful (some of the most straight-forward and useful I've seen outside of wikihow.com). Most of the sweaters are only out-dated because of color choices (most...).

The only book I've seen that shows how to make a toggle and clasp. The outstanding projects are the thick wire bangles. Beautifully photographed and laid out.