Recently in Sewing, Quilting Collections Category

PAS has passed. Whew. But these additional pattern books for fusing (a quilting technique) and crochet slipped into my collection earlier this month:

• 200 Stitch Patterns for Baby Blankets
• Couture Crochet Workshop: Mastering Fit, Fashion, and Finesse
• Fun, Fast Fusies: Love to Quilt
• Fusing Fun!: Fast Fearless Art Quilts
• Noah's Ark Afghans and Accessories

I am definitely attracted to the pretty books of pattern stitches! These are some of the books I frequently refer to:

• 99 Floral Motifs
• 99 Granny Squares to Crochet
• 101 Crochet Squares
• 101 Granny Squares
• 101 Ripple Stitches to Knit and Crochet
• 101 Stitches for Afghans
• 200 Crochet Blocks
• 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns
• 200 Stitch Patterns for Baby Blankets
• 280 Crochet Shell Patterns

I'm also very attracted to blankets made with lots of colors - like granny squares, motifs, "scrap", ripples, and stripes!

I couldn't stop myself...2 were 59¢, 4 were 99¢. I just bought these from Annie's Attic:

Crochet items:

• 63 Cable Stitches to Crochet
• 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns
• A Dozen and One Tunisian Dishcloths
• Crochenit: Cable Hook Easy Afghans
• Fun With Free-Form Crochet
• Learn to Crochet Easy Magic Squares
• Tunisian Baby Afghans
• Easy Tunisian Cable Crochet Hooks set (I already have this set, but for 99¢ I got another set of these 22-inch cable hooks in sizes M, N and P; full price is $16.99)

Quilting items:

• 24 Lovable Animal Quilt Blocks
• Quilt A Colorful Christmas

Of course I don't need any of these...especially considering the amount of crochet and quilting books I already have... But, these are on my "want" list:

• 63 Cable Stitches to Crochet
• 101 Ripple Stitches
• 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns
• Tunisian Baby Afghans
• 24 Lovable Animal Quilt Blocks
• Quilt A Colorful Christmas

All available at Annie's Attic; some on sale now; total is $53.92 + $9.00 shipping. I'm gonna think about it more.

[12:45pm November 11, 2006] Oh! I just discovered another "want"! 280 Crochet Shell Patterns which is available at Leisure Arts for $24.95 (I will wait until it is on sale).