Donna Lynn Thomas second Quiltmaking Essentials covers not only borders but also backings, bindings, sashings, and quilt block settings with lots of diagrams and photographs of quilts illustrating the different options. It is a wonderful resource for your library, particularly for those times when you make beautiful blocks but have no idea where to go from there.

Or, let's say you like the blocks of a quilt pattern but wish you could set them another way (am I the only one?): Donna shows you options and guides you with detailed and easy-to-understand instructions. You will also learn how to calculate border width, how to sew on-point quilts, unequal size block settings, how to bind scalloped borders... You get the idea!

Have you ever wanted more in depth instructions for quilting? Have you ever felt like you needed a guide book to help you with patterns you have previously purchased? Would you like to know, not just how to make a quilt a certain way, but why that's a good way to make it? What's the best way to bind a quilt, how do you make a binding look amazing? How can I set my blocks in a way that makes the quilt absolutely shine? If you have ever wanted more in depth answers to your basic quilting questions, this book is perfect for you.

I remember when I started quilting, I needed information. And lots of it. I got every book I could, I and read it from front to back. I loved the information I learned from those quilters. And I LOVE books like this, that not only teach how...but WHY? When a quilter knows the why, they know if they can tweak the method. They know when to be creative, and test the limits, and they know when to play it safe, and have a quilt that can stand up to the test of time.

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