What is your most favorite quilting book? One that has lots of patterns, ideas and good instruction? One that has lot of different ideas/patterns but no strip/jelly roll quilts. One that isn't so huge on intricate 2" squares, but has more than just a bunch of charms sewn together. One that is intermediate and puts you on your way to advanced.

I want to buy one, but look in the stores and they all are boring. Have the same patterns, the same jelly roll stuff, nothing really different or appealing. I subscribe to 2 quilt magazines..and some of them are more work than they are worth (least it seems to me that way) and most of them ar for queen/king size quilts, which I don't do. Blanket size is the biggest I will go. Some have the tiny 2" squares all sewn together like a tiny checkerboard and to me...more trouble than it is worth, what with all those seams and allowances pressed this way or that and all that resulting bulkiness. Also one that has fun patterns, not just the usual "same old, same old" kind of patterns.

So can you name a few good ones? I want to try to get one soon on the next 50% off coupon day at Joann's if they have them. Otherwise I will get it off Amazon.com