It was a book my mother had been looking for and just dying to have after seeing the author on a quilting show. By what she tells me, this book is supposed to give you directions on how to make a cathedral quilt on a sewing maching and not by hand, which apperently, if you are a quilter, is a BIG deal. I thought the book was well illustarded and had many intresting patterns. A must for an avid quilter.