Charlie's been busy all week building a Quilter's Mini-Mall. Not the kind you build with bulldozers and concrete -- the online kind. You'll see it running down the right-hand edge of almost every page on the Quilter's Review Web site.

Quilter's Review is a free Web site only because the merchants in the Mini-Mall help support us when you shop with them through links on our site. So I hope you'll enjoy the Mini-Mall and help us keep publishing Quilter's Review!

I've been busy building, too, but my project was much more fun than Charlie's. I assembled an Easy Build Machine Quilting Frame from Hinterberg Design and gave it a good testing. You'll find the results in this week's product review. I think you'll be impressed.

Also this week, Sophie reviews a book on seashore-inspired quilts and a book on quilting with ethnic fabrics. And a reader offers a clever tip for preventing thread tangles at the start of your seams.

Enjoy everything Quilter's Review has to offer, including the new Quilter's Mini-Mall, and I'll be back in your inbox on February 2nd.

'Til then, quilt up a storm!

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Hinterberg's Machine Quilting Frame Is Well Built, Full Of Features

A review of Easy Build Machine Quilt Frame from Hinterberg Design

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Create Your Own Exotic Beauty

A review of A World Of Quilts 10 Projects Using Ethnic Fabrics by Beth Ann Williams	Click the book for more information
Fabrics from around the world can be dazzling, but how to use them to best advantage? Beth Ann Williams solves the puzzle.

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She Sews Sea Shells

A review of Shoreline Quilts 15 Glorious Get-Away Projects by Cyndy Rymer	Click the book for more information
For the quilter who's ready to try a new challenge, Cyndy Rymer provides complete instructions for 15 designer quilts inspired by the seashore.

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Learn more in the full tip

Applique First, Or Borders First?

In the Quilter's Review Forums this week, Margrose wants to know if she should applique first, or sew on the borders first.

Follow the discussion in the Learning To Quilt forum