It’s such a pleasure to be participating in the blog tour for Elizabeth Hartman’s new book The Practical Guide to Patchwork: New Basics for the Modern Quiltmaker. It’s a GREAT book and I’m extremely excited to share it with you. You can purchase the book on the Stash Books website or in the shop. Many…
Congratulations to Rebecca of Our Busy Little Bunch. I swear these contests are sprinkled with a bit of kismet. When I clicked over to Rebecca’s blog I totally flipped out at the adorable picture of her 4 children including 3 little girls that could have modeled for the book. I’m certain this awesome prize package…
Tina Given’s whimsical spirit leaps off the pages of her first book: Sew Tina! 30 Cute Projects & Adorable Decor Items for Kids. The book is beautifully produced with inspiring photography, original illustrations, spiral bound pages, and full-sized pattern sheets for many of the projects. The clothing projects range from infant to size 7/8. Additional…
Quilting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time by Katherine Bell is a beautiful book. It has a soul that will touch you much more profoundly than you might anticipate at first. It inspires by documenting the movement that has existed since women first started creating with needle and…
I received two lovely books in the mail from publisher Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Sometimes that happens, I just receive books out of the blue. I love giving them away here. I also enjoy reviewing them but the whole 9 days left to Christmas thing has me in a bit of a panic so let’s…
I just love blogland. Rebecca Yaker (co-author of One-Yard Wonders) saw my last post and sent me a link to the photo of my mom that I told the story about! That image makes me so happy. I hope you enjoy it too. The camera lens was a super wide angle, you can see me…
12/13/09: giveaway winners announced There is a very funny story related to how I got this book at Quilt Market. My mom doesn’t sew but thoroughly enjoyed walking the show floor. She viewed the experience through a lens that captured opportunities I never would have spotted. There was a line of people waiting to meet…
The first time I saw a quilt by Malka Dubrawsky featured on a blog I was floored. Fresh, beautiful, unique, I was in love with this talented woman’s work. Her blog, A Stitch in Dye, has become one of my favorites. I was extremely excited when she first announced she was writing a book. Well…
Knitting in the Sun: 32 Projects for Warm Weather (a lovely new knitting book by Kristi Porter) arrived in the middle of a Bainbridge Island heatwave (of course if you’re familiar with the Puget Sound area that merely means we turn the fan on, sport a pair of shorts and bask in the sunshine, truly…
Congratulations to Beth on winning the Fiber Gathering book by Joanne Seiff! Thanks to everybody who played along. Now back to those quilt market samples… pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale
