Award winning quilter Deborah Kimbell has a new book out, Beautiful Botanicals
by C&T Publishing. Though I have not seen a copy, the front cover promises amazing eye candy and inspiration. Megan from C&T Publishing blog introduces us to the … Read More ...
Toddler book illustrated with designer fabrics
As I read this book tonight – Sharing Time by Elizabeth Verdick – to my 2 year old grandson I noticed lots of pretty fabrics making up the character’s clothing. Some of it even looked familiar. No surprise then at … Read More ...
Book giveaway: Color and Cloth
This week the generous folks at Kaye’s Quilting Friends will be giving away this book Color and Cloth: The Quiltmaker’s Ultimate Workbook by Mary Coyne Penders. Develop confidence in selecting fabrics for your next quilt. Contest ends June 17, 2011. … Read More ...
Pat’s improv quilt block for a swap
Pat Sloan shows how she came up with this improv quilt block for a swap over at Bumble Beans. It’s sassy cute. Notice she signed the block with a selvage from her own fabric line. Brilliant! Visit her post… Read More ...
Week 1: The Farmer’s Wife Quilt-Along
This Quilt-Along is taking the blogging community by storm. Hosted by Amanda from MsMcporkchops and Angela from Fussy Cut it’s week one and there are first blocks popping up everywhere I look. Since it just started, you still have time … Read More ...
Tutorial: Log cabin quilt block
Learn how to create a basic Picture Frames log cabin quilt block with Susan Beal from West Coast Crafty. She’s the author of Modern Log Cabin Quilting: 25 Simple Quilts and Patchwork Projects. Go to the tutorial.… Read More ...
Book: Deploy that Fabric
When I first got a glimpse of this book Deploy that Fabric by Jen Eskridge from Reanna Lily Designs my first thought was the title sounds so military. Well, that was on purpose since the full title is Deploy that … Read More ...
Newsy: Amy has blocks in quilt book
Yeah for Amy from Amy’s Creative Side on having the two quilt blocks she submitted for a collaborative book accepted. Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt Blocks from Your Favorite Designers, by Stash Books will be out this fall. Visit her … Read More ...
Book: Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts due in May
This beautiful quilt (the blue color is outstanding) is one of the projects in a soon-to-be-released book Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts
by Pam and Nicky Lintott. Published by David and Charles of the UK, it’s release date is mid May, … Read More ...
Blog tour for Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts
Carolyn from ctpubblog.com wants us to join the blog tour for Laura Wasilowski’s new book Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts
. Each host will be giving away a copy of the book. Go HERE to read more. Next one is April … Read More ...
Newsy: Winner of Twelve by 12 book
Thanks to each and every one of you who entered my Craft Gossip Contest for a copy of the book Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge. I have a winner. The prize goes to lucky Commenter 56, … Read More ...
Book: Eco Colour promotes “slow” fabric
Australian textile artist India Flint of The Textile Blog shares her natural dyeing techniques in her first book Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles
by Interweave Press. Read more about it at Amazon where Booklist reviewer Barbara Jacobs hasBook: Fresh Quilting author meets Pokey
Malka Dubrawsky spoke with Pokey Bolton of Quilting Arts TV about her latest book Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration
. . Visit Malka’s blog A Stitch in Dye.… Read More ...
Book review: Girl’s World
Girl’s World: Twenty-One Sewing Projects to Make for Little Girls
is Jennifer Paganelli’s debut book coming out late April 2011. Jennifer is the creator of the Sis Boom™ vintage lifestyle company. She has had several popular fabric lines with Free … Read More ...
Book review: Twelve by Twelve
This book, Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge
published by Lark Books, is crazy good. Here’s why.
The look: The production quality is first-rate. It’s beautifully bound with a bountiful amount of photographs in its generous 176 pages. … Read More ...