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After many years of quilting, it’s easy to hit a brick wall when it comes to inspiration. You reach a point where you feel like you’ve tried every block design possible. That’s where the book Block A Day saves the day. It’s chock-full of inspiration, ideas and how-tos. Even if you’re just getting started with […]

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My very talented and delightful friend, Pat Sloan has published her 37th book! Celebrate the seasons has 14 easy quilting projects to reflect the beauty of each season and decorate your home. This book, as with all Pat’s books, has easy to follow instructions supported by great plentiful illustrations, tips and tricks. Pat has gathered...

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Some time ago I read A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. It’s a good read about why right-brainers will rule the future.

The future, really today, is the “conceptual age.” Pink discusses the “six senses” that one uses to build a whole new mind to thrive in this conceptual age: design, story, symphony, empathy, play and meaning. While I do not necessarily subscribe to his premise in total – I believe we need to engage both parts of our brain – he offers lots of great exercises to get your right brain working. And even though many artists are right-brained ...

My Jingle BOM project is starting to come together, FINALLY!  I dragged the cutting and seaming of these striped borders for weeks, and then procrastinated actually attaching them to the center applique medallion of this quilt because I had to be in the right frame of mind for it.  Actually, I just had to be fully awake and "sharp" for it, because I didn't have any more of the border fabrics I was using and I did NOT want to spend hours carefully cutting those stripes in single layer..  No math errors, and no cutting errors!  It wasn't ...

Quilting Cozies  – Cozy up with Sarah and her friends for murder, quilting, and community

When sixty-eight year old Sarah Miller moves into Cunningham Village retirement community,
she is mourning the loss of the husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home
for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community
that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, a possible love interest, and
of course, crimes to solve and murderers to track down.

? Aging with grace and spunk! Sarah Miller takes on everything from quilting and friendship ...

I love it when things come full circle.  I was reading a Studio Art Quilt Associates Friday e-Blast newsletter, which had a link to an article in the NYT about the 20 best books on business for artists. Let’s face it:  as an artist, we’d rather make art and not think about business.  But if you don’t, you may not be able to afford to stay an artist.  Book number 6 on the list is Art Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Congdon, whom I first came to know about ...

If free motion quilting isn’t for you, why not try “forward motion” quilting, as Jacquie Gering calls it in her book WALK: Master Machine Quilting with Your Walking Foot. The book encourages quilters to take their walking foot out of the accessory box and put it to good use. From the basics to more advanced […]

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Okay, all of my near and far-flung friends and family -- you who have grown up with me, accomplished childhood and adolescent mischief with me, you who work, sing, or worship with me as an adult, and all of you who know me from the torrent of verbiage I've been spewing into the Internet via this blog for the past nine years -- I just took the StrengthsFinder 2.0 personality test, and I want to know if you agree with my results or think it's a load of baloney!

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Good morning! I am so sorry that it has been a full two weeks since I last blogged. I will try to remedy that with another post later today or tomorrow. But today it is time for a book review. … Continue reading →

Today we are looking at Free-Motion Meandering: A Beginners Guide to Machine Quilting by Angela Walters. It is available for Kindle as well as in paperback and the second link below is to the Kindle version. Both links are, as usual, … Continue reading →

What with the holidays, I hadn’t had time to sit down and savor the January/February issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine yet.  Then a copy arrived today in the mail in an envelope–which usually means it is a complementary copy because you’re in a magazine.  So I went looking: SQUEEE!  Diane Rusin Doran reviewed several books, including my book of the quilts featured in the Rising Stars Exhibit in Houston (and will also be at International Quilt Festival in Chicago) and other work to illustrate my development as an artist.  To order The Art of Sarah ...

I almost called this Books on Monday, Christmas Edition because that is what today is, but I have a naming convention for these posts so here it is. I hope that you are having a very happy Christmas today, if … Continue reading →

Jessica Alexandrakis, the author of Get Started Quilting: The Complete Beginner Guide provides readers with an all-in-one guide to help anyone get started with quilting. You don’t need to have any previous experience to get started quilting. You just need a few materials, a cup of coffee and the will to read through this easy-to-follow, […]

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I am sorry if you missed some Craftsy sale days because I slacked over the weekend. Today and tomorrow (December 11 and 12) are the last two days of the Craftsy 12 Days of Christmas Sale! You have until 11:59 … Continue reading →

This week we are looking at Christa Watson’s most recent book, Piece and Quilt with Precuts: 11 Quilts, 18 Machine-Quilting Designs, Start-to-Finish Success! The links below are to the Kindle version and the paperback version on Amazon.com. If you use them, you … Continue reading →

Sanae Ishida’s Sewing Happiness: A Year of Simple Projects for Living Well is offered in both Kindle version and on paperback. Filled with simple sewing projects, the book is all about one thing: profound happiness. Sanae’s book is more than just a sewing book – it’s a memoir, too. The book is expertly woven together […]

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If you’re still new to machine quilting and piecing quilts, Quilt As-You-Go may be a great book to add to your collection or give as a gift this holiday season. Author Jera Brandvig’s friendly tone and easy-to-follow writing tone makes it easy to master the techniques taught in her book. Quilt As-You-Go Book Specs Pages: […]

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