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Burgoyne Surrounded–New Quilts from an Old Favorite Contest

23. March 2009

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Burgoyne Surrounded–New Quilts from an Old Favorite Contest

The big news of the day: Elemental Changes: Color Play placed 4th in the 2009 New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest sponsored by the Museum of the American Quilters Society. [...]

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A New System for Magazines and Much Hoo Ah!

18. March 2008

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When we got the bad news about how much stuff the moving company estimated that we have in our house, I culled books from the library mercilessly. Quilting books were not exempt, either. I also thought that the many back issues of American Quilter, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, McCalls Quilting, and a couple of [...]

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Quilting books for sale!

12. March 2008

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I won’t bore you with details or pictures of all the books I’ve been culling from our main library which are taking up half the open space in the living room right now, but I did select more than an entire shelf’s worth of quilting and sewing related books to give away. Just for [...]

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Off the Bookshelf: Help! I Married a Quilter

11. January 2008

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I’m sure that I’m totally behind all of you quilters who live in the States, since your LQS probably had this book quite some time ago (like years, right?), but I finally got my hands on this book! Help! I Married a Quilter by Mark Hyland is a hilarious look at The Quilter’s life [...]

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Techie Coolness: LibraryThing

7. October 2007

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I discovered LibraryThing a couple of weeks ago, and I’m in book lover’s heaven! I could instantly see major potential here, and I’ve already started to get a couple of long-term goals accomplished. Ever since I started writing at Quilt Epiphany, I’ve wanted to make a Library page, showing all the quilt books [...]

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Off the Bookshelf: Puzzle Quilts by Paula Nadelstern

15. February 2007

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Puzzle Quilts,by Paula Nadelstern Actually, this book hasn’t even been on the bookshelf yet, since I just got it! I finished devouring it yesterday while I waited for my daughter at her flute lesson. I love it! It’s just so yummy that devouring is the perfect word! This new book by [...]

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