When you write the ultimate book about quiltmaking, what will be the title of your book? It should have a name that would be unique to you and the aspect of quilting that is most appealing to you.
My title: The Pointless Quilter: One imprecise woman and her journey down the fabric brick road
Now, what is yours?
Sunny
Last Minute Leslie's Adventures in Quilting- includes special sections on what to make for a quilt when you have a severe deadline lurking and how to maintain your sanity while on a 18 hour quilting marathon
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
My book is titled "Rhyme Time Blocks" It's a book of applique patterns for a quilter who wishes to make a baby quilt. You can see it on my website.
ummm "The Redhead's Guide to Quiltmaking - Modifying Established Techniques to Make Them Work for You!"
;)) G> When you write the ultimate book about quiltmaking, what will be the
And I have an autographed one. Gen
Mine will be the Joy of Quilting. I figure if it isn't fun, what's the point? Of course we all have different ideas of what is fun and that notion changes frequently. Right now my adventure is seeing if my valentine is going to quit looking like a watermelon. Polly
"G> When you write the ultimate book about quiltmaking, what will be the
Mine will be "Sew be it: quilt without guilt."
It will be a beginners guide to quilting and how not to feel guilty about the housework not getting done, the laundry piling up, taking over a room to use just for sewing, and allowing the family to eat sandwiches for dinner instead of cooking 7-course meal :)
-Irene
Irene, I'm buying your book!
Sunny
Butterfly (( (* By quilting in 10 minute intervals) I LiKE this thread--it sure shows our different personalities and goals.))
"Truly a mystery quilt" as mine never turn out quite like patterns anyway.
Trixie
How Not To Quilt: my story of how life interrupts my sewing activities.
(Am about to start wash load 22 since new washer arrived on Thursday!)
Mine will be called Reach For the Stars! It will be a book showing how no quilt is impossible to make for anyone at any level, as it all breaks down to small simple steps anyway, so never let someone tell you that's too hard for you or impossible to do.
Karen, Queen of Squishies, who gave birth to the Starflake pattern as an infant quilter
"A Good Idea at the Time"--all about how to just jump right in on projects that really are just a bit too ambitious--'cause you'll have fun and learn in the process and be amazed at the results.
Monique in TX
Mine will be "How to buy all the stuff ever mentioned for every technique mentioned in magazines, television shows and books" the next one will be "How to dispose of the stuff you never used".
The third book would probably be: How to Find Quilty Stuff in Garage Sales to Replace the Stuff You Regret You Gave to the Thrift Store! (LOL .... that's the case here in my little castle in Virginia!)
Oh Yes! I recently bought a book at our guild's rummage sale to replace one I'd gotten rid of many years ago. I didn't realize back then that my Ruby Kim pattern book was a piece of quilting history. I just knew I'd never make any of those dated hand drawn template patterns. But I NEEDED it for my library!
i think mine would be:"When All Else Fails....Keep the Chocolate Handy"--- a book of snippets showing which chocolate goes best with stressful situations in the sewing studio. Sort of a cartoon handbook. (c)
amy in CNY
The title of my quilting book will be:
No Mistakes, Just Design Opportunities.
Trouble is, I want someone else to write it. I'll be the first customer. I got the idea many years ago. I was in the LQS trying to square up a quilt with ridiculously wonky borders. I asked my question about how to square them up to the kind helpful employee who began lecturing me on how I should have measured before putting them on. Through gritted teeth, I told her that her information was coming too late. I didn't want to know what I should have done; I wanted to know how to fix what I had.
The book would give a picture of the mistake and show how to stand back and decide if it's a mistake worth fixing or one no one will notice, how to applique over it, how some extra quilting will diminish the ripples, how you can chop off the part that doesn't match, how you can add more of the fabric that's the wrong color so it looks like you meant it. There are all sorts of mistakes that could go in the book.
--Lia
I think we could all contribute a 'mistake' or two, Lia.!
Perhaps you ought to contact Alex Anderson. (I'm serious). It would make a great little recurring section on her show with Ricky Timms. They often had viewers questions on Simply Quilts.
Or, she might be tempted to write The Book. . In message , Julia Altshuler writes
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