If you don’t want to miss any of Jennifer Chiaverini’s Elm Creek Quilter’s novels, check out the latest…The New Year’s Quilt.  I haven’t read it yet, but it’s on my “must read” list.   It’s also on my Christmas list!
Another novel, The Winding Ways Quilt, has not yet been released.  Although in some stores you can pre-order it.
What is your favorite Elm Creek Quilts novel?  I find it’s so difficult to choose just one. 

Cuesta Benberry held a special place in the quilting world…researcher, author, encourager, advocate.  Recently she died and one of the most complete articles I’ve read about her life is Cuesta Benberry, 83, Scholar of Quilts & Author, by Patricia Sullivan, at WashingtonPost.com. 
            There are numerous other articles around the blogosphere that commemmorate Cuesta Benberry and relate her accomplishments and the encouragement she gave quilters.
 Here you’ll find a collection of quilting stories compiled by Cuesta Benberry and Carol Pinney Crabb.

The hottest technique right now for authors to promote their books is the blog tour or virtual book signing.  I’ve been hosting these at my author blog, Mary Emma’s Potpourri of Writing, and would like to do some here.
If authors of quilting and fabric art books have never considered virtual book tours, or thought they were only for novelists, it’s time for rethinking.  It appears that novelists may have been among the first to use this method of promotion.   However, many other writers, as well as workshop teachers, can utilize virtual blog tours for getting their name before the public.
Some writers coordinate their …read more