Fine art to funky traditional: life and quilting
I’ve met wonderful women (and men) this week during the first half of the Color Mastery book tour. I’ll be featuring many of these creative folks in future posts and interviews, but here are a few photos first.
Debbie and Marie were so much fun. Marie used to work at Olan Mills, and she posed [...]
My latest newsletter is out and it’s bursting with all kinds of spring goodies, including all the details on the latest Color Mastery news: a book tour across Georgia. All the details are in the newsletter and over at the Color Mastery blog.
Every author dreams of doing a book tour, and I can’t wait to [...]
I’ve got an entire gallery of photos from the book launch party over at the Color Mastery book blog. Here are the personal ones:
My younger son announcing the winners of door prizes. He was all smiles, sneaking sweet treats, picking out fat quarters, and giving me hugs throughout the evening.
My older son would quietly rub [...]
February’s Quilts & Creativity newsletter went out this week, and I can’t wait for you to see it. It includes last-minute details on my book launch this Friday, an opportunity to win a color consultation with me, the scoop on fresh, innovative spring color palettes, a sneak peek at a new product I’ll be [...]
One of the big questions any author considers is “who’s the best publisher for my book?” After writing eight books, being published by four different publishers, and independently publishing my own books, my answer has changed over time. I’ve been published by big houses like Tab and McGraw-Hill, I’ve had a literary agent, and I’ve [...]
I’ve made a sample chapter available from Color Mastery – all you have to do is visit the Book page of the website and click on the link. You’ll be well on your way to mastering the color in your quilts in no time. Because I published Color Mastery through my own indie press, I [...]
Ok, well maybe not everything. After all, it’s only an hour. But what an hour it will be. I’ll be chatting with Morna McEver Golletz in the Professional Quilter Cafe, and of course the topic will be my favorite: color in quilts. What an artist date!
What I’m most excited about is having a one-on-one where [...]
Here it is. The baby quilt that I presented to Lynne last week, along with a smaller version for little sister. Mother and daughter both have quilts to wrap up their babies in. There is something so gratifying in giving a handmade quilt as a gift, when nobody does handmade anymore.
The design is my Renaissance [...]
It’s a big day in the Willow Ridge Press studio. Color Mastery is now listed on my distributor’s website at AtlasBooks.com. You can pre-order your own copy and be one of the first to hold it in your own hands. I decided to use a distributor for book sales and fulfillment so I can concentrate [...]
The Olympics aren’t the only exciting thing occurring in China. This package arrived on my doorstep from Hong Kong: the bluelines for Color Mastery. I sure wish I knew what this said. I’m sure it’s something quite boring, like “folio 1 of 7,” but the writing looks so elegant.
I’ve been poring [...]
As promised, here it is. The cover for Color Mastery:
My cover designer is fabulous, and she did such a tremendous job on this. I wanted Color Mastery not only to be a color bible for quilters, but a book that begged to be taken off the shelf and pored through for its beauty [...]
Take a look at Color Mastery’s Table of Contents:
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Congratulations – it’s a book! This is a sneak peek from the cover of the upcoming book I’ve been hinting at:
Color Mastery: 10 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts
If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know how passionate I am about color. Now, I’m sharing that passion with you, and giving you [...]
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