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Quilting and Patchwork

December 22nd, 2007

Jennifer Chiaverini’s New Elm Creek Quilting Novels

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 […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

September 12th, 2007

Cuesta Benberry, a Loss to the Quilting World

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 […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Have You Considered Blog Tours to Promote Your Quilt Book(s)?

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 […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments