It is a compact 8"square book and quite thick. Of course I am biased, but I think the book is beautifully put together. The publishers have taken a lot of care to make sure that quilts that are on facing pages work well together.
Every type of traditional quilt is included and although most of the quilts seem to be American there are quilts from the UK, France, Japan, Canada, Brazil and Australia.
Here are the four quilts of mine that have been included.
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| Crazy about Ballet Linda Steele |
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| Holiday Waltz Linda Steele |
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| Naturally Crazy Linda Steele |
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| Scottish Dance Linda Steele |
There is going to be an exhibition of many of the quilts in the book at the Houston Quilt Show this year and then the quilts will travel around America for 12 months.
The 3 quilts that will be in the travelling exhibition are Scottish Dance, Naturally Crazy and Crazy about Ballet.
Holiday Waltz is in France for the Australia Quilts Exhibition.
I actually have 5 travelling quilts at the moment because my Christmas Crazy is travelling around America with the World Quilt Show. What well travelled quilts I have!
Bye for now,
Linda
10 comments:
congratulations, what an honour. Well done!
Thanks Jude, I never thought that my quilts would be in a book.
How wonderful for you Linda. Wouldn't it be rather nice to travel with these quilts :)
Congratulations Linda. What an honour. I've just checked our library database and they have the book on order, so I've reserved it. I'll enjoy looking at all the quilts and reading the stories behind them.
I have often thought about travelling around with my quilts, it would be a great time. By the time my husband retires I probably won't have any travelling quilts though!
It is a lovely book Wendy, but no stories, just lovely big photos and the names of the quilter and the quilt. My daughter says that it's her favourite type of book, just pictures.
Congratulations Linda! Well deserved, and how lovely to be in print.
If only the quilts could talk, you would hear some wonderful stories about their travels.
Congratulations! Four superb quilts. I look forward to hanging Holiday Waltz in France today. (Thanks for the link!)
Thanks Jill and Brenda,
What a compliment to be included in a book, never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen when I went to that first patchwork lesson 17 years ago.
Thanks Jill and Brenda,
What a compliment to be included in a book, never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen when I went to that first patchwork lesson 17 years ago.
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