Block Party: The Modern Quilting Bee

My quilting bee's book is hot off the press and available for ordering! Thanks to the top-notch Chicago postal service, I've finally received my books, only two months after I should have. I beg to differ with their supposed creed: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Moving on. About a year and a half ago, my virtual quilting bee got a book deal and signed our lives away. I'm thrilled to be a contributor to the book.

September was my month and I asked my fellow quilters to do an "Uneven Coin Block." I chose a light brown background and provided an array of pastelly blues and greens for them to make the uneven coins. To me, they look like books in a library, piled high and waiting to be read.

As if having a published book about quilting wasn't enough, the one and only Denyse Schmidt, one of the truest queens of quilting and fabric design, wrote the foreword! Be still my heart!

Two of my favorites are Jaquie's "Dresden Plate Block" (July) and Elizabeth's "Wonky Stripe Block" (November). If you've ever attempted a Dresden plate, it'll really kick your butt to the curb. I can't even imagine doing an entire Dresden quilt on my own...but that's one of the joys of the quilting bee...you can learn new techniques and promptly move on if you don't care for the work involved with them!

You can order your copy of the book here!