The next big date in my life is fast approaching! My latest book, Redwork from The WORKBASKET, is slated to arrive around the end of February.
Karen and my friends at MidSouth's Best Sewing are planning to help me celebrate the book's launch at the March Embroidery Club, on Saturday, March 13. If you're in the Knoxville, Tennessee, area that day, I hope you'll stop by the store. I'll have projects from the book on display and of course will be happy to sign your book if you like.
I'm especially excited about this book because there are 100 designs on its CD-ROM, formatted for both machine embroidery and hand embroidery. If you have friends who prefer to do hand needlework, please tell them about this opportunity to have 100 vintage redwork designs and a dozen new projects ready for their enjoyment, too.
Somehow projects seem to take on a more vibrant appearance "in person" than they do in photographs, so please stop by the store to take a look. I hope Karen and company will allow me to hang the samples in mid-February, so they'll be on view for a while before and after the Embroidery Club party.
In the spring of 2009 I was invited to LaVeta, Colorado, to tape a season 5 episode of The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. The big premiere was last September, but the episode is still available for viewing on the web. Just go to www.thequiltshow.com and view Episode 507, Great Gifts, featuring Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero, Judith Baker Montano, and me.
Click on the Watch Me icon to the left to go directly to the web site and sign up to watch the show. There's a second link that will take you to the downloadable directions for the pillowcase project I presented there.
Still to come: photos of the other projects I featured on The Quilt Show, along with embroidery designcredits. Some of the projects are from my books, and the credits will also guide you to finding instructions for making those projects in the books.
Remember, the site is still under construction. Please check back often for more news, views, and links.
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