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Visit Marie’s website

for a chance to win an autographed copy of “A Single Thread”

and stay tuned for the May 26th release of the sequel:

You’ll enjoy Marie’s website, which offers you a chance to become a Reading Friend and have access to all kinds of fun things, including see a picture of “Broken Hearts Mending” and get the instructions to make on of your own! I can’t wait to see the quilt for the new book.

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Here are the next couple of interviews from Empty Spools Seminar at Asilomar, in one show.

Below is Quilting Stash listener, Kathy Del Beccaro making tiny things:

Chicken a la King, Chicken in a Basket, and Freddy meets Sally Collins!

Kathy and her House quilt

Kathy’s quilt in progress

Penny, Kathy’s new friend, happily at work

And now, Freddy and Gwen, sporting my favorite color…

Gwen and Freddy’s class, there were 40 students in all

And now, here’s the answer as to why Freddy is wearing my Mom’s hat:

I brought this faboo hat that was my Mom’s to Asilomar to use as my Muse when I got “quilter’s block” and modeled the hat when I gave the keynote lecture. I really do use this hat to help me get back on my creative footing.  Freddy loved it — all pink and mostly red, her favorite color also. I walked in to Merrill Hall the morning after my keynote to find Freddy wearing my Mom’s hat and posing for pictures. The hat was perfect for Freddy and she wore it all morning while she was teaching. I wore it several times during the week while I worked on my new coat…

Here is a sampling of students’ quilts from Gwen and Freddy’s class:

I love these quilts and it was so fun to see what all of the students made in Gwen and Freddy’s class and be able to be a fly on the wall, being in the same building, while they taught. It was a great week!

Links for things talked about in the interview:

Monterey Peninsula Quilt Guild, where both Gwen and Freddy will be teaching later this year

a little sample of Majolica ware that Freddy mentioned

Freddy’s studio can be seen in a book that I just picked up, “Organizing Your Craft Space,  by Jo Packham – the gal who does “Where Women Create”

the Sister’s Outdoor Quilt Show where Gwen and Freddy will release their new book, Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again!

Jeanne Mills Textile Tours, get more information by calling Jeanne at 831-647-8973.

That’s a wrap!

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Carolie at the door at The Cotton Patch in Lafayette, CA

The Cotton Patch “satellite store” at Empty Spools Seminars.

We can get into as much trouble here as we can the store in Lafayette!

Here is the list of SF Bay Area quilters* that Carolie talked about:

Jinny Beyer

Roberta Horton and Mary Mashuta

Sonya Lee Barrington

Yvonne Porcella

Jean Ray Laury

Cathie Hoover

Rachel Clark

Cara Gulati

Judy Mathieson

and the biggest surprise of all, C & T Publishing!

*This list doesn’t include all of the Bay Area quilters — there are several more, but this is a list of those that Carolie mentioned. Apologies to any that were left off the list, unintentionally!

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Nancy Mathewson!  Congratulations, Nancy — and many thanks to all who commented and listened in to the podcast interview for Kay MacKenzie’s new book.

Keep listening! There’s much more to come!

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My friend, Kay MacKenzie has a brand new book out:

and I’m participating in Kay’s

Kay stopped by the retreat in Cambria a few weeks ago to lend her voice to a podcast all about her new book so you could listen in…

Just click on the PODCAST link to hear all about it.

Kay with Willie, the quilt puppy, of course!

Kay, explaining her new book with Martingale Publications.

Click here to visit Kay’s blog, All About Applique, to check out the other Book-a-round blog hostesses, but leave a comment here for a chance to win an autographed copy of Kay’s new book!

Kay’s “Confused Apples”

Darling project quilt from the book. Thanks for holding, Linda!

Kay’s sampler quilt from one of her other books

Isn’t this quilt simple and precious?!

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