I had tossed around the idea of writing a book but it had never entered my mind that I might get quilts published in other peoples' books. Pepper Cory came to our guild in 1988 and taught us Crosspatch, using 2 block patterns together and designing with the individual pieces before we sewed the blocks together. She notified us later that she was writing a book and asked that we submit pictures of our finished quilts.
This is the one I submitted and it was accepted. The book was published in 1989 and is out of print now.
Dover buys the rights to out of print books and they picked up this one and renamed it. They also changed the cover and included my quilt on the cover. Wow, was that exciting! This was back in the days before good cotton batting was available so the quilt has polyester batting and pointy corners.
I taught a class at our local community college based on the book. This is the one I made to contrast with my other one and to illustrate how different 2 quilts can be by emphasizing different areas with the prominent colors.
I did most of the quilting with rayon embroidery thread so it shines from the flash of the camera. (Click to enlarge).
This is the one I submitted and it was accepted. The book was published in 1989 and is out of print now. Dover buys the rights to out of print books and they picked up this one and renamed it. They also changed the cover and included my quilt on the cover. Wow, was that exciting! This was back in the days before good cotton batting was available so the quilt has polyester batting and pointy corners. I taught a class at our local community college based on the book. This is the one I made to contrast with my other one and to illustrate how different 2 quilts can be by emphasizing different areas with the prominent colors. I did most of the quilting with rayon embroidery thread so it shines from the flash of the camera. (Click to enlarge).