Many people who enjoy sewing love the holidays. It is a time to get out the sewing machine and create beautiful items for home, family, and friends. However, you can’t wait until December to start. Well, you can–and I often do–but it makes for a stressful holiday season. To reduce holiday sewing stress and to help inspire you, Cole Library has purchased several new sewing and quilting books. They are:
Home for the Holidays: Quilts & More to Welcome the Season – Sherri McConnell & Chelsi Stratton (Featured in American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine)
Scrap-basket Knockouts: 12 Imaginative Quilting from Strips and Squares – Kim Brackett
Patches of Blue: 17 Quilt Patterns & a Gallery of Inspiring Antique Quilts – Edyta Sitar
Quilt the Rainbow: A Spectrum of 10 Eye-Catching Colorful Quilts – Amber Johnson
It Takes Two: Quick & Easy Patterns for 2 Fat Quarters – Barbara Groves & Mary Jacobson
Handmade Happiness – Jina Barney & Lori Woods
In addition to quilting and sewing information, these books may also include links to the authors’ blogs or websites where you can find more projects, information, and inspiration. We have many other sewing and quilting books at the library for you to check out, so stop in and start creating.