bom hub test – Month 2
Welcome!
Thank you for joining us for Patchwork & Prose! We are so excited for this year-long journey with all of you.
This page will provide you with all of the resources and information you’ll need for our BoM. Recordings, chat transcripts, agenda, and more, can all be found by logging in to this page and navigating through the tabs below.
We’d love to see pictures of your book-inspired quilt blocks along the way! Be sure to tag @quiltfolk and use the hashtags #QuiltfolkBoM and #PatchworkAndProse in any photos you post to Facebook or Instagram.
next meeting
Wednesday, March 1st, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT
Lesson: Graduation Party
Introduction - Month 2
(MAY 2023)
Interpreting Book Covers: working with single elements
Prompt: A non-fiction book
- Cutting mat
- Rotary Cutter
- Quilting Ruler
- Snips
- Sewing thread
- Sewing machine or sewing needle if working by hand
- Pins
- Iron
- Fabric of your choice to match your chosen book cover
- Patchwork & Prose notebook and pencil for sketching or jotting notes of your ideas.
lessons with margaret
One Key Element
Capturing Feeling
Complex Covers
One Element with Curved Piecing
Tutorials with jenni & Kay
Piecing Half Square Triangles
Kay shows you how to piece half square triangles and rectangles
Piecing a Drunkards Path
Jenni shows you the basics of piecing a drunkards path
Piecing a Drunkards Path Pt2
A continuation of Jenni’s drunkards path tutorial
Slicing Curves
Jenni shows you slicing curves to create an element
Blender Fabric Suggestions
Jenni walks you through a suggestion of blender fabric
Lecture 2 - Radka Donnell with Mary Fons
This month in her ten-minute mini-lecture, Mary guides you through the story of artist, poet, and writer Radka Donnell, a must-watch from Mary!
Galleries
resources
In this section you can find all resources mentioned in any of this month’s videos, from the live session to the book recommendations and even resources from our magical meet ups with Margaret Fleisher. Click on a section to expand and to read more!
Margaret Fleisher’s Books (@margaretfleisher)
Margaret Yorke – Dangerous to Know
Carol Shields – Happenstance
Leonard Everett Fisher – The ABC Exhibit
Colson Whitehead – Harlem Shuffle
Susan Cain – Quiet
Dorothy Kunhardt – Pat the Bunny
Patricia Bosworth – Diane Arbus: A Biography
Susan Orlean – The Library Book
Muriel Spark – All the Stories
Kate Atkinson – Started Early Took My Dog
James McBride – Deacon King Kong
Stephen L. Carter – New England White
John Lewis / Andrew Aydin / Nate Powell – March
Marilyn Nelton – A Wreath for Emmett Till
Zoë Whitley – Meet the Artist: Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Kate Atkinson – Human Croquet
Christopher Paul Curtis – The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963
Live session recording
Live Session Chat
17 May, 2023 04:56:50 PM – Shirley Martinez – “Hi From Bullhead City, Arizona”
17 May, 2023 04:57:25 PM – Jocie Burgess – “Hi From Killen, Alabama”
17 May, 2023 04:57:36 PM – Kim Meadows – “Hello from Danville, VA!”
17 May, 2023 04:57:49 PM – Shoshana – “_waves_ from Portland OR :)”
17 May, 2023 04:57:53 PM – ada – “Hello from Baltimore, MD”
17 May, 2023 04:58:05 PM – Jodi Bratch – “Hello from Clearwater, Florida!🐬🏝️🌞”
17 May, 2023 04:58:20 PM – Anna Marie – “Hello from Northern Minnesota!”
17 May, 2023 04:58:49 PM – Judy Swaim – “Hello from Norfolk,MA”
17 May, 2023 04:59:21 PM – Karen Elkins – “Hi From Silver Spring MD”
17 May, 2023 04:59:26 PM – Pat S – “Hello from Redford Michigan”
17 May, 2023 04:59:48 PM – Jill Price – “Hello from Michigan!”
17 May, 2023 05:00:23 PM – Emily H – “Hello from Southern IL”
17 May, 2023 05:00:50 PM – Danielle Nichol – “Danielle Nichol form Ottawa Canada. Bonjour”
17 May, 2023 05:01:01 PM – Betsy – “Hello from Bremerton Washington!”
17 May, 2023 05:01:06 PM – Cathy Mitchell – “hello from Kingsville Ontario Canada”
17 May, 2023 05:01:07 PM – Jane K – “Hi from Cleveland, Ohio USA”
17 May, 2023 05:01:17 PM – Michelle Wise – “hello from Kentucky!!”
17 May, 2023 05:01:27 PM – Kathy – “Hi from Evanston, Illinois!”
17 May, 2023 05:01:33 PM – Ginger Scott – “Hello from New Jersey.”
17 May, 2023 05:01:37 PM – Emily – “Hello from Oregon!”
17 May, 2023 05:01:49 PM – Anne Mains – “Hello from Russell Ontario Canada”
17 May, 2023 05:01:50 PM – Amanda – “Hello from Kent, uk”
17 May, 2023 05:01:55 PM – Carol Pinto – “Hello from New Jersey”
17 May, 2023 05:01:59 PM – Barb S – “Hi from a beautiful day in Central IL”
17 May, 2023 05:02:22 PM – Bonnie from Alberton, Montana – Good Morning everyone!! – “Hello from Alberton, Montana”
17 May, 2023 05:02:31 PM – Lynn Casassa – “Hello from Chesapeake, Virginia”
17 May, 2023 05:02:37 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Good morning from Idaho City, Idaho”
17 May, 2023 05:02:40 PM – Vicki+Drake – “Hello from Colorado!”
17 May, 2023 05:03:12 PM – Barb S – “Where in Jersey? I use to live near Morristown”
17 May, 2023 05:03:14 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Hi Betsy from Bremerton. I lived in Bremerton in the early 1980s”
17 May, 2023 05:03:18 PM – Nancy Fisher – “hi from Minnesota!”
17 May, 2023 05:03:24 PM – Anna Marie – “Finally spring in Northern Minnesota!”
17 May, 2023 05:04:39 PM – Betsy – “Why is Blue Dog Blue is super cute!”
17 May, 2023 05:05:02 PM – Barb+S – “The blocks are awesome!”
17 May, 2023 05:05:12 PM – Anna Marie – “Beautiful!”
17 May, 2023 05:05:22 PM – Betsy – “These are all so impressive”
17 May, 2023 05:05:32 PM – Jane K – “So much talent! Wonderful”
17 May, 2023 05:05:39 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “Such spectacular blocks!”
17 May, 2023 05:05:43 PM – Cathy Hancock – “I’ve yet to get started. I don’t feel inspired yet. “
17 May, 2023 05:06:03 PM – Anna Marie – “Pooh is awesome!”
17 May, 2023 05:06:45 PM – Judy Swaim – “did we start yet?”
17 May, 2023 05:06:47 PM – 503 Springbok Drive – “Linda”
17 May, 2023 05:07:18 PM – Betsy – “I love Five Little Indians”
17 May, 2023 05:07:19 PM – Barb+S – “My reading list just grew – so many great titles that look interesting”
17 May, 2023 05:07:43 PM – Emily H – “@barb, yes! and so many techniques I see and want to try”
17 May, 2023 05:08:06 PM – Chris White – “Hi Judy, Yes we’ve started hopefully you can see the gallery.”
17 May, 2023 05:08:17 PM – Kathy – “I love seeing all your work. It not only gives me inspiration but ideas about new ways to look at my covers!”
17 May, 2023 05:11:46 PM – Chris White – “@Judy Swaim, Yes we have started, have you pressed the small play button in the bottom left or middle of the screen?”
17 May, 2023 05:11:53 PM – Eliza Anderson – “Should I have received my notebook yet?”
17 May, 2023 05:12:18 PM – Anna Marie – “My notebook arrived yesterday – beautiful!”
17 May, 2023 05:12:34 PM – Jane K – “I also got my book yesterday!”
17 May, 2023 05:12:41 PM – Eliza Anderson – “oh good so maybe it’ll come soon!”
17 May, 2023 05:13:05 PM – Pat S – “Love her blocks, very abstract”
17 May, 2023 05:13:07 PM – Barb+S – “Still waiting can’t wait to see it”
17 May, 2023 05:13:16 PM – Ginger Scott – “I got my notebook two days ago.”
17 May, 2023 05:13:17 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “I recommend playing everyday! “
17 May, 2023 05:13:32 PM – Mayah – “What’s Margaret’s Instagram username for us to follow?”
17 May, 2023 05:13:41 PM – Cathy Hancock – “After seeing all the great blocks already made, I’m now inspired. I was supposed to craft today with two girlfriends, but one got ill so we cancelled. I’m going to go make my first block when this session is over.”
17 May, 2023 05:13:46 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “@margaretfleisher”
17 May, 2023 05:13:53 PM – Mayah – “Perfect, thank you! :)”
17 May, 2023 05:13:58 PM – Anna Marie – “Yay, Cathy!”
17 May, 2023 05:14:26 PM – Judy Swaim – “Yes I have pressed the play button…and tried starting againn”
17 May, 2023 05:14:54 PM – Michelle Wise – “Such an inspiring group! So many ideas and so much creativity!”
17 May, 2023 05:15:09 PM – Michelle Wise – “Loving those blues!!!”
17 May, 2023 05:15:50 PM – Lyn – “JUdy, there is a little speaker icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. Move your curser over the video and you;ll see it pop up. Click on it”
17 May, 2023 05:16:03 PM – Lyn – “Sorry, bottom right”
17 May, 2023 05:16:59 PM – Chris White – “@Judy Swaim It may be worth restarting your browser and hopefully that works for you”
17 May, 2023 05:20:49 PM – Judy Swaim – “got it, but have missed the beginning. will this be available later?”
17 May, 2023 05:21:19 PM – Pat S – “The back of her quilts are always sewn so well.”
17 May, 2023 05:21:25 PM – Lyn – “I think all the video are available for life”
17 May, 2023 05:21:45 PM – Chris White – “Yes, this will be available shortly after the live ends. Great to have you here”
17 May, 2023 05:24:24 PM – Barb+S – “Beautiful “
17 May, 2023 05:24:30 PM – Kathy Fedele – “it’s lovely.”
17 May, 2023 05:24:33 PM – Lyn – “That’s very pretty!”
17 May, 2023 05:24:34 PM – Mayah – “Absolutely love that!!”
17 May, 2023 05:24:40 PM – Anna Marie – “So nice!”
17 May, 2023 05:25:24 PM – Shoshana – “😍”
17 May, 2023 05:26:06 PM – Emily H – “I love that Margaret is not only an instructor but “plays” along with us! Seeing her process makes me feel better about my own!”
17 May, 2023 05:29:27 PM – Betsy – “Fahrenheit 451 is also a film!”
17 May, 2023 05:29:57 PM – Michelle Wise – “That’s a really neat cover! Jaws! EEK!”
17 May, 2023 05:30:58 PM – Anna Marie – “Help – Beautiful!”
17 May, 2023 05:31:02 PM – Cathy Hancock – “The book Jaws was much better than the movie!”
17 May, 2023 05:32:40 PM – Pat S – “I have a shirt that says Skip the Movie Read the Book..So true!”
17 May, 2023 05:33:09 PM – Michelle Wise – “Deathly Hallows”
17 May, 2023 05:35:09 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Are the prompts for each month listed somewhere?”
17 May, 2023 05:35:13 PM – Cathy+Mitchell – “five little Indians is a great book, gives insight into being raised in a residential school”
17 May, 2023 05:41:02 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “too small: 4.5 x 8 in.”
17 May, 2023 05:42:38 PM – Janet Yagerr – “I just completed a quilt that was in progress when Poetry and Prose was beginning. Now I can get started on my book covers!! Hurray. “
17 May, 2023 05:42:48 PM – Michelle Wise – “Does Lessons in Chemistry count as romance?”
17 May, 2023 05:43:40 PM – Pat S – “She loved science?”
17 May, 2023 05:44:12 PM – Michelle Wise – “LOL! Romance novels aren’t usually on my list”
17 May, 2023 05:44:37 PM – Barb+S – “WOW – love the balance of color”
17 May, 2023 05:44:41 PM – Shoshana – “Pride & Prejudice tho”
17 May, 2023 05:45:58 PM – Michelle Wise – “YAY!! Thanks!”
17 May, 2023 05:46:32 PM – Terry Handel – “Has anyone else had their pictures and volume freeze?””
17 May, 2023 05:48:39 PM – Terry Handel – “I got an email saying I had a shipment from Quiltfolk but nothing has arrived yet. P”
17 May, 2023 05:49:10 PM – Pat S – “Same, Terry. D”
17 May, 2023 05:49:32 PM – Pat S – “Thought it was a mistake. N nothing yet, though.”
17 May, 2023 05:50:07 PM – Kay Taber – “I got that notice and it was the notebook and pencil. It arrived about a week after the notice.”
17 May, 2023 05:52:45 PM – Jodi Bratch – “I could look at these book covers all day! So inspiring! This is such a fun exercise.”
17 May, 2023 05:52:55 PM – Mariela Correa – “all of you are amazing! what great book covers!!!”
17 May, 2023 05:55:06 PM – Anna Marie – “Beautiful! Thank you for sharing everyone!!”
17 May, 2023 05:55:30 PM – Barb+S – “Great job”
17 May, 2023 05:55:35 PM – Mayah – “Braiding Sweetgrass is INCREDIBLE. One of my favorites!!”
17 May, 2023 05:58:37 PM – Kim Meadows – “Thank you for slowing down the speed on the gallery!”
17 May, 2023 06:01:22 PM – Anna Marie – “Thank you so much!”
17 May, 2023 06:01:30 PM – Barb+S – “thank you for everything”
17 May, 2023 06:01:41 PM – Mayah – “Thank you all so much! I always leave these sessions so inspired :)”
17 May, 2023 06:01:42 PM – Julie Derden – “Thanks so much for a fun session!”
17 May, 2023 06:02:02 PM – Pat S – “Thank ou”
17 May, 2023 06:02:06 PM – Jane K – “Thanks for all the inspiration!”
17 May, 2023 06:02:37 PM – Lee+Jordan – “What is your email Jenni? I’m in the US. aleejordan@earthlink.net”
17 May, 2023 06:02:59 PM – Kay – “you can email Jenni on jenni@quiltfolk.com”
17 May, 2023 06:03:24 PM – Lee+Jordan – “Thanks Kay”
