ZZ Block of the Month 2023 Hub Test
Patchwork & Prose 2023
A Bookish Block of the Month With Quiltfolk
Welcome!
Thank you for joining us for Patchwork & Prose! We are excited about this yearlong journey with all of you.
This page will provide you with all of the resources and information you’ll need for our BoM. Here you will find monthly workshop recordings, prep materials, upcoming lesson prompts, and more. This Attendee Hub is your central resource for the next year, and logging in to this page and navigating through the tabs below will get you everything you need!
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.
Our next workshop
Interpreting Book Covers – Create a New Design
Available, August 1
LIVE Q&A:
Wednesday, August 16 at 12:00pm EDT
2023-24 Class Schedule
Available April 1
Lesson: Interpreting Book Covers – The Literal Approach
Live Q&A: Wednesday, April 19 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available May 1
Lesson: Interpreting Book Covers – Working With Single Elements
Live Q&A: Wednesday, May 17 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available June 1
Lesson: Interpreting Book Covers – All About Layout
Live Q&A: Wednesday, June 14 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available July 1
Lesson: Interpreting Book Covers – Create a New Design
Live Q&A: Wednesday, July 19 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available August 1
Lesson: Adding Detail – Free-motion Embroidery
Live Q&A: Wednesday, August 16 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available September 1
Lesson: Marvelous in Miniature
Live Q&A: Wednesday, September 20 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available October 1
Lesson: Needle-Turn Appliqué
Live Q&A: Wednesday, October 18 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available November 1
Lesson: Adding Detail — Embracing Embroidery
Live Q&A: Wednesday, November 15 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available December 1
Lesson: Adding Detail — Writing Words
Live Q&A: Wednesday, December 20 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available January 1, 2024
Lesson: Sashing and Borders
Live Q&A: Wednesday, January 17 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Available February 1, 2024
Lesson: Quilting and Binding
Live Q&A: Wednesday, February 21 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
March 2024
“Happily Ever After” – No more teachers, no more books … Join our LIVE 2-hour graduation party on March 20, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. EDT! We’ll enjoy show-and-tell and toast our creativity with literary-themed cocktails!
Introduction - Month 1
(APRIL 2023)
Interpreting Book Covers:
The Literal Approach
Welcome to a new chapter in your quilt-making journey. All of the films within Month 1 will help get you off to a flying start. Take inspiration from Margaret Fleisher’s book-inspired blocks and get to know your hosts, Jenni Smith and Kay Walsh who will be guiding you through many techniques in the months ahead.
lessons with margaret
Making a Start
How can we begin to make quilt blocks by looking at book covers?
Ways to Approach Text
Margaret guides you through various ways of interpreting the text on book covers.
Looking at Curves
Different shapes appear on book covers, how can we start to tackle them?
Step By Step
A more in-depth look at how Margaret makes the Bibilophile by Jane Mount cover.
Round Up
Top tips for how to approach this Block of the Month.
Tutorials with jenni & Kay
Working with Fusible Web
How to use fusible web to apply different shapes to your blocks with Jenni.
Simple Strip Piecing
Jenni shows you the basics of improv strip piecing.
Sewing a Gradual Curve
Kay cuts and stitches a free-hand curve – a must watch!
Lecture 1 - Story Quilts with Mary Fons
This month in her ten minute mini-lecture, Mary guides you through a look at Story Quilts. Not to be missed!
Galleries
Gallery 1
Let’s take a look at all of the amazing work you have already been so busy creating!
Gallery 2
Observing other people’s work can be an amazing source of inspiration, so lets take a look at a gallery of work from last year’s students.
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!
Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks
FEG: Ridiculous Stupid Poems for Intelligent Children by Robin Hirsch
Latitudes of Melt by Joan Clark
Hotel of the Saints by Ursula Hegi
In Praise of Paths by Torbjorn Ekelund
The House of All Sorts by Emily Carr
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Here by Richard McGuire
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper & Jane Mount
The Quilters Hall of Fame: 42 Masters Who Have Shaped Our Art by The Quilters Hall of Fame (Author), Merikay Waldvogel (Editor), Rosalind Webster Perry (Editor), Marian Ann Montgomery (Editor). Voyageur Press; First edition (October 24, 2011).
Striding Lines: The Unique Story Quilts of Rumi O’Brien by Bobbie Malone. University of Wisconsin Press; 1st edition (October 15, 2019).
Stitching Memories: African American Story Quilts by Eva Ungar Grudin. Williams College Museum of Art (March 1, 1990).
Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts by Janet Catherine Berlo and Patricia Cox Crews. University of Washington Press; Illustrated edition (April 1, 2003).
Somewhere in Between: Quilts and Quilters of Illinois by Rita Barrow Barber. American Quilters Society (June 1, 1987).
@jane_mount
www.janemount.com
Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
Live session recording
Live Session Chat
19 Apr, 2023 04:50:46 PM – Chris White – “Hey Guys! Hope you’re all as excited for today’s session as we are. If you have any problems please put a message into the chat and we’ll try our best to assist. Enjoy!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:53:24 PM – Kim – “Hello from Virginia!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:54:08 PM – Danielle Nichol – “bonjour from Canada”
19 Apr, 2023 04:54:35 PM – Caroline McAlister – “Hello from Greensboro, North Carolina.”
19 Apr, 2023 04:54:44 PM – Peggy Mollema – ” Hello from the Chicagoland area!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:55:26 PM – Marynelle Gale – “Hi from Michigan”
19 Apr, 2023 04:57:07 PM – Nancy Fisher – “Hello from Minnesota!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:57:32 PM – Kirsten – “Hello from Maine!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:58:00 PM – Shirley Martinez – “HELLO FROM BULLHEAD CITY, ARIZONA”
19 Apr, 2023 04:58:01 PM – Susan – “Hello from Denver, CO”
19 Apr, 2023 04:58:21 PM – Jocie – “Hi from Alabama”
19 Apr, 2023 04:58:23 PM – Deb – “Hi from California”
19 Apr, 2023 04:58:40 PM – Pat S – “Hello from Bellaire Michigan”
19 Apr, 2023 04:59:28 PM – Cheryl Gulvin – “Hiya from Westfield, New York. The background music is beautiful!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:59:28 PM – Tiffany Eaton – “Hi!”
19 Apr, 2023 04:59:30 PM – Barbara Hagerty – “Hello from western NC”
19 Apr, 2023 04:59:33 PM – Deborah – “Hello from St Petersburg, FL”
19 Apr, 2023 04:59:33 PM – Rebecca Harriett – “Hello from Bluemont, VA”
19 Apr, 2023 04:59:51 PM – Tiffany Eaton – “I’m in Clearwater, Deborah!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:09 PM – Marynelle Gale – “Marynelle Gale from Michigan”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:18 PM – Emily H – “Hello from inside an electric substation in Alton IL. I run a business but wanted to make time for this!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:35 PM – Barb S – “Good Morning from Central IL”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:37 PM – Kjersti – “Hi from Bergen, Norway! (Northern Europe)”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:39 PM – Claire Phillips – “Hello from SF Bay Area!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:45 PM – Jaci Griffen – “Hello from Northern California!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:54 PM – jana – “Good morning from Minnesota!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:00:56 PM – Pam Voorhees – “Hello from Altadena, Calif.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:04 PM – Sherry Kasper – “Hello from Knoxville, TN”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:12 PM – Charlene – “Hi from Ft Worth, Texas”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:13 PM – Barb S – “Beautiful Day in IL”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:15 PM – Sally Wright – “Good morning from Huntsville Alabama”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:15 PM – Bonnie – “Good Morning from Alberton, Montana”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:16 PM – Peggy Lowe – “Hello from eastern Iowa, USA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:19 PM – Cindy – “Good morning from Midland, TX”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:20 PM – Karen Elkins – “Hello from Silver Spring Maryland”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:23 PM – Sherry Sanden – “Good morning from Washington State!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:29 PM – Margaret – “Hello to everyone!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:32 PM – Claire Silberman – “Hi!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:32 PM – Tani – “Good morning from Las Vegas”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:35 PM – Carolyn Abs – “Hello from Saint Louis”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:34 PM – Rita Pietrzak – “Good Morning Olathe Ks”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:36 PM – Virginia Scott – “Hello from Florham Park NJ, USA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:37 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “hey there from Pleasant Hill CA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:37 PM – Sandy – “Good morning from Crooks SD”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:42 PM – Evelyn Landry – “Hi from Maine”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:48 PM – Martha – “I started out fine but now the wheel is just turning in the center of the screen “
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:51 PM – Sara – “Hello from Hobbs, New Mexico!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:52 PM – Pam – “Hello from Cincinnati “
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:52 PM – Barb S – “The blocks so far have been awesome!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:01:54 PM – Gail – “Seattle,Washington here”
19 Apr, 2023 05:02:01 PM – Jo in North Yorkshire too! – “Hello from North Yorkshire”
19 Apr, 2023 05:02:43 PM – Emily – “Hello from Eugene, Oregon!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:02:45 PM – Jane K – “Hello from Solon, Ohio”
19 Apr, 2023 05:02:49 PM – Kathleen – “Hello from Sunriver Oregon”
19 Apr, 2023 05:02:56 PM – Claire Silberman – “Seeing reflected daylight on the wall is so different than the nighttime sessions ;)”
19 Apr, 2023 05:02:58 PM – Alice Finch – “Seattle, Washington”
19 Apr, 2023 05:03:01 PM – Martha – “I just refreshed and it is now working.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:03:16 PM – JOSEPHINE FRANC – “Hello from Brooklyn, NY USA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:03:37 PM – Susan K – “Hello from Kentucky!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:04:05 PM – jeannine – “good morning from So. California “
19 Apr, 2023 05:04:17 PM – Sara – “How beautiful”
19 Apr, 2023 05:04:25 PM – Lyn – “Hello from No. Arizona”
19 Apr, 2023 05:05:11 PM – Elsie Winstead – “Hello from Missouri”
19 Apr, 2023 05:05:26 PM – Carol Pinto – “Hello fron NJ”
19 Apr, 2023 05:05:27 PM – Pat S – “Love the spool quilt and the studio”
19 Apr, 2023 05:06:05 PM – Erin Oberdorfer – “My boss just promised me she’d build one in her backyard for us to work in! :)”
19 Apr, 2023 05:06:11 PM – Mary V – “Hello from North Coventry PA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:06:16 PM – Emily – “Love Liberty fabrics!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:07:15 PM – Betsy – “Hi from Bremerton Washington!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:07:57 PM – jeannine – “I would like to see the Quiltfolk journal book of your Trip in London, England”
19 Apr, 2023 05:08:00 PM – M Jean Chan – “hello from massachusetts. this is soo much fun!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:10:27 PM – Kathy E. Fedele – “Never been across to the UK”
19 Apr, 2023 05:10:30 PM – Betsy – “Did my MA in Durham! Love it up there!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:10:42 PM – Vicki Waineo – “Hello from Portland, OR”
19 Apr, 2023 05:10:46 PM – Kathy – “Yes! I love the north of England!!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:10:53 PM – Lyn – “Hello from Marblehead, MA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:12:14 PM – Judy – “Hello from Norfolk, MA”
19 Apr, 2023 05:12:20 PM – Terry Giovanini-Davis – “Love the notebooks – thank you.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:08 PM – Barb S – “Thank You – very exciting”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:18 PM – M Jean Chan – “those notebook look great, my husband is going to steal my pencils, ill have to hide them.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:21 PM – Sandy Winter – “Thank you”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:23 PM – Michelle Wise – “England is on my bucket list!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:28 PM – Amy C Trieger – “Hi from Miami, FL!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:36 PM – Sherry Kasper – “Thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:53 PM – Nancy from Portland – “Nancy from Portland, OR”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:54 PM – Claire Silberman – “Any thoughts on the best pencil sharpener? I’ve tried lots, but nothing seems to work that well for me.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:13:57 PM – Deborah – “love nice notebooks like this”
19 Apr, 2023 05:14:05 PM – Michelle Wise – “Excited to do Patchwork and Prose again! Can’t wait to see everyone’s blocks!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:14:06 PM – Cheryl Gulvin – “Thank you for the gifts…so beautiful.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:14:28 PM – Pat S – “Michelle, same😀”
19 Apr, 2023 05:15:13 PM – Terry Giovanini-Davis – “This is a great opportunity to learn how to avoid comparisons and focus on personal joy!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:15:27 PM – Pat S – “Claire, I thin I used the primary pencil sharpener, for kids thicker pencil.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:15:33 PM – Claire Silberman – “thanks Pat!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:15:59 PM – Pat S – “You are very welcome!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:16:00 PM – Michelle – “thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:16:09 PM – Barb S – “I have learned about so many new authors – Can’t wait to read”
19 Apr, 2023 05:16:49 PM – Lyn – “Some of the sharpeners made for make-up pencils seem to be better quality than the ones in the “school supplies” section Claire”
19 Apr, 2023 05:16:55 PM – Claire Silberman – “Thanks Lyn!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:16:58 PM – Gay Bitter – “Excited! Already completed one block and working on my second. “
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:00 PM – Pat S – “Better than last time😀”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:02 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “exicted tempered with anxiety”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:08 PM – Martha – “I am feeling excited to stretch my quilting abilities”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:09 PM – Jo in North Yorkshire too! – “Hoping to channel some creativity”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:15 PM – Barbara Hagerty – “Excited and anticipating!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:15 PM – Kathy – “I love the design part of quilting so I’m very excited starting this journey!!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:24 PM – Virginia Scott – “Feeling excited to share with such a great community of sewists and quilters.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:24 PM – Barb S – “Excited to share the books I read with everyone – wish I had joined last year”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:33 PM – Debra Hausrath – “Blacking makes a terrific hand held pencil sharpener.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:34 PM – Sara – “Excited about this journey, haven’t quilted in a few years so I am ready to jump back in!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:35 PM – Jean Bailey – “Hi from Northeast Ohio”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:43 PM – Lyn – “Love the doll!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:44 PM – Claire Silberman – “Thanks debra!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:17:52 PM – Michelle – “wow, it’s awesome (and a little intimidating) to see everyone’s gorgeous blocks!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:18:08 PM – Debra Hausrath – “Blackwing, auto correct. ;-)”
19 Apr, 2023 05:18:22 PM – Margaret – “so much inspiring creativity!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:18:42 PM – Barb S – “Love working with prompts – they are freeing yet stressful when can’t express what you want”
19 Apr, 2023 05:18:50 PM – Vicki Waineo – “These are amazing!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:19:16 PM – Barb S – “What size blocks are people making?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:19:40 PM – Betsy – “Is anyone working with a theme or genre?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:19:57 PM – Emily H – “Barb, I printed my cover on a 8.5×11′ sheet of paper, so my finished block was close to that, though I might trim later”
19 Apr, 2023 05:19:58 PM – Michelle – “I started trying to make the 7.5 x 9.5″ size recommended but had to adjust for my second block, which just didn’t look right with those proportions”
19 Apr, 2023 05:20:01 PM – Michelle Wise – “I’m doing all animal books this time”
19 Apr, 2023 05:20:27 PM – Betsy – “Nice Michelle! “
19 Apr, 2023 05:20:30 PM – jeannine – “I started with 10 x 10. my theme is books about wolves,”
19 Apr, 2023 05:20:32 PM – Michelle – “I’m aiming to do one fiction book and one poetry book each month. We’ll see!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:20:46 PM – M Jean Chan – “what a talented group”
19 Apr, 2023 05:20:47 PM – Barb S – “Not sure if will use quilting as a theme or be about what I like : quilting mysteries etc”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:03 PM – Michelle Wise – “great idea!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:19 PM – Karen Elkins – “L’m using children’s books with sky motif”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:23 PM – Betsy – “Ooh quilting mysteries would be fun!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:31 PM – Martha – “I am loving this montage.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:31 PM – Barb S – “Thank you guys for the input!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:35 PM – Michelle – “I love the paper pieced blocks and hope to learn that technique in this series”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:56 PM – Betsy – “Whoa – the Oona Out of Order block is great!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:21:57 PM – Sandy Winter – “So many ideas!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:21 PM – Kjersti – “I am working with books that means something to me, or the covers show a bit of who I am”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:30 PM – Deb – “My goal is to pick one of the books from one of my two book clubs. Looking forward to seeing what everyone is reading.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:38 PM – Barb S – “What awesome blocks!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:39 PM – Lyn – “Beautiful, all of them!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:41 PM – Claire Phillips – “I have seen almost all of these on the FB group, so if you are not participating there, check it out!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:43 PM – Virginia Scott – “Wow!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:46 PM – Bonnie – “It is interersting to see how different people interpret the same book cover.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:51 PM – Sara – “So much talent in this group, wow!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:22:56 PM – Lynn – “wow – so enjoyed everyone’s work!!!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:03 PM – Jean Bailey – “I need suggestions on where to find interesting book covers”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:05 PM – Cheryl Gulvin – “Wow…..mind blown! Thrilling!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:18 PM – jeannine – “inspirational !”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:21 PM – Meredith Fossett – “I’m planning to use favorite reads as my theme”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:22 PM – Sherry Kasper – “I am working on books read by my online book club, which started in April 2020.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:31 PM – Valerie Offenbecher, Puyallup WA – “Very inspiring ideas!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:34 PM – Emily H – “Jean, I just used an internet search, because the cover I own is terrible compared to the versions I found online!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:37 PM – Carol Pinto – “This was an amazing gallery…absolutely beautiful!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:41 PM – Vicki Waineo – “”no patchwork and prose police” ha!!! “
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:45 PM – Kim – “Has helped me coonsider many other approaches to my own books!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:23:45 PM – Bonnie – “Jean, if you can, check out the local library or bookstore.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:24:14 PM – Betsy – “I’m definitely going to look for different editions of some of my books!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:24:25 PM – Terry Handel – “I’m going to York soon!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:27:18 PM – M Jean Chan – “mine are children’s picture books, so bigger”
19 Apr, 2023 05:27:19 PM – Sherry Wallis – “Good morning from Oklahoma. Joining for a second year. So delightful to see you both again!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:29:17 PM – Barb S – “You guys have made me think about a theme: creating my grandchildren favorite books along with mine that I read to my children What a great memory quilt”
19 Apr, 2023 05:29:20 PM – Michelle Wise – “well that’s a great idea! Now i might have to make 2 blocks each month!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:29:27 PM – Claire Silberman – “Right Michelle!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:03 PM – Michelle Wise – “So many choices!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:07 PM – Rita Pietrzak – “My first block is going to be of my favorite book but also my most favorite movie- Zorba (Zorba the Greek)”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:18 PM – Pat S – “Love it. So many of my books have been turned into movies.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:20 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “books that impacted my life”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:29 PM – jeannine – “my theme is about famous wolves books”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:45 PM – Terry Giovanini-Davis – “So cute, my ears hear their accent when they say “hub” I hear “hope”!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:30:48 PM – jeannine – “was wondering about copy rights”
19 Apr, 2023 05:31:08 PM – Betsy – “I might do Sci-Fi award winners”
19 Apr, 2023 05:33:18 PM – M Jean Chan – “have have a book that is out of print, how does it apply”
19 Apr, 2023 05:34:52 PM – Claire Phillips – “I too am inspired by the idea of one for me and one of favorite children’s books for my nieces and nephews!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:35:27 PM – jeannine – “what about display in quilt shows”
19 Apr, 2023 05:36:23 PM – Martha – “I am also doing picture books for children and am going to make them all different sizes and orientations, some landscape and some portrait.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:36:53 PM – Michelle Wise – “I’m planning on entering my year one Patchwork and Prose quilt in our state fair”
19 Apr, 2023 05:37:47 PM – Gay Bitter – “is 1989 a date that is valid in the USA also?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:37:47 PM – Nancy from Portland – “What about a fund-raising quilt for a non-profit?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:38:39 PM – margaret bevel-jeter – “Is it legal to embroider the name of book?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:39:35 PM – Vicki Van Fleet – “I have not received my journal as yet?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:40:39 PM – Betsy – “Check out Goodreads or Storygraph for alternate covers!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:40:47 PM – M Jean Chan – “I plan on gifting my grandchildren the books along with finished quilt, Going to type up a key to titles, authors and illustrators.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:41:21 PM – jana – “What a lovely idea!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:41:30 PM – Barb S – “Will that be on your label M Jean Chan”
19 Apr, 2023 05:41:36 PM – Trish – “use the snip feature to capture just the cover, not the background.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:41:40 PM – Pat S – “Wow, Michelle. That’s fantastic. Taking it for a second time to get to your level.😆”
19 Apr, 2023 05:42:03 PM – M Jean Chan – “I think it will be in pocket on back”
19 Apr, 2023 05:42:35 PM – Barb S – “Great Idea”
19 Apr, 2023 05:43:41 PM – Pat S – “Love the word fabric. Going to a quilt shop after the show because I am visiting Northern Michigan.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:45:08 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “grunge fabric was mentioned. what about that?”
19 Apr, 2023 05:45:19 PM – Mary Ann – “Hello from Alaska…sort of tardy… oh well”
19 Apr, 2023 05:46:09 PM – Barb S – “Welcome – It has been very interesting “
19 Apr, 2023 05:46:12 PM – Michelle Wise – “Pat S. Going to a quilt shop after this sounds dangerous! LOL”
19 Apr, 2023 05:46:57 PM – Barb S – “Yes indeed!!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:47:17 PM – Pat S – “Lol. Always!!!😀”
19 Apr, 2023 05:47:23 PM – jeannine – “rule of quilters, whenever you travel go to local quilts shops”
19 Apr, 2023 05:48:04 PM – Shirley+Martinez – “Needletravel.com has a book of USA quilt shops for travelers”
19 Apr, 2023 05:48:04 PM – Pat S – “Used to be first stop book store; now quilts first, Then books”
19 Apr, 2023 05:49:07 PM – Pat S – “Shirley, my granddaughter gave it to me for Christmas. Never leave home without it.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:49:24 PM – Michelle – “Hawaiian quilting is so beautiful! I don’t hand stitch at all though. Love to admire the techniques though!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:50:34 PM – Claire Phillips – “I have that book; love her prints as well!”
19 Apr, 2023 05:51:08 PM – Pat S – “I have both books and the calendar for 2023.”
19 Apr, 2023 05:51:07 PM – Mayah – “Her work is stunning! I have a tote bag and mug of her bookstack artwork”
19 Apr, 2023 05:51:22 PM – jeannine – “looking forward to Hawaii !!! Aloha”
19 Apr, 2023 05:51:54 PM – M Jean Chan – “would make a great Border for our Quilt>”
19 Apr, 2023 05:52:32 PM – Alice Finch – “diverse spines also has a note card set with a few of the different book stacks”
19 Apr, 2023 05:53:23 PM – jeannine – “I don’t think it is legal to sell it for charity fund raiser without permission”
19 Apr, 2023 05:57:17 PM – Sherry Sanden – “As a new quilter, part of my fun is the trips to the fabric shop to choose the colors. :)”
19 Apr, 2023 06:01:44 PM – Terry Giovanini-Davis – “too fast. “
19 Apr, 2023 06:02:54 PM – Mary Ann – “Oh! Just saw one of my choices float by”
19 Apr, 2023 06:03:05 PM – jeannine – “yes too fast”
19 Apr, 2023 06:03:14 PM – Kim – “Would like to see this again…more slowly!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:03:36 PM – Claire Silberman – “you can Kim– and replay as often as you like from the Hub”
19 Apr, 2023 06:03:57 PM – Claire Silberman – “not more slowly, but over again”
19 Apr, 2023 06:04:17 PM – Shirley+Martinez – “Wow!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:04:19 PM – Barb S – “What great inspiration”
19 Apr, 2023 06:04:38 PM – Sherry Kasper – “thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:04:42 PM – Jaci Griffen – “Thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:04:57 PM – Vicki Waineo – “So inspiring!!!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:01 PM – Marnie Haines – “Great meeting today!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:09 PM – Barb S – “What a booklist – I will not have time to sew”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:32 PM – Carol Pinto – “Thank you It’s great to be back!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:35 PM – Valerie Offenbecher, Puyallup WA – “This has been most enjoyable!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:37 PM – Jane K – “thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:53 PM – jeannine – “thank you sew much fun”
19 Apr, 2023 06:05:55 PM – Kirsten – “Thank you so much!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:06 PM – Karen Elkins – “Thanks so much. Very inspirational”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:13 PM – Sara – “Thank you for this fun adventure of sewing!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:30 PM – Claire Phillips – “Thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:31 PM – Virginia Scott – “Great show, an hour well spent! Thanks so much Jenni and Kay.”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:32 PM – Kim – “Thanks for this! Learned so much!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:34 PM – Kathy – “Thanks!!!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:37 PM – Vicki Waineo – “Thank you! “
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:40 PM – Barb S – “Nice meeting everyone – Thank you guys for a great and interesting meeting”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:41 PM – Susan K – “Thanks”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:47 PM – Pat S – “Thank you ladies. Great show.”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:47 PM – Betsy – “Thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:50 PM – Sandy Winter – “Thank you. :)”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:54 PM – Sara – “Blessings!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:06:55 PM – Mayah – “Thank you so much!! :)”
19 Apr, 2023 06:07:11 PM – Jo in North Yorkshire too! – “Thank you – looking forward to making a start!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:07:12 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “Thanks so much”
19 Apr, 2023 06:07:23 PM – Peggy Mollema – “Now I’m ready to start working on my children’s book covers. Thanks so much.”
19 Apr, 2023 06:07:39 PM – Pam Voorhees – “Thanks! :-)”
19 Apr, 2023 06:07:41 PM – Barbara Hagerty – “Terrific show!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:08:03 PM – Danielle Nichol – “😍”
19 Apr, 2023 06:08:50 PM – Mary V – “Thanks so much “
19 Apr, 2023 06:09:02 PM – Carolyn+Abs – “Thank you!”
19 Apr, 2023 06:09:41 PM – Gail – “I’d like to see finished quilts, clothes, book bags, etc that people make from these blocks “
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”
Introduction - Month 3
(JUNE 2023)
Interpreting Book Covers: ALL ABOUT LAYOUT
Prompt: A favourite quilt-related 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
All About Layout
Focus on Fabrics
Faces and Photos
Fussy Cutting With Margaret
Seedfolks
Tutorials with jenni & Kay
Braid Tutorial
Kay shows you how to piece a simple braided block
Fussy Cutting Template
Jenni shows you some great tips to help with fussy cutting
Lecture 3 - Alice Walker’s book Everyday Use with mary fons
This month in her ten-minute mini-lecture, Mary discusses the short story everyday use by author of The Colour Purple, Alice Walker.
Take a look at the full short story here.
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)
Obasan – A Novel by Joy Kogawa
Uprooting Racism – Paul Kivel
My Education – Susan Choi
Icefields – Thomas Wharton
Zeitoun – Dave Eggers
The Color of Law – Richard Rothstein
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Stories – Alice Munro
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 – Christopher Paul Curtis
I love Myself – Edited by Alice Walker
No Crystal Stair – Yaunda Micheaux Nelson
The Fire Dwellers – Margaret Laurence
Wolf Totem – Jiang Rong
On the Bus with Rosa Parks – Rita Dove
Wind – Ian DeBlieu
Seedfolks – Paul Fleischman
Live session recording
Live Session Chat
14 Jun, 2023 04:55:49 PM – Kay & Jenni – “Hi, how is everyone today?”
14 Jun, 2023 04:56:11 PM – Claire Phillips – “Good morning from CA!”
14 Jun, 2023 04:57:30 PM – Josephine Franc – “Hello from Brooklyn, NY. Doing well, thank you.”
14 Jun, 2023 04:58:04 PM – Jan – “Jan Gillingham from Portland OR. My first session.”
14 Jun, 2023 04:58:07 PM – Anna L – “Hello from Northern Minnesota! “
14 Jun, 2023 04:58:18 PM – Karen Elkins – “Hi from Karen in Silver Spring MD”
14 Jun, 2023 04:58:29 PM – Kay – “Good morning from Northern California”
14 Jun, 2023 04:58:44 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Good morning from Idaho City, Idaho, USA”
14 Jun, 2023 04:59:41 PM – Becky Ballard – “Good morning from HIGHLANDS RA”
14 Jun, 2023 04:59:45 PM – ada – “Hello from Maryland”
14 Jun, 2023 04:59:57 PM – Susan – “Hi from Susan in Pontiac, Illinois”
14 Jun, 2023 05:00:08 PM – Jaci Griffen – “Hello from North Cali!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:00:18 PM – Kathy – “Hi from Chicago!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:00:29 PM – Becky Ballard – “Good morning from Highlands Ranch, Colorado!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:00:35 PM – Emily Hayer – “Good morning from Sparta IL”
14 Jun, 2023 05:00:39 PM – Margaret – “Hello everyone!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:00:41 PM – Kathy Fedele – “Hi from Syracuse NY”
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:13 PM – Judy Swaim – “Hi, I’m in Winthrop ME!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:13 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “Lake Tahoe, CA”
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:29 PM – Sherry Sanden – “Good morning from Washington State!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:34 PM – Eileen Wright in Atlanta, GA! hello all! – “Hi, Eileen from Atlanta, GA”
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:41 PM – Martha – “Good Afternoon from Michigan. “
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:53 PM – Anna L – “Hawaiian Adventure was awesome!!!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:01:54 PM – Marti – “Hello from Nebraska”
14 Jun, 2023 05:02:07 PM – Gay B – “Hi from Princeton, NJ”
14 Jun, 2023 05:02:10 PM – Judy+Swaim – “mME is Maine!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:02:22 PM – Carolyn – “Saint Louis, Missouri “
14 Jun, 2023 05:02:28 PM – Susan – “Golden Colorado”
14 Jun, 2023 05:02:29 PM – Carol A Pinto – “Hello from New Jersey!!!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:04:18 PM – Anna L – “These quilt blocks are marvelous!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:04:27 PM – Anna L – “Beautiful work everyone!!!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:04:59 PM – Margaret – “Such wonderful blocks!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:06:07 PM – Emily Hayer – “love the furry fabric on the bear!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:07:08 PM – Jaci Griffen – “Such wonderful creativity in all the blocks!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:07:11 PM – Gay B – “Fabulous blocks!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:07:21 PM – Emily Hayer – “Loved sweetness at the bottom of the pie, such a fun read!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:07:28 PM – Eileen Wright in Atlanta, GA! hello all! – “oh boy, chemisty brings back some memories!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:07:52 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Last month I had not even started but I was so inspired by the gallery of blocks that I made my first 3. And all of them are included in this month’s gallary of blocks! What a great affirmation.”
14 Jun, 2023 05:08:18 PM – Claire Phillips – “It is so fun to see all the amazing blocks all together!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:10:41 PM – Kathy – “Even though I keep track of the blocks posted on social media I find myself with a wide smile every time during the gallery time! Thanks for doing this!!!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:10:44 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America”
14 Jun, 2023 05:11:20 PM – Gay B – “Margaret’s videos are so inspiring”
14 Jun, 2023 05:11:30 PM – Emily Hayer – “I expect I will keep going back to these lessons forever, I love the inspiration it gives me every month! And the lack of pressure from just trying to do one block at a time instead of a huge overwhelming project”
14 Jun, 2023 05:13:50 PM – Joyce Oberle – “please give me a definition of “improve” what is it?”
14 Jun, 2023 05:14:49 PM – Margaret – “To me improv simply means that you’re not using a premade pattern. “
14 Jun, 2023 05:15:14 PM – Jaci Griffen – “@Joyce Oberle “Improv” is a theatrical term meaning in the moment – talking inspiration from the context and making something from it.”
14 Jun, 2023 05:19:34 PM – Emily Hayer – “a leap, but also a reward! I have discovered I’m way happier making improv than trying to follow a pattern”
14 Jun, 2023 05:20:54 PM – Eileen Wright in Atlanta, GA! hello all! – “Agree with Emily. I get stuck though. Like the first block came so easily but lately the ‘sewjo’ is lagging. The gallery here is good inspiration. I feel like I’ll have a creative explosion any time now tho!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:21:25 PM – Marti – “I’m having so much fun getting lost in my stash.. It’s like visiting old friends!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:24:54 PM – Gay B – “I’m checking my local library as you all go along for the books I haven’t read yet – already have two on hold! “
14 Jun, 2023 05:27:13 PM – Cheryl – “Liberated Quiltmaking ll by Gwen Marston is one of my favorites. Also Cultural Fusion by Sujata Shaw”
14 Jun, 2023 05:28:30 PM – Jaci Griffen – “All these wonderful books – hard to balance sewing and reading!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:29:02 PM – Cheryl – “Yes, Gwen did a 2nd version called Liberated Quiltmaking ll.”
14 Jun, 2023 05:31:15 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Jaci, I quilt during the day with the good light and rad at night using my headlamp.”
14 Jun, 2023 05:32:03 PM – Jaci Griffen – “:) Cathy. “
14 Jun, 2023 05:32:55 PM – Cindy Riegel – “Sorry, late from Grasonville, Md”
14 Jun, 2023 05:33:42 PM – Kay & Jenni – “Hi Cindy, no worries at all, thanks for joining us :)”
14 Jun, 2023 05:40:43 PM – Lyn h – “As a school librarian my students loved Dovey Coe and Shooting the Moon!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:42:55 PM – Anna L – “Yes! Audio books & quilting are a great match!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:43:04 PM – Lyn h – “Written by frances”
14 Jun, 2023 05:45:51 PM – Jane K – “Love a Tree Grows in Brooklyn!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:45:54 PM – Cheryl – “I inherited my grandmother’s copy of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It has a lovely note in it from the author thanking her for enjoying her book. It’s dated September 1944!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:46:08 PM – Anna L – “Very good book – Tree Grows in Brooklyn!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:46:13 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “Lonesome Dove – oneof my alltime favoraite books”
14 Jun, 2023 05:46:20 PM – Anna L – “Cheryl – that is awesome!!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:46:22 PM – Susan – “Shooting the Moon is one of the books I have chosen for a cover. My son and I loved it. We played some mean gin rummy!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:46:27 PM – Eileen Wright in Atlanta, GA! hello all! – “That’s awesome. I loved the book when I was young. I should re-read it soon!”
14 Jun, 2023 05:47:47 PM – Emily Hayer – “oh I am a print magpie too, lol”
14 Jun, 2023 05:52:42 PM – Emily Hayer – “I so enjoyed everyday use. I’m always telling people if my baby quilts last longer than the childhood stage, you’re not using it right, lol”
14 Jun, 2023 05:53:00 PM – Karen Elkins – “That was an amazing story Everyday Use..I shared it with so many people”
14 Jun, 2023 05:59:33 PM – karen Hobbs – “Oh my goodness!! These are so fantastic! What an amazingly talented group this is! I have not started but I am so inspired!! “
14 Jun, 2023 06:01:37 PM – Carol A Pinto – “What are the prompts again for month 4”
14 Jun, 2023 06:01:56 PM – Carol A Pinto – “my own cover…I know”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:30 PM – Jaci Griffen – “Thanks!”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:33 PM – Anna L – “Thank you so much! This is a joy!”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:41 PM – Carolyn – “Thank you”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:46 PM – Carol A Pinto – “love the extras this year!!!”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:49 PM – Claire Phillips – “Thank you!”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:57 PM – Kay & Jenni – “The prompt for this month is a quilt related book, or an alternative is biography/autobiography”
14 Jun, 2023 06:02:59 PM – Lyn h – “Many thanks!!!!”
14 Jun, 2023 06:03:02 PM – Cheryl – “What fun this is! Thank you”
14 Jun, 2023 06:03:13 PM – EILEEN MASCARO – “Thank you 🙏”
14 Jun, 2023 06:03:15 PM – Kay & Jenni – “We will confirm the prompts in the hub “
14 Jun, 2023 06:03:18 PM – Kay & Jenni – “Happy sewing”
14 Jun, 2023 06:04:04 PM – Kay & Jenni – “Someone is asking how big the blocks should be – we were going with approx 7.5″ x 9.5″ unfinished. But take a look at the month 1 lessons in the hub as there is more information there”
Introduction - Month 4
(July 2023)
Interpreting Book Covers: create a new design
Prompt: A book that made you laugh out loud
- 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
Create a New Design pt 1
Create a New Design pt 2
Create a New Design pt 3
Create a New Design pt 4
Tutorials with jenni & Kay
Strip Sets
Dresden Ruler Block
Zipper Block
Lecture 4 - Grace Snyder with Mary Fons
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!
Olga Dies Dreaming – Xóchitl González
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
Cover design: Rodrigo Corral
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
Cover design: John Gall
H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald
Jacket illustration: Chris Wormell
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
Cover design: Jean-Christophe Menu
Cover illustration: Marjane Satrapi
The Intuitionist – Colson Whitehead
Cover design: Linda Huang
Cover photograph: @Unite Images/Stocksy
The Flag of Childhood – Naomi Shihab Nye
Cover illustration: Suleiman Mansour
The Watch – Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Cover design: Ben Wiseman
Ants at Work – Deborah Gordon
Designed by: Pei Koay
Illustrations: Michelle Schwengel
Balm in Gilead – Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
Cover design: Copenhaver Cumpston & Dorothea Sierra
Gillespie and I – Jane Harris
Cover design: Faber
Cover illustration: Petra Borner/Dutch Uncle
Less Than Angels – Barbara Pym
Jacket design: Jacqueline Schuman
The Water Dancer – Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jacket design: Greg Mollica
Jacket art: Calida Garcia Rawles
I Love Me, Vol. I – Michael Donner
Cover design: Paul Gamarello
Cover illustration: Tim Robinson
Instagram: @quiltfolk and @jennismithsews
Hashtags: #quiltfolkbom #patchworkandprose
Live session recording
Live Session Chat
19 Jul, 2023 04:46:44 PM – Jill Huntington – “Hi from sunny, not-too-hot Portland, Oregon! “
19 Jul, 2023 04:49:12 PM – Josephine Franc – “Hello from Brooklyn, New York”
19 Jul, 2023 04:49:47 PM – Anna Marie – “Hello from Northern Minnesota!”
19 Jul, 2023 04:57:08 PM – elizabethjanzen@gmail.com – “Hi from Vnacouver, british Columbia”
19 Jul, 2023 04:57:09 PM – Claire Phillips – “Hello from Northern CA!”
19 Jul, 2023 04:57:12 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Good morning from sunny Idaho City, Idaho.”
19 Jul, 2023 04:57:29 PM – elizabethjanzen@gmail.com – “Hi from Vancouver, British Columbia.”
19 Jul, 2023 04:59:15 PM – Barb S – “Hello from Central IL”
19 Jul, 2023 04:59:35 PM – Vicki Drake – “Hello from Colorado”
19 Jul, 2023 05:00:09 PM – Vicki Drake – “Vicki Drake. Hello from the Rocky Mountains”
19 Jul, 2023 05:01:01 PM – Emily H – “I’ve enjoyed the community. Everyone is supportive, and the photos are inspiring”
19 Jul, 2023 05:01:07 PM – Michelle – “I love learning new skills and being able to immediately use them to make a small project”
19 Jul, 2023 05:01:34 PM – Anna Marie – “I have especially enjoyed the creativity, experimenting on my own ideas and designs.”
19 Jul, 2023 05:01:42 PM – Emily H – “Agreed, Michelle! One block a month makes it less threatening to jump in!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:02:03 PM – Barb S – “Learning the new skills each month as well as being inspired from everyone’s work”
19 Jul, 2023 05:02:08 PM – Eileen Wright – “Hello from Atlanta, GA!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:02:21 PM – Hello from Grasonville, Md – “Hello from Grasonville, Md”
19 Jul, 2023 05:02:26 PM – sherry kasper – “Hello from East Tennessee! The best part of this BOM is learning new techniques and challenging my creativity”
19 Jul, 2023 05:02:35 PM – Claire Phillips – “I need to catch up, but I love seeing what other people are doing on the FB page, and working on new skills!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:02:43 PM – Michelle – “Current insight is that fabrics I wouldn’t like to use for a whole quilt can be perfect for a small part of an individual book block”
19 Jul, 2023 05:04:15 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “Hello everyone!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:04:19 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Good tip Michele”
19 Jul, 2023 05:05:17 PM – Vicki Drake – “Lots of inspiration for sure!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:06:00 PM – Pat Spence – “Hello from Redford Michigan”
19 Jul, 2023 05:06:25 PM – Cathy Hancock – “I have enjoyed the prompts because they make me think of different book I could use for the blocks. “
19 Jul, 2023 05:11:06 PM – Kathy Fedele – “in now from Syracuse NY”
19 Jul, 2023 05:12:18 PM – Emily H – “Leonard & Hungry Paul has just gone in my amazon cart yesterday, looking forward to reading it!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:13:23 PM – Barb S – “the covers are awesome – I need to create a new reading list!!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:16:07 PM – Emily H – “Oh, Thursday murder club is also in my cart. Cannot wait!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:16:42 PM – Lynelle – “Hello from Ontario, Canada”
19 Jul, 2023 05:20:04 PM – Michelle – “those seascapes are stunning!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:21:33 PM – Anna Marie – “Are the dates set for the Live Scotland Workshop?”
19 Jul, 2023 05:23:27 PM – Claire Phillips – “Oh, that is a great book! (Olga Dies Dreaming)”
19 Jul, 2023 05:23:47 PM – Chris White – “Yes, the dates are set! Scenic Scotland premieres live on the September 29-30”
19 Jul, 2023 05:24:01 PM – Anna Marie – “Yay! Thank you!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:24:23 PM – Elsie Winstead – “hello from St. Louis”
19 Jul, 2023 05:25:01 PM – Susan – “Hello from Denver”
19 Jul, 2023 05:29:29 PM – Michelle – “One thing Margaret frequently says that I’ve found to be really true is – sew bigger and cut down to size. I got really caught wrong trying to sew too small and precise and then having to add on”
19 Jul, 2023 05:31:00 PM – Jean Bailey – “Margret should try using croppers, a frame mat cut on diagonal to crop a block when auditioning”
19 Jul, 2023 05:31:37 PM – Anna Marie – “Beautiful, Margaret – thank you!”
19 Jul, 2023 05:31:48 PM – Pat Spence – “Someone suggested last session this session copying the book cover and cut it to size as a guide. It worked for me.”
19 Jul, 2023 05:35:18 PM – Gay B – “I love the new KFC black and white fabrics”
19 Jul, 2023 05:38:24 PM – Barb S – “Brandon – I use your fabric designs in many of my projects”
19 Jul, 2023 05:50:01 PM – Gay B – “I love all the different ideas and techniques you are sharing with us. It makes me take my designing in different directions.”
19 Jul, 2023 05:59:43 PM – Susan – “Hello from Illinois!”
19 Jul, 2023 06:00:56 PM – Becky Aparicio – “Hi from Tucson”
19 Jul, 2023 06:05:12 PM – Kathy Fedele – “These are exquisite blocks. So much fun and Talent.”
19 Jul, 2023 06:07:35 PM – Anna Marie – “Beautiful!”
19 Jul, 2023 06:07:36 PM – Jaci Griffen – “Inspired to keep moving forward! “
19 Jul, 2023 06:09:26 PM – Pat Spence – “Thank you!”
19 Jul, 2023 06:09:36 PM – Barb S – “Thank you for everything”
19 Jul, 2023 06:09:58 PM – Anna Marie – “Thank you!”
19 Jul, 2023 06:10:07 PM – Barb S – “love the music who is it?”
19 Jul, 2023 06:10:57 PM – Chris White – “Music is “Amos Ever Hadani – Travelling Light””
Introduction - Month 5
(August 2023)
adding detail: free motion embroidery
Prompt: A Favourite Children's 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.
In addition to the recommended kit list below, these are the items mentioned in this month’s prep video:
- Medium weight calico fabric
- Light to medium weight fusible interfacing
- Heat and Bond Lite Iron-on Adhesive
- Embroidery Hoop (approx 8 inches)
- Darning Foot
lessons with margaret
Challenging Covers
Tutorials with jenni & Kay
Prepare Your Fabric For Free Motion
Prepare Your Machine For Free Motion
Working With a Hoop
Stitching Your Name
Transferring Designs From a Book Cover
Stitching The Crayon
Stitching a Raw Edge Applique
Lecture 5 - Books For Kids with Mary Fons
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!
The Dream Keep and other Poems by Langston Hughes
Let’s Talk about Race by Julius Lester
Colour Your Own Monet Paintings by Dover Masterworks
Instagram: @quiltfolk and @jennismithsews
Hashtags: #quiltfolkbom #patchworkandprose
Live session recording
Live Session Chat
16 Aug, 2023 04:59:36 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “Hello to everyone!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:00:28 PM – Vicki Drake – “Hello from Colorado!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:02:11 PM – Emily Hayer – “I learned that the hoop *really* helps with the free motion embroidery. Does particularly dense embroidery make it hard to quilt later?”
16 Aug, 2023 05:02:16 PM – Riegel.cynthia@gmail.com – “Hello from Maryland”
16 Aug, 2023 05:02:26 PM – Anna Marie – “Hello from Minnesota!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:02:39 PM – Michelle J-W – “I wanted to thank everyone who recommended Leonard and Hungry Paul. I listed to the audiobook because of all the recommendations and I loved it!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:02:43 PM – Beth Schluep – “Hello from Silver Lake, Oh”
16 Aug, 2023 05:04:25 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “Spectacular blocks!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:04:31 PM – Anne Sidell – “hi from Camarillo, CA”
16 Aug, 2023 05:11:54 PM – Jean chan – “Love learning and trying out new techniques”
16 Aug, 2023 05:14:10 PM – Jean chan – “oh he is one of my daughter’s favs!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:14:59 PM – Anne Sidell – “beautiful dune cover!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:15:19 PM – Anne Sidell – “two beautiful dune covers!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:15:55 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “I’m on it!!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:16:56 PM – Anne Sidell – “lol… I thought you were saying “Valerie and the Blonde” like they were 2 different people… lol… oops my bad”
16 Aug, 2023 05:21:17 PM – Michelle J-W – “thank you for the these interviews, they are so interesting”
16 Aug, 2023 05:23:08 PM – Pat Spence – “Hi from Redford MI”
16 Aug, 2023 05:23:25 PM – Jane Elkan Korsberg – “Hi from Cleveland OH”
16 Aug, 2023 05:26:46 PM – Pat Spence – “I love her toned down muted colors.”
16 Aug, 2023 05:32:03 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “Jhumpa Lahiri’s books are wonderful!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:33:58 PM – Emily Hayer – “I love the backs of the books, but not the quotes about how good it is from other authors. Just because I like the other authors doesn’t necessarily mean we have the same taste in books!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:34:24 PM – Vicki – “Exactly that ^^^”
16 Aug, 2023 05:34:28 PM – Jean chan – “Reading on kindle is very different, no pics”
16 Aug, 2023 05:34:41 PM – Pat Spence – “I don’t like the circles on the covers with the name of the celebrity and book of the month. They used to be suckers, but now they are part of the cover.”
16 Aug, 2023 05:34:53 PM – Pat Spence – “stickers”
16 Aug, 2023 05:35:21 PM – Michelle J-W – “Leonard and Hungry Paul really is fantastic. 🙂 I also highly recommend Nation by Terry Prachett, recent read”
16 Aug, 2023 05:36:34 PM – Emily Hayer – “I’ve recently finished an older Anne Tyler book: Vinegar Girl. It’s a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew, and a good light summer book”
16 Aug, 2023 05:36:40 PM – Beth Schluep – “i read Overstory – quite meaningful”
16 Aug, 2023 05:37:02 PM – Erin Oberdorfer – “I took a class once where a book critic spoke. He said that one thing critics try to avoid doing is writing anything that can be excerpted for a book blurb.”
16 Aug, 2023 05:38:19 PM – Beth Schluep – “I agree – the ending was a bit disappointing”
16 Aug, 2023 05:38:22 PM – Vicki – “Summer reads: I loved Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woods on Harvey and Banyan Moon by Thai Thai”
16 Aug, 2023 05:38:43 PM – Vicki – “(Woodson)^^^”
16 Aug, 2023 05:39:51 PM – Vicki Drake – “I agree about the ending of The Overstory being too abrupt.”
16 Aug, 2023 05:39:53 PM – Jane Korsberg – “I just finished reading that book (Yellowface)!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:40:48 PM – Michelle J-W – “I really loved Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:41:46 PM – Erin Oberdorfer – “I’m wanting to read Tomorrow…. looks like it’s finally out in paperback??”
16 Aug, 2023 05:41:53 PM – Michelle J-W – “yep!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:42:07 PM – Michelle J-W – “great covers for that book!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:43:35 PM – Becky Aparicio – “My favotie book by Zevin – Tomorrow and I’m reading the latest”
16 Aug, 2023 05:44:14 PM – Pat Spence – “I love the palindrome cover.”
16 Aug, 2023 05:44:19 PM – Margaret Fleisher – “Way to go, Kay!”
16 Aug, 2023 05:45:46 PM – Michelle J-W – “the hub is great, really appreciate how easy it is to navigate”
16 Aug, 2023 05:46:08 PM – Emily Hayer – “I love the hub. My only suggestion would be to feature the monthly prompts more prominently”
16 Aug, 2023 05:47:36 PM – Pat Spence – “Great use of Starry Path”
16 Aug, 2023 05:47:59 PM – Emily Hayer – “all these children’s books are bringing back such good memories!”
16 Aug, 2023 06:02:05 PM – Pat Spence – “My aunt has one of her paintings.”
16 Aug, 2023 06:05:15 PM – Anna Marie – “Bye! Thank you!”
16 Aug, 2023 06:05:50 PM – Pat Spence – “Bye and Thank you for another great month of inspiration”
16 Aug, 2023 06:06:08 PM – Vicki Drake – “Thanks!”
Introduction - Month 6
(September 2023)
marvelous in miniature
Prompt: A Classic 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.
In addition to the recommended kit list below, these are the items mentioned in this month’s prep video:
- Medium weight fusible interfacing
- Karen Kay Buckley’s Perfect Circles templates
lessons with margaret
Improv Square
Virginia Wolf
Introducing Philippa Naylor
Quilt Collection
Miniature Quilts
Top Tips
Tutorials with jenni & Kay
Perfect Circles
Inserting a Strip
Lecture 6 - Aunt Jayne of Kentucky
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!
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
The Fall by Albert Camus
Philippa Naylor Quilts
Rising Stars
Pop Stars
Lime Light
Star Sign
White Gold
Bird by Bird
Philippa Naylor Quilts (Minitures)
Sewing BeeWearable Art
Measure for Measure
Circuit Training
Excerpt of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall
Taken from Quilt Stories by Cecilia Macheski
Quiltfolk Issue 12: Kentucky
Aunt Jane of Kentucky reading by Frances O’Roark Dowell at www.quiltfiction.com
Instagram: @quiltfolk and @jennismithsews
Hashtags: #quiltfolkbom #patchworkandprose
Live session recording
Live Session Chat
20 Sep, 2023 04:57:52 PM – Anna L – “Hello from Northern Minnesota!”
20 Sep, 2023 04:59:04 PM – Vicki Drake – “Hello from Colorado!”
20 Sep, 2023 04:59:33 PM – Riegel.cynthia@gmail.com – “Hello from Grasonville,Maryland”
20 Sep, 2023 04:59:38 PM – Chris White – “Hello Everyone!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:01:48 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Good morning from Idaho City, Idaho.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:02:57 PM – Anna L – “Sweet! What is the name of the book?”
20 Sep, 2023 05:03:14 PM – Joan – “Good day from Maine!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:03:50 PM – Karen Elkins – “Hi from Maryland”
20 Sep, 2023 05:04:45 PM – Anna L – “Enjoy some of the classic children’s mysteries such as The Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, etc.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:04:48 PM – Eileen W – “Hi from Atlanta, GA. My favorite classics are Dickens, Austen and Maugham!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:05:15 PM – ada – “The “Brits”, Mark Twain,, Bret Hart, etc”
20 Sep, 2023 05:05:22 PM – Kathy – “Hello from Chicago! A classic to me is one that stands the test of time. My classic is Once and Future King.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:05:44 PM – Jo – “Hi from North Yorkshire – anything I studied at O level!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:07:16 PM – Anna L – “Another favorite classic is To Kill a Mockingbird”
20 Sep, 2023 05:07:45 PM – Anna L – “Beautiful!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:08:16 PM – Anna L – “Thank you!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:10:39 PM – Joan – “I consider the same books as you mention as classics, but wonder if you would consider a book like THE WIZARD OF OZ a classic?”
20 Sep, 2023 05:11:13 PM – Cathy Hancock – “Yes, Joan, all of Frank L Baums books are classics.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:12:26 PM – Eileen W – “Love all the Charlotte’s Web interpretations!!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:18:21 PM – Pat S – “Hi from Redford Michigan”
20 Sep, 2023 05:34:26 PM – Pat S – “I was always told classics have a timeless story with a moral.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:36:07 PM – Michelle J-W – “When I started this program I’d intended to do two quilts, one with just poetry covers and one with fiction covers, but now I think there will be just one quilt with mostly fiction and some poetry covers fit in”
20 Sep, 2023 05:38:53 PM – Sherry Wallis – “Jenni, I love the fabric pattern in your blouse. Did you make it?”
20 Sep, 2023 05:51:08 PM – Anna L – “Frustrated that I got so far behind – life happened!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:52:09 PM – Vicki Drake – “Feeling more confident about trying new things!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:52:19 PM – Michelle J-W – “At this point, I am trying to work up the courage to challenge myself to do the blocks of my absolute favorite books, which I’ve been putting off as I learn more skills”
20 Sep, 2023 05:52:32 PM – Anna L – “Beautiful blocks!! Thank all for sharing!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:54:09 PM – Sherry Wallis – “I really enjoy seeing so many books I have on my shelves and the wonderfully creative depictions everyone has come up with!”
20 Sep, 2023 05:55:44 PM – Joan – “love seeing how everyone is interrupting the books they have choosen”
20 Sep, 2023 05:55:50 PM – Pat S – “I have bee n stuck on one book cover for several months, overthinking. The covers that have been completed are now allowing me to not be so literal.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:56:37 PM – Joan – “They seem to be getting harder to do, not easier.”
20 Sep, 2023 05:57:13 PM – Eileen W – “I find that I get analysis paralysis, while awaiting some stroke of creativity to take over. It was so refreshing to see Philippa’s videos in the hub this month. She breathes life and energy into the Sew Jo!”
20 Sep, 2023 06:02:38 PM – Pat S – “Thank you for another month of ideas and inspiration”
20 Sep, 2023 06:05:08 PM – Anna L – “Thank you!”
Watch All Live Sessions Here!
The next Q&A will take place on Wednesday, October 18 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, where we will discuss this months workshop.
In this tab, you can watch the live session. No special apps are required. Just log in to the Attendee Hub, navigate to this tab, and enjoy!
Recordings of previous Q&As will be posted here as well in case you’re unable to attend.
We can’t wait for our first session together! You will receive emails leading up to the event to remind you of the start time.
Glossary of Terms
Here’s an informative video of terms that might come up during our sessions together. We hope this is helpful! Of course, we’re here to answer any additional questions you might have.
Month 1 Kit List
PROMPT: The book you’re reading now
LESSON: Interpreting Book Covers – A Literal Approach
RECOMMENDED KIT LIST:
- 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
Quilt Top Examples & Size Reference
Here an example (discussed in Month 1) of a quilt top made from Margaret’s lovely blocks!
Online Gallery & Submission Form
Share your work! Each month, you’re welcome to submit an update on your project, including two photos and a written description, as well as view entries from fellow sewers. Submissions to the gallery will be open in April.
Private Facebook Group Access
Join our private Facebook Group to connect with fellow BoM members, share book recommendations and sewing inspiration, and show off your progress along the way.
Have questions for Jenni & Kay?
If you have any technical questions about the BoM that have not yet been answered, or if after reviewing the information on this page you have remaining questions for Jenni and Kay, please use the contact form below to send your inquiry!
