Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Shared Stitches



My new book, Exploring Embellishments has been on the desks of many, many folks at Martingale Publishing up in the Seattle area over the past six months or so. These are great people who do amazing work and are really fun to work with, too. It will soon be hitting the streets, and this month I will be beginning to take pre-orders.

But, back in October I was visiting the offices of Martingale while Brent (the best quilt photographer!) was shooting the photos for this new book. During that visiti I also gave a class to a group of Martingale stitchers. The sun shone through the yellow leaves we all had a great day of Fast-Piece Applique. In this one-day class everyone works on a self-created abstract designs. Below are a few of the finished pieces.

The top one is by Stan
Middle piece is by Cathy ....
The lower one is by Regina ....

I'm looking forward to seeing MORE,
and also sharing MORE about my new book...
Does the title have you intrigued?

4 comments:

joanell said...

love the buttons on the top - and how easy to get to twitter and other things. great job

Rose Hughes said...

thanks for noticing Joanell! it's been fun and a bit frantic at times figuring out how to make things happen on the blog, but luckily there are lots of others that lend words of guidance. It is great tho when something comes together.

Waterrose said...

Wow those quilts are beautiful. The blog is looking fantastic! Such a feeling of accomplishment when you master this stuff!

Rose Hughes said...

thanks for the comments Rose, I love your blog and have been trying to live up. In this ever changing place it is hard to keep up, so I agree that it feels pretty good when something comes together.