Loose Threads Stories to Keep Quilters in Stitches

by Kelley, Helen

• ISBN13: 9780760332030
• ISBN10: 0760332037
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Voyageur Press

Summary

One of the world's best-loved quilters shares her observations on the whys, wherefores, and wonders of applying needle to fabric and creating a world. A collection of amusing, moving, invariably wise essays from Helen Kelley's "Loose Threads" column, this treasury comes together much like the exquisite quilts Kelley creates: Painstakingly pieced and stitched to convey not just a moment and its meaning, but the care and craft of quilting that lasts longer than thread holds out. Gathered in book form for the first time, these pieces form a lovely patchwork that will certainly keep

Author Biography

Helen Kelley, of Minneapolis, MN, is America’s most popular quilting columnist and has written for Quilter’s Newsletter for over twenty years. She is a master quilter and has taught and lectured across the country. Helen’s “Renaissance Quilt” was chosen as one of the 100 Best Quilts of the Twentieth Century. She is the author of Every Quilt Tells a Story and Helen Kelley’s Joy of Quilting and is the 2008 inductee into the prestigious Quilter's Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

Preface

Every Stitch Tells a Story Thoughts on Masterpieces

Life on an Ocean Wave Mama, Where Did I Come From?

I Am a Lady Sweets for the Sweet Doing What Comes Naturally Getting

Down to the Nitty-Gritty 10 Signs Itrsquo;s Time to Clean Out

Your Fabric Stash That Old Time Religion Tennis Elbow

License to Quilt X-Rated Carpe Diem (Seize the Moment)

Herersquo;s a Toast to Quilting!

I Got Music License No. HK-428-27 Riding Lesson Letrsquo;s

Have Another Cup of Coffee Six Delicious Flavors Four Days Tut Tut! Darn It!

Common Threads When Irsquo;m Calling You

Chit Chat Griselda Tuna Melt Punch Drunk Who Is the Fairest One of All?

Shape Up or Ship Out Let Them Eat Cake How Sweet It Is! Heavenly Days Pearly Whites

The House that Quilts Built

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