New Book

I order quite a bit on line, especially at Christmas, so I wasn't surprised to see a package at my door, altho I didn't recognize the sender. When I opened it I was delighted to see a copy of Martha Sielman's latest treasure, Art Quilts International-Abstract and Geometric. According to Martha's introduction she received more that 1,300 entries from 461 artists. From these she chose 97 gallery and 19 featured artists. I am one of the gallery artists.

 Pat Pauly, another gallery artist, had her quilt Mummy Bags Influence, on the cover.

I am on page 51 with my quilt Salsa City. It has always been one of my favorite quilts and I'm so glad that it was chosen. The photography is good (although I did have my issues) and you can see all the free motion quilting. The colors are also true, often a problem in publishng.

I must confess that I haven't had time to read it. I have flipped through it briefly and now I'm going page by page and then I will go back and read it all, especially the interviews with the featured artists. I see a lot of familiar names and some that are new to me.

Wouldn't this make a nice gift for someone interested in art quilts? It is available on Amazon.