Goodreads Test

Goodreads has a new feature where they give the HTML for a review you have written. I am trying it out here. I originally wrote a review of Collaborative Quilting for this blog on October 21, 2006. I filled out a review today on Goodreads and thought I would check out the feature to see if I thought it would work for you. If it works, it will make writing reviews of books a lot easier. Note that if you click the “view all my reviews” link, you will get non-quilt related reviews as well.

Collaborative Quilting Collaborative Quilting by Freddy Moran

My review


rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of the best reasons for buying this book is the huge number of photos. It is amazing how many photos of quilts and blocks the publisher was able to cram into this book for the price. I also like the idea of collaboration between the two artists.

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Will You LOOK at those Dots???

The Quilting Stash podcast host, Annie Smith, interviewed Mary Lou Weideman in April. The show is really great, interesting as well as entertaining. I just listened to it this week and finally went to look at Mary Lou’s quilts. I have one one of her books, but the photos of these quilts are so cheerful. I think she is one of my new heroes!. Will you look at all of the dots she uses?

I was interested to hear, in the interview, that MLW creates her borders first. Look carefully at the witch quilt’s border. It amazes me that she can make the border first when it is so intricate. Definitely a technique I want to try.

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Annie Smith on Quiltmaking on the Go

Annie Smith, of the Quilting Stash podcast fame, wrote about quilting while she was tied up in her car. I listened to the podcast yesterday and then went to her blog today to see the photos. I was thrilled to see her sketches of quilts. First, the sketches themselves are great. Second, I was glad to see that someone else sketches out whole quilts and, third, I see that I am not the only one who gets inspiration from her surroundings.

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