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Housekeeping<\/strong>
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Plot Twist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The above photo has been making its way around social media. For good reason, I think. it is a great way to think about a lot of things in life. In quiltmaking, we could yell DESIGN TWIST and move on.<\/p>\n

Fabric<\/strong>
\nThis blog post<\/a> explains another way of thinking about fabric for projects: no stash. Huh?<\/p>\n

Adrianne at Little Bluebell has made a version of Sparkle Punch<\/a>, an Oh Fransson design.<\/p>\n

Books<\/strong>
\nAs you know, I often listen to audiobooks while I sew. As an aside, I have, lately been devouring print and eBooks as well as audiobooks. Thus I pay attention when I hear about deals that involve downloading a free audiobook from Audible. You often have to use a certain URL. You may have heard about such offers on podcasts such as The History Chicks. Openculture has a list of free audiobooks<\/a> including those from Audible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Quilt in Print: I went to visit TFQ last week and borrowed one of her books, Henry’s Sisters<\/em> by Cathy Lamb. Isabelle mentions quilters in passing on page 85, “The card playing ladies came in on Tuesday night and the quilters came in on Thursday.” I started a page<\/a> (find it under About, in the navigation bar above) with quotes and references to quilts and quiltmaking in fiction.<\/p>\n

I also read, in eBook form, Whispers Under Ground<\/em>, the newest book by Ben Aronovitch. I checked this book out from the Library and was able to easily download it. I was actually amazed at how easy it was to download it. I am in the process of reading The School of Essential Ingredients<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Quiltmakers in the News<\/strong>
\nMary Ellen Hopkins died recently. She was the author of It’s Okay If You Sit on My Quilt<\/em>.\u00a0 and many other titles. Most of her books were slim volumes. I loved her personal style and always wanted to take a class from her, but never did. I attended at least two of her lectures and they were a hoot! There is a tribute<\/a> on the AQS site.<\/p>\n

A memorial service is being planned for later this summer with the time and place to be announced. Thoughts and sympathy cards for Mary Ellen Hopkins can be sent to her son at this address:<\/p>\n

David Hopkins
\n946 Woodgrove Drive
\nCardiff by the Sea, CA 92007<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Gutcheon died as well. He was big news when I started quilting, because he and his wife owned a fabric company, designed fabric and wrote books. I believe they were some of the first fabric designers to put their name on the selvedge. They had a very public divorce that involved important, at the time, quilt properties\/brands. I remember hearing others talking about “the scandal” in my first quilt class.<\/p>\n

You can see both of their obituaries<\/a> on the QN blog.<\/p>\n

Libby Update: From the TQS Blog “Libby is progressing slowly. She still sleeps most of the time. Recently they played a TQS DVD of a show with her good friend Katie Pasquini. Libby watch carefully and even laughed at the right time when Alex and Katie messed up.”<\/p>\n

Ways to help<\/span>:<\/p>\n