{"id":3731,"date":"2009-12-10T08:06:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T15:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2016-08-30T08:13:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:13:53","slug":"book-review-taking-flight-by-kelly-rae-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/book-review-taking-flight-by-kelly-rae-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking Flight: Inspiration And Techniques To Give Your Creative Spirit Wings<\/a> by Kelly Rae Roberts<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a>
\nWhen I first started reading this book, I immediately noticed the tone: kind, positive, inspirational and soft. Not disgustingly so, but in a way that made me really feel inspired.<\/p>\n

My overall feeling of this book was it was a book that would be useful regardless of what the reader makes. This book is about having confidence, being inspired, getting rid of roadblocks and trying new things.<\/p>\n

The format of the book incorporates the patterns\/projects into the chapters, so they don’t seem slapped on because publishers think that “everyone must have projects if they are going to buy a book”. I didn’t try any of the projects as I cannot craft late at night in bed (too messy) and I didn’t have most of the supplies needed (too cheap). Still, I though the projects were interesting and would make good exercises for a class.<\/p>\n

Kelly Rae Roberts<\/a> has also peppered the book with interviews with other artists, such as Judy Wise<\/a>, Mati Rose, and Christine Mason Miller. This feature\u00a0 brings some liveliness and interest to the book.<\/p>\n

Ms. Roberts was interviewed on the Notes from the Voodoo Lounge podcast<\/a>, 17 November 2009. The podcast is a great companion to this book as it gives just a bit more insight into KRR.<\/p>\n

The only thing I didn’t like about this book was size of the font. There is a lot of information crammed into this 128 page book, but you might go blind trying to read it.<\/p>\n

I think this is a book that I would like to put on my wish list as I think it would be good to dip into on occasion.<\/p>\n

View all my reviews <\/a>, including my non quilt reviews<\/p>\n