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Spring has sprung! The flowers are in bloom. The dogs are digging in the garden and we’re celebrating NEW BOOKS!
Thread Magic Studio Press is here for you!
Thread Magic Studio Press is now up and running! My first book "Tigrey Leads the Parade" is here. If I’ve taught for your group you know how passionate I am about books and about the sharing of information. When I wrote "Thread Magic", I had a unique opportunity to share what I had done with you as quilters, to help you discover what you wanted to do. I have always been committed to bringing you the information, inspiration and passion to fuel your own artistic efforts.
Because of the wonderful changes in photography and new printing techniques, it’s possible to publish all kinds of books, at reasonable prices, in small and large quantities. What that means for me, is that I can write and publish the books I’ve heard you ask me for.
This story is about my dog Tigrey, who ran away every day of his life as an art form and had to be chased. He would run, I would run after him and the whole 4000 person town would follow, presumably to watch the show. At a certain point, we decided what he really wanted was a parade.
So I decided to embroider it, just as my mother and my neighbor would have done. I dyed tea towels, and pearl cotton, and embroidered the whole story onto them. And then I beaded them. The result is a 1930’s look, but it’s timeless. We will always need to do the dishes, find the dog, and dignify small tasks with humor and grace. Tea towel How To Section with a pattern for hand and machine stitching. "Tigrey Leads the Parade" is now available $15
You’ve asked me for this! This is a step by step book on bobbin work, soft edge free motion appliqué, Angelina Fiber, Couching with patterns, step by step instructions, gallery section, and source materials. Available Spring 2009. Pre order $15
Dragonfly Sky will also be available as a new workshop Ellen teaches!
Thread Magic Studio’s Premier First Look Book Program:
See these books first! As soon as I have them in hand, you can too.
Get special discounts and a free signed book for your guild!
Show off the wonderful things you can do online!
Enter your work for the First Look Books Celebration Series!
Our first book is Tigrey Leads the Parade. You can order it now as a group and have the First Look!
My books will be available in stores and at Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. But not immediately. There’s a time lag on this. So I’m offering your group the chance to have these books before they’re available in those spaces. You can, of course, order them singularly on my site. But you can order them as a group for your guild and have them arrive, signed for each person, directly from me. As a special introduction, we’ll offer a sliding discount and a free signed copy for your guild.
Do you want to do your own book?
Thread Magic Studio Press can help. Would your group like to do a guild mastery book? Tell a story? Celebrate an event? Do you want to put together a show catalog for your art quilt group? Do you have a personal book you’d like to make for your mother? Or your children? Thread Magic Studio Press can help you produce a book that can do that. We can print one book or thousands.
Book production services are available and affordable. Email me and let me know what you want to do and we can make it happen. The big companies offer limited packages. We can offer you just what you need.
You know how much fun it is to see your quilt in print. As I’m doing quilts for these books, they’ll go up on the web site for sale. Buy one of these quilts and get a free signed copy of the book your quilt is in to put on your coffee table beneath it.
July 02, 2009
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"Dragonfly Sky"