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12 | RECENTLY RELEASED Marking Time with Fabric and Thread Calendars, Diaries, and Journals within Your Fiber Craft by Tommye McClure Scanlin, Foreword by Sarah C. Swett Unlock daily creativity with this guide for recording time by using fiber craft. “ Incredibly inspiriting. The art practices, and sentiments shared by the artists, are heartfelt and will convince anyone who reads them to consider launching a personal daily practice.” — Jane Dunnewold , author, artist, and founder of the Creative Strength Training community Ever since the original release of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, it’s been agreed that a creative daily practice transforms your making. But fiber artists experience making in a different way than other crafters. Here’s a guide especially for them on starting, maintaining, and enjoying a purposeful daily practice while making an arresting, very personal artwork. • Enables all fiber crafters—knitters to weavers, quilters to embroiderers—to start and successfully benefit from a personal daily practice. • Packed with practical ideas for making a personal fiber art calendar, journal, or diary. Dozens of prompts for warding off the largest challenge: feeling creatively “stuck.” • Stories from more than 25 makers explain the benefits of daily practice, sharing inspiring photos of their finished “time capsule” pieces. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6821-9 Size: 8" x 10" (203 x 254 mm) Pages: 198 Price: $34.99 USD, £31.99, 48.99 CAD Illustrations: 100 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fiber Arts & Textiles The Quilting Experience A Celebration of Community and Patchwork Patterns by Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Foreword by Meg Cox Internationally renowned teacher Victoria Findlay Wolfe invites quilters to treasure their vibrant community while making blocks for an Experience Quilt. “ Expect tears, smiles, and outright laughter as quotes tug at heartstrings and stimulate minds . . . This is a crafting treasure that will both reinforce and inspire.” — Booklist Enjoy 12 original block designs by Findlay Wolfe for quilters to combine and create their own unique “Experience Quilt." Each block represents a profound life theme such as Friendship, Travel, Celebration, and Grief, to let crafters reflect their personal life narrative. Includes: • Thought-provoking, poignant, and amusing stories shared by diverse quilters, to illuminate each Quilting Experience life theme. • Complete instructions for the Experience Quilt plus 11 additional projects for quilts and pillows, with lessons and tips on techniques. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6807-3 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 240 Price: $39.99 USD, £36.99, 56.99 CAD Illustrations: 300 color photos, diagrams, and patterns Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Quilts & Quilting ISBN 978-0-7643-6821-9 ISBN 978-0-7643-6807-3 Tommye McClure Scanlin, professor emerita, University of North Georgia, founded its weaving program in the 1970s. She has been active in the American Tapestry Alliance, British Tapestry Group, Handweavers Guild of America, John C. Campbell Folk School and others. Her other books include Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond . Victoria Findlay Wolfe is an award-winning quilter, artist, and teacher. The founder of the NYC Metro Modern Quilt Guild, she has served on the boards of the Quilt Alliance and the International Quilt Museum; her quilts have traveled the globe and have been featured at the National Quilt Museum, the International Quilt Museum, QuiltCon, and the International Quilt Festival Houston, among others. Her business vfwquilts.com provides patterns, templates, kits, courses, and community. Her previous books include Double Wedding Rings: Traditions Made Modern .