Loose Threads: Stories to Keep Quilters in Stitches - Tapa dura

One of the countrys best-loved quilters shares her observations on the whys, wherefores, and wonders of applying needle to fabric and creating a world.

A collection of amusing, moving, and invariably wise essays from Helen Kelleys beloved "Loose Threads" column (a favorite of readers of Quilters Newsletter since 1983), this treasury comes together much like the exquisite quilts Kelley creates: painstakingly pieced and stitched to convey not just a moment and its meaning, but the care and craft of quilting that lasts longer than thread holds out. Gathered in book form for the first time, these pieces form a lovely patchwork that will certainly keep.

“Reading Helen Kelley is like having coffee with a good friend. In sharing details from her quilting life, she touches us with insights that are both personal and universal, simple and monumental.”

—Jean Ray Laury, internationally known quiltmaker, instructor, and author

Blurb from Lisa Iverson to come this week

—Lisa Iverson, Executive Director, Quilters Hall of Fame

Blurb from Jan Magee to come this week

—Jan Magee, Executive Editor, Quilters Newsletter

With signature wit and wisdom, Helen Kelley weaves the “loose threads” of life into charming stories that every quilter can appreciate. Her warm humor and poignant insights about the quilting life are sure to make you laugh, as you recognize yourself in tales of family, friendship, and a passion for quilts.

Helen Kelley is a celebrated quiltmaker, instructor, lecturer, and author. For twenty-five years, this Erma Bombeck of the quilting world has parlayed her passion for all things quilt into her enormously popular “Loose Threads” column in Quilters Newsletter. A master quilter, Helen’s “Renaissance Quilt” was chosen as one of the 100 Best Quilts of the Twentieth Century, and she is the 2008 inductee into the prestigious Quilters Hall of Fame.