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Grab a Cup of Coffee and Let’s Talk African American Quilt Books

After an exciting weekend at the Atlanta Quilt Festival, I am claiming some quiet time and curled up with quilt books. Attending a...

Introducing March For Safe Schools

The Atlanta Quilt Festival posted a call for quilts that interpreted the theme Getting Into MY Good Trouble — Continuing the Legacy of...

Celebrating Black History Month By Reading a Book

What are you reading during Black History Month? Are you being intentional about supporting black authors? Are you reading banned books?...

Celebrating Black History Month by Creating a John Lewis Quilt

Today I started seriously researching and planning my 2024 John Lewis quilt. The Atlanta Quilt Festival will complete its trilogy of John...

Read a Book Today

We are still having what I call “read a book weather”. It’s too cold to go out frolicking so you might as well curl up with a book. My...

Hot Chocolate

The weather in Atlanta has been cold and nasty this week. It's the kind of weather that makes you want to stay home, put a log on the...

Check Out My List of African American Quilt Books

I love books of many different genres, but I make it a point to collect books by and about African Americans — especially quilt books....

A Good Day to Curl Up With a Book

I love books. I love living with books. Books make me happy. For me books and quilts go together like peanut butter and jelly, or wine...

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