It is time to settle in and read some quilting books and magazines!
Ok, ok, I know you are thinking: “Tierney, it is not Winter or a blustery Fall day, no one wants to get a cup of tea and settle in with a book in a cozy chair with a quilt and read.” Alright, so you don’t have to sit inside, you can sit outside, with your iced tea and your sunblock. Inside or outside, I happen to have a recommendation for a publication that I think my fellow quilters will enjoy: Missouri Star Quilt Company’s publication Block.
A couple of months ago I was at a quilt retreat with my “quilt sisters” in the Vancouver, WA area, called Sew N Go: sewNgo Retreat. The retreat owner and host, Nancy, had a collection of these wonderful publications strewn around our retreat workroom area (aka the “Quilting Sweatshop” where quilters sew all day and night and pay to do so!).
Many of the retreat attendees were like: “where did you get these awesome books?”
A month after that I came across an online article on NPR’s website about the Missouri Start Quilt Company: “One Family Revitalizes A Small Town With, Yes Quilts“. After reading the article after looking through a couple issues of their quarterly publication Block while at the retreat, I knew I wanted to give my business to this organization.
As a belated birthday treat to myself, I bought all the past issues of the Block publication as well as a year subscription for future issues.
I have browsed the issues, and plan to really settle down into some serious “quilt publication bonding” when it gets more like hot tea weather!
Sitting my my cozy chair with a quilt on my lap, while drinking tea and reading quilting books and publications is definitely something I am looking forward to this fall and winter.
tierneycreates 
I really like her books! I subscribed to them about a year ago. When they arrive I like to sit and read them from cover to cover. I have plans to make many of the quilts in the books. Even bought fabric from her to make one. Thanks for reminding me how much I like the books.
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Cindy you are a person after my own hear!. Yes I have a fantasy of making every quilt in the books and I like how many of them use pre-cuts (and I have an obscene collection of pre-cuts!)
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