Some very happy news out of my world today!
I’m thrilled to announce that I will be writing a book with Kristen, my co-host of Block Party and we are so excited.
C & T Publishing will publish it and it’s going to be about YOU! Ok, well, maybe not you specifically, but about all of us: the online modern quilting community.
It’s not going to be your usual book of quilt patterns and projects, but instead a “how to” book that will also be about all of the virtual quilting bees and the amazing sense of community that we have found online. Quilting bees have always given women a chance to get together and quilt, but now in the age of the Internet we have virtual quilting bees that have revitalized quilting and community among modern quilters.
I’m so excited that every member of Block Party has agreed to be a contributor to the book. There are so many talented women involved and I’m so honored to include myself among them.
And the most exciting part is that we’re going to be including all of YOU in the book too! We are going to be switching our Block Party blog over to a quarterly quilt along and we hope that lots of you will participate. We are including photos of some of the blocks you all make during the quilt alongs in the book, so please do join in. Your block might end up in the book!!
There will be more details coming along very soon so please keep an eye both here and over on the Block Party blog.
And lastly, thank you! All of you are so kind and generous and have made me feel like I’m a part of something exciting. We are so happy to have that wonderful community and energy transfer over into a book that represents all of us and the fun modern quilts that we have been creating.
SO FANTASTIC! Congrats again and I’m so so so so proud of you and proud to be your sister. xoxo
Very exciting and wonderful news. Best wishes as the book comes together. I’ll be following along.
Ths is great news! I can’t wait to see the book.
That is super exciting! I am a college English instructor and have done lots of editing work, so please let me know if you want some free help in the editing phase!
I’m so excited for you both….I found your blog last year and it really inspired me to tap back into my creative side….which opened me up to the modern quilting/blogging community. So exciting!! Congrats!
VERY exciting news. I’ve been hearing about this Block Party a lot, but I’m not entirely sure how it works, so it will be great to find out! Thanks!
How exciting! I have been thinking that the online quilting/blogging/Flickr-ing/quiltalong-ing community would make a great book! I have become so much more excited and inspired by quilts I have seen online than most of the books published (with some very notable exceptions). I’m so glad that someone is actually doing it! I’m sure it will be a wonderful and FUN project!
This is so exciting. What a fantastic idea! I couldn’t think of a better person to host it.
Congratulations Alissa! What exciting news!
Amazing opportunity, congrats! If anyone can pull this together you can for sure.
Congratulations – what a fun book that is going to be…and I’m in for the quilt-a-long!!
That is so awesome, Alissa, congrats!! The quilt-a-long sounds fun. I haven’t done one yet, so it will be a new experience. Looking forward to seeing you and all the other ladies @ our next LAMQG meeting. Chris
Congrats! Sounds like a great project and a fun book. The blogging/flickr community is really what’s fueled mmy newfound sewing love, so, yay for all of it!
great news! I bet you super excited to get going on it! can’t wait!
Woohoo – what exciting news! Congrats – the book sounds great and I’m sure it’ll be a great success. Your quilting bee has been a total inspiration.
I love the bird print on your wall, by the way
It sounds great! I always appreciate how-to books – especially when breaking out into something new for me. I’ve enjoyed watching the progress of some virtual bees and find them inspiring. I’m sure the book will be the same! Congrats!
Congratulations!!! Sounds really exciting and I look forward to hearing about the progress.
Exciting news indeed. Congrats!
Hey thats so great!! Congrats to you and Kristen – I look forward to the new VQB blog too!
This IS exciting news!! C&T is such a top-notch publishing company and I’m sure this will be a marvelous book with all the collaborative efforts of everyone. Having just participating in two online block exchanges, it will be great to follow along with this. Yay for all of us in the online quilting community! It just keeps getting better and better.
congrats!!! {publicly!} i’m super proud of you.. and i’ll get to say.. i knew her when… & congrats on the guild.. looks like you have quite a strong group to start out with!
That is so cool! Many congrats to you and Kristen! And how cool on the changes to the Block Party–you can bet your boots I’ll be joining in. (PS–my library will TOTALLY be carrying this book!)
Congratulations! Sounds like a wonderful book!
What a great idea for a book.
Congratulations!
Andi
Excellent!! The quilting bees are a great addition to my quilting and it’s great to see so many inspirational and talented people out there.
Congratulations!! What thrilling news x
that is so very wonderful!!! congrats!!!
Wow, that is awesome! I was wondering what the book was about! Congrats! Can’t wait to see it!
That’s so exciting! Congrats! I can’t wait to see the book…and maybe participate in the quilt-a-long.
Holy cow! How cool is that?!
how absolutely fantastic and exciting!! congratulations and have fun !!
Cool! Congratulations!! That’s so exciting! I love the bees that I’m in and the way that I’m pushed beyond my comfort zone to try something new each month. I’m excited to see how it comes together for you!
fantastic! I look forward to getting it for Emily when it’s done.
That is so exciting!! Can’t wait for the quilt alongs, so looking forward to participating.
What a great idea for a book! I am fairly new to this online quilting world, and I have yet to join a Bee, but I love it and am constantly inspired by your work and others’ work. I love spending quiet times (I have a preschooler, so those quiet times can be hard to come by) surfing through quilt blogs. I love modern quilting as it goes hand in hand with my professional career (architecture).
I can’t wait to see and buy the finished product. I hope I can join in on a quilt-along too.
Brilliant book idea! And what a feather in the cap of our new guild to have a VP who will also be a published quilting author. Congratulations!
heartfelt congratulations for the book!!! you’ve chugged along for so long, you deserve it!
on a different note, i love your couch and we need a new. i was wondering where you found it.
thanks,
Adina
Hi Adina! Thanks!
And it’s actually my sister’s house modeling the quilt… and her couch is this one.
Congratulations!! What great news! You’ve been such an inspiration to me and your work deserves to be published. The virtual bee is really a wonderful reflection of the online quilting community. I’m pleased to hear that this will be in your book.
Also, I’m inspired to try and start a northern CA modern quilting guild. We’ll see if because of you, there is a national trend to do this!
Tina
oh, goodness!! how utterly exciting. i’m just starting my third virtual quilting bee & it is such fun! i can’t wait to see the results!
This is a great idea for a book!Congratulations! I can’t wait to read it.
Love the book concept! Congratulations.
(But I am only one who finds it ironic that it will be a book about modern, on-line quilting? Still totally cool.)
Congrats! That’s really exciting. I was going to also comment that I love your rug and wondered if there was a story to it, since it looks so unique, but then I just noticed that you posted that it was your sister’s house. Anyway, if you know anything about it, I’m still curious..it’s beautiful. And congrats again!
Wow! What a lovely idea! I can hardly wait to see what you come up with. I can’t turn down quilt alongs