Introducing titles for the Fall 2010 Stash Books list is a strange thing. The first season was definitely a nail-biter, but this second season is somehow really personal. And I’m more than a little bit nervous about it!
Scandinavian Stitches by Kajsa Wikman
I felt this same stomach-churning anticipation when we first opened our doors to the retail furniture store my husband and I own. As any of you who have a creative business will know, you really put yourself “out there” in terms of both the vision and the risk. Your business reflects all of the things you like and are attracted to.
Little Girls, Big Style by Mary Abreu
Well, the same is true for Stash Books and me. As I sit here typing this in my backyard with the sun shining and a lovely breeze blowing, I feel like introducing you to this season of titles is similar to taking you on a tour of my house. If I walked you through, you would see that each room has a different look, a different function, different feature colors, and different contents, but it all works together as a house. Under one roof, everything just “goes” together. And so does our Fall 2010 Stash Books list. At least I think so. I could be biased.
The Practical Guide to Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman
The authors on our Fall 2010 list are awesome!
In Fanciful Felties with mummysam, Samantha Cotterill shares her incredibly artful felties all embellished with her signature sketched style.
In Simplify with Camille Roskelley, Camille combines sweet, sophisticated, traditional, and modern, into 12 quilted projects using pre-cuts.
In Scandinavian Stitches, Kajsa Wikman’s work definitely has a crisp and casual Scandinavian style with a variety of sewn projects to try.
Elizabeth Hartman’s book, The Practical Guide to Patchwork, is the new must-have for the modern quilter, filled with reliable advice and 12 inspired quilt designs.
Eco-friendly Lunch Bags! (I compiled this one) contains dozens of inspired lunchtime solutions to replace the wasteful brown bag and plastic zip-tops.
And for Little Girls, Big Style, Mary Abreu created four basic patterns from which you can create an entire boutique wardrobe for your little princess.
Lunch Bags! by Design Collective
All of these artists have a completely different design aesthetic, color palette, medium and voice. But they all just “go” together. I am honored to have each of them as a part of our Stash Books Fall 2010 list and will be telling you more about these authors and their books over the next few weeks.
Fanciful Felties from mummysam by Samantha Cotterill
I, of course, love them all and want to make each project in every book. I nervously, proudly, excitedly and hopefully invite you to do the same. Come on in!
Simplify with Camille Roskelley
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i can not wait for Scandinavian Stitches, Kajsa Wikman’s !!!
Camille’s book is first on my list…Can’t Wait!!!
I am so excited about “Little Girls Big Style”. I think Mary’s style is so beautiful. I can’t wait to get my hands on the book!
I’m thrilled for Little Girls, Big Style. I’ve followed Mary’s blog for years and her taste is perfect. I’m getting stoked to sew cute clothes for my daughter using the patterns from this book!!
Gorgeous books! I MUST have Mary’s book when it comes out! Everything about it looks deliciously perfect and the cover is darling (I can’t wait to flip through the pages!). I’ll have to have Camille’s too…she has such a smart style.
So excited for these books to come out! I’ve already got three on order!! And, after spending this weekend with Dallas Modern Quilt Guild members, of which one is expecting a little girl this fall, I’m definitely getting a second copy of Mary’s “Little Girls, Big Style” as a shower gift for her!
I am absolutely thrilled that Mary has written a book! Her blog has been the target of my stalking for some time. She actually inspired me to learn to sew. I cannot wait to try her patterns on my girls. Thank you so much for offering works from such talented people.
I can’t wait for some of these titles! Mary’s book is top of my list, as well as Elizabeth’s and Camille’s!!
I purchased the Lunch Bag book and love it!!! I love it SO much that I am having a giveaway right now on my blog for it! You did a great job on putting this little gem together/I had just been hoping for a book like that:)
P.S. I can’t wait to get my hands on Camille’s book next!