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“Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.”

Writing Wells Walks Watches Husband Bird Yoga Garden Dinner My Husband Consuming Backyards Quilters

Author:Kirby Larson

“Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter's quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows.”

People Knows Art Hands Values Passion Energy Creativity Generous Supportive Quilts Quilting Quilters

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“Nobody starts out a perfect quilter.”

Perfect Quilters

Book:Prayers for Sale

Source: Prayers for Sale

“I think, writing-wise, I am probably more of a quilter than a weaver because I just get a little scrap here and a little scrap there and sew them together.”

Thinking Writing Littles Together Wise Scrap Weavers Quilters

Author:Rich Mullins

“In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past let me have fun researching patterns that were popular and fabrics and tools available to quilters through history.”

Writing Art Stories Use Today Past Fun Technology Novel Tools Let Me Patterns Available Technique Contemporary Having Fun Fabric Quilters

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how women use friendship to sustain themselves and nurture each other.”

Writing Firsts Use Wanted Novel Nurture About Friendship Apprentice Quilters

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and their generosity, their quarrels and their kindnesses - the lives of quilters became a natural subject for me. Quilting wove together my two themes as completely and effortlessly as I could have hoped.”

Knows Writing Two Together Natural Kindness Subjects Jokes Generosity Theme Disputes Quarrels Having Hope Quirks Inside Jokes Beginning Writers Quilting Quilters

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, people - rather than quilts or quilting.”

People Book Known Havens Assuming Quilts Quilting Quilters

Book:The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

Source: The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

“Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like the best of friends.”

Two Passion Hours Mets Stranger Mutual Quilting Quilters

Book:Elm Creek Quilts: Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels

Source: Elm Creek Quilts: Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels