Exciting Things from Barbara Brackman! (Gift-Away!)

Did you know this was in the works?

A bit of backstory - I have a very loved and often used, long cherished copy of the 1993 edition of Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns.  

It was $34.95 in 1993 - hard bound and heavy, and little did I know what a great investment it would be for my quilting library, and how often I would turn to it for information and inspiration.

Isn't it fun to look back in time and see how things have changed?

At this time the volume was full of hand drawn graphics - black and white, leaving room for our own imaginations to fill in the colors, prints, styles and more.

I devoured this book - often taking it to bed with me to turn pages while I awaited sleep to overtake me.

It is the backbone of my quilting reference book section.

Fast forward many years into EQ land, and I was so super excited to purchase the DIGITAL version when Electric Quilt published BlockBase, which integrated with the old EQ5 (Or was it 3?) at the time.

Now the block images could be tweaked changing the colors, fabrics, styles to our own liking and the possibilities were truly endless.

But still - there is something SO SATISFYING with a paper page book.  Seeing the pages at a glance - all of the variations right in one page view.  You can't get that on a computer screen, and don't we have ENOUGH screen time in our lives already?

So here is the exciting bit!

Electric Quilt is releasing a THIRD EDITION -

IN PAPER!!

The graphics are no longer hand-drawn.  They are in COLOR, not in black and white pen and ink.

AND....they asked me to give a review to be printed IN the book.  Can I just jump up and down and burst now?

Here's the nitty gritty I get to let you in on:

The Electric Quilt Company and Barbara Brackman are bringing you the THIRD EDITION of Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns! With FULL COLOR AND LINE DRAWINGS of over 4,000 pieced quilt-block patterns (including 161 new ones!), this fabulous resource book should be in every quilter’s library! 

Pre-order and SAVE 30% through November 24 at ElectricQuilt.com! 

That's right!  Save 30%!  Got any quilty friends or family on your Christmas gift list?  At 30% off you could save yourself some $$$ and make your quilty folks extremely happy.

Not only that - Electric Quilt is providing me ONE COPY to gift away to ONE LUCKY Winner!

Would you like to win a copy??

Giveaway winner will receive one copy of the book shipped in early December, 2020. 

The Electric Quilt Company will ship our winning prize to U.S. addresses for free, others will have the option to pay for shipping costs if they win. Free shipping is only available for the prize winner. Purchases do have a shipping fee as the books are HEAVY! (And worth it!)

Good luck, everyone! We will be drawing for our winner on Thursday, November 12!

Yesterday's big excitement included this!

New washer/dryer at Quiltville Inn!

It is not a secret that I have detested ALL of the front-loader washing machines that have come through my life in the past 14 or so years.  Long may they rust in piece - somewhere else.

(Just my personal opinion, you can have yours - this is not meant to start a comment war in the comments below!)

The old set that came with the house when we purchased it ALWAYS leaked.  ALWAYS.  And when washing bulky loads like sheets, blankets and towels - the machine would break dance it's way around its little laundry closet and shake the house. No amount of leveling would fix it.

And let's face it - it was over 12 years old according to the stickers - it was time to go.

We had a stacked unit like this in the Buck Mountain cabin that I dearly loved - it did LARGE loads, washed quickly, ample amounts of water, and was a quiet running machine. I wish I could have kept that set, but we sold it with the cabin.

After last week's leaky laundry debacle, and finding this set on sale at Lowes, we made the decision quickly without looking back. 

The decision was also greatly amplified by the fact that son Jeff & Ashlyn's dryer had kicked the bucket and was going to cost too much for them to repair.  

The 4 Lowe's installers that came by yesterday were FANTASTIC!  They removed the old equipment, they hooked up this one and carted off the old washer. BYE BYE, GOOD RIDDANCE!

The old dryer is on the back porch waiting for Jeff to pick it up tomorrow.

It's the little things that work out like this that just set the day right, don't you agree?

We are also moving forward with our plan to put a second laundry in the garage/shop with extra capacity Speed Queen machines to cut my laundry time down.  The machines in the laundry closet in the Inn can be used for smaller loads (kitchen towels, cleaning rags, etc) and big loads can go to the garage.  

Last night's feet up and hand quilting was interrupted by:

Kelpie time!  Oh, Zoey Jo!

If I am back to hand quilting on this 20 year project, that means that all bindings, sleeves and labels on behind the scenes projects are DONE!

Today should be a photography day.  Over the next few days it will be pattern writing and design time - I can't wait.

Big things to happen in November/December!

Anything happening for your Saturday ahead?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

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Vintage yoyo coverlet found in Virginia.

It's easy to appreciate the big things most days.

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Today, look around you and appreciate the small ones.

Remember - I'm moving forward with taking Sunday's off of blog posting. So I'll see you back here on Monday.

Have a great weekend, everyone!