NEWS!!!!
I have news!!!
YAY!!!
First,
Can I tell you how hard it was to keep this a secret?
Incredibly hard!!!
And how much I giggled, when you (many of you) have been emailing me, saying, "OOH! I can't make it to the Museum in Wisconsin to see your DWR's, But how about a book on them, so we can ALL see them?"
HaHa! Yeah! Great idea!
I made so many double wedding ring quilts in the last year...
7 of them in the last 6 months...(and wrote the book!)
10 patterns for my Double Wedding Rings are inside, including Double Edged Love, and Greatest Possible Trust! ( Which is on the cover!) I can not wait to share these quilts with you, I hope they inspire you even more to think outside the box! (...or outside the wedding ring!)
So NOW, I can tell you, the book is coming out in January 2015!!!!
That is not very far away!!! Wahoo!
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Book Blurb:
Get ready for new adventures in conventional piecing with celebrated quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe. Create stunning Double Wedding Ring quilts with breathtaking innovations on the classic pattern. With full-size patterns for 10 quilts, the book will teach you the Double Wedding Ring basics. After you’ve mastered curved foundation piecing, try your hand at Victoria’s unique fabric slashing and “Made-Fabric” methods—it’s easier than you think! You’ll feel liberated as you improvise on her designs, with full instruction for some quilts and others that invite your creative discovery. Read the stories that inspired each of Victoria’s designs, and then take inspiration from the artist at work in her studio, with photography of her creative process and 3 bonus quilts to jump start your own art.
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I just finished quilting yet another DWR, and have two more on my design walls... I must be seriously crazy... Crazy yes, But gosh, I am having so much fun with these Double Wedding Rings, That I CAN NOT STOP!
Please come up to the Museum to see the quilts, they are so much fun to see in person... A collection of them will also be at the International Quilt Study Center, March - June 2015, so that will be another opportunity, and even in Melbourne, Australia in 2016! WAHOO! And maybe a few other places, yet to be determined... I am extremely proud of these quilts...
I do hope you will love the book. This has been a "surprise adventure" even for me... You could not have told me I'd have so much fun with one pattern...I would not have believed you.
Squeal!
Soon, I will be sorting out pre-orders, through my own website... Stay tuned!!!
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Awesome! Double awesome! You are awfully good at keeping secrets! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCan not wait!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I am so excited for you! Beautiful quilts, beautiful Victoria!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fabulous book! I have so admired your DWR quilt...this book is a definite buy for me!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
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ReplyDeleteYay! That is great news for all of us!
Wish I could see the quilts in person... maybe by 2015 travel plans will allow?
So happy a book will be available.
Oh my goodness! Victoria this is the BEST news! Congratulations! I absolutely love your double wedding ring quilts. And I'm so excited that I might get to see them here in Australia in 2016!
ReplyDeletehow good to be having another book published, all the best with it, maybe your quilts could visit the UK so we can see them too
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Victoria! Cannot wait to order my book. I will also hope to see some of the quilts when you come Downunder!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Well done and nice to see you give the DWR a more adventurous look! It is such a great pattern.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to put everything into a book. Look forward to hearing more about it and hope the exhibitions go well :)
ReplyDeleteOh I had hoped it would be launched in Houston. Guess it will take even longer to get here to Australia.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! you have brought so much life and energy to the quilting world, thank you V!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a dynamite cover!!! Can't wait to see inside...
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! I know it will be another HUGE hit like your first... can't wait to see it!!
ReplyDeleteGreat secret! Great news! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteIt's a joy to see people succeed, I'm very happy for you!!
Congratulations on the new book! It is the first item on my Christmas wish list!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Sooooooooo exciting!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new book! I have never tried a DWR quilt and this will be my project 2015 with your book! E
ReplyDeleteWhee! Cool stuff!!! I'm going to need to take a class...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sewing
Congratulations on the book, fabulous work!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Wow how one thing leads to another! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS !!! Your wonderful success really inspires me!
ReplyDeleteOf course, it's a perfect idea, congratulations! I will be waiting impatiently to get an autographed copy.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Congratulations! So much good stuff happening! So happy for you!
ReplyDeleteYay! You are inspiring. Great job, hard work pays off!
ReplyDeleteYay! Congratulations! Can't wait to see it!
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you! Congrats! I can't wait to see your book and those beautiful quilts!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. I'm looking forward to checking this book out. Looks wonderful. I bet they'll be a lot of DWR quilts made with it for weddings and anniversaries in 2015 (and beyond), as well as for other reasons too. Gorgeous quilt on the cover.
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so exciting, looking forward to learning your techniques!
ReplyDeleteFantastic news from you, congratulations!!! What a great accomplishment, you should be so proud!
ReplyDeleteOh no you didn't!!! Congratulations! Boy, you really can keep a secret! When will you start taking orders for your new book?
ReplyDeleteGreat news. It prompted me to look at your other book on Amazon, and I ordered it today. I am really interested in the wedding ring book too.
ReplyDeleteHooray! Congratulations, Victoria!
ReplyDeleteWonderful news Victoria! Congratulations. So glad this book will be coming out.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Victoria! I can't wait to see your new book! And hopefully your double wedding ring quilts ... some day, somewhere!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I've always loved Double Wedding Rings, and yours are truly outstanding. Can't wait to see the book!!
ReplyDeleteJust wonderful..You are a great artist. I am so glad you chose quilting as your medium!
ReplyDeleteYou rock girl!!!! Awesome news!
ReplyDeleteThat is so exciting!! You are so creative, can't wait to see the book.
ReplyDeleteI am soooo excited for you, and cannot wait to own the book! It will be ready just in time for QuiltCon! Woo Hoo!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Off to Amazon where I hope it can be pre-ordered:)
ReplyDeleteMelbourne in 2016??? Are your serious???? Can't WAIT!!! Congrats on the book - so very exciting!! Will you becoming to Melbourne too?? Now that WOULD be cool!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely wonderful V, I cannot wait to see it!!! It will be as inspirational as you are. xo
ReplyDeleteWell they are going to Melbourne, can they come up to Brisbane Queensland please ?:)
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!! Can't wait to get my hands on it . . . in 2015.
ReplyDeleteExciting, indeed. I would SO love to see these quilts in person, I know pictures never do a quilt justice. But for now, I'll just be looking forward to your book. You undersell yourself and your quilts by "just" calling them modern, they are SO MUCH more than that. They are perhaps the most innovative, creative, brave, and amazing quilts I have ever seen. They are so out of the box, yet so rooted in tradition that it's hard to believe that they can even be both at the same time. I'm in awe.
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