One of the things I miss most when traveling is access to my extensive library of quilt books. Currently numbering about 500, it includes how-to and pattern books, all the state documentation books, block books, books on every style from Amish to Welsh, vintage titles such as No Time on My Hands,(the inspiring story of Grace Snyder), exhibit catalogs, museum collection booklets and more.One of the first and most inspiring to me as a new quilter was Calico and Beyond by Roberta Horton, published in 1986....
...and my most recent will be Amish Quilts and the Welsh Connection by Dorothy Osler, which has me I anxiously checking the mail delivery each day. Just when I think I must have enough books ... along comes another!
The good news, however, is that temporarily lacking my own personal library, I am lucky to be close to a wonderful public library!! I was posing for a photo of me with all the quilt books I was checking out the other day - a pile in each arm - when they started to slip....
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| "Isn't there a limit?" said my DH "To what?", I replied. |
... and I'm grateful that I have quilting friends nearby who share their extensive libraries with me.
I don't know about you, but I use my books. I browse constantly for information, ideas and inspiration. In fact, I was having trouble falling asleep at night and realized it might be related to my habit of browsing quilt books in bed....not a calming influence!
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