"Mother Earth & Her Children"

The "best-of-show" quilt at the 2006 International Quilt Festival is not a quilt that any of us can recreate because I will flatly state that none of us have the skill, artistry and dedication it would take to make a masterpiece like the one made by Sieglinde Schoen Smith. However, we can buy the next best thing ... her art has been captured in the pages of a book designed for children.

The most recent issue of "Quilters Newsletter" (November, 2007, page 50) has an article about the book. QN interviewed Sieglinde and the article explains how the book came to be published. I plan to buy a copy as a Christmas gift for my granddaughters who are four and a half years old because I think they will be charmed by the story and by the incredibly delicate illustrations that go with the story. (I suspect that my DDIL could not sew on a button to save her life; my DS is competent with a sewing machine and so my DS does the clothing repairs in their family. DS will explain to his daughters about the hand stitching in the artwork in the book.)

Here's a link to the publisher's website: http://www.brecklingpress.com/mother_earth_info.htm

Judy