March. I am doing fine, lots of projects to keep me busy. Trying to finish two quilts to hang and my Alegre Retreat show which is coming up in April. and lots of Baby quilts are being made because there are 4 new babies coming in our families in the next few months. So quilting quilting quilting!!
love and hugs
katiepm
January has come and gone and it is now the first of February 2018. The start of a new life for me. My dear husband passed away mid January. He left three wonderful children and their mates and 5 grand children with one on the way. He will be missed by all of us. I am learning to deal with my grief and will find a way to go on and make him proud of me. I have taken the next few months off from teaching in order to process this whole change. I imagine I will spend most of my time in the studio making art, some of the time on the computer trying to stay caught up and the rest of the time remembering what a great man he was, true to his word, funny, responsible and head over heals in love with me as I am with him.
On a much lighter note the month of January also brought a box of books.
My brother Mark has written the first of the Steve Walsh mysteries. I love the cover and the back shows the quilt that I made that has the clue to who done it!!
You can order it for e readers at amazon or if you want an old fashion hard copy you can order it from me on this web site.
It is a great read if I do say so myself. I am now pondering the quilt for the second book!!
I am so proud of him.
May the rest of the year bring healing and happiness to all of us.
thanks for your support
katiepm
My dear brother Mark is writing fiction for C&T publishing. He is writing Mystery novels where the clues are in different quilts. I make the quilt for each book and he writes the great mystery.
A Steve Walsh Mystery “The Rose Quilt Mystery” by Mark Pasquini.
You can order the book from me here on my website and as a kindle book on Amazon!
A Steve Walsh Mystery “The Rose Quilt Mystery” by Mark Pasquini
It is the 1920s, in the world of quilting circles. A wealthy woman and prominent local quilter is murdered with a pair of quilting shears during the preparations for a local flower show, leaving a dying clue on the lap quilt she and the executive committee are making as the first prize. Unfortunately, the clue could point to anyone on the committee or any of her three adopted children… Steve Walsh is called to investigate, helped and hindered at every turn by the late quilter’s flapper daughter and by the scrappy reporter Julie Boroni. Will Steve catch the murderer? Will he remain a bachelor or will he finally settle down (and with whom)? A classic murder mystery with a quilty twist, this historical fiction novel is sure to grab every quilter’s imagination and make them long for a bygone era.
love
katiepm