The God Box Quilt

Visitors to our show stopped to admire the God Box Quilt made by Helen Wolf. Helen so enjoyed Mary Lou Quinlan's book, that she made a small quilt with the book title. Visitors to the show wrote little prayers, wishes, or thoughts, on slips of paper and put them in the box on the quilt. After the show the quilt was sent to Mary Lou. Be sure to check out her website at: www.thegodboxproject.com and click on the blog.

And here is Helen writing one of the enclosures

Anne, the Quilt Hunter

I confess that I am here under false pretenses.  I am not a quilter – never have been, never wanted to be one, never hope to be one.  I am, however, a Quilt-Hunter. (Maybe I had better explain that term before the quilters come after me with their sharp needles.)

As a teacher, I learned to hunt down and capture elusive themes, symbols, and patterns in prose and poetry.  As an academic critic, I write about those “captures” so that others can enjoy them.  When I became involved with putting on a quilt show for Pearl S. Buck’s charities, I realized that many of the novels I had been reading for years contain quilts as symbols…and the hunt was on.

And what a successful hunt it has turned out to be.  Quilt references seemed to explode into view when I sharpened my critical eye to spot them.  They cowered behind the most illustrious names in romance writing and hid deep in the recesses of cozy mysteries but we – my companion-editors in the quest – sought them out and brought them to the light of day so that quilter-readers could enjoy them

The result is our book – Writers Who Quilt – Quilters Who Write – recently published and available on Amazon.  Even as we finished that book, I kept discovering how authors use quilts as symbols and literary devices…and so, the never-ending quilt hunt goes on.

Stay tuned for the Blog of the Quilt-Hunter as she tracks down this elusive quarry in all sorts of written material.

Book Signing Event

We just finished the official launch of the book at the Quilt and Garden Festival held at Pearl S. Buck in Perkasie, PA. Well over 400 people attended and it was a wonderful chance to meet people and talk about the book.

                                           Susan Wagner one of the editors of the book was
                                           with us for two of the days.

                                           Sandy Cody stopped by to say hello. Visit her website at:
www.sandracareycody.com and the blog she is involved with at:http://birthofanovel.wordpress.com
Sandy has a new book out titled Love and Not Destroy, which takes place at the annual Folk Fest of the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA. This is an ebook and available for Kindle through Amazon. Check out her other new book, Left At Oz, in hardcover at Amazon,or Avalon Books.

                                           Kathryn McKenna another writing friend stopped by. She has published a book on the history of the James Lorah House in Doylestown, PA.

                                                                The Writer's Quilt
                                           Patchwork of books, pencils, and words.

                                                              by Anne Kaler

                                                             by Anne Kaler

                                                                  by Anne Kaler

                                                                    ANNE KALER
                                      BOOK SIGNING AT PEARL S. BUCK  JUNE 26,2012

Book Launch Quilt & Garden Festival at Pearl S. Buck

We officially launched the book today at the first day of the Quilt and Garden Festival, held at Pearl S. Buck International, Perkasie, Pa. Books were selling fast, and we were busy autographing them. Co-editors Susan Wagner and Helen Wolf were  autographing them as well. We are looking forward to two more days of the show, and meeting many more people. I will be posting several articles in the near future.

Book Launch

The official launch of the book will be Tuesday June 26th at the Quilt and Garden Festival at Pearl S. Buck in Perkasie, PA.

If you are in the vicinity of the historic home, please stop by and visit our table. There will be things of interest to quilters ( over 70 quilts) vendors, lectures and demos on quilts, books and things of writing interest, garden tours and talks, along with house tours, a wonderful gift shop, a cafe, and beautiful surroundings to just wander and take in the lovely setting.

Watch this blog for other author events, and if you would be interested in having us do a program for you, please let us know.

Published!

We are excited to share the news that the book is finally published!

WRITERS WHO QUILT, QUILTERS WHO WRITE, by ANNE K. KALER

It is filled with stories stitched with pens and needles. Available on Amazon and various local shops.

Author appearances will be announced soon.