Quilt City: Safety Second Gift-Away!

Guess what is releasing TODAY??
My friend Bruce Leonard’s newest Hadley Carroll novel Quilt City: Safety Second is joining the line up of other fun quilty mystery titles, continuing the story of Hadley’s adventures in Paducah Kentucky!
I’m so excited for this latest novel – I’ve been waiting for each and every one.“In this fifth installment of the award-winning Hadley Carroll Mysteries, Hadley consoles her friend and fellow quilter, Dakota, after the defense attorney is injured and a bystander is killed in front of Dakota’s law office in Paducah, Kentucky, the Quilt Capital of the World.
Hadley and her staff at the Paducah Pulse newspaper must report on the murder, but a severe ice storm renders investigation impossible when power lines collapse and cell towers freeze. She hunkers with her friends and staff in the Pulse office after the governor issues a shelter-in-place order.

As the mayor, Hadley has her hands full trying to coordinate rescue efforts, organize building repairs, and oversee debris removal.

Then, a building collapses, a family crisis arises, and additional crimes further frazzle her psyche, forcing Hadley to buck up and rally her troops, determined to convict the perpetrators of multiple crimes—all while planning her wedding.”

I’ve long been a fan of Bruce’s ability to bring characters to life.

And throw in a quilting theme like a needle and thread running through everything? Perfection!

You can find the entire seriesHERE.

Bruce Leonard

How can you trust that Bruce GETS quilting? His wife Sedonia is a textile artist and loves to dye her own fabrics. HE gets us.

Even more exciting:

The audiobooks for the first two, Quilt City Murders, and Quilt City: Panic in Paducah, are also available.

The audiobook of Quilt City: Measure Once, Cut Twice is set to be released on March 25th.

The voice of Biz Lyon brings Hadley and her crew to life in the first two audiobooks. She’s truly talented, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the job she’s done.

I do a lot of listening to audiobooks while I drive, or sew.

If you do too, you are going to love the audiobook versions!

Yes, there is a Quilt City cook book –

And even a step away from the quilty genre with a fabulous new series featuring Jack Drake, Private Eye in Hard Exit.

And yes – we are having a little gift-away!

We’ll draw our winners by random number generator on 3/28/25.

Good luck, everyone!

Spring is Springing!

I’ll be posting the over-the-porch-rail photos from the Richmond Express retreat in tomorrow’s blog post, but I wanted to share just a bit of what is happening here.

The cows are BACK!

And…listen to this:

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Peepers are peeping!!
I’ve always felt it safe to say, at least for this corner of the Blue Ride Mountains that if we can make it past St. Patrick’s Day, that spring was well on the way.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be snow flurries through April…but at least it feels hopeful!

In case you missed it yesterday – this happened and is on-going!

My Waterford PDF pattern is now available in the Quiltville Store with an automatic 25% introductory discount good through 3/31/25.

It was inspired by a tile floor I photographed on my last trip to Ireland, when we took our Craftours group to the Waterford Crystal showroom in Waterford.

Waterford measures 80” X 80”, but is easily made smaller or larger just by changing the number of blocks.

And yes, there is a Gift-Away!

I’ll be drawing for two winners who will each receive a Waterford PDF pattern from me and a Notable Neutrals fabric roll from our friends at Cotton to Quilts

We’ll draw for those winners on 3/29/25.