Hi There, Sorry for the long absence from this blog. What with moving house a couple of times and having intermittent internet issues I haven't been able to post as often as I would have liked. Most of my stitching projects are still packed away following our latest move so I've been doing a lot of reading. Well, maybe I should say doing a lot of looking through books. Pattern books mostly, getting inspiration for future projects or just to drool over the beautiful stitch work that is out there at the moment. I came across the Elm Creek Quilts series of books by accident. Always on the lookout for new authors to try, I picked out "The Runaway Quilt" on an impulse. http://www.amazon.com/Runaway-Quilt-Creek-Quilts-Novels-ebook/dp/B006VGGBLO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389632211&sr=8-1&keywords=runaway+quilt Written by Jennifer Chiaverini, this fictional series shows quilts through different periods in history. "The Runaway Quilt" is set just ...