Postcards to Promote the Elm Creek Quilters and Trails End Quilters

I've used postcard promotion for a number of my books, including The Magic of Patchwork.  I sent out the postcards to announce the new release, even printing an order blank on the card. I've also had extra cards printed without order blanks and use them when I correspond with fans, family and friends.


However, I'm very impressed with the use of postcards to announce Jennifer Chiaverini's new Elm Creek Quilts novel, The Union Quilters. Jennifer mentioned on Facebook that she had 20 postcards and a Union Quilters' pin, to send to the first 100 people who responded with an e-mail. She would appreciate their distributing the cards, which announced her new book and listed her upcoming appearances.

I responded in time to receive the cards and have been handing them out to my daughter's quilt group, the local library and a local bookstore where I teach workshops. I'm also mailing them to friends who read the Elm Creek Quilts books and/or are involved in quilting.

I must think about utilzing postcard PR when I write my book about my Trails End Quilters' Heritage.  Perhaps it could be a book of tales of the quilters of various generations.

Do you have unique ways of using postcards to publicize your books?

Updating Trails End Quilters

I must get back to writing about my Trails End Quilting heritage and discover more about these ladies. Also, in the present, my daughter and granddaughter have continued with their fabric art.

Granddaughter Kara was home from college for three weeks. She has two fabric art pieces in her dorm room. While home, she went through her mom's collection and selected some more to display. It's fun to have a college age gal desiring fabric art rather than pop posters for her room. I guess her rommate doesn't mind either.

My daughter Beth continues to explore all types of new fabric art techniques. She was involved in a two-month long exhibit at the Gilmanton Public Library here in NH.

Happy Quilting in the New Year!

Researching Mother's Wedding Quilt

Today the Trails End Quilters came to mind as I pulled my mom and dad's Wedding Quilt from hiding. (Actually it consists of pieces of a well worn quilt.)

My daughter Beth and I have been trying to find old fabrics or reproduction fabrics to match it. There are very few pieces that aren't worn, so we'll have to "start from scratch." However, finding matching fabrics is a challenge, especially the sashing.

When the Hancock's of Paducah catalog came in the mail today, I thought some of the fabrics looked similar to that in the Wedding Quilt. So that inspired me to get out a few of the quilt pieces.

Nothing seemed to match, nor even be a near match. So, we'll have to keep searching.

History of the Wedding Quilt

My dad and mom were married in November of 1934, so fabrics would have been of that year or earlier. If Mother ever told me who made it and gave to them, I don't recall, although I keep hoping the name will come from the recesses of my mind. There are no signatures that we can find.

A quilting friend is taking a picture of some of the quilt pieces to a quilt shop where she works and will see if she can match any there.

Do you have old quilts in your family?

This seems to be a popular topic on my Quilting and Patchwork blog.

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Kristen's Teddy Bear Quilt from Granny
Photo of Kristen's Teddy Bear Quilt

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