welcome!

"I can't tell you how long it's been since I had this much fun."--Paula H., Oregon Coastal Quilt Guild

 Quilt Blocks Go Wild! (QBGW!) is the title of my next book, coming out in April, 2012. I've been quilt guilds and quilt shop class participants sneak previews of the projects. And quilters are going wild!

Just like my other books--such as Unforgettable Tote Bags and Skinny Quilts & Table Runners I and II, QBGW! will give you a fabulous range of designs from some of the top talents in the quilt world. Like getting your choice of many diverse workshops to take and enjoy.

Speaking of workshops, I've recently returned from a teaching trip to Portland and the Oregon coast. And I can assure you, I had just as much fun as Paula H., quoted above! Ranging from traditionalists to artists quilters, and from beginner to advanced, everyone had a high old time stretching, skewing, slicing, and dicing classic quilt blocks to make original, personalized, customized Skinny quilts and table runners. Within the next few days, I will put the photos showing them with their designs and fabric choices on the page for Stretch a Block, Stretch Your Imagination, under the link for workshops, at the left. Be sure to come back in July when finished projects will be showcased here! Such inspiration!

Here are a few lectures (oooh, such a dry, pedantic word for my entertaining and enriching presentations with trunk shows!) and workshops on the horizon. If you're close by, do come! I promise you'll learn a lot, and laugh a lot, too.

Click on speaker topics and workshops, at left, for more info, or contact me (see that link on the left) with any questions!

May 15 and 16: Erie Shores Q Guild, Kinsville, Ontario. Tuesday evening: presentation; Wed: workshop TBD

May 17-20: Spring Quilt Market in Kansas City, MO, formally launching the book shown at the top of this page

June 12 and 13: Red Rose Quilters, Lancaster, PA: lecture in the evening, workshop the next day, both TBD

July 28, 1 pm: The Landmark Stitchers Quilt Show, Whitehall Junior-Senior High School, 87 Buckley Road, Whitehall, New York: “Quilting Wearabouts—Strut Your Stuff” presentation, followed by book signings

Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.: Olde Kent Quilt Guild, Chestertown, MD: presentation: Quilting Goes Wild

Oct. 16, 9:30 -12:30: 1/2 day workshop: Nine-Patch Gone Wild

Can't make one of these gigs? No worries! You'll find loads of inspiration in the pages of my books--specially priced, personally autographed.

  Unforgettable TOTE BAGS

  Express your creativity and your                 respect  for Mother Nature, too! 

Way better than paper or plastic, these SUPERmarket bags let you try out  the signature styles of your favorite quilt artists:Kaffe Fassett & Liza Lucy, Diane Gaudynski, Judy Hooworth, Jean Ray Laury, Virginia Avery, Jane Sassaman, Karen Eckmeier, Rachel Clark, Lonni Rossi, and Susan Shie!

 Click here to order a personally autographed copy--regularly $21.95, now heavily discounted to just $10.01 (plus postage and handling).

Go

SKINNY

again, with

Skinny Quilts & Table Runners II

a best-seller like the first book!

You won't want to miss this! Fabulous designs from quilting celebs: Lonni Rossi (that's her Skinny, on the cover!), Judy Hooworth, Sue Spargo, Jo Morton, Sue Benner, Frieda Anderson, Jane Davila, Karla Anderson, Melinda Bula, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Linda Lum DeBono, Karen Costello Soltys, Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts, and Julie Popa of Sunflower Hill, and as always, yours truly, Eleanor Levie! As before, an easy way to just sample a slice of an innovative and highly individual technique, and make a wonderful accent for your home--or for someone else's.

Click here for an autographed copy!  

Want to order both Skinny Quilts I and II?  Email me for a special price!

Skinny Quilts & Table Runners--the original best-seller

Published by That Patchwork Place, Skinny Quilts & Table Runners features exciting projects from 15 of today's top designers--all beloved in the quilt world. You'll immediately recognize the signature styles of your favorite quilters...Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy, Jane Sassaman, Yvonne Porcella, Darlene Zimmerman, Carol Taylor, Marti Michell, Karen Eckmeier, Laurie Shifrin, Linda Pool, Laura Wasilowski, Avis Shirer of Joined at the Hip, Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs, Barb Cribb of Wild Thymes, Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles Quilters--and me, Eleanor Levie!

Click here for an autographed copy

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Most popular lecture:  QUILTING WEARABOUTS: STRUT YOUR STUFF!

(goes great with the Unforgettable Tote Bags workshop!)

BRAND NEW lecture: QUILTING GOES WILD!

From my collection of vintage quilts: Crazy quilts, and traditional patchwork quilts that are crazy with color and pattern. From Quilt Blocks Go Wild, my new book coming out April 2012:  Wonky hearts, skewed nine patches, split log cabins, a basket gone bonkers, and lots of other classics transform quilts, bags, wall hangings, and pillows. Plus, a mini workshop, where guild members get to play.  I'll distribute a handout of warm-up exercises to let everyone discover how cool it is to skew a classic block and create your very own original design. 

Note: If my Quilt Blocks Go Wild workshop precedes program, participants get to show off the original designs they translated into fabric!

No slides, just fashion show or trunk show or both! Click here to learn more about these and other programs that will entertain, enrich, and encourage creativity!

Popular workshops!

       An Unforgettable TOTE BAG!

       STRETCH A BLOCK, STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION!

Brand NEW workshop to dovetail with the newest lecture and the newest book: 

        Nine-Patch Goes Wild!

Click on workshops to check those out.

I'M FLEXIBLE, TO SERVE YOUR GUILD BETTER:  I know, I know--everyone is so busy, and it's hard to get the sign-ups for a separate workshop. You are welcome to consider a shortened, 1 1/2 hour version of any of the workshops you see, either before an evening lecture (with supper in between), or after a morning lecture (with a bag lunch in between). That way, you get a reduced price for a lecture. In addition, I can turn any of the workshops into a demonstration with a make & take to present at a regular guild meeting instead of a lecture, so that everyone goes home with a hand-made souvenir.

Hey, I don't need the carrot or the stick treatment: I am willing and eager to travel anywhere to present to your group. Plus, I will bend over backwards to make a visit economical for you, helping to coordinate multiple gigs with other guilds or groups in your region who can split the travel costs, and finding friends and relatives who can put me up (I've got a lot of them!). Got just a few folks interested in a workshop? I'll work with you on price. Had a last minute cancellation? Bet I can fill in!

Do get in touch—just click on “contact me” at the upper left. And let me know how I can bring fun and inspiration your way!

PS: If you're on Facebook, do visit and "like" me on my FB page, Inspiring Quilting! Click on the image below, or go to http://www.facebook.com/InspiringQuilting. It's there I post--only when it's totally worth your while -- unusual ideas, innovative techniques, shortcuts, blogs, articles, and exhibits you just gotta check out! Guaranteed to boost your creative IQ!