welcome!
Let me introduce myself! I am...
- Eleanor Levie, and for pronunciation help, think "drove my Chevy to the levee."
- A needlework and crafts editor, author, book producer, designer, and teacher.
- A quilter and quilt historian.
- Excited about scrapbooking, memory quilts, and embellishments.
- Passionate about art quilts, and thrilled to share the work of top tier quilters with guilds and lecture groups.
NEW! Skinny Quilts & Table Runners
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My newest book is out! 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!
- Kaffe Fassett and Liza Lucy
- Marti Michell
- Linda Pool (the one who's famous for Linda's Lace!)
- Yvonne Porcella
- Jane Sassaman
- Carol Taylor
- Laura Wasilowski
- Darlene Zimmerman
- Karen Eckmeier
- Laurie Shifrin
- Terry Atkinson of Atkinson's Designs
- Barb Cribb of Wild Thymes
- Avis Shirer of Joined at the Hip
- Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles
For an autographed copy, click here
NEW LECTURE! QUILTERS WHO DARED!
See 250 years of American quiltmaking at its most freewheeling, improvisational, bold, and beautiful! My trunk show includes many antique and vintage quilts available for touching. The complementary slide show presents images of quilts that are extremely valuable and/or historically impressive, pieces that are in museums and private collections--too precious for my pocketbook! Still, these images show the quilts that make your eyes pop and your jaw drop. BUT: If your guild meets in a place that doesn't get dark enough for slides, or if most of your quilting colleagues close their eyes and nod off when the lights go out, we can dispense with the slides. I can easily fill 45 minutes to an hour with the trunk show alone, and it is exciting and varied enough to stand alone. In any case, this presentation is sure to encourage traditional-leaning members to become a bit more daring in their own quiltmaking! Hint: Tell your sister quilters to bring quilts for which they took a risk for the Show 'n Tell!
Click on the slide lectures link on the left to learn more about this and other lectures that will entertain, enrich, and encourage creativity!
Click on the workshops link under that as well. 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.
