Have you seen Kathy Doughty's newest book, Making Quilts? If not, you should look for it!

Kathy is one of my favorite quilting friends, although I don't get to see her often. She owns Material Obsession, a quilt shop in Sydney, Australia. She also writes a great blog! There is a link to the Material Obsession blog in the column at right, or you can click here. 

Making Quilts was originally published by Quiltmania, in France. The text is in both French and English making the book bigger because of the extra pages required for both languages. In the same way that books from the US are often more expensive overseas, that book was more expensive here in the US—but not any more!

Luckily for us, Making Quilts has been re-issued (in English only) by Stash Books! You can find it at your local quilt shop, from Amazon, or from C&T. 

Kathy has a fearless way of combining color and pattern—in quilts, in her wardrobe, in her home. The chair below is one that she showed on her blog a while back. She had it recoverd in that great fabric to go in her home. I want to go sit in that chair, in that room, and soak in the color!

Kathy sometimes teaches in the US. If you ever get a chance to take a class from her, you won't be disappointed. Until then, you might want to check out her book!