Big Canoe, GA — January 7, 2009. ForeWord magazine, the premiere reviewer of independently published titles to the bookseller, librarian, and book trade market, reviews Color Mastery, the quilter’s color bible, in their January/February 2009 issue, saying:
“Peagler’s writing voice is friendly and humorous, but she remains focused and professional throughout this guide, resulting in a book that is both highly informative and interesting to read. Her passion for color is contagious, and the exercises are meaningful and fun to do!”
ForeWord receives over 400 titles and audiobooks each month, and reviews only 10% of them, being extremely selective. “It’s an honor not only for Color Mastery to be reviewed in ForeWord, but also to be so highly-praised,” says author and publisher Maria Peagler. “Color Mastery is a classic title, an ‘evergreen’ book that will continue to sell well year-after-year, because its application is timeless.”
Peagler developed every exercise and quilt project in Color Mastery from her fabric stash, challenging herself artistically to design and make quilts with beautiful color palettes that any quilter could make. “I knew if I could do it from my limited fabric stash, any quilter could read the book and then go into a quilt shop and select fabrics successfully,” says Peagler. While she didn’t intend to write a “stash” book, the troubled U.S. economy has quilters returning to their fabric stashes to make quilts, as evidenced by the explosive growth in stashbuster online communities in Yahoo Groups, About.com, and the Stash Quilts Blog Ring.
Peagler will be touring online in February 2009, visiting blogs such as WhipUp, QuiltersBuzz, LibraryThing, Quilting Gallery, TrueUp!, A to Z Cool’s Homeschooling, and Annie’s Quilting Stash podcast. She’ll be offering articles, how-to’s, interviews, and videos on getting better color in every quilt. Peagler is also conducting a three day pre-conference workshop at the Studio Art Quilters Assocation’s annual conference in Athens, OH in May 2009.
Media: Contact author for interviews or review copies. Visit ww.colormastery.com/media for cover art, author pix, sample articles, book reviews, and more. The book retails for $26.95 and can be purchased in quilt shops, bookstores, on Amazon, through Atlasbooks.com and at 800-537-6727.