I am not an artist. I raised one and she can draw just about anything. Me? Squares, triangles and stick figures! On occasion I release some of my quilting designs as C oloring Pages  on Pinterest. Simple. Basic. Quilterly. Schiffer Books sent me two review copies of these beautiful coloring books by Kristy Rice . Then I got nervous because they were beyond my squares, triangles and stick figures. Here is the cover of the Spring collection, Spring Cutting Garden : Spring Cutting Garden by Kristy Rice A 60 page book with 25 watercolor pages for coloring. There are tips and hints on how to use both watercolors and colored pencils. Lots of color illustrations. Here is a bit of the book description online: The first in a series of seasonal watercoloring books based on artist Kristy’s Rice ’s cutting gardens, this book celebrates spring’s profuse blossoms such as peonies, magnolias, pansies, and Eastern blue star. Her easy-to-learn, joy-driven approach includes simple tutoria...

Well, what do you think? I know I've asked this before but I have one of my publishers wanting to offer my designs from previous Quilt Block a Day calendars. I'm going to show you three that I like from 2006. Simple quilts with piecing, applique and even quilting. Would you print and color these if they were offered online? Blooming Hearts using the swatches I preferred. Blooming Hearts But, you may have other ideas! Here's the line drawing. You are free to print and color to your heart's content. Click this link and download a pdf for coloring: Blooming Hearts What about the vintage pattern called Turkey Tracks? Here is my color rendition. Turkey Tracks What colors would you prefer? Click this link for the pdf to color: Turkey Tracks And one last one: Underground Railroad. Underground Railroad You can let your imagination go wild with this wonderful pattern! Click on the link and you can color using any palette: Underground Railroad P...

As you may know, I've designed quilts for publication for close to 25 years. Between my 14 years as Special Projects Editor for Quilt Magazine, my 3 books, my 13 Block a Day desktop calendars and 3 wall calendars of quilts - I honestly think at times that my brain is empty! We're not talking hundreds of patterns; we're talking thousands! Yikes! 2017 Block & Quilt Pattern Calendar So, I've been thinking of creating some adult coloring books featuring a LOT of quilts. What do you think? Do you enjoy coloring? Do you like themes, like Stars, Vintage 30s series, Civil War, Applique Baskets, etc? I've approached two of my publishers and we'll see what they say. I can always get them up on my Craftsy site. And you know that I always offer a LOT of FREE patterns. So, let's just say this is FREE PATTERN FRIDAY, ok? So, here are a few small projects you can color. They are pdf and you can print multiples of the black and white pages and color to y...