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Stitch, read, win!

November 10, 2010 by Denise Felton 2 Comments

I am knocked out to discover a whole publishing sub-genre of “crafty mysteries.” Gayle Trent (aka Amanda Lee) writes series about two crafty heroines — a cake decorator and an embroidery-shop owner! Yes! Get to know this author via the excellent interview posted by Nicole of Follow the White Bunny. And while you’re there, enter the giveaway for a signed copy of Gayle/Amanda’s The Quick and the Thread: An Embroidery Mystery. Go to the blog post to enter before November 16.

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  1. Patty says

    November 11, 2010 at 3:11 am

    I read thos book a little while ago and all I kept thinking is Dang, I wish her shop was real.

  2. kim gruber says

    November 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    I am new to sewing and knitting and other crafts. I am 45 years old and near been taught how to do these things and how much I ould play, Since I am new to all these wonderful prospecte, I find my self readying anything I can when it comes to sewing, knitting, etc.

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