Judging a Book by Its Cover

Categories: Staff Picks , Nonfiction , Arts & Crafts

 I have to confess that I have become completely addicted to our new New Arrivals service.  If you don't know, it's a part of our website that lists every new title we receive.  You can look at it whenever you're in the mood for something new, or you can subscribe to all or parts of it as an RSS feed so that you can make sure you never miss a thing in the categories you're interested in.  Still better, you can put holds on anything that tempts your fancy.  Some of the entries include reviews, and some of them include cover images. 

That's of course why I put a hold on this book, Ellen Highsmith Silver's Floorquilts!  Fabric Decoupaged Floorcloths--No-Sew Fun.  The cover is gorgeous, showing a floor covering that looks like a quilt.  Silver describes the process with which she treats artist's canvas and decoupages fabric onto it, using traditional quilt fabrics and design principles, for colorful and durable floorcloths.  It seems like a very do-able project, though time-consuming. 

Now, will I ever actually make one of these?  Maybe not.  (Well, to be more accurate, very, very probably not.)  But I love the fact that I know this book is in our collection and that if I ever get inspired to get out the fabric scraps, I know exactly where to find my inspiration.