Announcing a new project: The
Literary Sewing Circle!
Reading & Sewing, my two favourite things, go together
so well. The Literary Sewing Circle is a new book club for sewists, open to
anyone of any skill level who is interested in reading together and finding
some sewing inspiration at the same time. It's a sewalong to celebrate the joy of reading and making; it's not a competition or a contest, but rather a relaxed and open-ended group project.
Every few months, I'll announce a shared read and we’ll have the opportunity
for some online discussion about it over the course of the following 6 weeks, like a regular book club! I'll also share some inspiration posts amongst our book talk. After our book club portion, there will be a link-up posted where we can all share our makes inspired by
our reading. Whatever you want to make is perfect, as long as you can explain how your reading inspired it... be creative!
The Literary Sewing Circle launches September 1st with
the announcement of our first group read, and more details of the schedule.
Stay tuned!
Can't wait !
ReplyDeleteYay! Glad you're excited about it & I hope you will like the first book......
DeleteSounds interesting; I might give it a try.
ReplyDeleteHope you will! We'll have a variety of books so there should be one you like eventually :)
DeleteI'm in
ReplyDeleteExcellent!!
DeleteSounds like fun! If the book picks are ones I can get in the U.S. I would love to join in.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try to choose titles that are widely available so that more people can participate -- there will be Canadian books as well, but hopefully ones that can be found elsewhere too, either in hard copy or online.
DeleteExcellent -- count me in!
DeleteBook sugestion Memoir of A Geisha, Interview With A Vampire, Griffin and Sabine An Extraordinary Correspondence, The House AT The End of Hope Street
ReplyDeleteThank you for the suggestions! I have read a couple of these myself :) Will add them to the list for future consideration.
DeleteThis is one of the most creative ideas for a book club I've seen in ages! Can't wait to join in!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll have a chance to join in this year -- we have lots of fun ahead :)
DeleteI've just found this, via some random blog-hopping! Sounds fun [although no chick-lit for me lol]
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of sewing inspired by some reading too. I'll throw my hat in, and make some suggestions [assuming you don't want anything too mega-long] Octavia Butler- 'Kindred, Sheri S. Tepper: 'The Gate to Women's Country', Neil Gaiman: 'Stardust'.
Ooh, good suggestions. If you can get your hands on our current read, I think you might find it compelling as well.
DeleteI'll be posting about our next choice probably in April... keep your eye on us :)