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With today's trend toward pre-cut fabric, the book's designs call for charms, the most popular of all pre-cuts. There are nine quilting projects, with instructions for both paper and traditional piecing in skill levels that range from confident beginner through advanced quilter.
Connie Kauffman is the designer of the book's projects. Her first book was published in 2001, and her quilt designs have appeared in more than 20 hardcover House of White Birches books. Her patterns are frequently featured in Quilter's World magazine.
Carolyn Vagts is the book's editor. She has more than 10 years of quilting experience, and her resume includes freelance designer, quilt store owner, writer and quilt-pattern proofer. Her freelance designs have been included in a number of magazines.
In the spring of 2011, Vagts was named editor of DRG's Quilter's World magazine, and her personal patterns are available through her store, The Village Quilt Shoppe, located in Lake Orion, Mich., and through DRG's Clotilde catalog.
Put Some Charm in Your Quilts is sold through the Clotilde catalog, accessible on the Web at Clotilde.com.
House of White Birches became part of the DRG family of brands in 1985 and is a leading voice in the enthusiast categories of crochet, knitting, quilting, paper crafting, plastic canvas, beading and nostalgia. Other leading DRG brands include Annie's Attic, American School of Needlework, Clotilde and Good Old Days.
DRG publishes special-interest magazines, pattern booklets and related products sold direct to consumers through catalogs and the Internet and through wholesale and trade channels.
Quilters and needlecrafters can access additional DRG publications from the company website at DRGnetwork.com.
About DRG: DRG (DRGnetwork.com) is part of the third-generation Muselman family business headquartered in Berne, Ind., near Fort Wayne. A leader in the craft and nostalgia markets, DRG is well known for its iconic brands, which include House of White Birches, Annie's Attic, Clotilde, American School of Needlework and Good Old Days. The company publishes magazines and books (print and digital), and also offers kits, supplies and Web-deliverable products in print catalogs and on its more than 40 websites. Magazines and products are also available on newsstands and in retail chains and independent stores nationwide. One of DRG's divisions, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), provides state-of-the-art fulfillment and database marketing services out of a 140,000-square-foot facility nestled in the rolling wooded landscape of East Texas, centered between Shreveport and Dallas. The Muselman business began in 1925 with the founding of Economy Printing Concern in Berne. EP Graphics, as it is known today, is still owned by the Muselman family. It specializes in high-quality, four-color web printing for catalogs and magazines.