Kathy Cano-Murillo is of my favorite people on the planet. Anyone who knows her can attest to the fact that she's crafty, she's funny, she's talented, she's hard working and she's kind. No one is more inspired or inspirational. I'm not sure how she did it, but somehow she's defied the time space continuum to find time to create craft projects, blog posts, social networking posts, a product line, finished goods for sale AND write novels! Her latest absolutely delightful 'crafty lit' offering features a plucky heroine and a host of fascinating characters with whom you'll instantly fall in love. Every page of the book is so fun filled and fantastic, you simply will not put it down. You'll want to savor every moment, stitch by stitch, as Scarlet Santana takes control of her life and in the process inspires others to do the same. I'm part of Chica blog tour today. Read more below about this MUST READ book for any woman or man who has ever dreamed of reinventing themselves...and if you'd like a copy of Chica's book, leave a comment here and I'll contact and announce a winner on Thursday!
Title: Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing
Author: Kathy Cano-Murillo
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: March 8, 2011
Hardcover: 352 pages
ISBN: 978-0446509237
Genre: Fiction
From the Publisher:
Sometimes to find your life’s true path, you have to stray outside the lines . .
Scarlet Santana is never happier than when creating fabulous fashions for women of all shapes and sizes. Now, after years of hard work, she finally has the chance to live her dream and study under the hottest designer in New York. To raise money for her move, Scarlet opens an after-hours sewing school in a local record shop, teaching a type-A working mom whose rigid parenting style is causing her family to unravel and an enigmatic seamstress with a mysterious past.
But as stitches give way to secrets and classmates become friends, the women realize an important truth: There is no single pattern for a good life. Happiness is always a custom fit.
With a life motto of “Crafts! Drama! Glitter!” Crafty Chica Kathy Cano-Murillo is a creative force of nature. A former syndicated columnist for The Arizona Republic, she is the founder of the award-winning Web site, CraftyChica.com and the author of seven nonfiction craft books and a Web series on LifetimeTV.com. Kathy has a Crafty Chica line of art supplies that are sold nationwide. She also has been featured in numerous media outlets such as The New York Times Magazine, NPR’s Weekend Edition, USA Today, Bust, and Latina magazine. She has shared her crafty ideas on local television, as well as on Sí TV, HGTV, and DIY network. She has been writing stories longer than she has been crafting. Inspired by Judy Blume and Erma Bombeck, she caught the literary bug in grade school, where she used to draw a picture and then write a colorful story to go with it. It’s a creativity exercise she still practices to this day! Kathy lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband, two kids, and five Chihuahuas.
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I received a complimentary copy of Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo from Hachette Book Groups to offer my honest review of the book. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned book.
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