Homestyle Quilts: Simple Patterns and Savory Recipes

Best-selling author Kim Diehl and talented designer Laurie Baker have lots of ideas for fitting creativity into your busy life. Now you can choose a terrific quilt pattern, quickly stir up a tasty supper, and go sew!

• Select from 13 beautiful patchwork quilts for the bed, wall, lap, and table; several include lovely appliqué
• Enjoy that famous Kim Diehl charm in simple, accessible projects
• Try recipes for soups, a casserole, chicken pot pie, and other delectable dishes that require little of your precious time

With just the third quilt she'd ever made, self-taught quiltmaker Kim Diehl became the winner of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine's "Pieces of the Past" quilt challenge in 1998, turning her life down a whole new and unexpected path. Her work has been featured in numerous national and international quilting magazines. In addition to her best-selling "Simple" series of quilting books for Martingale, Kim has designed several fabric collections for Henry Glass & Co., enabling her to be involved in the full circle of quiltmaking from start to finish.

For more than 10 years, Laurie Baker has been a freelance editor and writer for the quilting, sewing, and crafting industries, and she occasionally designs projects for publication. Laurie lives in West Peoria, Illinois, with her husband, Todd; her college-aged children, Nick and Caitlin; two fat and sassy cats; and an enormous arsenal of fabric that she loves adding to. When she's not playing with needles and fabric or contemplating where to stash her latest textile acquisition, she enjoys gardening, reading, cooking, and knitting. She has no plans of entering rehab for her fabric addiction.