In October 2003, I received an email that went something like this: “Hello, Lesley. Jo Packham wants to know if you’d be interested in writing a book about scrapbook quilts.” She had seen my Fragment fabric collages on my website and thought I would be the perfect author/designer for the book she envisioned. Dreams do come true, most often out of the blue and in ways you never imagined. The secret is that you must be prepared and ready to act when they are set in motion. Boy was I ready! I made the decision to return to college at the age of 47 to finish my degree, primarily to see if my writing was “good enough,” because someday I wanted to write a book about creativity. The opportunity to combine my art and my writing exceeded my dreams.
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