Goddess of the Last Minute: Laughter and Lessons from an Uncommon Quilter - Hardcover

Robbi Joy Eklow s essays are insightful, whimsical, entertaining, and fun. Each essay delivers a punch that will make you smile and think!

Ricky Tims, internationally known quilt artist, musician, and co-host of TheQuiltShow.com

Over the years, Robbi Joy s humorous columns about her quilting adventures have been a huge hit with Quilting Arts readers. Witty and honest, Robbi Joy Eklow could be considered the Erma Bombeck of the quilting world!

Patricia Bolton, founder and editor-in-chief of Quilting Arts Magazine and host of the PBS television series Quilting Arts

One of Robbi s talents is writing exactly like she talks. Her stories are irreverent, refreshing, and totally human. We can all identify!

Libby Lehman, internationally known quiltmaker, instructor, and author

The part where her kids are buried under a fallen pile of fabric for weeks and have to survive by eating pins and drinking distilled water from discarded irons was a captivating cautionary tale for any mother in the quilting world.

Josh Eklow, filmmaker, playwright, and studio survivor

A funny thing happened on the way to the quilt show. . . . With signature sharp wit, popular Quilting Arts Magazine columnist Robbi Joy Eklow muses on creativity, color, family life, and the trials and tribulations that every quilter faces. As vivid and surprising as the quilts for which Robbi is famous, these stories from the quilters Erma Bombeck with an edge are sure to make you laugh.

A note from the author:

Are you a Goddess of the Last Minute? I think there are a lot of us out there, scrambling to meet quilt-show deadlines, hurriedly finishing up a quilt to give as a gift, running to the quilt shop or post office just before the doors lock. There may be a little Goddess in all of us.
This book is a collection of new essays about the quilting life. In the stories ahead, you ll read about my adventures as an art quilter, mother of two, and traveling instructor; what inspired me to get my first tattoo; how to convince your husband to buy you a sewing machine instead of diamond earrings; how to determine if you have a color obsession; and a few practical quilting tips I ve learned along the way.

I bet if you quilt you ll see a bit of yourself in these pages and laugh, or maybe you ll see that you are completely different . . . and be relieved.