Alex Anderson seeks to educate, inspire, entertain, and grow today's quilting community. A longtime host of the TV show Simply Quilts, she is also executive producer and co-host of the web TV's The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims. Alex lives in Northern California. alexandersonquilts.com and thequiltshow.com
For the new or wannabe quilter on your list, a thorough how-to book is a lovely gift idea. Alex Anderson is a go-to resource for all-things quilting, and her latest book, All Things Quilts, is just the book a new quilter will enjoy reading. Alex offers lesson on fabrics, color theory, rotary cutting and more, the basics that all quilters learn putting their first project together. The book is packed with photos, from colorful diagrams to step-by-step action shops that help illustrate a given technique. For someone who would love how to put a quilt together from start to finish, All Things Quilts is the book for them.--Lish Dorset lishdorset.com, 12/8/15