Blog Tour and Contest: Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo

Author and Crafty Chica Kathy Cano-Murillo has temporarily put aside her glitter glue gun and picked up her Swarovski Crystals to fashion a new and sparkly novel: Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing, due out today.  I am excited to be part of a tour sweeping the blogoverse.

Scarlet Santana has just been accepted into a most prestigious design school led by the world famous Johnny Scissors.  Johnny also happens to be the nephew of Daisy, of Casa de la Flora, whom Scarlet has fashioned her world after.  She collects her designs, creates items styled after Daisy and even writes about her on her increasingly popular blog.  At one turn after another, Scarlet's world starts to loose it's shine.  Her boss goes back  on a promise to allow her to hold her classes in the design studio, her family appears not to support her career choice and most of her students cancel out of the class.    How's a girl to shine with all these set backs.
I was caught in the glitter of this story from the first pages. Having previously read Kathy's first novel Waking Up in the Land of Glitter and absolutely adoring it, I  expected no less from this book and wasn't dissappointed.

Scarlet is attempting to teach five students how to sew without sticking rigidly to a pattern.  She wants them to work 'outside the box' and take a chance.  I love this concept.  I want to work right along with them and make my duct tape body form.  It sounds like such a fun activity and a great way to get to know each other. 

I want to tell you more about the role of patterns in this novel, but that would give away too much.  You'll have to read it for yourself  and find out the pattern you are using for your life. 

For further glitter, crystals and fun, visit Kathy's site CraftyChica.com.


Contest

As an added bonus, I am offering a set of Kathy's novels to one of my readers.  You could win a copy of Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing and one of Waking Up in the Land of Glitter.  If there are more than 30 entrants, I'll offer a second set of books.  To enter you must leave a comment and tell me of your favourite craft supply.  Be sure that I have a means of contacting you, ie: put your email in the comment.  You don't have to be a follower, but I'd love it if you decided to follow me.   Prize will be mailed directly from the publisher.  One prize per mailing address (you can't win the book set at more than one blog) Canada and United States only.

Contest closes March 14, 2011 at midnight.

Thanks to Hachette Book Group for sending me a review copy and for generously supplying the prizes.

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