Happy Valentine’s Day!  On today’s episode, I chat with Frances O’Rourk Dowell.  Frances is a fiction novelist/author, mostly of young adult fiction, but also more recently, of Quilt Fiction.  Some of you may have read Birds in the Air, Frances’ first quilt fiction novel.  A follow-up novel Stars Upon Stars is due to release around June 2019.In addition to writing, Frances is an avid quilter, and she has had a podcast, The Off Kilter Quilt, for the past 9 years! Her podcast is journal style, and very inspiring about quilting and her life in North Carolina. Frances has a second podcast that she launched last year, where she reads her quilt fiction novel, Friendship Album, 1933. We talk about many quilting topics like fabrics, modern quilting, binding methods etc.  If you are going to Quilt Con next week, be sure to look for Frances’ quilt called “Sit-In”.Visit my podcast blog show notes for links and photos to everything we talk about in the podcast at https://stephaniesochadesign.com/podcast-make-and-decorateMy instagram: @stephanie.socha.designFacebook Page: Stephanie Socha DesignWebsite: http://stephaniesochadesign.come-mail: stephaniesochadesign@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/makeanddecorate)