{"id":27,"date":"2009-12-18T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/inspiring-books\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:00:23","slug":"inspiring-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2009\/12\/inspiring-books.html","title":{"rendered":"inspiring books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several people have asked about the books we presented during last Saturday’s Crafternoon<\/a> at the New York Public Library. Jessica Pigza<\/a>, our wonderful sewing librarian who organized the event, has posted a summary with catalog links to many of the books on her blog. I hope you’ll have a chance to look at some of these materials–we enjoyed seeing the books and images that inspire each other and each managed to learn something new in the process.<\/p>\n

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This is a cover from the July 1928 issue of Amateur Golfer magazine. Who knew golfing could be so inspirational!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several people have asked about the books we presented during last Saturday’s Crafternoon at the New York Public Library. Jessica Pigza, our wonderful sewing librarian who organized the event, has posted a summary with catalog links to many of the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[17,18,16],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-books","tag-inspiration","tag-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/golfer-749558.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2534,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2011\/04\/book-party-april-10-and-youre-invited.html","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":0},"title":"book party April 10, and you’re invited!","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"April 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're in the New York City area, I hope you'll join us this Sunday, April 10, from 1:00-3:00 PM for a book launch party at Books of Wonder at 18 West 18th St. If you're not familiar with Books of Wonder, it is a terrific independently owned kids' bookstore\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/invitation.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5039,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/11\/your-own-gift-list-books-baby.html","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":1},"title":"your own gift list? books, baby","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"November 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I know, you're a mom and you're busy doing all the holiday shopping and preparations right now. 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