Published: April 25, 2011
Words: 46840 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

Susan didn't invite the space aliens to use her quilt shop as a staging ground for their invasion of Earth, but they came anyway. Now she and her friends need to find a way to save the planet without making too much of a mess. In classic B movie science fiction style, plucky heroines battle villains from another planet, using their friendship, their wits, a hint of romance and a touch of lavender.

Extended description

Susan didn't invite the space aliens to use her quilt shop as a staging ground for their invasion of Earth, but they came anyway. Now she needs to find a way to save the planet without making too much of a mess.

The aliens' biggest mistake is disguising themselves as bolts of beige quilting fabric. Susan and her friends know cotton, and this isn't it. With a little luck and a lot of chutzpah, they discover the aliens' weaknesses: lavender attracts them, chenille kills them.

Susan and her friends know they must stop the invasion themselves. First, they want payback - finding out about these critters costs them ruined jeans, singed eyebrows and the loss of one area quilt shop in a fireball. Second, they know no one will believe them until it is too late, so best get on with the job. Drawing on their inner warrior divas, they lay a trap for the beige beasties and battle them to the death.

In the meantime, Susan's daughter Cecily is pining for a career as a film maker, and Susan's... (Read more) Susan didn't invite the space aliens to use her quilt shop as a staging ground for their invasion of Earth, but they came anyway. Now she needs to find a way to save the planet without making too much of a mess.

The aliens' biggest mistake is disguising themselves as bolts of beige quilting fabric. Susan and her friends know cotton, and this isn't it. With a little luck and a lot of chutzpah, they discover the aliens' weaknesses: lavender attracts them, chenille kills them.

Susan and her friends know they must stop the invasion themselves. First, they want payback - finding out about these critters costs them ruined jeans, singed eyebrows and the loss of one area quilt shop in a fireball. Second, they know no one will believe them until it is too late, so best get on with the job. Drawing on their inner warrior divas, they lay a trap for the beige beasties and battle them to the death.

In the meantime, Susan's daughter Cecily is pining for a career as a film maker, and Susan's mother Edna is pining for adventure. Cecily videotapes everything, hoping to use the footage for her big break, and Edna brings in reinforcements when she calls an old beau on the police force.

To complicate Susan's life, there's Gary, the UPS delivery man. Susan takes only a fleeting notice of him, until his truck crashes with aliens inside, and he becomes part of the resistance. Now she must decide she is ready for a new love with a younger man.

In one short week, Susan finds herself questioning everything she ever knew about who she is, and what the world is. In the end, she learns that love and lavender will overcome everything, even exasperating mothers, starry-eyed daughters, and aliens bent on world domination.
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Tags

science fiction, quilting, space aliens, lavender, lani longshore, ann anastasio, broken dishes repertory theatre, chenille

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Review by: Sunnie Malesky on Aug. 16, 2011 : (no rating)
This delightful read has something for everyone: quilters, romance lovers and science fiction buffs! Anyone who is a quilter...or knows a quilter...will enjoy how the ladies band together to save the Earth, using their fabric skills and depending on the special relationships built by being part of the quilting community.
The authors know what they are writing about...especially the chenille!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Marlene Dotterer on June 13, 2011 : (no rating)
Forget the high-heeled-fancy-moves-heroines of normal entertainment. The ladies of Death by Chenille are REAL heroes. Faced with sentient and vicious bolts of fabric, these quilt-shop owners don't hesitate. They set out to save the world with no-nonsense Attitudes and lots of chenille. Hey, don't laugh. There's a reason for the chenille. And once you've read this book, you'll always look twice when you enter a fabric store.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Ed Miracle on June 06, 2011 :
Sentient fabric attacks quilt shop ladies! Quilters organize to save the Earth! Will they halt the fabric menace before it reaches YOUR HOUSE? C'mon, admit it. You've been taking things far to seriously, lately. Never mind pills or Jack Daniels, drink a few pages of this stuff. You'll feel much better in the morning.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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