Special Birthday Guest Susan Mathis

Hello friends!
I am excited to welcome another special birthday guest to Stitches Thru Time Today. Susan G Mathis is a multi-published, hybrid author of The Fabric of Hope: An Irish Family Legacy and her upcoming series, The Thousand Islands Gilded Age. She has five books coming out in the next twelve months and is also a published author of two premarital books with her husband, Dale, two children's picture books, seven stories in compilation books, and hundreds of published articles. Find out more at www.SusanGMathis.com.

Welcome Susan! We're so glad you could stop by for our Birthday Bash!

Have Birthdays played a part in any of your books?

Yes! In The Fabric of Hope: An Irish Family Legacy, three birthdays are celebrated—one in Ireland, one on a famine ship, and one on Wolfe Island, Canada. They’re all in the same family, but you’ll have to read the story to find out more. Smiles.

Your book looks like a perfect fit with the Stitches Thru Time blog, can you tell us about it?

An 1850s Irish immigrant and a 21^st-century single mother are connected by faith, family, and a quilt. Will they both find hope for the future?

After struggling to accept the changes forced upon her, Margaret Hawkins and her family take a perilous journey on an 1851 immigrant ship to the New World, bringing with her an Irish family quilt she is making. A hundred and sixty years later, her great granddaughter, Maggie, searches for the family quilt after her ex pawns it. But on their way to creating a family legacy, will these women find peace with the past and embrace hope for the future, or will they be imprisoned by fear and faithlessness?

If your main character was invited to our birthday party, would she come? What would she bring?

My 1851 character, Margaret, would sew a special gift for the birthday girl. My 21^st-century character, Maggie, would bring a beautifully-scented candle as a gift.

If we ask your main character to sing us a happy birthday song, what would happen?

Both Margaret and Maggie would be hesitant to sing a solo but would happily jump into a group sing.

What was your most memorable birthday? Why?

That’s easy. My seventh birthday. It was a Saturday, but none of my family members let on they knew it was my birthday, and I was devastated. I came home from ballet class and saw a beautiful, new Schwinn bike in the foyer. Then all my friends jumped out and screamed, “Happy Birthday!” A terrible day instantly became magical.

What a sweet memory. 

Are you ready for our Rapid Fire Round?

Birthday cake or Ice Cream? Cake. Chocolate, of course.

Streamers or confetti poppers? Pop ’em, baby, pop ’em.

Do you like surprise parties? Yes, ever since I was seven.

Books or gift cards? That’s a toss up, especially if the gift card it for a book store or Amazon.

Where can readers find you online?

www.SusanGMathis.com

http://www.susangmathis.com/need-a-speaker
https://www.facebook.com/SusanGMathis
https://twitter.com/@SusanGMathis
http://www.pinterest.com/susangmathisaut
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6044608.Susan_G_Mathis

https://www.instagram.com/mathis.wordworks

 Thank you so much for being with us today, Susan! What a fun interview. 

Readers, Susan's book, Fabric of Hope is one of the paperbacks you can win in the grand prize this month, so be sure to leave a comment and share with your reading buddies.