WOW! My stitches are bursting open with excitement over this news! I’ve been holding my breath for a week, ever since Margaret Raymo, my editor at Houghton Mifflin called to tell me that Pocketful of Posies won the 2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book award in the picture book category. I answered her phone call while making soup from left-over sword fish. When I got the call about SCBWI’s Golden Kite award, I was making Portuguese kale soup. The message is clearly to keep making soup! Sometimes I think my artwork is like making soup, adding this and that, trying out different combinations of materials, sprinkling in a ton of French knots and then letting it stew until done. Thank you so much to the Horn Book panel of judges for selecting and recognizing my work. It feels like a door has been opened and I don’t have to hang out at the fringes anymore, even though I like being in the outskirts. (fringes, outskirts–I must be over-thinking the textile connection) With this new award, there’s lots to celebrate!
I don’t feel the need to do another book right away and will continue to explore new subject matter, experiment with materials, and above all, play with a needle and thread!
UPDATE: Autographed copies of Pocketful of Posies are available in my shop.
SALLEY MAVOR 
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Let’s Celebrate!! Well DESERVED Salley!!! The MOST beautiful nursery rhyme book EVER!
Well deserved!! I’m glad you’re being recognized for your great talent. It’s good to see needle art take front seat!
Congratulations! So happy for you!
Congratulations!!!! Richly deserved
Congratulations, Salley! The Boston Globe Horn Book award is such a prestigious honor and I’m so pleased that the community of children’s literature critics is commending the extraordinary work that you create.
Congratulations! That is wonderful, your pieces are so wonderful that each one is a story in itself.
Debbie
BRAVO!!..what a richly deserved honor, and by one of the best literary groups in the country/world!! I treasure my autographed copy and have it alongside your other books. They all are precious to me, and by receiving this latest honor, everyone knows how precious you are to the world of children’s lit. Congratulations…it is good to take time now and let everything “stew and mull” as you contemplate the future. ENJOY!! 😉
I am THRILLED to pieces for you!!
All your hard work recognized with this wonderful award.
Somebody still cares about a really beautiful book.
No one deserves this more!! Hip, Hip HOORAY!!!
Congratulations Salley! You have put so much of yourself into this book and each page is a work of art.Your book will inspire creativity in many children.
This award will make sure it gets the wide audience it deserves,This book gives pleasure to the reader as well as the child at their side.
Congratulations you are such an inspiration.
Great big massive congratulations to you Salley!! You deserve it so much, and it’s great that needlework has been represented it such a beautiful way!
Best wishes
Joey
Félicitations !!! C’est une belle reconnaissance de votre merveilleux travail !
Heartfelt congratulations!!
Congratulations! What an honor! You certainly deserve this award, Salley! Hope you are planning a nice celebration.
Great news!! Congratulations. Your artwork is truly lovely.
Yippee!! so well deserved Salley, I adore your book and just sometimes curl up in a big chair and browse. Wish I had your books when my grown children were little. Your work is unique and special.
Congratulations.
Jenny
Yea! It’s the favorite book to browse through with my three grandchildren. I’ve made up a few simple wee folk dolls for them them to hold onto while we read. The book is SOOO deserving! I’m happy Happy HAPPY for you!
Hooray and congratulations!!! I love the soup analogy. So happy for you 🙂
A well deserved award for the most wonderful book. I used Pocket Full of Posies as one of my inspirations when choosing colors and decor for my new retail store. Thank you, Salley, for sharing yourself and your artistry with us all!
Lisa
Oh well done! Pat yourself on the back and go make another batch of soup!!
Congrats! A wise choice, it’s a wonderful and imaginative book. I feel fortunate to be able to share it with my grandchildren.
Well done Salley, I just adore your work. Keep creating, we are all enjoying your creative flare.
Wow now that is a prestigious award and SO well deserved! Thanks for sharing so much with us, including this tremendous highlight in your artistic career!
Congratulations on a fabulous win. There is so much to enjoy in your work. I was engrossed for hours when I first found your blog. Thank you so much for the great pleasure you and your lovely works bring. 🙂
Great news!!!! Congratulations! Your amazing illustrations deserve to celebrated. love, Beth
Congratulations! Well deserved! I have your Robert’s Snow snowflake dangling in my kitchen. Love your work.
Awards are so great! Not as satisfying as the work itself, but still really good. I am so happy for you, Salley!
Congratulations–you so deserve it! Your work is incredible!
Jennifer
Congratulations, Salley! A very well-deserved honor.
Beth
Congratulations on a well deserved reward!
Wonderful!!! It is a treasure of a book!! So happy for you, Salley!!
tout, ABSOLUMENT TOUT est magnifique……….
original……… spectaculaire……. féerique……….. des chef-d’oeuvres qui mériteraient d’être exposés comme oeuvres d’art……… vraiment………. je suis sous le charme, envoutée…… bravo