Estes Odessa's newest published author

Laura Estes of Odessa, proprietor of a home-based business called “Laura’s Sage Country Quilts,” has now added published author to her resume. She has written a book called “Pintucks, Pleats & Ruching,” which provides detailed instructions on how to be creative with those particular sewing methods.

The book came about as the result of a trip to a Quilt Market, a wholesale international trade show for the quilting and soft crafts industries. In the U.S., it is held each fall in Houston, Texas and each spring in another location that moves from place to place throughout the country. Estes was at...