Fat Quarter Quickies Book Tour and Giveaway!

Hello to new visitors, and loyal blog followers!

I was asked by my friend Kathy Brown to check out her newest book

Fat Quarter Quickies!

 

 

This book has 11 engaging quilt patterns for just about any occasion.

There are table runners, lap quilts and baby sized quilts too..

ALL from fat quarters.

I don't know about you

but I have a TON of fat quarters to use and

I am excited to find a book to spark

my interest and creativity.

Kathy asked us to pick our favorite quilt,

and by "us" I mean the other book tour pals:

Monday: Tara at Sew Unique Creations
Tuesday: PamKittyMorning
Wednesday: ME!!!
Thursday: Martingale
Friday: Lissa at ModaLissa
Saturday: Pat at Silver Thimble Quilt Co
Sunday: Julie at Jaybird Quilts
Monday: Rachel at PS I Quilt
Tuesday: Kathy for the Wrap!

 

So my favorite???

Well it was hard to choose.

But this one won me over pretty quick.

 

Sail Away

 is my favorite pattern in the book.

It's simple,

uses half-square triangles (I'm on a real kick with those)

and it's pretty summer colors.

I have some half-square triangles looking for a home

and I think this just might be it!

Over the last few years,

 I have learned that my friend Kathy is VERY generous.

She's so generous that she is going to give away 9 e-copies of her book on this blogger tour!

 

So If you'd like to win a copy of the book

Fat Quarter Quickies

 

Here's how to enter:

Leave a comment about how you collect fat quarters.

Do you collect by specific fabric line, color or print like dots or stripes?

I will choose a winner on June 27th!

I am very very interested in your comments on collecting :)

 

Bundles and scraps for sale

I have been doing a little de-stashing this week.

Check out my Big cartel site if you are interested.

I will be adding items as they sell!

thanks...

 

 

 

Wrens and Friends fat 8 bundle

brand new fabric and designer Gina Martin for Moda.

 Fabric due to be released in October.

 

 

civil war scraps

 

 

Simply Color fat quarter bundle

 

 

Sweet Thought

My husband took a business trip to Seattle recently.

While he was there they visited a client in Bothell near Seattle.

That just happens to be the home of martingale.

He searched for the directions and made his way there

( AND dragged his work buddy with him!!!!)

 

 

Unfortunately since his meeting ran late.

 when he arrived at Martingale they were already closed.

 

 

He took these pictures and text them to me.

 I think he really wanted to stop in and talk to

the Martingale staff and take a couple of pictures for me.

It was very very sweet of him.

 

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Maybe some day I'll get to visit martingale,

just to see where all the magic is made.

 

pretty...crazy lately

I'm a bad blogger.

I could summarize it with life being 'busy' but isn't everyone busy?

The truth might take a novelette to explain but I'll try to anyhow.

The month's of April and May were like a nascar race.

My dental office was beyond it's normal busy.

As a business that's a great thing.

As a human...it's tough some days.

Add in there that we took trips to South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Iowa,

plus 3 books signings,
a death in my family (my grandmother) and
my mom and in-laws visiting and you have a recipe for insanity.
 

I haven't even gotten to Quilt Market yet!!

I did go to Quilt Market in Portland.

Some of you might already know that if you follow me via Instagram.

I tried to post a few pictures on Instagram to prove I was there LOL

I was a 'busy' gal at market.

There's that busy word again.
 

I might present a different side to market than what you are accustom to.
I hope you still find it interesting.
First, I did Schoolhouse.

 

The goal of Schoolhouse is a 30 minute talk about my book,

 

the quilts in it and how quilt shop owners can market it, kits, pre-cuts etc.

It was a great experience.

I absolutely could not have done it without my friend Stefanie.

Really.

She was my partner in crime.

I also did some book signing for Martingale and EE schenk.

 

 

Again a great great learning experience for me.
I found that I had a lot of varying feelings at market.

lugging all 17 quilts to and fro was also a great experience.
I finally understand how much work quilt market can be.
Other markets I didn't have these responsibilities and it was truly enlightening.
I appreciate the hard work and dedication it takes to design, write
and publish books and patterns as well as fabric.
I am so thankful to have the opportunities that I do in the quilting Industry.

Sample Spree was a hoot.
Waiting in line for 4 hours to be the first ones inside
proved to be one of the highlights of market.
You get to know so many people or catch up with old friends.
I loved it and I bought some pretty cool fabric too!
I have several other pictures from market.
Someday, I'll share them :)
 

Autographed copies Available

In case you weren't able to attend one of my book signings,

an autographed copy of Large-block Quilts is now

available in my big cartel store.

There is free priority shipping in the United States

and International shipping offered for $10.

I will be listing more copies as these sell.

thanks for your support :)

Creating my own fabric bundles...

 Seriously loving the new fabrics that came last week.
I was home to Iowa when they arrived
and since it was a sunny day and my
day off I was able to take a couple of
good shots of them.

These prints are from the Fat Quarter Shop.

In order they are:

Little Sweethearts on pink

Portico Clay on white

Stella Dot Gold on white

Stella Dot light pink and orange on white

Once upon a time pastel pink seersucker stripe

Once upon a time soft green seersucker stripe

Dear Santa Eggshell Envelope

Mediterranean Dream white dot blender

Remember yellow dots

City Girl white coat hangers

City Girl white dear john

Matilda Mist chevron

They are all fairly low value/ low volume.
I have scrappy kind of plans for them.

 These prints are from Fabric.com
I have to admit that I have been hunting these sort of prints at every quilt shop I visit...
every online quilt shop and etsy.
I have been on a mission.

Now I NEED to sew something...

Large-Block Quilts blog tour winners'....

The winners of a copy of Large-block Quilts are:

KD Brown of KD Quilts 

 and

Happy Cottage Quilter

Congrats!

I have emailed each of you!