Handmade Hostess: 12 Imaginative Party Ideas for Unforgettable Entertaining is a fun new book by Kelly Lee-Creel and Rebecca Soder. Kelly blogs her creative work at Ever Kelly and released Storybook Lane, her first collection for Andover Fabrics, last year. What’s so cool about this book is that Kelly and Rebecca are sisters. The party…
Did January really just go by that fast! It’s been crazy, crazy busy around here. Both work and fun. Part of the fun was the completion of the Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild’s twin bed quilt for the Austin Children’s Shelter. We were sent 10 blocks from the QuiltCon challenge to create the quilt. I’ll…
Stitch Savvy is a new book by Deborah Moebes of Whipstitch. It combines Deborah’s talent for teaching sewing with 25 projects that include home decor, quilting, bags, and clothing. Each category contains 5 projects that progress from Level 1 (basic skills) to Level 5 (advanced sewing techniques). A fun twist on the concept of building…
Improv Sewing: A Freeform Approach to Creative Techniques features 101 fast, fun, and fearless projects for dresses, tunics, scarves, skirts, accessories, pillows, curtains and more! The arrival of knits at Pink Chalk Fabrics has prompted a lot of discussion about quick and easy garments using this very forgiving textile. Perfect timing that Storey Publishing has…
Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts is a teacher, pattern designer, and founder of the Philadelphia chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild. Julie’s motto is “One girl on a mission to make life better with fabric!”. She accomplishes this and more with Skip the Borders, her first book for Martingale. The theme of the book is…
I’m extremely excited to be sharing the book Sewn Hats. Besides having a project included (woohoo!), it’s just an AMAZING collection of hat designs. Credit goes to Carla Hegeman Crim for pulling together a wide range of collaborators into a cohesive volume of well-illustrated, comprehensive, and fashion-now hats to make. The impressive list of contributors…
Welcome to the final stop on the We Love Color Blog Book Tour! I’m excited to have a design in this book and humbled to be included with 15 other talented designers whose work I have enormous respect for and have long been inspired by. The book was conceived and compiled by Susanne Woods. The…
Thank you for all the thoughtful comments on Quilting Modern by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen. Sounds like Katie and Jacquie need to begin planning a Stitch and Flip Triangle Technique World Tour – it would sell out faster than Justin Bieber! The winner of the book giveaway is: Audrey who commented “I am so…
Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen is an amazing first book by two extremely talented improvisational quilters. In addition to making beautiful quilts, these ladies know how to TEACH what they know. The book contains 7 distinct improvisational technique lessons: Free-Piecing Improvisational Log Cabin Slice and Insert Stitch…
Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies is a talented pattern and fabric designer. Her latest collection for Michael Miller Fabrics is called Shore Thing. Today is Day 23 of Emily’s 30 Blogs in 30 Days Geared for Guys Book Blog Tour. That’s a mouthful! I also get to share some photos I took of Emily’s…
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Carrie + Diana
