Quick Change Blog Hop

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Updated: The winner is Carol! Congratulations! :) 

Hello! I'm delighted to be a part of a new book called Quick Change: Refresh a Room Fast with Quilted Bed Runners. I was lucky enough to have two runners picked for this book (and I kind of even have my own section, "Bold and Bright"... Fitting, no? Hehe!)

We've got a little Q&A from Martingale, so here goes...

What inspired your bed runners?

The first runner I designed is called Wild Goose Chase and I've always liked flying geese placed very randomly, going in different directions. The swirls of the quilting are meant to mimic the wind as the geese flapped away! 

My other runner design was inspired by my friend Katy's Spring Carnival EPP pattern. I played around with the idea of taking one section and making the pieces bigger so that they could be machine-sewn. The name Jewel Rings came from the fact that I wanted to use jewel tone colours so that they'd shine beautifully against the dark background. 

Do you have other favourite projects from Quick Change?

I think Winding Roads by Megan Jimenez of Quilt Story is really great, and Vintage Petal by Heather Andrus and Megan Jimenez of Quilt Story is just adorable.

What does the master bedroom of your dreams look like?

This. It would look like this. I mean, I love my bedroom... it's bright yet cosy, and my quilt / doona came is on point. But this room is just so soft and put together. Love! 

And now, for the fun part! Martingale is giving away one free eBook, so please feel free to join this giveaway! Simply make a comment, and I'll choose a winner on Tuesday, May 12. Good luck! 

Follow the Quick Change blog hop for fun designer Q&As, plus more chances to win the eBook!

Tuesday, April 28: Blog-hop kickoff at Stitch This!

Wednesday, April 29: Kimberly Jolly and Jocelyn Ueng at Fat Quarter Shop

Thursday, April 30: Heather Andrus & Megan Jimenez at Quilt Story

Friday, May 1: Brigitte Heitland at Zen Chic

Saturday, May 2: Heidi Pridemore at the Whimsical Workshop Studio

Monday, May 4: Amanda Leins at Mandalei

Tuesday, May 5: Doug Leko at Antler Quilt Design

Wednesday, May 6: Audrie Bidwell at Blue is Bleu

Thursday, May 7: Stephanie Prescott giveaway via Facebook

Pictures from here and here.

Modern Baby Blog Book Tour Giveaway!!!

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Shut the front door! I'm in another book!!! And I have two quilts in this book too! I know, I'm just showing off at this point... Hahaha! Modern Baby is a really fun book with beautiful quilts, and I'm just thrilled that I'm a part of it :)

Both quilts of mine are bright and cheery, which is really my favourite thing to do when making baby quilts!

The first quilt I have in the book is called Floating Pyramid because... it looks like... a pyramid that is... floating. I am terrible at naming quilts, people.

This quilt was insanely fun to cook up, yet soooo frustrating at the same time. From the sketching, to deciding how to treat each coloured triangle, and finally figuring out how the heck to make those scrappy triangles in a way that made sense to others! I just love how it came out, especially because the triangles look like they're almost shimmering away. The neutral background is not something I gravitate towards, but I thought it worked so well with this quilt instead of just a flat, stark white background.

You guys might've seen Vertigo on the blog before... it's a really fun quilt where you can play with colours, values and hues. I've made this three times now (here's the second one that now belongs to my sister's bestie's baby) haha! Super easy and the fun lies in picking your colours! When I first made this quilt, it was really just me messing around with the fabric. The thing about improv is that you're not quite sure if it's going to work out, or how it's going to look. But thankfully, I managed to make the quilt how I'd drawn it up in my mind. Phew! I'm really looking forward to seeing what people do with this quilt... the possibilities are endless!

So, giveaway time!!!!!

You'll have 14... count them, 14... chances to win an eBook copy of Modern Baby! Just leave a comment and tell me a fun story about a baby or when you became a mother... or anything! You know me and my love of randomness :) I'll pick a winner on Tuesday April 30!

And after you're done entering the giveaway here, you can go check out my fellow co-authors on their blogs! Here's the blog tour schedule :)

April 18, Thursday       Jenny, StitchThis! http://blog.shopmartingale.com/

April 19, Friday            Shea Henderson, http://emptybobbinsewing.com

April 22, Monday         Jake Finch, http://generationqmagazine.com/

April 23, Tuesday        Audrie Bidwell, http://blueisbleu.blogspot.com/

April 24, Wed              Carolyn Friedlander, http://carolynfriedlander.com/blog/

April 25, Thursday       Melissa Corry, http://happyquiltingmelissa.blogspot.com/

April 26, Friday            Jen Eskridge, http://reannalilydesigns.com/blog/

April 29, Monday         Sarah Flynn, http://fairyfacedesigns.blogspot.com/

April 30, Tuesday        Dana Bolyard, http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/

May 1, Wednesday      Amy Smart, http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/

May 2, Thursday          Carrie Bloomston, http://suchitysuch.blogspot.com/

May 3, Fri                    Victoria Findlay Wolfe, http://www.bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/

May 6, Monday            Lindsey Rhodes, http://lrstitched.com/

May 7, Tuesday           Pippa Eccles Armbrester, http://www.pippapatchwork.com/blog/

Good luck, and have lots of fun!!!

Modern Quilts From The Blogging Universe BLOG BLITZ!!!

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I'm not sure if I'd mentioned it on here before, but I've been lucky enough to be a part of this wonderful compilation of amazing quilty bloggers! I even made it to the cover! Well sort of... I'm in the lower left corner. Raise the roof! Whoop whoop! 

I was dumbfounded when I was asked to contribute -- to be perfectly honestly, I thought someone was playing a very unfunny prank on me -- to this book because I don't really think about myself that way. 

And then as if they were trying to give me a heart attack, Martingale came back and asked me to contribute TWO quilts. What the what?!? I mean, seriously?? I didn't think they'd pick one, let alone two! 

This one is Lightning Strikes and it's further confirms my obsession with triangles.

This one's called Lanterns in the City. It's a play on the traditional courthouse steps and it's one of my most favourite quilts I've ever made. EVER.

Don't let my face on there scare you. It scares me, but that's another story for another time.

ANYWAY! All 18 bloggers who contributed to the book are each giving away an eBook of Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe! For a chance to win a copy of the eBook, tell me how you started quilting! A winner will be picked on Tuesday January 29th.

And for a complete list of all the bloggers who contributed to the book and their blog links, please visit Martingale's blog here. And you stand another chance to win the eBook there too! There you'll see an embarrassing picture of me at Sewing Summit with Katy and Amy. Truly horrifying. (All pictures of myself tend to horrify me.)

Good luck!!!

Skip The Borders Blog Book Tour

I'm very thrilled to have been asked to be a stop on Julie's blog tour for her beautiful book, Skip The Borders!

The tour kicks off today at Generation Q Magazine, so hop on over for reviews, pictures and a chance to win an eBook copy of Julie's new book!

Generation Q Magazine - Monday Sept 10th
Rachel @ ps i quilt - Wednesday Sept 12th
Natalie @ Beyond the Reef - Friday Sept 14th
Pink Chalk  - Monday Sept 17th
Fat Quarter Shop - Wednesday Sept 19th
Holly @ Bijou Lovely - Friday Sept 21st
Rita @ Red Pepper Quilts - Monday Sept 24th
Robert Kaufman @ Swatch and Stitch - Wednesday Sept 26th
Jessica Levitt - Friday Sept 28th
Vanessa - V & Co - Monday Oct 1st
Martingale - Tuesday Oct 2nd
Emily @ Carolina Patchwork - Friday Oct 5th
Katy @ I'm A Ginger Monkey - Monday Oct 8th
Audrie @ Blue is Bleu - Wednesday Oct 10th
Angela Walters - Friday Oct 12th
Julie @ Jaybird Quilts - Monday, Oct, 15th