A Quilter’s Mixology in Review – Day 1

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A Quilter's Mixology

So I’ve done this thing…write a book.  It’s the life long dream come true via hard work and hours and hours of sewing. And I know that I’ve shared a bit about the book here.  You probably know that it is about curved piecing and maybe have seen a sneak peak here or there.  But I realized that I have not officially shown you all the projects IN the book.  I’ve been waiting so long to share them with you all that I forgot that at some point I would actually be able to show you! lol

So today I’m kicking off a week long showing of all of the projects from my book, A Quilter’s Mixology.  I’ll be sharing about 3 projects a day from the book.  And each day there will be an opportunity to win a copy of the book and other fun prizes along the way…just to celebrate!  I hope you’ll join me each day to see the quilts and hopefully be inspired to start sewing some curves.

I love all of my quilts.  Truly I do.  So it’s hard to know where to start.  But since you’ve seen the book cover, I will go ahead and start there, with Orange Twist.

A Quilter's Mixology

My first quilt I designed and made for the book, this uses my favorite color scheme of orange and aqua. Quilted by the amazing Krista Withers, I love the look of fans she created. The name for this quilt was inspired by churn of soft serve ice cream twisting out of a machine at an ice cream parlor.  Also of note, this quilt uses the largest curved pieces in the book by far!

Secondly, I’d like to share a peak at a more traditional arrangement of 1/4 circle blocks, Arabian Nights.

A Quilter's Mixology

This quilt is my personal homage to Anna Maria Horner and her gorgeous fabrics.  Each print is a different design of hers spanning across multiple years and lines.  I used a Sizzix die cutter to help make quick work of cutting the charms I used. As a block based quilt, this can  be made as small or as large as you would like.  But I will warn you that this is some heavy work…each block is a curved block in this quilt.  But you can’t beat how timeless it is.

And Finally for today, I would like to share with you a strip pieced quilt with the addition of curves…a delightfully whimsical quilt, Paint Drips.

A Quilter's Mixology

Originally inspired by my husband, a painter and contractor, I love the ease of the curves here as they gently undulate from drip to drip.  It is a large quilt to make the curves manageable but comes together quickly with strip piecing and little seam matching. This too was quilted by Krista for me and she did an amazing job with the details of drips throughout the quilt.

So there you have it!  The first three of sixteen projects to share with you.  I hope you are excited by what you have seen and are ready to see more all throughout this week.  I’m sooo happy to finally be sharing some more details with you all.

256 thoughts on “A Quilter’s Mixology in Review – Day 1”

  3. fmm

    I did a demo for my guild on curved piecing. I would love a copy of the book because I think the Paint Drips quilt is fantastic!

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  4. bee

    our shop got this book recently and I love it after skimming through the project pictures alone. I love the big curves in the orange twist and have already told a friend I need to make it for her! 🙂

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  15. Chirpy

    I love the new twist that you are bringing in your book, and you're color choices. Thank you this opportunity. I'm interested in your quilt designs also. Congrats and keep up the great work.

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  22. Lauren

    I have been so excited to get my hands on your book!! It looks like each quilt is more beautiful than the next! Thanks for the chance to win!!!

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  23. Celine

    Congratulations Angela! I would love, love, love to win your lovely book! The clover clips are great, I have the red ones and uses for binding.

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  31. Brenna

    I can't wait to see the rest of the quilts! Curves intimidate and intrigue me, I would love to have a copy! (and I've never used the Clover clips, they're on my wishlist)

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  46. Alison

    Love these projects and can't wait to see more of them.
    Will definitely be purchasing this book – that is if I am unlucky not to win this wonderful prize.
    And would love to try the wonderclips.
    Following you on instagram.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win such great prizes.

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