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.
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.
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.
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.
There are green clips?! I never knew. Must check them out. Love the paint drip quilt!!
Congratulations on your book!
I follow you on Instagram!
I'm so excited to get a copy of this in my hands! It looks like it's full of beautiful quilts and fun, unique designs. The Paint Drips! Seriously! 🙂 Good stuff!
I also pinned the giveaway: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/140315344615385813/
I follow you on IG 🙂
My favorite combinati9on is blue and tangerine too!
My fave is Orange twist. Reminds me of Broome West Australia!
I really love the dripping paint. Wow! fran.daoust@yahoo.com
Congrats on your book! Adding your book to my wish list. Love the Orange Twist quilt!
Following you on IG.
Congratulations, Angela! All three of those quilts are appealing to me. I love that your book is based on curved piecing, a skill I certainly need to work on!
I'm following you on Instagram! ImwithCharlie
Congrats! I love your quilt projects from the book.
Thanks so much for the chance! Those clips have been on my wish list for ages!!
What beautiful quilts! Love the orange and aqua!
This is so exciting!!! I am seriously buying this book JUST for the paint drips pattern!
I am excited to see a copy of the book! The quilts so far are beautiful! Fingers and toes crossed!
I am on Instagram @intheboondocks following you know! I love Paint drips
Before seeing the name of your quilt I thought that it looked like paint dripping. LOVE Paint Drips! Thanks for the chance to win.
I blogged about your book today.
http://new2quilting.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-quilters-mixology-by-angela-pingel.html
Paint drips is fun.
Your book looks really special. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Debra
Curves are my next frontier! Your book looks lovely-congrats! I recently purchased a pack of 10 wonder clips for my hexie construction….they are wonderful! 😉
DAY 1 CONGRATS ANGELA!
THANKS FOR A NEAT GIVEAWAY!
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Gorgeous quilts. Can't wait to see more.
Your quilts are truly amazing! I love your paint drips quilt! Thanks for the giveaway.
The orange/aqua combination looks great on your cover quilt.
Paint drips looks like so much fun! This is a great book.
Love love love the paint drips!! I can't wait to get your book!
And I follow you on IG @kmyapuncich!
Just started following you on Instagram!
I love these projects! I especially like the updated 9 patch quilt. Thanks for the opportunity! notwendy gmail
I pinned about your book: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/57280226485981488/
Thanks! notwendy gmail
I posted on Facebook too:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152256506084862&id=726399861
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I follow you on Instagram (notwendyok). Thanks! notwendy gmail
I tweeted too! thanks! notwendy gmail
I regrammed on IG. (under notwenyok) Thanks! notwendy gmail
paint drips is such a fun quilt, and Arabian nights is an amazingly lovely quilt, especially with your AMH fabrics!
Ohh, I love the Paint Drips, such a fun idea. Congratulations on the book!
I just want to let you know I've gotten my copy of the book from Amazon. I'm really enjoying it so far!
I'm thinking I might have to get this book. I love Paint Drips. Thanks for the chance to win it 🙂
oh I love the paint drips!
Congratulations on your book! I love these designs!
I really love your book. You've taken a fresh spin on traditional. Thank you for the give-a-way
You have such a brave use of color and style! Thanks for sharing.
I shared the give away on my Facebook
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I just love paintdrips. So fun, so great looking. Thanks.
It's great to see the different layouts of one block. They look completely different. Thanks for the giveaway, too.