It’s day 4 on this non stop tour of fun on my blog. We are going through each and every project in my new book, A Quilter’s Mixology. I know how important it is to see the full book when purchasing patterns. And while I can’t give away all the details, I can let you know what you will be able to make if you get the book. Not everyone can see the book in person before purchase and I hope that this in depth look will help you all make a decision about adding it to your personal library (or heck even getting your library to order it for you!).
I’m sharing 4 projects today from the book. Join me each day to see the quilts and hopefully you’ll be inspired to start sewing some curves. If you missed the previous days posts, no worries. I have links provided near the end of this post.
First up today is a 2 for one kind of project. My smallest projects in the book, a set of pillows, the Temple Pillow and the Ombre Drunkard’s Path Pillow.
First off, let’s just admire that gorgeous sofa that the pillows are on. Yum! Why didn’t they ship that back with the quilts? lol These two pillows are just the right size for getting your feet wet with a little curved piecing without committing to one of the larger quilts. And while I know that I’m a quilt person, not everyone wants a project of that scale. So these two patterns were designed as modern takes on traditional 1/4 circle curved piecing. I made both with the same number of blocks so they work well together and used the accuquilt go baby and die to quickly cut these out (though remember, all templates necessary are also provided in the book). The directions for these quilted pillows include full construction details for a lined, covered zip back, bound pillow. No detail was left out! Forgive my less glamorously styled photos below…they are included to show more details.
Next I wanted to share with you the largest project in the book, Petal Pusher. Smallest to largest…why not?! It’s a hefty large queen size…and may fit your king. It’s definitely one that I had to send out to be long arm quilted simply due to it’s size.
This quilt is made from one block design that is rotated to create a large petal/flower motif with four blocks. And speaking of four blocks, if you made just four you would get a great baby quilt. Or drop out one of the colors to shrink the block size down and make a more manageable size for a domestic quilting machine. But it’s not too expensive to have a pantograph design done on a quilt like this. Nothing too fancy on the quilting here even though it too was done by the amazing Krista Withers. I wanted to keep it simple to match the simpler block nature of the piecing. Though Krista did sneak a tiny bit of her signature free motion quilting into the last row for me. 😉
Here again, is a quilt for those of you intimidated at the thought of a large quilt with curves. The graphic and lovely curved shape has a huge impact when done in small amounts over a “plain” background. I made this with charms of like colors for a scrappy look, but the choice is yours. And while I deliberately did not style this to be a holiday quilt, I think you’ll agree with me that it is pretty much BEGGING for someone to do that. (someone please do that and show me!)
This is the last of the quilts I will show you all that Krista quilted and she once again did an outstanding job! Krista is WELL worth what she charges for her artistry. Look for the ghost square shapes she incorporated into the quilting to offset the curves. And the book has some gorgeous pictures of her quilting on the ornaments which is pretty much out of this world.
So there you have it! The next four of sixteen projects to share with you.
If you missed Day 1, you can check it out HERE.
If you missed Day 2, you can check it out HERE.
If you missed Day 3, you can check it out HERE.
And join us every day this week for more sneak peaks into the book.
Beautiful Ornament Quilt! All of these are so inspiring!
Love the Petal Pusher quilt! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the ornament quilt! Thanks for another generous giveaway!
I like your color choice for cushions. Pretty.
Oooh those pillows are gorgeous! I'm disappointed they didn't send you the sofa, though! lol
I'm not a pillow person but I want the Temple pillow!
I ave so enjoyed seeing these pop up on IG and Flickr. Beautiful quilts. Thank you for the chance!
Beautiful projects. The ornament quilt is amazing.
Both your designs and the quilting make terrific results.
Love the pillows!
All of these quilts are amazing! I wouldn't mind having that sofa either, lol. It even looks comfortable.
The quilts are stunning!! I love the quilting too, the fmq adds a fun extra detail! I hope someone does a holiday version of your ornaments quilt, I'd love to see it too! In fact, maybe I'll do one!!
The two pillows are great. I really must overcome my fear of curves and try these!
love those cushions!
im so in love with your cute pillows, and you cant have enough of them. Amazing quilting on Oriental quilt
more gorgeous projects. If I don't win this book, I will be buying it, even though I'm scared of curves!
I shared the giveaway on the Giveaway roundup:
http://missourimel.com/2014/06/15/giveaway-roundup-63/
I really like your color choices. Once you make a few of those DP you have those curves down, Right? The pillow is wonderful.
I have left a review on Amazon! (Kathy Schaller).
Thanks for yet another chance to win. I like the oriental blocks best today.
I blogged about it today.
http://new2quilting.blogspot.com/2014/06/todays-sewing-pile.html
The Petal Pusher quilt is simply gorgeous. Well done.
This is the first book I think I have seen that I would love to make all the projects in the book! I would love to win a copy, thanks for the chance!
Just beautiful! I especially like the pillows.
Fun projects – especially the Ornamental quilt. Thanks.
Wow. Love that ornamental quilt in your book. I've always wanted to make a Christmas quilt but didn't want it too Christmassy.
This is the one for me
Debra
The quilting on the Ornamental looks amazing! Love the pillows too.
What a great mix of patterns, you were very creative with those curves 🙂 Love the pillows.
Nice pillows!! Thanks for a chance to win your awesome book – got my fingers crossed. skeshlaman@comcast.net
Sewing curves always 'scare' me but the butterfly quilt is so lovely that I will face the fear. I hope I will the give away if not I will have to wait for July here in the Netherlands for the release.
Petal Pusher! Wow! I love that! What a great book!
Whoppee, another day, another chance. Thanks so much.
I may attempt some curves in my next project with your inspiration!
The projects are fabulous, Angela! Congratulations on your book. So exciting!
Those projects look awesome, would love to get better at curves.
I am really loving all the quilts in this book. They are amazing. Can't wait to see if I win a copy. If not, it will have to be added to my list of books I have to own.
Love the ornamental quilt
The simple quilting on the pillows is gorgeous. And that Ornamental quilt would be fun as a tree skirt too!
Your quilts are so beautiful! I hope to make a quilt with curved blocks one day. These are fantastic!
I love those pillows!
I like all the project today but, my favorite is still the butterflies quilt from (?) yesterday
The drunkards path block was the first block I learned when taking machine applique, many years ago. I've never done that block again, but, I did like it. I've used the bamboo batting in several small projects. Nice and soft.
I LOVE the ornament quilt! Absolutely love it! Thank you for the giveaways!
Wow – you are amazing! I especially love the pillows. Thanks!
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"Non-stop tour of fun on my blog," LOL! You can say that again:D I've been loving this preview of all the projects in the book, all in one place.
Wow — that ornamental quilt is really stunning. I love the pattern and am blown away by the quilting!
Your quilts are so beautiful, and I love the simplicity and cleanliness of the designs!
jean
jlickun@aol.com
Love making pillows – those are awesome designs. Thanks for the chance to win!
I liked and shared this give away post on Facebook.
I pinned this give away and the picture of the two pillows to my Quilty Pillows and other Things board on Pinterest.
I love the Petal Pusher quilt, is gorgeous the design and the colours are so well chosen. Congratulations