I’m excited to be a part of the blog party today for my friend Sam Hunter‘s fun new book, Quilt Talk (Stash Books). I met Sam years ago at the Long Beach Quilt Festival and we connected through our art school pasts. Sam designs patterns for her company Hunter’s Design Studio. We swapped stories and ideas. I always enjoy speaking with her–she has a cool and calm spirit.
Her new book features my favorite thing (and I know yours, too) WORDS AND LETTERS! Can we get enough? I don’t think so. So she has engineered an entire pieced alphabet for you to use however you want in your quilting and sewing–and it is so fun. You can use the letters as the feature of your quilts or just to sign a project. Her alphabet letters will let your creativity shine as you think up new ways to use them.
I really love the quilt below as it highlights a really important aspect of creativity: listening to your heart and plowing ahead even if you hear the naysayers around you (or within you). Sometimes the voices we hear don’t come from the outside, but rather from within. In my book, The Little Spark, I call them The Crazies and help you hush them up. I do love the way Sam used my Collage fabric in this quilt…with all the little birdies at the bottom.
So, you wanna win a copy of the book? Leave a comment here before October 19th and I’ll choose a lucky winner. COMMENTS NOW CLOSED–winner chosen at random: Melissa Hauger! In the meantime, follow along her blog tour because each day the blogger will feature a free download of one of the colorful fabric buckets on the cover of her book. Today is BROWN!
Download the instructions to create the BROWN bucket HERE.
Here’s the schedule so you can follow along and have more chances to win:
- Thursday October 2 – PURPLE – Megan Dougherty, The Bitchy Stitcher
- Friday October 3 – BROWN – Carrie Bloomston, Such Designs
- Monday October 6 – RED – Kim Niedzwiecki, My GoGo Life
- Tuesday October 7 – TEAL – Flaun Cline, I Plead Quilty
- Wednesday October 8 – WHITE – Mollie Sparkles
- Thursdays October 9 – HEXIES – Cath Hall, Wombat Quilts
- Friday October 10 – PINK – Ebony Love, LoveBug Studios
- Monday October 13 – GREEN – Rose Hughes
- Tuesday October 14 – BLUE – Sarah Fielke
- Wednesday October 15 – GRAY – Maddie Kertay, The BadAss Quilter’s Society
- Thursday October 16 – BLACK – Cheryl Sleboda
- Friday October 17 – YELLOW – Victoria Findlay Wolfe
- Monday October 20 – ORANGE (but of course!) – Sam Hunter, Hunter’s Design Studio
I love the lettering style offered in this book! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
This is a very fun way to do all sorts of things!!! Eager to make my first word! Thanks!
Elizabeth Bolton
boltonia55@yahoo.com
This looks like an amazing book!
Carolyn Dixon
Reapwhativesewn at gmail
With this book to show the way the possibilities using words are endless! Thank you for the giveaway.
fabricstasher24@gmail.com
Words have so much power…love that Sam shows us how to easily incorporate them into our quilts!
Love the blog tour to get the paper pieced patterns.
I just started reading your blog. Nice to see you as part of this tour. I first saw your article on Apartment Therapy. Your house is great! I love the “less is more” look. Our family is trying to downsize as well: less stuff so we can spend more quality time together. Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh my gosh YES I want to win!!!! I love letter blocks and text prints – this would be SO much fun!!! And I love your collage fabric too – those birds are perfect for the wall-hanging. I’m a new follower 🙂
I need a quilt like that hanging in my house! The book sounds great, thanks for the chance to win a copy
Am I allowed to gently cuss in patchwork? That would make me very happy.
Thank you for the chance to win this awesome book.
I have to say also that you are definitely lovers of Legos. I poked around a bit before commenting. Awesome links you have for the Lego stuff.
Brown doesn’t get the respect it deserves!
I love the use of lettering in quilts, and I’ve had very good experiences with Sam’s paper piecing patterns before. Thanks for the chance to win!
I have looked for something like this for ages! So many practical as well as whimsical applications Thanks for the chance to win such an interesting book!
Love the buckets! This would be a great book to have in my library. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
making the letters sounds like fun, and there are lots of projects they could be added to
paweis at yahoo dot com
Love the sayings, Love the lettering!
Oh, yes, I want to sew letters!
I didn’t realize how much I loved letters until I saw some of the projects in this book…
I love letters on quilts and these seem so clear and readable!
What a fun book!
Yeah your collage fabric is the bomb! It has endless possibilities for creativity. And I agree commpletely with the letters thing – there’s something about putting a little message in one’s work sometimes that is so freeing. And I’m going to read some of the blogs you have listed, too. Can’t wait to read The Bitchy Stitcher! Thanks for sharing…
Love your “brown” bucket. I’m busy thinking of ways to use that alphabet!
What fun ideas! I love color and words together.
Love, love, love the creativity and awesome ideas
Thanks for sharing.
Thinking of some great ways to incorporate the words into an upcoming kid’s quilt!
Looks like a fun book! Thanks!
This definitely has a lot of potential. Thanks for the give away.
Such fun – thanks!
Love, love, love words! I’ve been buying fabric with words, but piecing my own words is even better! Thanks for the chance to win.
A friend of mine made a word quilt with the boy scout qualities. It was great!
These are adorable!
This book looks awesome!
I love these buckets! By the way, great bird fabric!
nehanson@shaw.ca
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Sam’s book.
me! but i might just make a giant bucket that says “ALL” (;
As a wordsmith by trade and a quilter by avocation, I’d love to combine the two with the help of this book.
This is great…I can’t wait to see some more of the book. I like to make baby quilts and use the babies name on the quilt somewhere. I always have to surf the web for letters and this will make it so much easier. BROWN is on the printer now! So excited…and it is Sunday so I can actually sew today.
cjpike (at) indiana (dot) edu
Words as design elements–my favorite!! And another favorite? The word “puce”. Thanks Carrie:-)
Yay! So glad to see that the “Brown” post is now up.
In a word, these patterns are delightful. Thanks for the opportunity to win! And if I don’t win, I’ll buy it.
Looks like a great book!
This book would be a great addition to my shelf and work table.
I hope I win. This looks very interesting.
Like always you recommend great books.
I love the use of words as part of the design of a quilt and this book look to have some wonderful new ideas!
wow I love this I am going to have to make those buckets.
Looks like an awesome, inspirational book. And may I also add that I am really loving the look of your fabric line “collage”? Just fresh and wonderful!
I love paperpiecing and letters so this book looks awesome to me!
I love the inspiration quilts used to showcase the letters. Looks like a wonderful book.
Thank you for a chance to win this awesome book!
I’ve not yet tried paper piecing but have a lot to say – textile-y speaking. This book looks like loads of fun.
I love that hese letters are paper pieced rather then appliqué. This books seems to be zoo inspirational
A great paper pieced alphabet! This book will provide lots of new ideas.
Thsnks for the chance to win. Marilyn (mfhagopian@aol.com)
I love your fabric and would love the book. Thanks for the give-away.
Quilting + humour = fun! 🙂
I love her font in this book and her sense of humor!!!
wish i had room to store all these fun scrap buckets!
Oh I will definitely be using these letters! Hope to win the book!
This looks like FUN! I love words collect quotes PERFECT!
I love your fabric as a border in the quilt.
I’m still working on what I want my masterpiece to say. I’ve got time to figure it out, though. Winter is coming.
I would love to win a copy of this book – the lettering is beautiful and looks like it has easy to follow instructions.
Thanks
Pauline
perry94022 at hotmail dot com
I love this paper piecing letters and numbers! I’m pretty new and I keep finding such cool stuff and this is one! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
tdkcarpenoctem@hotmail.com
Really cute ideas. I am going to have to have this book!
Perfect word for Wyoming Cowboy colors are brown and gold!
This book looks brilliant, thanks for the chance to win a copy.
jen dot barnard at btinternet dot com
Graphic design meets quilting…how could I not love it!?
I could l use this book. What fun!
Looks like a really fun book! I’d love to win.
I’ve been loving the blog hop! The projects are unique and very doable. Thanks for the chance to win the book!
A fun book that would make a nice addition to my quilting library.
I am getting obsessed with Wordy Quilts…LOVE this book!
So Much To Say!
I love everything about this book, including the great quilters who have contributed to the book and blog hop. Thanks so much for a chance to win a copy.
This looks like a fun book.
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