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Finished Quilt Tops!

Posted on March 17th, by Amy in Modern Basics, work in progress. 18 comments

I should probably share these on different days, but I’m too excited!

I have two tops from Modern Basics again – first, Posie Patch:

Posie Patch was made for my local quilt shop, Seasons of Home in Midway. The shop is making kits available for a class that I get to teach, and HMQS coming in May! We also set up a trunk show for the entire month of April, complete with a Open House/Book Signing on April 9, 2-5 pm.

The class will be split into two evenings so that we can work on basic piecing, and later appliqué together. I can put you in touch with the shop if you are interested in signing up – just leave a comment!

I also pieced Basic Puzzle in Calypso Swing:

This one is smaller than … Read More »

Modern Basics: Easy Quilts to Fit Your Budget, Space and Style

Posted on March 7th, by Amy in finished quilt, Modern Basics. 4 comments

Modern Basics :: Quilts

Posted on March 7th, by Amy in finished quilt, Modern Basics. 32 comments

I found a sunny day at last, and had an hour to spare outside with my quilts!

All 14 of them is a lot to carry, and get hung, but I’m so glad that I did.

Did you notice the new header?

This is a picture heavy post! I thought I would share the name and a detail or two for each quilt.

Basic Ease ~ One block turned – great first project!

There’s so many more pictures that I could share with you! All of the quilting was done by Natalia, and it’s fantastic! Natalia quilts via the mail too (hint, hint!) if you ever need something quilted by a pro.

If you did not win a copy of Modern Basics last week during the tour, I have a few autographed … Read More »

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 13

Posted on March 5th, by Amy in Modern Basics. 6 comments

Today is the last day of the tour…all good things must come to an end!

We are off to visit Amy aka amylouwho!

Go visit Amy to read her thoughts about Modern Basics and enter to win a copy, one last time.

Quick List of links to visit:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

The Wildcards

BumbleBeans

Jolly Jabber

One Shabby Chic

Canton Village Quilt Works

Diary of a Quilter

Fat Quarterly

Have a great weekend ~

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 12

Posted on March 4th, by Amy in Modern Basics. 2 comments

Today we are off to visit the FatQuarterly blog!

Thankfully my book made it all the way to Tacha in Germany, even though it didn’t make it to Hawaii!

Never know what might happen in the mail.

Go visit FatQuarterly to see what Tacha thought about Modern Basics and enter to win a copy!

Quick List of links:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

The Wildcards

BumbleBeans

Jolly Jabber

One Shabby Chic

Canton Village Quilt Works

Diary of a Quilter

See you tomorrow!

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 11

Posted on March 3rd, by Amy in Modern Basics. 4 comments

Today I’m excited to send you to visit Amy, at Diary of a Quilter!

Amy and I had a chance to meet last fall, and had a blast chatting about family, quilting and blogging, of course!

Visit Amy to see what she has to say about Modern Basics, and enter to win a copy of your own!

Quick List of links:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

The Wildcards

BumbleBeans

Jolly Jabber

One Shabby Chic

Canton Village Quilt Works

Also, yesterday I had the joy of speaking with Pat Sloan! To listen to the podcast and enter yet another giveaway, go here!

Have a great day!

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 10

Posted on March 2nd, by Amy in Modern Basics. No Comments

Today we are visiting Jackie at Canton Village Quilt Works!

Jackie is a master quilter, and I’m excited to hear her thoughts about Modern Basics.

Visit Jackie for another chance to win a copy!

Quick List of links:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

The Wildcards

BumbleBeans

Jolly Jabber

One Shabby Chic

I’m hoping to have a chance to pull out all the quilts from my book and take some more pictures this week!

More soon ~

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 9

Posted on March 1st, by Amy in Modern Basics. 2 comments

The JollyJabber post was up yesterday afternoon, if you haven’t viewed the post yet…go check it out!

Today we are off to visit Amber at :

I love her family picture in her header – aren’t they fun!?

Visit Amber to see what she has to say about Modern Basics, and a chance to win your own copy!

Quick List of links:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

The Wildcards

BumbleBeans

Jolly Jabber

Happy hopping!

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 8 (and a couple of winners!)

Posted on February 28th, by Amy in Modern Basics. 5 comments

Hi friends! I’m so glad to be sharing my book and getting your feedback on the projects! It is so exciting to see a quilt top that a friend constructed over the weekend, look ::

Terri at Sew Fantastic made this for her brother – I love the colors she chose!

The tour stops at the Jolly Jabber today -

Stop by for a little interview and a chance to win a copy of Modern Basics!

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Camping last weekend and the blog tour all last week – I completely spaced posting a winner for the Calypso Swing fat quarters!

Commentor # 16 – Dana (no blog given)

Congratulations!

And the winner of ReSew is:

Commentor # 22 – Patty (no blog again)

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 7

Posted on February 27th, by Amy in Modern Basics. 2 comments

It’s been a fantastic week and there are still lots of stops! I hope you are enjoying the reviews.

Today we stop over at BumbleBeans -

V has already been busy making a quilt with one of the patterns!

I’m loving V’s use of color and the fussy cut flowers. Fantastic!

Visit Victoria to see what she has to say about Modern Basics, and a chance to win your own copy!

Quick list to visit:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

The Wildcards

Check back each day to see where the tour is stopping next.

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 6

Posted on February 26th, by Amy in Modern Basics. No Comments

Today the tour goes to visit Jenny! In case you haven’t yet, you may enter to win her new book ReSew through Monday.

Jenny lives just an hour away, and we’ve yet to meet – but I look forward to meeting her in a few months at Market! Visit Jenny

to see what she has to say about Modern Basics, and a chance to win your own copy!

Quick list to visit:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Crazy Mom Quilts

Check back each day to see where the tour is stopping next.

Amy

Modern Basics Blog Tour :: Day 5

Posted on February 25th, by Amy in Modern Basics. 4 comments

Today the tour stops over at Crazy Mom Quilts!

Amanda Jean asked me the “how” question…looking back at what I was doing last year at this time, things were kinda crazy, and I’m so glad that I’ve moved past the production phase! It’s much more fun to share the book with all of you.

Anyway – Visit Amanda Jean to see what she has to say about Modern Basics, and a chance to win your own copy!

Quick list to visit:

PieceNQuilt

SewCalGal

Old Red Barn Co.

Terri’s Notebook

Check back each day to see where the tour is stopping next.

Amy