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16 March 2015

The Paper Pieced Home blog tour!

Good (Mon)day to you! I hope you all had a great weekend. The weekend here was full of bike rides, sewing and I had the good fortune to take a class with Carolyn Friedlander yesterday in our very own Loveland.

We even managed to have a picnic with Carolyn thanks to Joelle's forethought and organization! It was the perfect day for a picnic!

It's no secret that hand sewing is not my favorite. However, after taking Carolyn's excellent class and learning a few basic hand applique techniques from her, my confidence has grown, which has made my heart grow a bit fonder. It's a miracle!!

I'm also very excited to share with you all that today is the first day of a fantastic line up for a blog tour for my book The Paper Pieced Home.

Thank you to the one and only Tommy at F&W who works miracles on a daily basis and set the tour up. xoxo!

Before we begin, have you all seen this? THE Mark Lipinksi reviewed my book a few months ago (you have to scroll down a bit)! And he liked it!!

And then make sure and check out this interview and post my friend Angela wrote up (thank you Ang!)! Make sure and hop over to her post and leave a comment now! She is giving away a copy of my book! And then have you checked out her book A Quilter's Mixology? ::Bonus! It's on sale for about $20 right now if you don't have your copy yet. I'm just sayin::

Anyway, I'll be doing a project out of it soon, it's a fab book!

Ok, so on to the tour!

Today, we start out at McCall's Quilting blog. They have done an excellent version of my sewing machine block! You'll want to make sure and head over there to check it out and leave a comment on their post, they have three copies of my book to give away.

The Paper-Pieced Home

Blog Tour Schedule

3/16 McCall’s Quilting / Sewing Machine Block

3/17 Love of Quilting / Review

3/17 Sandi Sawa Hazlewood of Crafty Planner / Watering Can Block

3/18 Quilty Pleasure (Quiltmaker blog) / Review

3/18 Imagine Gnats / Rotary Phone Block

3/20 Verykerryberry / Lion Block

3/21 Artisania / Cast-Iron Skillet Block

3/23 Where the Orchids Grow / Lamp Block

3/24 Katie Blakesley of Swim Bike Quilt / Layer Cake Block

3/24 House on Hill Road / Oven Mitt Block

3/24 Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced / BBQ Grill Block

3/26 Pink Penguin / Allie-Gator Block

3/26 A Happy Stitch / Giraffe Block

3/27 Bijou Lovely / Jar Block

3/27 Two Little Banshees / Saucepan Block

3/27 Charise Creates / Espresso Mug Block

3/30 Karen Lewis Textiles / Couch Block

3/31 Poppyprint / Clawfoot Tub Block

3/31 One Shabby Chick / Stack of Books Block

3/31 During Quiet Time / Sleeveless Dress Block

4/06 Pat Sloan The Voice of Quilting / Author Podcast Interview

I'm so excited to see the blocks everyone makes!!!

xo,

Penny

Penny@sewtakeahike on 16 March 2015 at 06:16 AM in FaVoRITe THinGs , CUrrEnt EvENts, sEwiNG , Books, paper piecing | Permalink | Comments (4)

02 March 2015

Post QuiltCon Beachball

I don't even know what to say about QuiltCon except it was fantastic. I taught classes 3 days and the students were exceptional. Here's a shot from one of the classes for my sewing organizer project out of my book The Paper Pieced Home.

There were at least 3 students that took this class that had never paper pieced before. I was amazed!

Now that I'm home, I'm taking a bit of time to work on a couple of quilts that I want to make just because. First up, a Beachball quilt (one of my patterns out of Essential Guide to Modern Quilt Making)

Since I designed this quilt almost 2 years ago, I've wanted to make it. I'm thrilled the time is now!

Happy Monday to you!

xo, Penny

Penny@sewtakeahike on 02 March 2015 at 04:34 PM in Books, paper piecing, PaTTerns, qUiLtiNG, teaching | Permalink | Comments (3)

19 January 2015

Happenings...

I can't believe it. My book is finally out and I had my first book signing. I am still waffling between periods of disbelief and pure excitement. I mean, I never would have thought even 5 years ago that I would have authored a book.

It was an honor for me, having my first signing at favorite fabric shop here in Fort Collins, Mama Said Sew/Jukebox Quilts. The Fort Collins MQG showed up in full force (including my friend Maggie from the Front Range MQG, thanks Maggie for the awesome surprise! and L-man even made an appearance!), and they were all so encouraging and genuinely excited for me. I am so grateful to have this quilting community!

(Barbara, Susan, me, Maggie at the signing)

Interweave did an amazing job capturing my style from the fonts they used to the page layout. I am so blessed to work with them!

Which brings me to my next topic, a paper piecing interview I'm doing over at Crafty Planner. She is doing a Learn More, Sew More series on paper piecing this month and you'll want to make sure and click on over to read it and leave a comment on her post to enter a drawing for a copy of my book The Paper Pieced Home!

And congratulations to Ruth, the winner of the P&B Colorweave Medley fq set! I've sent you an email!

One last thing, I'm super excited to announce a Bundle Up sale FabricCadabra is having and a blog hop bundle giveaway they are hosting!

First, FabricCadabra has 20% off all bundles from today through Jan 26.

Secondly, they are having a bundle giveaway hop. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win this fq set of Follie by Lotta Jansdotter.

Then make sure and leave a comment on Nicole's blog Modernhandcraft for a chance to win a Priory Square bundle,

and

on Erica's blog Kitchentablequilting for a chance to win a specially curated Winter Warm Up bundle she put together available only at FabricCadabra!

Lastenia and Mayka, the sister duo behind FabricCadabra are super fun, energetic partners. If you'd like an extra chance to win the Follie bundle, go and follow FabricCadabra on their Facebook and Instagram then come back and leave another comment for me on this post that you're following them and you'll be entered into the drawing twice!

Good luck everyone and Happy Monday!

xo, Penny

Penny@sewtakeahike on 19 January 2015 at 06:05 AM in FaVoRITe THinGs , CUrrEnt EvENts, Books, fABricS, Friends , gIVeAwaYs, sponsors | Permalink | Comments (156)

05 January 2015

Congratulations Elsa!

For winning the Benartex Manly quilt kit bundle! I mailed it off to you today!

And thank you so much to everyone who commented on the Manly Quilt post, I wish I could have picked more than one winner!

Here's a little eyecandy, a saucepan from my book.

Happy Monday to you!

Penny

Penny@sewtakeahike on 05 January 2015 at 02:39 PM in LiFE in GEneRaL, FaVoRITe THinGs , Books, Friends , paper piecing, PaTTerns, qUiLtiNG, sponsors | Permalink | Comments (2)

05 November 2014

Optical Illusions

The folks at Kansas City Star Quilts and the My Stars blog have come out with a serious winner in the book Optical Illusions. The photography is urban and so very inspired.

My quilt, Blurred Vision (quilted by Susan Santisteven)

is no where close to the coolest quilts in this book!

I mean, just look at 3D Diamonds by Jenifer Dick

And Aura by Jaime David

And there are many many more.

If you're liking what you're seeing in these pics, make sure and leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a copy of the book Optical Illusions, courtesy of the My Stars Blog.