Today myself and the other designers from Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe are having a little blog tour and giveaway! You can find out where to go for 1 of 19 chances to win an e-copy of the book by visiting the Martingale site (and be sure to leave a comment on my blog before you do that, so I can enter you too!)
Being part of this book was a great honour for me, especially as I don't see myself as a Modern Quilter - I love traditional quilts far too much and I'm all a little bit too crazy for pattern to be using a lot of solids, which is sort of how I tend to envisage a more modern quilt aesthetic....but let's face it, a quilt is a quilt is a quilt - whatever camp you're in, whatever you think you make be it modern or traditional or something in between, it's because you love the process and you love the result, am I right? I am firmly of the belief that the more prints you can add in a quilt the better. That's my downfall a lot of the time. 3 prints? Nah, let's make it 30. So what I do tends to be busy.
Consequently, you might be surprised to learn that my absolute favourite of all the quilts in the book is Audrie's Lanterns in the City (below). Where's the prints? It's all solids! It's the quilt I can't make because my brain doesn't work that way. It's so beautiful, and so perfect and I'm going to force myself out of the print obsessed safety zone and give this a go later this year.
Another favourite of mine is Kate's quilt. Diamond Crosses. It's a gorgeous traditional looking block in such subtle colours. Again, I'm not comfortable working in a more muted palette, so I was immediately drawn to this quilt. It was made with a layer cake and some extra bits. Cool, huh?
So, onto my contribution. I'm going to admit something now that I haven't before. I was positive they'd turn down my submission for the book, because it's a traditional looking dresden plate with a border and sashing. I was really surprised when I got the email back saying they'd love to include it. I did a big happy dance.
I really do love the book, and I have a lot of quilts from it noted as must makes. Pretty much all of them to be honest.
So, leave a comment on this post and then head on over to the Martingale blog for another 18 chances to win a copy.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 365 Newer› Newest»so many inspiring quilts in this book! I would love to have a copy
I love the quilt you submitted for this book! thanks for a chance to win a fun looking quilt book :)
It is a fab book, well done, and you're right, it has a lot of fantastic quilts in it. I got my copy last week, but if i did win, i have a quilty friend i think would really love it, if that was ok. : )
This book looks like it is page after page of inspiration and I can't wait to check it out! Thank you!
I'm just in the middle of my first dresden fan block... may it be the first of many - and I'm with you, there can never be too many prints. Although I have started admitting a few solids into the mix now and then. Thanks for the giveaway :0)
I'm seeing a LOT of eye candy that makes me want to succumb and start a ton of new projects!
Your book looks great and it's already on my "must get" list. I love your quilt. The color choices and the diversity and multitude of prints make it modern to me. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
love to read this!
I love your quilt, and I'm all in favour of scrappy with lots of bright colour!
looks like a great book, well done all the designers!
i would love to win that thanks for the chance
Thanks fir the chance
Loved your contribution; congratulations on your quilt being published! Thanks for the chance.
What a great book. I really like how your quilt turned out!
I would really love to win.
Thanks for the chance Katy and congratulations on being included in it.
What a great book - and giveaway!
Your quilt is lovely and wow - you are in print again!! Woohoo for you!
Congrats Katy - have more faith in yourself next time!
Thanks for the chance to win!! I'd love to have this amazing book!! :)
Emily
Looks like some awesome inspiration in this book. I can't wait to take a look at it.
OOO! I need this!
Beautiful!
OOO! I need this!
Beautiful!
It is on my "must have soon" list. I am a fan of Dresden Blocks and have them scattered round the house, ok so they live closely with the HST and Log Cabin, but they are in the majority.
Thank you for sharing such inspiration!!!
I love the modern quilts.....they are bright and funky......thanks for having this giveaway.....and congrats for having one of your quilts included....
Congratulations on the pattern, it's great. Thanks for offering the giveaway.
Gorgeous! Encouraging the start of too many new projects, genius!
Congratulations Katy!
This looks such a great book!
I love the look of that first quilt, too (actually all three of these) and I like you have a problem not adding prints to a quilt! Looks like a great read...
I love all the quilts in this book. Thanks for the chance!
I love your modern use of fabrics in your dresden plate pattern! So very pretty! I tend to do the same - love all the modern fabric lines and love the traditional patterns.
Thank you for sharing! I would love to win your book!
Bonny
great give away! I love the modern quilts and I love Ebooks :-)
What a lovely book! Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks like an amazing book - thanks for the chance to win one! x
I haven't made a dresden plate but hope to some day--maybe just one block for now! Looking forward to seeing the book.
Saw this in my local quilt shop recently--we were all excitedly pouring over it!
I don't buy many quilt books but this is on my list of 'must own'!!
Book looks awesome Katy!
This looks like an awesome book!
I would love to have this book to drool over - no chance of ever making anything so gorgeous but I love to dream. Congratulations to you for being so wonderful.
I love those lanterns, too :)
looking forward to this book
This book looks amazing! Can't wait to see it!
Thanks for the chance. This looks like a great book - I flipped through it at a LQS last week.
Ola ola ... the book looks great ... you have very nice pattern ... Lenka
I have a weakness for dresden, so I am so happy they included yours, I love the colors!!
I'm just addicted to fabric and quilts - period! But you know that already :) lol. Congrats on the book, it looks fabulous! And as always your quilt is amazing!
Great change to win à great book. Thanks!
I love the contrast of the gray and the bright fun fabrics. Congratulations on being published!
Looks like a great book. Thanks for the chance to win.
vlhill3459(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
I love all the quilts in this book. Thanks for the giveaway.
Katy, I love your quilts!
This book looks amazing! Would love to win.
what a great pattern book ... lots of very interesting patterns! your dresden is a new look, a great way to show off the plates. thanx for the chance to win a copy of this ebook.
Congratulations :)
I like the diamond crosses, looks like a good way to eke out a layer cake. Congrats on being in print..can you say that about an ebook?
Your quilt is very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Not surprised at all they included it!
SO glad I saw this contest. Sure, would like to win, but I have already. How can I not love a blog that talks about "scrap vomit." Will be following you now...
I love your quilt and I'm glad they included it in the book. I'd love to win!
Like you, I am drawn to patterns and colours and although I admire the solid colour quilts, I am leery of making one. It would be a treat to look through a new book for some inspiration, so count me in for the giveaway!
Gorgeous book! Thanks for the chance!
I love the Dresden Plate, It's on my to do list. Your's is lovely, great colors.
Would love to own this beautiful book!
This book has been on my wish-list since I heard about it. SO many beautiful quilts!
Por sua conta eu tenho um trilhão de placas de todos os tamanhos e cores que pude arranjar,vÃcio....Parabéns pelo livro e outras cositas mais.
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Looks like a great book!
i love your dresden plate quilt. :) i am also finishing my first scrap vomit! (thanks to you). this book looks great. thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Would love to win!
Congratulations upon the inclusion of your quilt into the book! I'd love to win the ebook.
Oh, I wonder how ties would work in this one?!
I have done this in neckties and Love the way it looks. Great job bloggers!
well I wouldn't say no to a copy.
Congrats...it is a lovely quilt. It deserves to be in there.
They are all so pretty. Congratulations for having your quilt in the book.
Congrats on being published!! This looks like a really fun book to have.
I am not surprised your quilt is included - and I think modern is an attitude as much as a style!
Nice quilt - great book :).
thanks for giving us a chance to win this great looking book!
I would love to win!!! The book looks great!
Bravo! Solids scare the sh*t out of me!
Congratulations on a terrific week - tomorrow, Prime Minister?
Would love to get my hands on this book!
I have borrowed this from the library and would love a copy to call my own
Thanks for the chance!
Congrats on being published! This book looks great!
I love your quilt and want to make it. Congratulations on being in another book. How about a book all your own?
Fabulous! Would love a better look at the book.
Congratulations on being included in such a great looking book!
Congratulations on being included in another book. Love your quilt!
I love the modern traditional dresden quilt!
This book looks like so much fun! Congratulations of being included! I would love to make some of these quilts!
Now I would say your dresden has a smashing modern twist so inclusion is totally well deserved!!
This looks like a great book to add to any quilter's library. Thanks for the chance.
Your quilt is really pretty. Great colors! Thanks for the chance!
Krista
I love your quilt, a Dresden of some sort is on my to do list, so I can't wait to see bigger pictures of it when I either win (fingers crossed) or buy this book!
A book with quilts from so many great designers -- it doesn't get any better than that! Thanks for the chance to win.
so any wonderful quilts, congrats on the inclusion of yours!
Congrats on the book! Looks like a good one.
Fabulous quilt, as I'm sure all of them are!
I love all the grey backings
I love your Dresden. I've been meaning to make one--got the tools and everything. I'll have to give your pattern a try.
I see many quilts out of this book..would love to own it!
I LOVE your dresden quilt! I'm hoping to make a dresden, or at least start one, toward the end of this year (I don't want a ton of WIPs to do). Sure would love the chance to win this book!
Fawn
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love modern quilting and this book looks absolutely awesome...I would love to have it!
Great Dresden quilt! Love this book!
This book looks amazing. I have found at least five quilts I want to make!! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
A Dresden is on my 'must make' list and I just love yours!! Thanks for the chance to win this great book :)
Congrats Katy on the book. Yesterday Sissex, today a book....what will you do tomorrow! ;) Di x
This looks like a great book - congrats on haveing a quilt in it!
I just read through the entire book this morning and I think it is an amazing collection of patterns. I would love to make Jolene's forest quilt! Congratulations on being part of a great book!
It's so amazing to me that this book couldn't have happened 10, or possibly even five years ago. Thanks so much for the giveaway and congrats on yet another publication!
You must be so proud to have your quilt in print! Congratulations. Thanks for the chance of winning.
Would love to have a copy of this book. Your quilt is lovely.
Congrats! Yes, yours is traditnional, but all those prints, and the ones you used, and the funky sashing print-- somehow those things makenit edgy and anything but staid! But it's funny you are drawn to the ones least like what you yourself would make. I'm i the print camp myself. I even considered following a BOM, and copying the solids choices, just to feel how it feels to go all solid....
The book looks awesome! I would love to have a copy.
Very wonderful patterns, would love to win this book.
Looks like a fab book, would love a copy
I just love the colors in your quilt! The dresdens look great in those bright colors and gray background :)
Would love this book!
I have had this book on my wish list!!
Oooooooooo!! Want! Need! Must have!
A great collection from some of my favourite quilting bloggers
Shazam..These are amazing quilts...So many of my favorite quilters....What a great book.Thanks for the chance to win....
What a lovely variety of quilts, great advert for the book!
Looks fantastic! Love Kate's quilt too, it's a stunner!
I really like your quilt! I love Dresdens. This book looks so fun, lots of variety.
Thanks so much to you and the other bloggers for hosting this giant giveaway!
Love the quilt....i'm still too new to quilting to try Dresdens but that is FANTASTIC
Love and want the book. Thanks for a great giveaway.
This book looks amazing.
I love to make another Dresdens quilt using your pattern as the first Dresdens block I made was a disaster.
jchiagan at yahoo dot com
Well, I think you can do no wrong, so I'm not shocked your Dresden is included! :)
I'm taking my chance. Thanks!
These quilts look amazing - thanks for the chance to win!!
The fabric choices are really what turns it into a stunner. Thanks for the giveaway.
Very cool!
A Dresden quilt is on my list of must makes! A traditional block using modern fabrics--fun, fun, fun! Congratulations on being included in this book!!
THe book looks great! I want to win it as I am currently lacking inspiration.
I like the quilts that make the combination of the traditional patterns with the great modern prints. Well done!
The book looks great, just need to decide which one to make first.....
I would love to win! Looks like a great book!
Congrats on the inclusion of your design. I'd love a copy, all the quilts looks so great!
Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful book. sharon.bourque@sympatico.ca
I love the variety in this book!
lag110 at mchsi dot com
Looks great -- I like the idea of modern quilts, but I've got so many prints in my stash I feel I ought to use them up!
Looks great -- I like the idea of modern quilts, but I've got so many prints in my stash I feel I ought to use them up!
What a great book! Loving a chance to win it
Congrats on your inclusion in the book---so exciting!
I'm like you and really enjoy scrappy quilts using lots of different prints, but those solids sure can make effective quilts!
The quilts in this book look beautiful. Thank you for a chance to win an EBook.
I want to make so many of the quilts in this book!! And, congratulations!
Well done on your contribution. Like you, I'm an ecclectic mix of trad and modern, not yet ready for full on solids, but always admire what modern quilters are producing. There's so much wonderful and inspiring creativity out there! Jxo
Modern is so widely defined, I would love to win
I'd say it's the fabric choices that makes you more modern than traditional :) Congrats on the book!
Congrats for being on the book!!! Terrific quilt.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win
I would love a copy! Thanks!
Lovely book!
Great post! I love your giveaway...
Thanks for the chance to win.
Great book! I love your giveaway...
Thanks for the chance to win.
I can not wait to get my hands on the book! Thanks for a chance to win.
Thanks for the giveaway, would love to win the book!
Looks like a great book, thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to win the book and get some new inspiration!
Would love to win a copy of this great looking book. pick me, pick me, pick me....
I feel you with the print thing. My quilty obsession of the moment is done in all Kaffe Fasset prints in blues. Busy, but beautiful!
Thanks for the giveaway! I really like how you featured other quilters in addition to your own gorgeous contribution.
I'd love a chance to win a copy of this book.Love the work that you and the other quilters in the book have contributed. I really need to push myself in a new direction. Thanks for the chance. aschaefer24 at yahoo dot com
I seem to gravitate to the same colors so I'd love to win this book for more inspiration. Also, I agree with you - the solid colors quilt is awesome - it would just be so hard for me to not add a really cool print to the quilt!
This book looks super fun! Thanks for the chance to win! :)
The book looks great. thanks for the chance to win one.
Congrats on Indian Summer...love traditional blocks, and this is a very attractive and do-able project!
Anything! ha ha! I would love to have a copy of this inspirational book! I promise to love it and feed it and... wait! Read it and be inspired by it! thanks/margo
Congratulations on being included in the book. I love Dresden Plates and will definitely have to make yours. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
you can't beat a classic dresden, congrats!
Congrats, and thank you.
What a wonderful book! So inspirational!
Thanks for the chance! Love the quilt!
Thanks for the giveaway; I'd love to win this book. I especially like your quilt because a dresden is on my bucket list.
Great quilts and color! Thanks for the chance to win!
Great lookin quilt, and I would love to win a copy of the book!
Beautiful quilt, I love the use of grey for backgrounds.
Hip Hip Hooray!!! for this book. Would love to win.
I love this book on modern quilting! I like the bold colours and the use of negative space! Just "WOW!"
Looks like a great book from some awesome quilters. Good job all!
I like your quilts. They look like fun to make. Would really like a copy of that book. Congratulations on being included in it.
Looks like a great book, thanks for the chance to win one! PS - my very first full sized quilt was a dresden plate, very nice.
Dresdens are wonderful, would love to win one of these books ♥♥♥
Congratulations! I'd love to win this book! Thanks for the chance!
Thanks for the chance to win, I need to get my hands on a copy of this!
Looks like a great book thanks!
Book looks very good. Good blog.
Thanks for a chance to win this awesome book! Congrats on your quilt!
Fingers crossed!
Loved your quilt! Thanks for the opportunity to enter the giveaway!
Saw it at market! Love!!!!!
Saw it at market! Love!!!!!
Love your Dresden Plate! Thanks for the give away chance.
What a fantastic book!! Thanks for the opportunity!
Love your pattern, I need to make a similar quilt out of ties. Thanks for the giveaway!
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