I was so excited when I heard that fellow blogger Amy Ellis (Amy's Creative Side) was writing a quilt book. And, I'm very honored to be able to share insights with you today, and be part of her blog tour for her new book. I've enjoyed reading Amy's blog for a long time, and have been inspired by her quilts and insights she shares, as well as love all of her well written tutorials. I have long thought that Amy would make for a great author of a quilt book, and have truly found her "Modern Basics, Easy Quilts to Fit your Budget, Space, and Style" to be a wonderful quilt book.
Modern Basics is published by Martingale & Company, home of That Patchwork Place. There are 14 beautiful patterns in this book, with each design made from one easy block.
Amy uses bright, modern prints with cute and simple designs that help new quilters make beautiful quilts and experienced quilters make fast & easy quilts too! Instructions provided are easy to follow, with excellent visuals, showing step by step.
Insights are also included for Quiltmaking Basics, from selection of tools & fabric, to piecing techniques, adding borders, sandwiching, machine quilting, binding and more.
This is an excellent book for a beginner quilter, as well as experience quilters who are looking for fun quilts and tips on squeezing creativity into your busy life.
Amy has invited several bloggers to participate in a blog hop to celebrate the release of Modern Basics. Each blogger will be sharing insights about Amy's book, and also hosting a giveaway for a copy of this delightful new book.
Here is the list of other bloggers participating in this book tour blog hop. I hope you'll take time to visit them on this tour.
Feb 21st - Piece N Quilt
Feb 22nd - SewCalGal (where you are today)
Feb 23rd - Old Red Barn
Feb 24th - Terri's Notebook
Feb 25th - Crazy Mom Quilts
Feb 26th - Wild Card Quilts
Feb 27th - BumbleBeans
Feb 28th - Fat Quarter Shop
Mar lst - One Shabby Chic
Mar 2nd - Canton Village Quilt Works
Mar 3rd - Diary of a Quilter
Mar 4th - Fat Quarterly
Mar 5th - Amylouwho
And, I hope you have a chance to check out this wonderful new book that Amy has created. I think you'll really enjoy creating quilts with it. And, you may know a new quilter, or an inspiring to be quilter, that this book would make an excellent gift to help them learn to quilt.
http://www.martingale-pub.com/
Interested in winning a copy of this wonderful book, personally signed by Amy. Simply leave a comment on this post and a way for me to contact you (no reply bloggers that can not be contacted are not eligible to win). The winner will be randomly selected on Sunday, February 27th.
278 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 278 of 278Amy's book looks very interesting. I would love win it. Happy quilting!
Thanks for the chance to win this book! Looks good:)
I follow Amy's blog and really enjoy it. Thanks for the chance to win her book.
It's interesting how each lady has picked out some of her favorite patterns. Can't wait to see more.
all8garden (at) yahoo (dot) com
Love the blog and the book looks fantastic. Thanks for the chance.
Looks lovely. I would be pleased to win a copy.
I would love to have a copy of her book......your site is very inspirational....just recently came across her blog......looks like lots of fun and lots of ideas. thank you
How fun-thanks for the giveaway!
I'd LOVE aq copy of this book!
YAY how exciting. I'm catching up on this blog tour and am loving what I am learning.
littlecreatable@gmail.com
Thanks for the giveaway!
I'm a long time fan of Amy's blog too!
please enter my name for a chance to win a book
This book looks great, and I'm a follower of her blog! Love the approachable nature of her quilts.
Love her style, would love a copy of her book!
Would love to own a copy!
Hi,
I came over from Dana's blog. Amy's book looks great -- even for a beginner like me. :)
In case international players are allowed, please count me in. If not, feel free to delete this comment.
Greetings from Germany,
Birgit
I'd love to have a copy of this book, thanks for joining in the giveaway.
I'd love to have a copy of this book, thanks for joining in the giveaway.
Those quilts are so fresh-looking!
The book looks like it is full of inspiration. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to win this book, but will for sure buy one for my daughter who is learning to quilt. Thanks
I'm so excited to see this book - what I've seen so far is lovely!
This looks like a wonderful book! Thanks for sharing so much on your blog.
this looks like a wonderful "basic" book! Can't wait to see if I win! thank you for the opportunity!
This sounds like a great book. I've never sewed a quilt before, but would really like to!
Thanks for sharing info on Amy's book. She is a new name to me and I enjoyed peeking at her book.
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I would love to win this book! Thanks for having a giveaway!
I'm already a fan of Amy and her blog so I just know her book will be just as fabulous.
Thanks for the chance! Cover quilt might make me re-evaluate my recent ban on mega number of HSTs in pattern. The bit of applique is a nice touch.
Thanks for introducing me to Amy's blog and her book. Hope I win! nkadenver@yahoo.com
I would love to win this book !! :))
thanks for the chance !!
best regards
Kat
Looks like a great book; I'd love to win it!
I love that last quilt you show from the book. And the others aren't bad, either.
Looks like a great book. Would love to have one!
This book looks to wonderful!!!! I have been eyeing her blog for awhile and now I am wanting a opy of her book to create new quilts for my family :)
this book looks amazing! Can't wait to look through it.
Those are great quilts. Love the colors she uses.
I would LOVE to win this book! I love Amy's designs.
Oh I love it! Can't wait to see all the fun quilts in this book!
julieswenson5@gmail.com
What a beautiful book! I'd love to win it! Thanks for the opportunity!
Great looking book!! I love all the quilts. jfletcher82@gmail.com
Congrats on the book and thanks for the chance to win my very own copy.
The patterns from the book look great and I'm still a newbie with my first quilt still in the making, so thank you for a chance to win.
Looks like a great book! Thanks for a chance to win.
This book would be a great addition to my library. Thanks for participating in the blog tour.
I'm in love with all the patterns I'm seeing from this book! They're all so lovely!
Love the aqua and brown quilt, looks like it would be a fun pattern.
Amy's quilts that you show on your blog are so pretty. I think their beauty is in their simplicity. Her color choices are lovely too. Thanks for the chance to win!
i'm a beginning quilter and i love how beautiufl yet simple these quilts look!
Love the blog tour please count me in the giveaway....thank you for the great review.
The book looks fabulous!! I would love to win.
Jennifer
I'd love to win this book! Thanks!
Amy does an awesome job with the Bloggers Quilters festival. I hope her book is successful.
This is a gorgeous book! I can see me making a big dent in my stash with it!
Leslie S. in MN
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Count me in, I love Amy's blog.
Would love to win the book. I see several patterns that I would like to do
Looks like a great book to win. I would love to win a copy.But if not it is on my list to buy. :)
Lovely quilts! It has been great to visit all the different blogs who are reviewing Modern Basics. Thanks for the chance to win.
This looks like a fabulous book. I am getting more interested in solid fabrics and this book would be perfect!
I'd love to win this for a new quilter friend of mine!
Amy's book is for sure a "must have"! Love her designs!!! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
I'm very excited about this book! Thanks for sharing!
The quilts in the book are inspirational, thank-you for the opportunity to win a copy!
beautiful quilts!
The book looks amazing!! I'm a new quilter and I would love to own a copy of the book.
This book looks so fun! Thanks for the review and giveaway!
This looks like a great book - I'm looking forward to seeing all the reviews :) Thanks for sharing!
Love to win this book. amazing
thanks
Looks like a great book! Would love to win.
Amy's blog is one of the first I started to read.It is wonderful that she has her own book now. Thanks for the giveaway.
I read Amy's blog everyday and would love to win her book! Thanks for the opportunity!!
Amy's book looks amazing.
I'd love to win a copy of this book - it looks just my sort of quilting
love the chance to win thanks
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I love this book! It's on my "Want" list for sure!
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