Patchwork Sassaman Style Blog Hop & Giveaway

SewCalGal is delighted to be part of the Blog Hop to celebrate the publication of Patchwork Sassaman Style and have a chance to share insights with you about this book today!  And, I'm truly honored to be part of the group of bloggers participating in this hop.  Many are so very talented, with a mix of art quilters and traditional quilters, that have all fallen in love with this wonderful new book.



Patchwork Sassaman Style:  Recipes for Dazzling Quilts, by Jane Sassaman, published by Dragon Threads is a "must have" book for those that enjoy working with fancy fabrics, or wants to learn how to work with such fabrics to make beautiful quilts.

Jane is an award winning quilter, teacher, author and fabric designer.  The beautiful fabrics used in this book are  produced by FreeSpirit.  In this book, there is a "History and Designing Fabric" section where Jane shares personal insights to many and definitely for those interested in becoming a fabric designer.  But, they also share insight on what Jane refers to as "speak my language" where you can quickly fall in love with her specialty of using big, bold fabric designs to make amazing works of art.  And, with her techniques, you are really making an easy quilt that is spectacular, as you let the fabric do the work!





"Recipes" are shared for how to construct a variety of blocks and quilts, that range from a Whole Cloth quilt, Amish Bars, various patches, diamonds, and more.  The use of big prints that are bright and bold will really take simple quilt designs to a new level in quilting!

The designs have easy to follow instructions with great visuals.  But, the photos in this book are so amazing that the book itself is a form of art.

Warning:  You'll not want to leave this book on a shelf, but have it on a coffee table for everyone to enjoy.

Here is the line up for this blog hop.  While each participant is hosting a giveaway, some of the giveaways on prior stops in this hop have already closed.  Still, these blogs share some great insights on this book that you may want to pop over and visit.

July 2nd -   Laura Wasilowski (Artfabrik)

July 3rd -   Jessica Sloan  (Remnants: Fibre Culture)

July 4th  - holiday

July 5th  - Judy Coates Perez

July 6th  - Jane Sassaman (Idea Book)

July 7th  - Linda Teufel (Dragon Threads)

July 8th  - Gloria Hansen

July 9th  -  Melissa Peda http://100billionstars.com/blog/

July 10th - Susan B Knapp (Blue Moon River)

July 11th -  Jacquie Gering http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/

July 12th - Weeks Ringle http://craftnectar.com/

July 13th - SewCalGal {where you are today}

July 14th - Jessica Kovach http://twinfibers.blogspot.com/

July 15th - Pam Matthews www.delrayfabrics.com/blog

July 16th - Frieda Anderson http://www.friestyle.com/my-blog.html

July 17th - Pat Sloan

July 18th - Jan Krentz

July 19th - Anita Grossman Solomon http://makeitsimpler.blogspot.com/

July 20th - Lyric Kinard http://lyrickinard.blogspot.com/

July 21th - The Quilt Show

July 22th - Jane La Fazio (JaneVille)

July 23th - Free Spirit

July 24th - Nancy Zieman

I hope you get a chance to check out this book at your local quilt store or at Dragon Threads.
You may also want to visit Jane Sassaman's blog:  http://sassaman.blogspot.com.au/

Did I mention a giveaway?

Dragon Threads Ltd have generously offered this giveaway to SewCalGal followers that live in the United States.  To enter, simply leave a comment on this post and let me know that you are interested.  One lucky winner will be randomly selected and announced on this blog next Friday.


I am also happy to announce several winners of recent Giveaways:

The five winners of the giveaway last week, sponsored by Martingale/home of That Patchwork place are:

1. Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts: Patterns Inspired by Antique Quilts: winner is  Karen (Nana Girl Quilts) 
2. The Sew Simple Guide to Easy Sewing and Embellishing: winner is Crickets Corner 
3. Needles and Notions: Paper-Pieced Patterns with a Sewing Room Theme: winner is Pat (501 Quilt Blocks)  
4. Stitched for Fun: 35 Easy and Adorable Embroidery Projects: Winner is Sequana (Star Crazy Log)  
5. Simple Charm: 12 Scrappy Patchwork and Applique' Quilt Patterns:  Winner is Sinta (Pink Pin Cushion)

The winner of the SewEmbellished Blog Hop giveaway for a copy of the book "SewEmbellished", by Cheryl Lynch is:   Nancy (Quilting Potpourri)