Having spent the early part of my career in publishing it's no surprise that I am addicted to awesome books. To be more specific, I hoard collect well-designed, well-written, informative, enjoyable books with compelling photography. Modern Triangle Quilts, the latest book by my lovely friend Becca Bryan hits all those sweet spots and then some. I am so proud of her; somehow while juggling four kids, a busy husband and BruceWaynetheWeinerDog she managed to write this book AND design her first fabric collection—Panache for Robert Kaufman! I KNOW. But I have a lot of information to include here so let me get to it. I'm giving away a copy of Modern Triangle Quilts and sharing the info for the charity quilt auction at the end of this post. Each of us on the blog tour made a few blocks for the quilt.
One of the best things about this book is that she gives you 70 patterns for individual triangles but also guides you through making 11 different quilt patterns (such as Wake, above) or encourages you do your own thing and use the triangles to achieve endless possibilities. So cool.
This is another of the patterns, called Upstart. I love how a few of the triangles are supersized.
Here are the two blocks I made, incorporating Robert Kaufman Kona solids with an Alison Glass print and a Hoffman Me+You batik. I left for QuiltCon without photographing them, so I stole borrowed the iron from Giuseppe at the Andover booth and took this photo on the cobbled streets of Savannah.
This is the Well Wishes Quilt that combines all of our blocks. Isn't it fabulous? And her quilting!! So. This quilt could be yours! Becca had the great idea to add a charity aspect to the blog tour. From April 2-18 you can purchase a raffle ticket here for $5 for a chance to win the quilt AND you also get a PDF copy of the pattern for the quilt. You can enter more than once. 100% of the proceeds will go Living Water, an international charity that focuses on bringing water wells to communities without a safe place to get clean water. Please visit Bryan House Quilts for additional information.
In addition to the awesomeness, above, Stash Books is giving away one copy of Modern Triangle Quilts to one of YOU (a US winner will receive a hard copy and if the winner is International a PDF will be emailed). To be entered to win, simply leave a comment on this post, and please be sure to include an email address if you're a no-reply commenter. The giveaway will close on April 18th and the winner will be contacted via email. Good luck!
Be sure to check out all the other stops on the blog tour:
Sunday, April 2nd: Becca Bryan - Bryan House Quilts
Monday April 3rd: Jessee Maloney – Art School Dropout
Monday April 3rd: Stash Books – C&T Publishing
Tuesday April 4th: Heidi Staples – Fabric Mutt
Wednesday April 5th: Felice Regina – Sew Scatterbrained
Thursday April 6th: Giuseppe Ribaudo – @giucy_giuce
Friday April 7th: Christa Watson – Christa Quilts
Saturday April 8th: Christopher Thompson – The Tattooed Quilter
Monday April 10th: Karin Jordan – (you are here!)
Tuesday April 11th: Kitty Wilkin – nightquilter.com
Wednesday April 12th: Nicole Daksiewicz – modernhandcraft.com
Thursday April 13th: Sarah Thomas – sariditty.com
Friday April 14th: Amy Sinibaldi – nanaCompany.typepad.com
Saturday April 15th: Rebecca Bryan – bryanhousequilts.com
A huge congratulations to Becca, and a thank you to her for including me in this wonderful project.
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED; CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLISON C!
