Book Review - Shape by Shape Collection 2

Welcome to the last Telecast Thursday of August 2017! We've had 5 Telecast Thursday blogposts this month!

I can't believe that summer is waning and fall is just around the corner. The cooler weather brings a return to quilting and a great time to brush up on your free motion skills.

This week I'm taking a look at Shape by Shape Collection 2 from Angela Walters. Angela has amazing free motion skills and she shares them in her most recent book. 

What I like about this book is that she provides you with ideas on how to quilt different shapes: circles, triangles, squares, etc. It's always challenging to decide what to put in this geometric areas, but Angela gives you lots of choices. She also provides variations on the designs for each section. 

The book is well laid out with an index of the quilting designs in it right at the front of the book. It has lots of clear photographs and instructions on how to create each design. 

Learn more about Shape by Shape Collection 2 by watching the video below or on my YouTube channel.

Shape by Shape Collection 2 by Angela Walters is a good reference book to have in the free motion quilting section of your library: lots of creative designs and clear instructions on how to stitch them.

Do you have a "go to" book that you use for free motion quilting designs? Leave me a Comment below letting me know its title. 

Creatively,

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Book Review: Quilt Traditions

Hi there:

I'm super excited to review Quilt Traditions by Devon Lavigne. Devon is a quilty friend and what's more, we both share the same birthday! Not the same year, of course, but we are both Leo gals. 

Devon has recently released Quilt Traditions and the projects in the book feature her amazing piecing skills. Unlike me, Devon is a piecing type of gal: I'm more of a raw edge appliqué type of quilter. This is okay though because I was able to help Devon out with a bit of appliqué on The Oath, one of the beautiful quilts in Quilt Traditions. 

Quilt Traditions features mostly pieced projects of a larger size: no table runners or mug rugs in this book. Devon uses a variety of techniques, including paper piecing and templates, to create the quilts in Quilt Traditions. This is a great way to learn a new technique or improve your piecing skills. Many of the projects also lend themselves to using fabric scraps, which I'm sure most of you have (or am I the only one with overflowing scrap bins?!). 

To learn more about Quilt Traditions, watch the video below or on my YouTube channel.

Devon and I are just putting the finishing touches on a project that I'm really exciting to be involved in. It's not quite ready for release yet, but I promise I'll tell you all about it on Monday, so check back with me then.

Creatively,

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Book Review - Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3

I love free motion quilting and am always looking for a good book to add to my quilting library all about this topic. I've found one in Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 by Lori Kennedy.

You may already follow Lori's blog, The Inbox Jaunt, where she shares information and free motion quilting designs. (If you aren't familiar with her blog, you should check it out). In Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 Lori shares many of her free motion designs and provides lots of information on free motion quilting. 

One of my favourite things about this book, other than the amazing content, is that the book is ring bound. This allows you to lay the book out next to your sewing machine and use it as reference as you stitch out one of the over 60 designs in the book. Very handy!

The book is divided into sections based on the shapes of the designs, making it easy to find a swirl-type design or one that uses another shape, such as a leaf. Due to the type of information in the book, you would expect, and hope for, lots of reference photos - and this book has those. Lori stitches out her designs on solid colour fabrics so it is easy to see the design details. 

Watch the video below or on my YouTube channel to see more about Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3.

If you want a good reference book on free motion quilting, you will want to get your own copy of Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3.

Do you love to do free motion quilting too? Leave me a comment below as to your favourite type of free motion design.

Creatively,

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Book Review: The Big Book of Table Toppers

In this blogpost I'm taking a look at another "big book" published by That Patchwork Place: The Big Book of Table Toppers. 

As the title indicates, this is a collection of table topper designs: 56 of them, in fact. That's a lot of table toppers! This is a great collection of projects ranging from table runners to table toppers with a variety of pieced and appliqué projects. You'll find designs in a variety of looks and sizes. I'm sure you'll find several projects that you can make as gifts or for your own home.

You can watch the book review video below or on my YouTube channel.

You will find seasonal and holiday designs in The Big Book of Table Toppers from spring projects to Christmas designs. The book contains designs of varying skill levels so you will find a project to make whether you are a beginning quilter or more advanced.

This book, like the other previously issued "big books" doesn't include quilting construction information, but you will find comprehensive information on Martingale's website. 

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If you want a book that contains many and varied table topper designs, you'll want to buy The Big Book of Table Toppers to add to your quilt library.

Creatively,

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Zen Chic Inspired Book Review

Today I'm taking a look at Zen Chic Inspired by Brigitte Heitland. This book has a different way of approaching the creation of a quilt: make one that fits the decor of a specific room in your home. Clever, right? This totally makes sense to me.

Brigitte gives you information on how to determine the design, as well as the colour, of the quilt to match your room. The projects in Zen Chic Inspired are modern designs, not traditional pieced quilt blocks. There are both pieced and appliqué designs in this book, as well as lots of photos to illustrate the design principle of this book. 

Watch the video below or on my YouTube channel to see some of the projects in Zen Chic Inspired.

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Do you make quilts to match your home decor? Leave me a comment below to tell me about some of your quilt decor creations.

Creatively,

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