And you can imagine my surprise and glee when I opened the cover and found that no only was An Irish Braid in the book, but it is the Title Page!!!! Oh my goodness!!! I squealed out loud. Then I realized it was also the watermark on the Cover Page!!! Double Squeal!!! Then I had a moment of panic. Why, because well, this is the first quilt I ever quilted on a long arm, and the quilting in this picture shows up big time, and let's just say, I have learned a lot since this first quilt ;) But my husband calmed me down and reminded me that it wouldn't be here if it didn't show well. (Just promise me you won't look to closely at the quilting ;)
So ya, all in all, pretty amazing day when this arrived!!!! The Big Book of Strip Quilts is chuck full with 60 Beautiful quilts made by so many amazing and talented quilters!! And they are all done with strip piecing, so you know that means they go together fast and are a whole lot of fun!!! For sure an awesome book to have for burning through those stacks of Jelly Rolls (don't tell me I am the only one hoarding these and other pre-cuts :) or Scrappy Strips.
And to celebrate it's release, Martingale is giving away a copy of the The Big Book of Strip Quilts to one lucky winner!!! Be sure to pop on over to their Post to see lots more on this awesome book and enter the giveaway ;) Good Luck!!!
Just downloaded the e-book today and here I read your blog. Congrats and so chuffed that I am actually following the blog of a very good designer.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. Your quilt is stunning and this book is amazing. How exciting to have a quilt included and to be on the cover, even as the background, as well as title page too! Woo hoo.
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Congrats! Yes, your quilt is there because it looks wonderful!
ReplyDeletewoohoo, congratulations. this looks like a fantastic book
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Melissa. Very exciting news for you. I saw your Ruby Jubilee quilt in St. George, and it was beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting for you! I just got my copy, and I recognized your quilt right away!
ReplyDeleteVery exciting! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Wow to see it in the book in so many places!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What a fun thing for you to discover. You know, the flip side of less than perfect quilting is that encourages people new to the skill that it doesn't have to be perfect to create a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! How exciting. It makes a great watermark. I'm sure your quilting looks fine. At worse it will help us feel better that we also don't do perfect quilting!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, congratulations on a lovely quilt. Beautiful colours design, I hope to make this quilt.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Melissa! I know it is very exciting to see your project in print. It is so beautiful and I am sure the quilting is just as beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Melissa ...you should be very proud...we all are for you!!!!! Janet
ReplyDeleteI saw this on the Martingale newsletter a couple of days ago. Their blurb mentioned that you have a quilt in there and I went to their site to see if I could figure out which one. No luck, so I'm glad you spilled the beans! Congratulations. I love that pattern, they picked a good one.
ReplyDeleteTalk about Happy Mail, this is the jackpot. Congratulations!
ReplyDeletecongratulations!! They are showing you off on a bunch of pages!! So fun!! And I promise I won't look too closely at the quilting! :-) It's in my Amazon cart just in case I don't win it! :-D Have a wonderful weekend!!! Hugs, H
ReplyDeleteI love growing simple daisies!
ReplyDeletei\m workintg on enlarging my mystery quilt that i finished a few months ago, and plan to really finish is, quilting and all and then go on to a wall hanging for the summer, and a tadler quilt for my gradndaughter!
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