A Scrapbook of Quilts!!

A Scrapbook of Quilts was just released and can I just say, it is amazing!!!!   Co-Authors Joanna Figueroa and Carrie Nelson hit it out of the part with this one, which is no surprise as these two women are each a quilting powerhouse!!  And I just love all of the tips, tricks, and playful back and forth that Joanna and Carrie share along with the projects.   A Scrapbook of Quilts uses 6 basic quilt blocks and a pile of scraps to make over 30 gorgeous projects. And I was so blessed to get to make one of those projects :)

Isn't this just the cutest!!!!   Carrie, Joanna and I have been friends for a while, meeting at market, so I was thrilled when Carrie asked me to make this adorable Pirouette Tabletopper for their book.     Pirouette is one of the 6 blocks in the A Scrapbook of Quilts and obviously, this design worked fabulous for a Christmas design!!   I had so much fun piecing this.   Half Square Triangles and tiny Flying Geese, I was in matching point heaven.   

And when it came time to quilt it, I thought it would be fun to add to the Wreath effect by quilting a giant spiral.   I just love how it turned out.   And I love quilting this design on small projects, as it is much easier to manage the bulk spinning round and round when it fits in the throat space of my machine ;)  

And here it is pictured in the book.   Isn't that just a beautiful picture!!!   If I could "instantly download" any skill it would be photography.  It truly is an art and I just love seeing my quilts pictured in such beautiful ways.  And of course, all of the pictures in A Scrapbook of Quilts are just beautiful and the instructions are wonderful and easy to follow in full color.  

And speaking of the book . . . There is a Pillow Along to celebrate the release of A Scrapbook of Quilts!!!   This is the first week, and everyone is gathering their scraps :)   It will run for 6 weeks, and each week one of the blocks from the book will be paired with one of the following themes:  Patriotic, Halloween, Autumn, Christmas, Two-Color and Neutral.  You can read all of the details about the Pillow Along on Joanna's Blog.  

And I am super excited to be participating in the Pillow Along as well!!!   I bet you can't tell from my fabric pull what Theme I have ;)     I have lots and lots of scraps, but orange is actually the one color that I am sadly lacking on.    I tried to pull lots of little scraps, but I just didn't have enough and they really weren't very cohesive.   So instead, I pulled some Fig Tree Fat Quarters and plan to do a super scrappy layout.   If you find you are lacking in scraps too, scrappy layouts are a great way to add a scrappy look to just a few fabrics ;)

I am looking forward to sharing more on this soon.

Be sure to follow along with the Pillow Along and if you haven't already, you will want to add A Scrapbook of Quilts to your quilting library.   It is phenomenal!!!

And on a total side note, I am just wondering . . . If you could "instantly download" any skill what would it be??

I hope you all have a Happy Quilting Day!!!