Hey everyone!
I am participating in Sujata Shah’s Cultural Fusion Quilts Blog Tour!
This post is going out a bit late, because – well. I thought TOMORROW was my day, and I screwed up on Facebook by mentioning that the mystery clue goes live tomorrow, but it’s only Wednesday, and I am all kinds of screwed around!
SO…It’s all fun as long as we keep it fun, and I apologize to anyone who followed the link to the tour to not find my post live yet!
Let’s talk about things I love about this book.
COLOR! And free form design!
As I just told Sujata this morning as our emails were flying back and forth:
"I love your book..it's exciting, and vibrant and makes me want to get in there and SEW!"
Let's look at these fabulous quilts! You are in for a treat!
I love Sujata’s use of color and free form piecing!
One of the things I love about working free-form is that nobody's quilts will EVER turn out the same. They are all different just as we are all different, but there is a connection! I love how this quilt looks like a typical birds in the air block at first, but you see it change and evolve into something else, something free and easy and whimsical!
Bold, vibrant, striking—and amazingly easy to make! This collection of 15 modern quilts draws on handmade crafts from India, the American South, and Africa to create a style that’s at once traditional and contemporary, artistic and practical.
A simple stack, cut, shuffle, and stitch technique makes the sewing fun for quilters of any level, and also makes every quilt a one-of-a-kind creation.
No two are ever alike! The author provides alternate settings, plus an inspiring photo gallery of the crafts that shaped her style.
I love the curvy improv wonkiness of this quilt…my eyes can’t stop traveling over it!
Use these projects to enrich your quilting by bringing in textures, patterns, and colors from around the world.
Learn more about Sujata on Pat Sloan’s Quilting Podcast HERE
Right now it's at the top of the player list, Look for the date, December 8th!
Right now it's at the top of the player list, Look for the date, December 8th!
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and listen wherever you are.
You will find Sujata’s blog at The Root Connection a fascinating spot on the web to see examples of where Sujata’s inspiration comes from. Her photos are fabulous!
You guys know how I love free form improvisational piecing, especially using up all of my scraps. You will get this from Cultural Fusion Quilts and MORE!
Leave me a comment below to enter to win a copy of Cultural Fusion Quilts!
Please leave your email address if you are unsure if your address shows in your blogger profile or not. Better safe than sorry! Especially if commenting as Anonymous. If I can’t reach you, I’ll have to draw again, using the random number generator.
We will draw for our lucky winner on Sunday evening, Dec 14th!
And while you are at it, here is the whole line up of who is participating in the blog tour ! Check out the ones who have already posted, enter there to win, and then visit the line up down the line as their day comes available! Good luck everyone!
Friday December 5 Rachaeldaisy @ Blue Mountain Daisy Open
Saturday December 6 Lori Dejarnett @ Humble Quilts Open
Sunday December 7 Casey York @ The Studiolo Open
Monday December 8 Malka Dubrawsky @ A Stitch in Dye Open
Tuesday December 9 Sherri Lynn Wood @ daintytime Today
Wednesday December10 Bonnie Hunter @ Quiltville's Quips and Snips
Thursday December 11 Jake Finch @ Generation Q
Friday December 12 Jan Burgwinkle @ Be*mused
Saturday December 13 Janet Treen @ Quiltsalott
Sunday December 14 Lindsay Conner @ Lindsay Sews
I am totally intrigued by this book and would love to win a copy!
ReplyDeleteI would love to own this book - so many colourful quilts to try out :)
ReplyDeleteOh boy, another fascinating way to play with fabrics, colors and textures...love it!
ReplyDeleteLove the quilts and especially love free form piecing. And like you, I love the fact that no two quilts from the same pattern will be the same!
ReplyDeleteI love the free form flying geese.
ReplyDeleteAnn Flower
antiques@eoni.com
Great designs! Love the colors! Would love to win a copy of this book. Thanks Bonnie! Laurie MyQuiltingLady@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteBonnie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing me to a new author. I need to win this.
What a great book. Looking at those quilts makes me feel good.
ReplyDeleteSusan L.
sulyle@yahoo.com
Wow! What a fantastic punch of colors!
ReplyDeleteWould love to see the other quilts in the book. I love colourful quilts.
ReplyDeleteAnnemarie
asmithers@rocketmail.com
Love the easy piecing methods. Cover reminds me of "Fractured" by Kathy Doughty.
ReplyDeleteI love the patterns in this book. They are awesome!!
ReplyDeleteWould love to win the book...I'm wanting to try modern but not quite modern quilts....love you and your blog, quilts, inspiration and eveything you do for your fans =)
ReplyDeletePretty please, Santa? You know I have been a good girl sorting out scraps by strips and strings and chunks! You KNOW I have enough fabric to make ALL of the quilts in the book. . . .please pick me! I promise to be good next year, too!
ReplyDeletenellsheartstrings@yahoo.com
LOVE everything I see in this book. Thank you for the chance to win. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteShirl
handquiltATyahooDOT com
I'm in to win. Love the Positive/Negative in the first quilt. And love all that color
ReplyDeleteI love the curvy wonky quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove all the bright colors and free-form blocks. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis books looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI agree - this is a wonderful book. I can't wait to try my hand at one or more of the quilt ideas. I have already bought this book. I couldn't wait! So, if by chance, my number comes up in the giveaway, pass me over and go on to another.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and patterns in this book!
ReplyDeleteAwesome color. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThose are bright, beautiful quilts. I'd love a chance to make one.
ReplyDeleteThose quilts are so lively and full of action and color. Would love to win this book and learn more.
ReplyDeletePhyllis paballoon@aol.com
I love the colors
ReplyDeleteI'm going to check out the other bloggers
You can never have enough guilting books. Would love to win
ReplyDeleteI've been following this book all over blogland. Hope I win!
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie,
ReplyDeleteGreat quilts, would love this book.
Thanks for all you do for us.
Yea, quilt cam tonight.
Hugs,
MaryEllen
bhtmetfred@comcast.net
not sure what I am so added info!
Silly and love it.
I just can't seem to do improvisational piecing. Maybe this would help me get over my fears of doing it "wrong."
ReplyDeleteGotta love the colors!! Would love to win this book!!
ReplyDeleteBonnie, loving the quilts you show us from this book and would love to win it. Even if I don't win, I am going to buy this book for my youngest son, since he is very "artsy", is learning to quilt, and would love the improv! Thanks for the chance, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteThis is one quilting book that I am really excited to read! Thanks for your review. sarah@forrussia.org
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a great book. Dianeinsterling@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThe book looks GREAT! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting for us quilters to have a new book. Love the vibrant colors and the idea of "scrappiness" ( probably not a word, but I like it.
ReplyDeleteGale Reynolds
Blanchard, OK
Great looking quilts! Would love to have a copy of her book. karen.clark2012@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing! I'd love to win it - such a great birthday present for me on Sunday :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book must be if Bonnie is promoting it. Please count me in. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWow..lots of inspiration there..I' love to win this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance.
Liz
ejreid@tbaytel.net
The quilts in this book are intriguing, especially the curvy one. Yes, I NEED this! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this book with us! I had not heard of it before today in your blog and I definitely wold love to receive a copy of it. If not, I'll be adding this book to my wish list. Love those colorful quilt tops shown!!
ReplyDeleteColor and more color how great! Good luck all!
ReplyDeleteThank you for participating in this blog hop and for showing photos of some of the quilts in the book. I had read about the book and seen the cover photo, so it's nice to take a peek inside!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts, awesome layouts!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book, great colors, patterns and just fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
This book looks very interesting, I'm very curious. Hope I get an early Christmas present - I've been good!!
ReplyDelete19L181999@gmail.com
Yes, that's an L between 19 and 18!
Beautiful quilts! Awesome layouts!
ReplyDeleteI have followed Root Connection for awhile now and LOVE her style. I am so happy to see that she has a book coming out and will definitely have it on my Wish List! Congratulations and a big YAY to Sujata! I would love to win a copy of her book!
ReplyDeleteI love those quilts, yours too. I would love that book.
ReplyDeleteStunning!
ReplyDeleteWow, if you don't pull out my name, I'll have to put it on my Christmas list and hope Santa still has time to get it for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity, Bonnie.
Beautiful colorful quilts. My kind of quilts. I love them all. She is amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh, my. I am looking forward to stepping out of my comfort zone with Sujata's colorful quilt patterns.
ReplyDeleteLove this book. Can't wait to see all of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat book. Love the concept nothing to match or measure perfectly. Using these methods I could really crank out the quilts.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking quilts!
ReplyDeletemumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com
Would love this book....my type of quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove your grand illusion mystery so far. And I would love this to work on in between. Fletakirk@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteSo glad you showed some of the quilts from this interesting looking book. Please add my name for a chance to win. I loved the modern colors with the traditional pattern of the first quilt you showed.
ReplyDeleteThis book has been on my "wish list" for as long as I've known about it. I've been a lurking around Sujata's blog for a while. Love her use of color and pattern!!!
ReplyDeleteI know that I need this book. Putting it on my list.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting looking book. Bright colors, unconventional patterns - right up my alley!
ReplyDeleteLove the solid bright colors.
ReplyDeleteLove these quilts. Would love to win!!
ReplyDeleteDrhodes9@cox.net
Thank you for the chance to win the book. I had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff last week so cannot quilt for awhile and I miss it! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INSPIRATION!
ReplyDeleteJeanine
twowaals@mahaska.org
Love the colorful quilts in this new book. Very inspiring.
ReplyDeletecathydezelan@gmail.com
My eyes are still crusing around the fantastic quilts-inspiration is in my future! Merry Christmas Bonnie and thank you for all you do!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a wonderful book full of fun designs and ideas. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and patterns so pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove the cover quilt. Want to make one for myself. Looking forward to reading the book. -- soparkaveataoldotcom
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun book. Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteclehlers@kanokla.net
Think the pictures from the fusion book may have me hooked on modern quilts. Love the birds and hoping I win the book.
ReplyDeletelfrihart@cox.net
Love it! New to quilting and need more patterns .
ReplyDeletedenisealpierce@aol.com
Sujata + Bonnie = total inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! The quilts are vibrant and move. What fun!
ReplyDeleteThose quilts are beautiful.. Improv is so fun!
ReplyDeletewow the book is really nice. i would love to win it.. but if i don't .. you have a wondewrfulk book going there.. someday.. after i buy some of Bonnie's i will get to yours . :)
ReplyDeleteI love the bright color combinations. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of this book ��
ReplyDeleteLaura
Soldbylaura@aol.com
Great concept for quilting!
ReplyDeletejannsnyder@aol.com
Thank you so much for the chance to win this book. I have had my eye on it even tho I am a traditional quilter.
ReplyDeleteThis really appeals to the fun quilter inside me!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful quilts - and colors! Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteSure I would like to be a winner.
ReplyDeleteFun bright out of the box designs...It's inspiration to do something different in the New Year! Thanks for all the great ideas!
ReplyDeletescrappyfqs @ gmail . com
Thank's for the chance to win - and for getting to know a new quilter!
ReplyDeleteYes, please! :)
ReplyDeleteangelianorthrip@hotmail.com
This is a book where I think I'd actually make one of the projects instead of just admiring them! :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book. Would love to win!
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait to see this book in person! Thanks for participating in the blog tour and sharing your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance tone a winner. Also, I ordered all your books and It's no hurry no worry for my order and I'll be at the end of the line anyway as I didn't order until Sunday.
ReplyDeleteFascinating! I would love to have this book.
ReplyDeleteI like the contemporary look of her quilts.
ReplyDeleteDear, Bonnie.
ReplyDeleteThis book seems to have it all---improv, scraps, color, EASY! I would love to win a copy.
Merry Christmas,
zanalou999@gmail.com
What fun happy quilts! Would love to have one decorating my home.
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie, I would love to win this new book. It looks like it is full of great ideas.
ReplyDeleteKathy
Sounds like my kind of piecing, where precision and accuracy are not the goal!
ReplyDeleteLinda T.
tiptonmtns@skybests.com
Free form is something I would like to try. I love all the color in these quilts!
ReplyDeleteMadquill@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI'm putting this book on my wish list. I especially love the vibrant colors
Wonderful book ! Thanks for the opportunity !
ReplyDeletei can already see the future quilts that will be made using her wonderful ideas that come with ease using her style of quilting. I love it!
ReplyDeleteWOW ~ my kind of book! Thanks a bunch for the chance to win! :-D
ReplyDeletemynanamaree@yahoo.com
Looks like an inspirational book. Love the wqy everything old is new again....back to the way our ancestors found the beauty in what they had.
ReplyDeleteladyfire103@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteWOW! Love the color! Scrappy and bright! Thanks for the info Bonnie!
I would love to win this book - I love Sujata's quilts. Her colors and fabrics make the quilts come alive with joy. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteTotally wonderful, fun book!! I love every one of the quilts I've seen on the hop so far!
ReplyDeleteI love it
ReplyDeleteGreat designs! I'd love to win this book.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful book! Woul love to have it!
ReplyDeleteI love the free form method she has adopted incorporating traditional blocks. Would love to have it!
ReplyDeleteJune
momabeel@rochester.rr.com
Lovely looking book, it would be great to win valerie.boudier@ntlworld.com
ReplyDeleteThis look like a fascinating book and I'd like to have it. Please pick my number.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you do Bonnie.
Scrappyquilt@bellsouth.net
Hi Bonnie,
ReplyDeleteI just ordered most of your books which I am so looking forward to getting my hands & eyes on! Would love to win a copy of this one, also! Thanks
I too love the color that she uses! It looks like such fun to play with these patterns, thanks again for an opportunity to win!
ReplyDeleteLove the designs in Sujata’s book. Just basic shapes but they look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks really interesting. Lots of stuff I see myself making!
ReplyDeleteWow j'aime beaucoup les couleurs et les modèles et j'adore les scrappy quilt j'aimerais gagner ce beau livre
ReplyDeleteThat book covers exactly the style I am moving into. Would love to win it.
ReplyDeleteI love all the color in this book, too. Sounds like an interesting book with some new ideas for me to try!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the patterns. Would love to win a copy
ReplyDeleteLove all the color in her quilts. Thanks for the "give away"! judib@gvtc.com
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a book my daughter and I can both use. We have very different styles but the pictures intrigue both of us.
ReplyDeleteNancy McFall
nancyannmcfall@yahoo.com
What an awesome book of fabulous patterns! I would make one right away, but which one first? LOL
ReplyDeleteGretchen in PA
gretbob@verizon.net
I love the simple scrappy look of these quilts! Thank you for a chance to win!
ReplyDeleteWhat interesting, fun quilts!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the generous giveaway.
Sue.quilts At Verizon.net
Looks like a wonderful book! Love the colors!!
ReplyDeletewould love to win this book. thanks,
ReplyDeleteHer style is what quilts are all about. Lots of color!
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ReplyDeleteWonderful book with lots of color - such inspiring ideas - just fun all around that anyone could do..
Oh could I be so lucky to win...
Thanks for the chance.
MaryLou
Fun4Me1249@aol.com
This book is on my "must have" list! It gets the creative juices flowing just looking at the quilts.
ReplyDeleteWould love to be the winner of this book.The Quilts are different and not the norm.
ReplyDeleteThose quilts are gorgeous! I would love to have this book come home with me!
ReplyDeleteI put this book first on my three-choice family pollyanna list. It is a bit beyond my skills, but I'm sure going to have fun learning! I can't wait to be able to make the "wonky" quilt. Like you, my eyes were all over the place following colors.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your wonderful knowledge and information!
Looks like a wonderful book.I can only imagine all the great things I can make from it. love the bright colors
ReplyDeleteLots of ideas and inspiration. Love the bright colors. Would love to have this book on my shelf
ReplyDeletebill.schmidt@sympatico.ca
Would love to win andrea at harles dot com
ReplyDeleteThese quilts look fabulous. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome book.
ReplyDeleteLove how you share your knowledge of other quilters as well as all your giving of your creativity.. Adore the free flowing of these quilts from Sujata.. Would love a copy !!
ReplyDeleteMarti @ walkupmy@gmail.com
Love the colors in the quilts. Would love to make one.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in her quilts, would love to make one.
ReplyDeleteLove those quilts...Hope I win!!!!annahsgram@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colors! This book would definitely get me into buying more solids! Thanks for the giveaway!! chendryx (at) nctv (dot) com
ReplyDeleteThe quilts you show are pretty and look like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Color galore - though wonky not uncontrolled. Like the title of the book - we can all use some color in our lives. Cindy W. at cwienstroer@amuniversal.com
ReplyDeleteHow I would love to win this book full of inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWould love this book. The quilts are so colorful and the movement is great.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
Connie B
cbquilts345@yahoo.com
I love it too, the pictures I've seen. So fun colors and shapes. I would love to have a copy of the book.
ReplyDeleteLove these colorful quilts, look like so much fun to do.
ReplyDeleteI am really looking forward to reading and learning from this book when I get the chance. I would love to win it! Magistra13 at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteBeth
Count me in and thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis book is on my Christmas Wish list! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love the way her quilts are bright and cheery without being precise. It keeps the eye moving and provides interest. Thank you for introducing Sujata.
ReplyDeleteThe book looks great. Please enter me in the drawing.
ReplyDeleteDiane Melton
Beautiful quilts and love the colors!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this book before. I love the quilts. And would love a copy. Thanks!
ReplyDeletethis book looks so interesting. I love the ones show,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts great color. Hope I win the book thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteLOVE!!! The colors are amazing! I can't wait to get the book
ReplyDeleteI like scrappy quilts-a good reason to want to win this book. I am not always a fan of improv quilts, but these are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks very interesting. Wouldn't mind winning it. Thanks for all you do Bonnie.
ReplyDeleteThis designer and book are completely new to me...thanks for sharing !
ReplyDeleteVery colorful quilts! I would love to own a copy! Thank you for all you do...Kelly
ReplyDeletekellyscountrystitchin@outlook.com
Improvisational piecing is really great for creating something unique and for just getting in there and sewing!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of possibilities for creating fun quilt blocks & quilts using this book.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing… a little Gee's Bend, and a lot of international flair. Looking forward to my copy arriving in the mail… ;-) Luck, be a lady… Thanks, Bonnie! (mhneufeld@shaw.ca Santa!)
ReplyDeletevery interesting quilts....love her different style!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteLooks like very interesting quilts. Very bright!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
pronurse@richland.ca
My gosh, I wish I had started quilting when I was nine years old. I'm never ever gonna make everything I want to make - this book is full of such tempting inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder to post for a chance at the drawing. You've the best. Jeanne
ReplyDeleteAmazing use of color and totally different than the way I think! lol I so need to learn to think outside the box! What an inspiration of color and texture! Thank you all so much for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteThe book looks bold and amazing; I would love to make some of the quilts!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great book! Hope I win, but if I don't, I will definitely be adding it to my wish list. Thanks for the chance, Bonnie. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the quilts in this book!!
ReplyDeleteNewleify@gmail.com
I'd love to put this book to work on my stash, Thanks for all you do Bonnie
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun, low-stress, scrap busting book! Count me in! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous quilts!
ReplyDeleteWhat quilting inspiration!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like lots of fun new things to try.
ReplyDeleteLove Sujata's use of color and form. Would love her book.
ReplyDeleteSuegrnd2@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI love your directions to the Grand Illusion, and I am having so much fun I forgot to be sad. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Please add me to the drawing.
Would love to have this book!
ReplyDeleteI love the modern look of her quilts and would love to have that book.
ReplyDeleteAs the scrapcollector in my quilting group, this is a book I could really use. bleckiesmith@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI love these patterns in "Cultural Fusion" Would LOVE to win the book.
ReplyDeletejd_brown@comcast.net
Janet Brown
East Tennessee
Hi, Bonnie, what a neat Christmas gift...a new quilting book! Thank you for the opportunity to win.
ReplyDeleteWow! LOVE those quilt designs! Such bold bright colors! Please enter me in the drawing!
ReplyDeletereally liking the looks of the quilts shown! eye candy! Would love to win this. Thank you for the giveaway! Lynne
ReplyDeletelhoovini@aol.com
It's a awesome book! Would love to have it!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book. I would love to win it.
ReplyDeleteDear Santa, I want this book for Christmas. Ive been real good. i even cleaned my sewing room yesterday!!
ReplyDeleteI love that she provides instructions on how to alter the quilts. The one of a kind aspect is inspiring! I also enjoy learning about how artists are inspired and the ever fluid design process.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity to win this lovely book.
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with this artist, but from what I read today, I would love her book Going to try this blogging thing. Thanks for the chance to win this book. shanksnancy@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI would love to make one of the quilts in this book! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating book! Please enter my name in the giveaway. I would really like to try some of the techniques and designs in it. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteLove the bright fabrics used in these patterns! Thanks for a chance to win a copy! Cheri C
ReplyDeleteSuch eye candy! Thanks for the chance a great looking book!!
ReplyDeleteLove those quilts.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in her quilts! And the quilts look like they would be so much fun to make!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks like it would be a perfect way to combine modern quilting with scrappy. I'd love to win it.
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