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
623 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 623 Newer› Newest»I am totally intrigued by this book and would love to win a copy!
I would love to own this book - so many colourful quilts to try out :)
Oh boy, another fascinating way to play with fabrics, colors and textures...love it!
Love 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!
I love the free form flying geese.
Ann Flower
antiques@eoni.com
Great designs! Love the colors! Would love to win a copy of this book. Thanks Bonnie! Laurie MyQuiltingLady@gmail.com
Bonnie,
Thanks for introducing me to a new author. I need to win this.
What a great book. Looking at those quilts makes me feel good.
Susan L.
sulyle@yahoo.com
Wow! What a fantastic punch of colors!
Would love to see the other quilts in the book. I love colourful quilts.
Annemarie
asmithers@rocketmail.com
Love the easy piecing methods. Cover reminds me of "Fractured" by Kathy Doughty.
I love the patterns in this book. They are awesome!!
Would 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 =)
Pretty 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!
nellsheartstrings@yahoo.com
LOVE everything I see in this book. Thank you for the chance to win. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Shirl
handquiltATyahooDOT com
I'm in to win. Love the Positive/Negative in the first quilt. And love all that color
I love the curvy wonky quilt.
Love all the bright colors and free-form blocks. Thanks for sharing.
This books looks wonderful.
I 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.
I love the colors and patterns in this book!
Awesome color. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway.
Those are bright, beautiful quilts. I'd love a chance to make one.
Those quilts are so lively and full of action and color. Would love to win this book and learn more.
Phyllis paballoon@aol.com
I love the colors
I'm going to check out the other bloggers
You can never have enough guilting books. Would love to win
I've been following this book all over blogland. Hope I win!
Hi Bonnie,
Great 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."
Gotta love the colors!! Would love to win this book!!
Bonnie, 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!
This is one quilting book that I am really excited to read! Thanks for your review. sarah@forrussia.org
It looks like a great book. Dianeinsterling@gmail.com
The book looks GREAT! Thanks for the giveaway!
How 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.
Gale Reynolds
Blanchard, OK
Great looking quilts! Would love to have a copy of her book. karen.clark2012@comcast.net
This book looks amazing! I'd love to win it - such a great birthday present for me on Sunday :)
Looks like a great book must be if Bonnie is promoting it. Please count me in. Thanks.
Wow..lots of inspiration there..I' love to win this one.
Thanks for the chance.
Liz
ejreid@tbaytel.net
The quilts in this book are intriguing, especially the curvy one. Yes, I NEED this! :)
Thank 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!!
Color and more color how great! Good luck all!
Thank 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!
Beautiful quilts, awesome layouts!
Looks like a great book, great colors, patterns and just fun!
Thanks for the giveaway.
This book looks very interesting, I'm very curious. Hope I get an early Christmas present - I've been good!!
19L181999@gmail.com
Yes, that's an L between 19 and 18!
Beautiful quilts! Awesome layouts!
I 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!
I love those quilts, yours too. I would love that book.
Stunning!
Wow, 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.
Thanks for the opportunity, Bonnie.
Beautiful colorful quilts. My kind of quilts. I love them all. She is amazing.
Oh, my. I am looking forward to stepping out of my comfort zone with Sujata's colorful quilt patterns.
Love this book. Can't wait to see all of it.
What a neat book. Love the concept nothing to match or measure perfectly. Using these methods I could really crank out the quilts.
Great looking quilts!
mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com
Would love this book....my type of quilt!
Love your grand illusion mystery so far. And I would love this to work on in between. Fletakirk@gmail.com
So 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.
This 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!!!
I know that I need this book. Putting it on my list.
What an interesting looking book. Bright colors, unconventional patterns - right up my alley!
Love the solid bright colors.
Love these quilts. Would love to win!!
Drhodes9@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!
Jeanine
twowaals@mahaska.org
Love the colorful quilts in this new book. Very inspiring.
cathydezelan@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!
This looks like a wonderful book full of fun designs and ideas. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Love the colors and patterns so pretty.
Love the cover quilt. Want to make one for myself. Looking forward to reading the book. -- soparkaveataoldotcom
This looks like a fun book. Thanks for a chance to win.
clehlers@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.
lfrihart@cox.net
Love it! New to quilting and need more patterns .
denisealpierce@aol.com
Sujata + Bonnie = total inspiration!
You are so right! The quilts are vibrant and move. What fun!
Those quilts are beautiful.. Improv is so fun!
wow 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 . :)
I love the bright color combinations. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of this book ��
Laura
Soldbylaura@aol.com
Great concept for quilting!
jannsnyder@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.
This really appeals to the fun quilter inside me!
What wonderful quilts - and colors! Thanks for sharing it!
Sure I would like to be a winner.
Fun bright out of the box designs...It's inspiration to do something different in the New Year! Thanks for all the great ideas!
scrappyfqs @ gmail . com
Thank's for the chance to win - and for getting to know a new quilter!
Yes, please! :)
angelianorthrip@hotmail.com
This is a book where I think I'd actually make one of the projects instead of just admiring them! :-)
Looks like a great book. Would love to win!
I can hardly wait to see this book in person! Thanks for participating in the blog tour and sharing your thoughts.
Thank 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.
Fascinating! I would love to have this book.
I like the contemporary look of her quilts.
Dear, Bonnie.
This 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.
Hi Bonnie, I would love to win this new book. It looks like it is full of great ideas.
Kathy
Sounds like my kind of piecing, where precision and accuracy are not the goal!
Linda T.
tiptonmtns@skybests.com
Free form is something I would like to try. I love all the color in these quilts!
Madquill@gmail.com
I'm putting this book on my wish list. I especially love the vibrant colors
Wonderful book ! Thanks for the opportunity !
i 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!
WOW ~ my kind of book! Thanks a bunch for the chance to win! :-D
mynanamaree@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.
ladyfire103@yahoo.com
WOW! 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!
Totally wonderful, fun book!! I love every one of the quilts I've seen on the hop so far!
I love it
Great designs! I'd love to win this book.
What a beautiful book! Woul love to have it!
I love the free form method she has adopted incorporating traditional blocks. Would love to have it!
June
momabeel@rochester.rr.com
Lovely looking book, it would be great to win valerie.boudier@ntlworld.com
This look like a fascinating book and I'd like to have it. Please pick my number.
Thanks for all you do Bonnie.
Scrappyquilt@bellsouth.net
Hi Bonnie,
I 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!
Love the designs in Sujata’s book. Just basic shapes but they look fantastic!
This book looks really interesting. Lots of stuff I see myself making!
Wow j'aime beaucoup les couleurs et les modèles et j'adore les scrappy quilt j'aimerais gagner ce beau livre
That book covers exactly the style I am moving into. Would love to win it.
I love all the color in this book, too. Sounds like an interesting book with some new ideas for me to try!
Love the colors and the patterns. Would love to win a copy
Love all the color in her quilts. Thanks for the "give away"! judib@gvtc.com
This looks like a book my daughter and I can both use. We have very different styles but the pictures intrigue both of us.
Nancy McFall
nancyannmcfall@yahoo.com
What an awesome book of fabulous patterns! I would make one right away, but which one first? LOL
Gretchen in PA
gretbob@verizon.net
I love the simple scrappy look of these quilts! Thank you for a chance to win!
What interesting, fun quilts!
Thanks for the generous giveaway.
Sue.quilts At Verizon.net
Looks like a wonderful book! Love the colors!!
would love to win this book. thanks,
Her style is what quilts are all about. Lots of color!
Wonderful 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.
Would love to be the winner of this book.The Quilts are different and not the norm.
Those quilts are gorgeous! I would love to have this book come home with me!
I 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.
Thanks 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
Lots of ideas and inspiration. Love the bright colors. Would love to have this book on my shelf
bill.schmidt@sympatico.ca
Would love to win andrea at harles dot com
These quilts look fabulous. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome book.
Love 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 !!
Marti @ walkupmy@gmail.com
Love the colors in the quilts. Would love to make one.
Love the colors in her quilts, would love to make one.
Love those quilts...Hope I win!!!!annahsgram@gmail.com
Gorgeous colors! This book would definitely get me into buying more solids! Thanks for the giveaway!! chendryx (at) nctv (dot) com
The quilts you show are pretty and look like a lot of fun!
What 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
How I would love to win this book full of inspiration!
Would love this book. The quilts are so colorful and the movement is great.
Thanks 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.
Love these colorful quilts, look like so much fun to do.
I 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
Beth
Count me in and thanks!
This book is on my Christmas Wish list! Thanks for the giveaway!
I 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.
The book looks great. Please enter me in the drawing.
Diane Melton
Beautiful quilts and love the colors!
I haven't heard of this book before. I love the quilts. And would love a copy. Thanks!
this book looks so interesting. I love the ones show,
Beautiful quilts great color. Hope I win the book thanks for the opportunity.
LOVE!!! The colors are amazing! I can't wait to get the book
I 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.
This book looks very interesting. Wouldn't mind winning it. Thanks for all you do Bonnie.
This designer and book are completely new to me...thanks for sharing !
Very colorful quilts! I would love to own a copy! Thank you for all you do...Kelly
kellyscountrystitchin@outlook.com
Improvisational piecing is really great for creating something unique and for just getting in there and sewing!
Looks like a lot of possibilities for creating fun quilt blocks & quilts using this book.
This 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!)
very interesting quilts....love her different style!
Looks like a great book. Thanks for the chance.
Looks like very interesting quilts. Very bright!
Brenda
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!
Thanks for the reminder to post for a chance at the drawing. You've the best. Jeanne
Amazing 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!
The book looks bold and amazing; I would love to make some of the quilts!
Wow, 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. :)
Love the quilts in this book!!
Newleify@gmail.com
I'd love to put this book to work on my stash, Thanks for all you do Bonnie
This looks like a fun, low-stress, scrap busting book! Count me in! Thanks for the chance.
What gorgeous quilts!
What quilting inspiration!
It looks like lots of fun new things to try.
Love Sujata's use of color and form. Would love her book.
Suegrnd2@aol.com
I 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!
I love the modern look of her quilts and would love to have that book.
As the scrapcollector in my quilting group, this is a book I could really use. bleckiesmith@aol.com
I love these patterns in "Cultural Fusion" Would LOVE to win the book.
jd_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.
Wow! LOVE those quilt designs! Such bold bright colors! Please enter me in the drawing!
really liking the looks of the quilts shown! eye candy! Would love to win this. Thank you for the giveaway! Lynne
lhoovini@aol.com
It's a awesome book! Would love to have it!
Looks like a great book. I would love to win it.
Dear Santa, I want this book for Christmas. Ive been real good. i even cleaned my sewing room yesterday!!
I 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.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this lovely book.
I 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
I would love to make one of the quilts in this book! Thanks for the chance to win!
What 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.
Love the bright fabrics used in these patterns! Thanks for a chance to win a copy! Cheri C
Such eye candy! Thanks for the chance a great looking book!!
Love those quilts.
I love the colors in her quilts! And the quilts look like they would be so much fun to make!
This 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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