Saturday, August 26, 2017

Piece and Quilt with Precuts Blog Hop and Giveaway!

I had the great fortune to make Christa's quilt Windows from her brand new book Piece and Quilt with Precuts!  I made mine about half the size of the full pattern to fit on my sewing room door.




I started with some fun strips.  I had enough of my background fabric to make a really large table runner or bed runner.  I'm going to hang it on my sewing room door as it's about the right size for that.


I laid out the pieces to make sure my colors were all spread out.  Christa's directions are really clear and easy to follow.


I ran out of my background fabric, but had two similar shades of pink to choose from to put on a final border.  I opted for the darker color instead of the light.


Then I got to have fun quilting my quilt!  Christa has great suggestions in her book.  I am not as good at stitching Crazy Eight quilting as she is so I opted for matchsticks in the gray and outer border and then did a design on my own, arc swirls in the background.




I also used a striped binding which just adds so much sparkle!



 The final quilt all ready for my door!


You can purchase a signed copy of the book from Christa at http://shop.christaquilts.com/

You can also leave a comment to be entered for a free ecopy of Christa's book!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

The Full Schedule:

Friday August 18

Kathy Bruckman Blog: Kathy's Kwilts and More IG: @kathyskwiltsandmore
Kate Colleran Blog: Seams Like a Dream IG: @seamslikeadreamquilts
Sharon Parcel Blog: Yellow Cat Quilt Designs IG: @punkydoodle53

Saturday August 19

Sandy Maxfield Blog: Sandy Star Designs IG: @sandystardesigns
Joanne Harris Blog: Quilts by Joanne IG: @turtlequilterjo
Teresa Mairal-Barreu Blog Sewn Up: IG: @teresadownunder

Monday August 21

Nancy Scott Blog: Masterpiece Quilting IG: @masterpiecequilting
Jenny Wilding Cardon Blog: Stitch This! IG: @martingaletpp
Lorinda Davis Blog: Laurel Poppy & Pine IG: @laurelpoppyandpine

Tuesday August 22

Sherry Shish Blog: Powered by Quilting IG: @poweredbyquilting
Michelle Bartholomew Blog: Michelle Bartholomew IG: @michellebartholomew
Allison Dutton Blog: Allison Sews IG: @allisonsews

Wednesday August 23

Lissa LaGreca Blog: Lovingly Lissa IG: @lovinglylissa
Sherri Noel Blog: Rebecca Mae Designs  IG: @rebeccamaedesigns
Sandra Healy Blog: Sandra Healy Designs IG: @sandrahealydesigns

Thursday August 24

Laura Piland Blog: Slice of Pi Quilts IG: @sliceofpiquilts
Cheryl Brickey Blog: Meadow Mist Designs IG: @meadowmistdesigns
Jen Frost Blog: Faith and Fabric IG: @faithandfabric

Friday August 25

Jessee Maloney Blog: Art School Dropout IG: @jessee_artschooldropout
Jessica Caldwell Blog: Desert Bloom Quilting IG: @desertbloomquilting
Anjeanette Klinder Blog: Anjeanette Klinder IG: @anjeanetteklinder

Saturday August 26

Terri Vanden Bosch Blog: Meanderings Along Lizard Creek IG: @lizardcreekquilter
Suzy Webster Blog: Webster Quilt IG: @websterquilt
Katie Joy Church Blog: Wild Prairie Studio IG: @katie_joyquilts

Monday August 28

Pam Cobb Blog: The Stitch TV Show IG: @thestitchtvshow
Jen Rosin Blog: A Dream and a Stitch: IG: @adreamandastitch
Rashida Khanbhai Blog:  No. 3 Quilt Studio IG: @no3quiltstudio

Tuesday August 29

Lynn Kline Blog: Monkey Needle IG: @monkeyneedle
Kathy Bruckman Blog: Kathy's Kwilts and More IG: @kathyskwiltsandmore

Wednesday Aug 30

Jen Shaffer Blog: Patterns by Jen IG: @patternsbyjen
Sandra Starley Blog: Textile Time Travels IG: @textiletimetravels

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

61 comments:

  1. Your quilt is beautiful. I love the background and border colors.

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  2. Your door quilt is very pretty! Good job! cknapp3626(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  3. You did such a great job with it and the quilting looks awesome!

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  4. Looking at all the projects on the blog hop makes me want to give it a try!

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  5. I agree that that striped binding is terrific.

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  6. Thank you for sharing your project. I love the look of the striped binding.

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  7. I love the idea of hanging a quilt on the back of my sewing room door!
    silverthimble@shaw.ca

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  8. Looks fantastic. Love your color choices!!

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  9. Love where your quilt is hanging

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  10. Gorgeous quilt, I love your color combination!

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  11. Great quilt, love the color choice.

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  12. Great version of this quilt. I love your quilting as well as your colors

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  13. What a beautiful quilt! I love the idea of sizing it to fit on a door!

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  14. Love your idea of hanging your quilt on your door! Thank you for sharing, Susan

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  15. Great to see your quilt and clever spot on your door to feature it.
    rozz01 at cox dot net

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  16. I love the striped border, and the darker pink really pulls that color from the stripes and makes it zing!

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  17. Door quilts are great, I have them on my sewing room door.
    Strips are fun to use in bindings.
    djcutting2(at)gmail(dot)com

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  18. Never heard of a door quilt before. It looks great though!! Love the striped border. ndfromsd(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. Is the rafflecopter not working? It would not open for me.

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    2. Not working for me either! :-(

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  19. What a great idea -- to make a door hanging! It looks great!

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  20. Very nice--I'd love to see your flow pattern for the quilting that is in the red areas. I really like it.

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  21. I love your version of Christa's quilt, both your colors and your clever quilting.

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  22. Wonderful colours! Maybe it was a happy accident that you ran out of background fabric because I love the dark pink border :) Tamara tamaraferguson(at)Hotmail(dot)com

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  23. I love your version,
    Is the rafflecopter supposed to work?

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  24. I have really enjoyed seeing the different options. Thank you for sharing!

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  25. Love your quilting. Looks great for a door quilt. I often use a table runner to fill a narrow wall space.

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  26. What a wonderful idea!... to put a special quilt on a sewing room door!
    I really like your color, fabric, and quilting choices, too... (The darker red border and the stripe binding do give a depth and sparkle!)
    Pat T.

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  27. I love your quilt and the colors. Love the idea of putting it on your sewing room door.

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  28. Must win a copy of this book, so many fun quilts. lutzcats (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  29. Thanks for sharing how you used the pattern. Love your colours.

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  30. Your windows on the world will be great for giving air to your sewing area. Thanks for sharing...btw, rafflecopter doesn't appear to be working...

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  31. I would love to try out all of the quilts in this book!
    Ohioholman at aol dot com

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  32. Very contemporary pattern. Would love to see in batiks. Never thought of a door quilt.

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  33. Awesome job on this door quilt from your fabric choices to the quilting! Thx for sharing!

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  34. Rafflecopter isn't working for me (technically challenged maybe?), but here is my comment anyway. Your red quilt is quite striking. I think you've led me to a new idea for finding hanging space for small quiltlets. swalker287(at)aol(dot(com)

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  35. Love it. No rafflecopter, though.

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  36. I like your door quilt and the quilting.

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  37. I like the idea of using this as a door hanging

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  38. Great door hanging! the separating strip creates a nice sense of movement ~ ~ augmented by your interesting quilting! I like it.

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  39. love the door handing and this design!

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  40. The striped binding is so perfect.

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  41. I love the red background. I'm going to use it on a quilt soon.

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  42. I love your idea of a door hanging and I'll definitely be trying out your background quilting design, so pretty! Great job!
    cathylouwilson@gmail.com

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  43. I love the idea of decorating a door with a quilt! I have a rather random door in our foyer that is always open, but would look even better with a cute quilt on it!

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  44. Just lovely! The quilting is so gorgeous.

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  45. Fabulous. What a great quilt to see on your door. How did you hang it?

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  46. Your quilt is fantastic! Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  47. I love the idea of a door quilt - so many options for holidays. Thanks for sharing.

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  48. I love this pattern - your version is fabulous!

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  49. I hate to repeat but your version is fabulous!!

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  50. Nice quilt. I really like the matchbook quilting.

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  51. The door quilt idea is really great. After awhile you run out of places to put your smaller quilts to use. This pattern is great and one I'd like to make--hoping to win a n electronic copy!!

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  52. grat quilt - love yoru fabric choices! The door idea was inspired!

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  53. Your background color choice is eye catching. It is certainly fit for a door hanging. Nice.

    tushay3 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  54. I like your idea of a door hanging.

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