Monday, March 11, 2013

BLOG HOP DAY 4

WOW!  I'm very excited that so many people have visited my blog so far.  What fun!  Hopefully you'll become followers too!

Anyway, today is the 4th day of Quilting Gallery's BLOG HOP.  If you leave a comment on today's blog (or any blog from March 8th through March 14th, 2013), you will be registered to win a copy of my first book, ORPHAN BLOCK QUILTS.

I thought I'd tell you a little bit about ORPHAN BLOCK QUILTS today.

I doubt that I could explain the book better than the back cover description, so here's the description from the back cover:

Make a Home for your orphaned blocks!

Orphan blocks can find their way into any quilter's life.  Whether they are leftover from an unfinished project, collectible blocks found at a garage sale, or even antique blocks discovered in your great-aunt's attic, Tricia Lynn Maloney will teach you how to care for your orphan blocks, and make a home for them.

ORPHAN BLOCK QUILTS INCLUDES:
  • 14 projects with 11 variations
  • Instructions on caring for your orphan blocks
  • Advice on designing a setting
  • The story behind each quilt
If you don't have any orphan blocks, Tricia gives you advice on locating potential sources, whether from your own family or online.  And it's easy to substitute brand-new blocks, and make a new quilt from the ground up.  Check out the 11 variations in the book, where Tricia did just that!

Whether your orphan blocks are antique, vintage, collectible, or simply leftover from a recent project, you can sew the perfect setting that will let the blocks shine!

I don't think I could have said it any better!

Here's one of the quilts from my book.  It's called Mad for Madder.  The blocks are circa 1880.  All of the other fabrics are new reproductions.  This is a great quilt setting for any blocks, even modern ones, don't you think?






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3 comments:

  1. Kathy HMarch 12, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    I think this book would be so helpful. I like the magazine called 100 quilt blocks and it is published each year. I love the blocks in the magazine and have made a few of them but then what to do with the orphan blocks?

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  2. Cheryl's Teapots2QuiltingMarch 13, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    I love those star blocks.

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  3. nicolesenderMarch 13, 2013 at 5:48 PM

    I'd love to have your book in my quilting library!
    nicolesender(at)yahoo(dot)com

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Quilt On,

Tricia Lynn Maloney,
The Orphan Quilter

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