Posts tagged: "blog tours"

  1. Blog tour: big quilt-block patterns galore (+ giveaway)

    Posted by on April 29, 2013

    When author Vickie Eapen invited Stitch This! to be a part of the blog tour for her new book, Large-Block Quilts—and asked that someone in the office make a block from the book and talk about her experience—news about the challenge started a buzz. Before we could send out a call for volunteers, the news [...]

  2. A quilt-tip scavenger hunt (+ giveaways!)

    Posted by on February 25, 2013

    Ready to go on a quilt-tip hunt? Bestselling author Amy Ellis has invited Stitch This! readers to be a part of the blog hop for her new book, Modern Basics II. But wait—this is no ordinary blog hop! Instead, Amy has dreamed up a very special cyber scavenger hunt for you. Here’s how it works: [...]

  3. Blog tour! Skip the Borders – quilt binding ideas

    Posted by on October 2, 2012

    Today it’s a delight to welcome back Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts, a designer who’s taken the modern quilting world by storm. She and her new book are touring the blogging universe, and we’re thrilled to be a host on that tour! We first spotlighted Julie in an August blog post about her book, Skip [...]

  4. Blog Tour: Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts (+ giveaway)

    Posted by on September 11, 2012

    When Mary Elizabeth Kinch and Biz Storms published their first book about quilts with wee-little pieces, Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts, they weren’t sure what the response would be. Would today’s quilters—inundated with quick-and-easy patterns and fast-and-furious sewing techniques—be interested in quilts with hundreds, if not thousands, of teeny-tiny pieces? Would they even slow down to [...]

  5. BLOG TOUR: Sew Merry and Bright (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on July 24, 2012

    If you love designer Linda Lum DeBono, you love COLOR. Her work always incorporates fun pops, bursts, and flashes that make you sit up and take notice. Don’t we all want our handmade to be noticed? That’s just part of why I love Linda’s designs. In her latest book, Linda brings her color sense to [...]

  6. BLOG TOUR: At Home with Country Quilts (+ giveaway)

    Posted by on July 22, 2012

    The release of Cheryl Wall’s latest book, At Home with Country Quilts, got a lot of buzz from YOU, our Stitch This! readers (remember this incredible “Sunflower Explosion” quilt?). Now we’re thrilled to be the first stop on Cheryl’s exciting blog tour! Who better to kick off a tour about this popular new book than [...]

  7. Blog tour: Make new fabric from your quilt scraps (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on June 7, 2012

    Today we’re delighted to be the first stop on Kay Mackenzie’s blog tour introducing her latest book, Scrap-Appliqué Playground. If you keep quilt scraps but aren’t sure how to put them to good use, you’ll find Kay’s technique a real time, space, and scrap saver! (See a how-to from an earlier post.) Kay’s book makes [...]

  8. 10 trouble-free tips for embellishing fabric (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on June 4, 2012

    Today we’re thrilled to be a part of a special blog tour for Cheryl Lynch’s latest book, Sew Embellished! Packed with fun ideas for embellishing fabric, Cheryl’s book includes eight step-by-step projects, plus a beautiful gallery of additional projects to get your creativity going. In Sew Embellished! you’ll discover how to: Learn clever ways to [...]