Colorful Fabric Collage Blog Hop

Welcome to the Colorful Fabric Collage Blog Hop. I'm thrilled to share this fun new book with you. It was written by my friend, Sue Bleiweiss. The book is all about Sue's techniques on making some fun and fused quilts and other sewing projects. The book is available for purchase online from Amazon and Interweave. You may also find it in your local book store.

Way back when Sue was just getting started with writing this book she asked me if I'd create a quilt for inclusion in her book. Here is the quilt I made, which incorporates fusing and my usual quilt making techniques. You can read more about my quilt on page 49 in the book.

I thought it would be fun to try out some of Sue's techniques so I created the next small quilt with one of my bird patterns. I have to say that I enjoyed the techniques very much. Did you know Sue teaches? Check out her website for more information and to schedule her for your guild's next workshop.

There is going to be a blog hop drawing and one lucky winner will win the following prize bundle.

The giveaway package includes: A copy of Colorful Fabric Collage (please note that international winners will receive an e-copy and not a hard copy), a 2-1/2 yard package of Mistyfuse, a sampling of Aurifil threads and a stack of 10″ squares of Sue's own hand dyed fabric!  To be eligible for the giveaway just leave a comment on either this post or any of the other blog posts in the hop.  You can increase your chances of winning by leaving a comment on each of the blog hop posts but please, leave only one comment per blog hop post!

The winner will be announced on Monday, May 18 on Sue's blog. Good luck to all.

Please visit the other blogs involved in the blog hop:

May 4: Sue Bleiweiss: http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog/

May 4: Jamie Fingal :http://www.jamiefingaldesigns.com/
May 5: Leslie Tucker Jenison: http://leslietuckerjenison.blogspot.com/
May 6: Terri Stegmiller : http://stegart.blogspot.com/
May 7: Deborah Boschert : http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com/
May 8: Desiree Habicht : http://myclothesline.blogspot.com/
May 9: Kathy Sperino : http://finishinglinesbyksperino.blogspot.com/
May 10: Barb Forrister : http://www.barbforrister.com/blog/
May 11 Kathy York : http://www.aquamoonartquilts.blogspot.com/
May 12: Lyric Kinard : http://lyrickinard.com/lyric-kinard-blog/

Blog Hop Winners

Yikes! It was lunch time and suddenly I remembered that I needed to draw two winners for the blog hop. I am so glad I remembered.

It was slightly challenging to go through the comments as there seemed to be some sort of glitch and several comments were duplicated. So I needed to go through and count everyone and number them manually, excluding the duplications.

Without further ado......

The first name drawn wins a copy of Fabric Printing at Home:

Sew Quilt Embroider

Beautiful fabrics and interesting techniques! I will look for this book!

The second name drawn wins the three pieces of fabric:

Brenda

I'd have a lot of fun figuring out how to use your fabrics. Can't say which I'd like more -- the book or the fabrics. Probably the fabrics. Reminds me of the story about the woman who was forced to choose either her husband or her only brother to save from the vicious kidnappers. All were surprised when she chose the brother, rather than her husband, whom she loved dearly. She explained, "My parents are dead so I could never get another brother, but I expect I could find another husband to love."

Congratulations to Sew Quilt Embroider and Brenda!!!!!  I will be emailing you soon. Thank you to all who stopped by and left a comment.

BLOG HOP - Fabric Printing at Home

There's a new book in town and I think you will like it. Fabric Printing at Home by Julie B. Booth is a great guide book on so many methods for printing designs on fabric. Everything in the book is very accessible and the techniques are easy and doable.

I was thrilled when Julie asked me to participate in her blog hop to celebrate the recent release of this book. I have been a long time fan of printing my own fabrics and there are so many ways to go about it. Julie covers all kinds of printing tools that you will most likely already have at home. From found objects and recycled objects to fruits and veggies, it's in there! Everything shared in the book is made using fabric paints--no dyes or chemicals, although you could use fiber reactive dyes if you wanted to. 

The next photos are some ways that I have printed on fabrics. Up first is a recycled cardboard tube that I hot glued some jute twine onto. I brayered a layer of textile paint onto my plexiglass palette and rolled the tube over the paint. Then I rolled the tube over my fabric. 

In the second example, I cut off a piece of our snow fence material and used it as a stencil. Just roll over the top with your foam roller.

And next is an example where I repurposed an empty sticker sheet. I had purchased a set of heart stickers and when I had used all the stickers from the sheet, I used a craft knife to cut the heart shapes through the bottom layer of the sheet. Instant stencil!

Julie's book will spark all kinds of new ways that you can print on fabric. And you can also use the ideas to print on paper too. No limitations here!

How would you like to have your very own copy of this book? If you leave a comment on this post you will be entered into a drawing to win a copy.

I will choose two names randomly, and the first name I draw will win a copy of Fabric Printing at Home and the second name will win the three pieces of fabric I printed here. Be sure that your comment has contact info so that I can contact you if I draw your name.

Deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Sunday February 15. I will draw the winning names on Monday, February 16 and announce them here.

Please be sure to check out all the other blogs that are participating in this hop:

February 1 - 14: Julie Booth

February 2: Lisa Chin

February 3: Lynn Krawczyk

February 4: Jane Davila

February 5: Carol R. Eaton

February 6: Judy Gula

February 7: Susan Purney Mark

February 8: Teri Lucas

February 9: Jennifer Coyne Qudeen

February 10: Deborah Boschert

February 11: Lynda Heines

February 12: Cheryl Sleboda

February 13: Terri Stegmiller

February 14: Jackie Lams

HAPPY PRINTING!