Quilting on the Go --Blog Tour!

Today my book is finally on sale in the US and Canada!  To kick off the blog tour, Lesly of Stitch Literate  has one copy of the book to give away so hurry over there and leave a comment!
(you can see a photo of Lesly's 60-degree diamond star quilt on p. 12 with a close up on p. 26.)

She is also showing off her newly finished Rose Star quilt top which is truly amazing~

For the next week and a half you can follow the tour as it stops at these great blogs:

June 11     Lesly at Stitch Literate                http://pickledish.blogspot.com

June 12     Clare at Selfsewn                       http://selfsewn.blogspot.com/

June 13     Christina at A Few Scraps           http://afewscraps.blogspot.com/

June 14     Victoria @ Bumblebeans             http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/

June 15     Amanda Jean at Crazymomquilts   http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

June 16     Laura at Quokka Quilts                http://quokkaquilts.blogspot.com/

June 17     Lucy at Charm About You            http://www.charmaboutyou.com/

June 18     Katy at I'm A Ginger Monkey          http://www.imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/

June 19     Ara Jane at What Ara Jane Loves    http://whatarajaneloves.blogspot.com/

June 20     Kathy at Pink Chalk Studio Blog      http://www.pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/

June 21     Jessica at Life Under Quilts (ME!)       http://lifeunderquilts.blogspot.com/

 

AND, Paperpieces.com is offering 20% off your entire shopping cart (no minimum purchase) with the coupon code: UNDER20

I'll be working on a few EPP projects during the tour, sharing my progress here and on instagram.  If you have been stitching anything or are starting something new, please leave a comment and let us check it out!

Finding myself..

on other people's blogs today!  Thanks you guys!

Shannon (who quilted three of the quilts in the book) wrote a blog post on my book this morning and shares some details on how she helped with the project.  Read her post here.

And Jo at Sewing is for girls did up a real nice review of the book (full of photos and information) in a blog post last week.  (Oh, the things you find when you Google yourself..)  You can read it here.

I'm going to enter one of the book quilts in the Bloggers' Quilt Festival later this week, as soon as I can get some decent photos.  So pop back later for that, ok?

My Big Secret

You may have thought that making a baby was the biggest thing I did last year (and the reason for my insomnia and introspection), but that's only half the story. 

Today I'm happy to announce that I wrote a book:

It will be released on June 11, 2013, but it is available for pre-order from these retailers and hopefully at a quilt shop or book store near you!

It's no secret that I've been obsessed with English paper piecing for about 6 years now.. I started piecing a few 60 degree diamonds on a plane to Japan in '07 and I was hooked. 
 My book explains my method of EPP with step-by-step photos, tips, tricks and detailed instructions to make 10 projects.  It also has a collection of nearly 40 EPP pattern designs to spark your creativity, and (my favorite part of the book) 10 full pages of photo-copyable graph paper for you to plan out your next project. 

I am so excited to finally be able to share this all with you.  I hope you'll join me in my love for English paper piecing and quilting practically everywhere~