Day 11: Fat Quarter Shop!

Thanks to Aurifil for their fabulous post yesterday. Who doesn't love some awesome thread? I have designed a few projects for their blog. I used their thread in this book. Their colors are to die for! In case you missed it, go and check see what this box is all about!

Today I welcome the Fat Quarter Shop! Kimberly Jolly founded the Fat Quarter Shop in 2003. She is an avid quilter [though I don't know how she does it with four kids and a busy business!].

She puts together some fabulous kits and creative bundles and. Her husband, Kevin, has joined in the business. You can't miss their clever marketing bundles and of particular interest, take a look at their holiday shop, The Christmas Cloth Store at the Fat Quarter Shop. Here's fellow Henry Glass designer's Snow Much Fun Flannel.

Fat Quarter Shop has Kate Spain's Joy collection too!

You can still enter to win some wonderful things at the Martingale, Henry Glass, Fat Quarterly, and Pat Sloan.

Enjoy!

xo, L

Day 9: Welcome Fat Quarterly!

Thanks to Kim Diehl for her great post yesterday on the Henry Glass blog! You can still enter the giveaway over at Henry Glass, at Pat Sloan's post here and Martingale's here.

Today, we have the fabulous folks over at Fat Quarterly magazine. Pat has a two-part interview with the Fat Quarterly family. I love to read the e-zine because I can take it with me when I am sitting around waiting for my kids when they're in tae kwon do, piano or whatever else I am waiting for!

I was asked which was my favorite design to make. I would have to say that I had tons of fun with the Holiday Musical Chairs and the Oh Nuts! ornament.  For the Holiday Musical Chairs, it was all about having fun with the fabrics and moving that square around!

Oh Nuts! was a favorite because my son sat beside me watching it's progress. He had a serious interest in the design.

Enjoy!
xo, L

Day 6: Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced

Thank you to Kate Spain for the awesome post yesterday! Make sure that you go through and read everyone's posts. Each one so far has been so fun yet so different! Pat Sloan's giveaway is still open.

• Wednesday, July 18 - La Vie En Rosie with Carrie Nelson
• Thursday, July 19 - Sew Mama Sew ~ Beth Wilson
• Friday, July 20 - Pat Sloan
• Saturday, July 21 - Ellen Luckett Baker of The Long Thread
• Sunday, July 22 - Kate Spain
• Monday, July 23 - Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced
• Tuesday, July 24 - Martingale & Co.
• Wednesday, July 25 - Henry Glass Fabrics
• Thursday, July 26 - Fat Quarterly
• Friday, July 27 - Aurifil
• Saturday, July 28 - Fat Quarter Shop
• Sunday, July 29 - Mark Lipinski 

My next guest is Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced. We met while waiting for the shuttle to the airport this spring in Kansas City right after Quilt Market. I know, mama told me not to talk to strangers. I really liked Lee as we started talking and I had myself a guest here in a matter of minutes. Perhaps she agreed because I talked her ear off but I digress and she hasn't said so. There was just something that was oozing with sincerity and confidence. I like that about people and can pick it up easily. I was right and let's add talented, nice and enthusiastic. Lee is one of those people that you like to have around you. You'll see when you read her blog. She does so much and she has two little ones to boot!

She co-designed and co-hosted the Summer Sampler Quilt Quilt-Along. Love it!

She has some adorable tutorials on her site. I love these place mats!

In addition, she hosts, W.I.P. Wednesday. 

Yep, it's ok to talk to strangers. Go and give her love, won't you? She's made a version of the squirrel ornament. Very cute.

I love her version. You can see it here.

Good luck.

xo, L

p.s. She just designed a tree skirt tutorial for you too. Check it out while you're there!

Day 5: I Welcome Kate Spain

[Credit: Kate Spain]

Thank you Ellen Luckett Baker for her lovely post yesterday! You can still enter her giveaway and Pat's!

I am excited to introduce today's guest too! Kate Spain is a designer who licenses her designs in many industries beyond the quilting industry. I LOVE her style and her blog is a lovely read. I feel especially grateful for her participation in this book tour because she was in the midst of moving. Thank you, Kate!

If you haven't seen her designs before, she designs lovely fabric for Moda. I love her holiday line, Joy, and am going to make some things with it. Fat Quarter Shop has the line here. Fabulous, isn't it?

[Credit: Fat Quarter Shop]

Her new line [October release], Cuzco, is gorgeous. Fat Quarter Shop is going to have the line in their shop.

[Credit: Fat Quarter Shop]

I love the goods that she designs for Crate and Barrel. 

[Credit: Crate and Barrel]

See? Talented. Nice too. My son's comments: "We should have purchased that lemon cup that you loved and she used to design for Nickelodeon? Awesome." Ok, I had the cup in my hand and headed to pay but said young man was grumpy that day.  I had to put it down and leave the store. Hrmph! 

She designs many other beautiful goods and you will have to drop by her website and blog to read about the latest because I am beginning to sound like a stalker. Well, I am but don't tell her!

xo, L

Day 4: Guest Ellen Luckett Baker

Great visit with Pat Sloan yesterday! Love her! She gets you to show things like a messy studio desk! She has a way with people you know!

Today I have a special guest. I have never met Ellen Luckett Baker but I have admired her website, fabric and her book! Her first line, Quilt Blocks, was lovely! I saw a display of the range at Rock, Paper, Scissors a little while ago. I love the colors and the geometric shapes!

Ellen writes all about handmade and she curates with a sharp and discerning eye for the beautifully goods that artists show on their own blogs. I love to see what inspires her to put into her collections.

I thought that I'd share a few of my past freebies with you. There are links on the right sidebar or below under the photos.

Aurifil holiday project.

 Crafter's gift tags.

Funky gift tags.

Enjoy!
xo, L

Day #3: Sew Merry and Bright with Pat Sloan

Thanks for hopping along the Sew Merry and Bright book tour! I'm enjoying the posts and I want to thank the guests so far! Do go and visit Carrie Nelson and the Sew, Mama, Sew! site for their posts!

Today's guest is the super talented Pat Sloan! She is one of my most favorite people in this industry and she has more energy than my kids! I enjoy seeing her smile when I see her at Quilt Market. She has her own quilting business, works with Aurifil, has a new line for Moda and is the fabulous hostest of American Patchwork and Quilting Radio. Her talent goes on and on. Love you, Pat! Run over to her blog to read her great post!

Here's the list of guests for the Sew Merry and Bright book tour! Please visit each one for a fabulous post and a chance to win a book!

Thanks for hopping along on the Sew Merry and Bright book tour. Carrie Nelson and Sew, Mama, Sew! have done a fabulous job so far! Carrie's giveaway is still on until today so please do stop over there and enter!

In case you missed it yesterday, Sew, Mama, Sew! asked me for a project and when Lil' A saw this Robert Kaufman polar bear fabric, he just had to have it! Sounds like his mother, doesn't he? In case you haven't seen it, the tutorial for the "have jingle will rock" body pillow is over at Sew, Mama, Sew!

Enjoy the tour stops! Have a great weekend!
xo, L

Day 2: Sew Merry and Bright book tour

Holiday Musical Chairs Quilt [Sew Merry and Bright by Linda Lum DeBono]

We are on day 2 of this little book tour of mine! Thank you to Carrie for a great post yesterday! You can still enter her giveaway. It's a cool one.

Today my guest is Sew, Mama, Sew!. I love their site and it is a great source of inspiration. Not only is Sew, Mama, Sew! a store but their blog is full of tutorials, giveaways and great information for quilters or sewers. The ladies at Sew, Mama, Sew! invited me to be a special guest and what does a special guest do? She brings along a special project, of course! Go and check it out. Say hello to Little A because he is featured too! Enjoy it!

On their shop site, you will find lots of great holiday fabrics. Some fabrics are too cute to cut up! What do I do? I design easy projects that have large blocks so that I can feature the fabric as much as the design itself. That's what happened when I designed the quilt above. I loved the hot pink fabric and didn't want to cut it up into little pieces so I made sure that I incorporated that into the design. The same goes for the easy placemat designs in the book. Great, easy projects that still maintain the integrity of the design of that favorite project.

Peace Place Mat

[Sew Merry and Bright by Linda Lum DeBono]

So hop over to the Sew, Mama, Sew! blog today for some fabulous fun!

xo, L

Merry Christmas!

Joyeux Noel! Happy Christmas in July! Today is the start of my Sew Merry and Bright book tour! I've invited my awesome friend, Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Co., to be the first guest. Thank you!

Carrie designs very beautiful scrap quilts and I love her books. Her another Bite of Schnibbles is one of my favorites. For a working mom like me who [confession here] does not like to design pieced quilts, her designs inspire me to make lovely quilts that are easily achievable! 

She's got her review of the book over on her blog. The one thing that I adore about Carrie is her sense of humor! She's a funny, witty girl in both written and verbal form. Go over to her blog to check it out. 

These are two of my favorite Schnibbles designs. They're in her shop.

Do come back to visit with all of the other guests on my book tour. It's going to be fun!

xo, L