Thursday 12 November 2015

Quilting From Every Angle...



Title: Quilting from Every Angle
Author: Nancy Purvis
Publisher: Interweave
ISBN: 978-1-63250-086-1


Welcome to Day 3 of Nancy's book tour!

I am delighted and honoured to have been asked by Nancy to be a part of her book tour...have you seen the list of incredible quilters on there?!

I have known Nancy for quite some time via Instagram and have had the pleasure of having her and her lovely family come and visit me. I have long since been a fan of Nancy's work. She is on my Top 10 favourite quilters...actually higher than that but I don't want her blushing too much.

Nancy's style is bold, graphic but with a limited colour scheme...exactly what I am drawn to in a quilt design.




Nancy's book, Quilting From Every Angle, is a true reflection of her style and is consequently one of my favourite quilting books ever. I do love a good quilt book but in truth they are normally lovely eye candy full of wonder but with maybe 1-2 projects that I would actually want to make. Quilting From Every Angle is full of quilts I want to make...every single one of them.




Not only is the book full of quilts that I would love to make but it is a great resource too. I love the initial chapter, Inspired Quilting. It is so interesting to read about where Nancy gets her inspiration from and also to read invaluable tips on where we should look to for quilting and colour inspiration. Nancy goes on to give such great information on techniques she uses...I am definitely going to give glue basting a try...thanks Nancy!

The projects themselves are written in a very clear way with fantastic diagrams to go alongside. Actually I have to admit to sometimes just using the diagrams to construct the quilt I made, they were that good. What can I say I am a visual learner...words baffle me!
Because I truly love all the projects in the book I struggled to choose one to make for this review but I settled on the Desert Blooms Medallion Quilt, mainly because I have always wanted to make a Medallion quilt so this was the perfect opportunity.


I was inspired by Nancy's colour scheme to make this quilt as I thought the bold design could take it and would highlight the details of each border to the best effect. 

Unfortunately with my recent house move completing the quilt centre and first border was as far as I got but having said that I think it stands alone beautifully and would make a lovely mini for the wall as it is. I will finish it however as I want to see how it looks in full.


If you haven't yet got your hands on a copy of Nancy's book you really should. I am also pleased to let you know that I am having a giveaway here of a digital copy for one lucky reader. Just leave a comment here to be in with a chance of winning. I will draw a winner next Friday, 20 November. Good luck!

Don't forget to follow the rest of the blog tour, where there are other chances to win a copy of the book. Details of all the wonderful peeps are here...

11/10- Michelle Wilkie of Factotum of Arts
11/11- Hillary Goodwin of Entropy Always Wins
11/12- Karen Lewis of Karen Lewis Textiles
11/13- Anna Graham of Noodlehead
11/16- Rachel McCormack of Wooden Spoon Quilts
11/17- Tara Larson of Rad & Happy 
11/18- Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane
11/19- Holly Hughes of Holly Gets Quilty
11/20- Nicole Daksiewicz of Modern Handcraft
11/23- Pat Bravo of Pat Bravo Fabric Design and Jesse Maloney of Art School Dropout
11/24- Astrid Slagle of Red Red Completely Red
11/25- Holly DeGroot of Bijou Lovely
11/26- Christopher Thompson of The Tattooed Quilter
11/27- Spoonflower

In the meantime if you would like to purchase a signed copy of Nancy's book then go right here.

Also just to mention, as in all books some errata aren't picked up in the editing process. To be kept up to date with errata that have been rectified go here.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the tour!

p.s. I have to apologise for Nancy's pictures being so small...when I enlarged them they were too blurry...I need to find a way to fix that so you can really see how wonderful they are.

40 comments:

  1. Beautiful start to your medallion.

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  2. I would love to have a copy of this amazing book!

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  3. Thank you so much for participating! I love your medallion center, and I too think it would make a wonderful mini! I'm so glad we met! About the photos- they are 600 pixels wide, so I am wondering if your posting width is larger than that? That's the only suggestion I can think of! Either way, I think people can still see how pretty they are. :) Thank you Karen! xx

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  4. That is such a wonderful start to your medallion, I love medallion quilts!

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  5. I love the start of this quilt. Looking forward to seeing the finished medallion quilt.

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  6. Wow! That is so so pretty! Your fabrics look incredible in this medallion. I would love a copy of this book! Thanks for the awesome give away. :)

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  7. Your fabrix are a great match for this pattern! Well done you and Nancy. Congratulations to you both! (Book & fab fabrix!)

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  8. Your quilt is lovely whether it is finished or you keep going.

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  9. I love her patterns there bold

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  10. It looks like a fabulous book - I need all the inspiration I can get & I love finding new patchwork & quilting techniques. I think this could prove an invaluable -resource - thank you. (Jane Olley)

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  11. This book looks amazing. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  12. So in love with every quilt in this book!!! I'll just have to start at the first page and work my way through every pattern!!! Your quilt is going to be gorgeous!!! I'm so glad that there are such awesome diagrams and pictures - a picture is worth 1,000 words for sure!!!

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  13. You have a great start to a quilt that will be beautiful!

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  14. I love your medallion. I can't wait to see it finished. Your work always looks so great. This book also looks fantastic. Thanks for the chance to win it.

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  15. This book looks so amazing. Thank you for the review and chance to win RxQuilter

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  16. I'm excited to follow Nancy's book tour and visit your blog for the first time. Really, I'm blown away by your stunning color choices on your quilt, especially the neat border pieces. Amazing. I'm still so traditional in my color choices although Im not afraid of color in decorating. I'd love to have your eye for color, with such a more modern flair. Lovely. Great work!

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  17. This looks like a great book - love all the quilts!

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  18. I love your choice of fabrics in your Medallion quilt.
    I'd love this book - it has many wonderful patterns in it.

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  19. Your Medallion quilt is FABULOUS! I've always wanted to try a medallion style quilt but it seems so intimidating. Yours just inspired me!

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  20. The graphic nature of the designs you've shown really appeal to me.

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  21. I can't imagine how you've managed to get that much of your medallion done the week you moved house! I'm looking forward to seeing it finished! The pattern is perfect fo your fabrics!
    Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the book!

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  22. Would love to have a copy of this book. Your quilts are an inspiration.

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  23. Sounds like a Fab book, I'd love to win a copy x

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  24. Your block is stunning - thanks for the chance to win!

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  25. Well, I just can't believe you have a blog. It diesn't jump right out at you from zhe home page, but now that I know, I will be back again. Thanks for sharing one of your favourite wuilters with us. I love learning new things and the centre of this medallion is very bold. I've been wanting to try it for some time now....who knows, maybe I'll get lucky with the drawing! Cheers! Karen

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  26. Hi Karen, what a wonderful opportunity to win this gorgeous book! Thanks for the chance ;-) Love your block, well done!

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  27. This book looks amazing! Thanks for a chance to win a copy!

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  28. Thank you for the chance to win! I can't believe how quickly you made up the beautiful quilt....

    I also love the grey scale swirly one on the shed. Utterly gorgeous!

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  29. Gorgeous! I love how the designs can be personalized in so many different ways.

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  30. With this wonderful book , I'd love to be able to create gorgeous quilts like you.....

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  31. I would love to win a copy of this book. Thanks for the opportunity. chocolatewiskers@aol.com

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  32. Very lovely, thanks for the opportunity.

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  33. This looks like a great book - love the unique designs. I would love to win this. Thank you for the chance.

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  34. Loving these patterns, would love to be able to make some of them. Fingers crossed i'm lucky enough to win. X

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  35. very different quilt and unlike anything i have ever made. I really like your quilt
    I love quilting in negative space

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  36. Wow...each project looks amazing.....and your medallion is no exception!

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  37. Wow! Thanks for the chance to win! Love your new fabrics!

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  38. I just do no this blog hop, might be too late for the draw, but wanted to say I have been enjoying all the great quilts & projects so far! Looks like a great book!

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  39. this book definitely offers out of the box quilt patterns---just what I look for in a quilt book!

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