Paper Pieced Modern Blog Hop!

Today I am super excited to be sharing with you Little Itty Bitties a quilt from the Paper Pieced Modern: 13 Stunning Quilts - Step-by-Step Visual Guide by Amy Garro.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with Amy she is the blogger behind 13 Spools, an incredibly talented quilter, a paper piecing genius, as well as a wife and mother to three young boys.

When I first heard Amy was writing a book I was thrilled! Her designs tend towards masculine (which in my opinion, is an under-served market in the quilting world), but they aren’t the typical boring designs that I see so many people use for men. They are fresh, modern but can still be used for anyone – (fabric choice makes all the difference). Then, when she contacted me to be a part of the blog hop and receive a copy of the book, and give away a copy (edit: giveaway is now closed), I was stunned (and over the moon with excitement)!  Of course I said yes and then spent the next hour pouring over photos deciding which one was my favorite.  Note: I might have had like 13 favorites...

Now onto the quilt!  Let me introduce you to Little Itty Bitties. A gorgeous 42" x 42" quilt that is as Amy put it "Not that difficult, just time consuming with all those seams!"

Amy's thoughts on the quilt:

"This is the first quilt I sewed for the book. After getting my book proposal completely accepted, I took about 2 weeks to finish up my magazine patterns I still had in the works - after all, I had no idea when, or even if, my book proposal would be accepted! Once those were done, I started this quilt with fabric on hand and from Crimson Tate, while I simultaneously started contacting fabric companies to help me out with supplies for the other quilts.

This is definitely one of my favorite quilts in the book. The largest triangles are 6" x 3" and the smallest are a teeny tiny 1/2" x 1/4"! That's one of the perks of paper piecing - those tiny little pieces are easy to get perfect. You can put your little itty bitty scraps from your most precious projects into this quilt - you know, those ones you've been hanging onto for sentimental reasons, but are just too darn small to use easily!

There's something a little retro to me about this quilt. I would love to see it in a little girl's nursery with an old-fashioned alarm clock & vintage record player!"

I adore this quilt, and I think there is so much that can be done with this just by playing with the fabrics and placement.  For instance, instead of using a solid pink like the photo, I think it would be really fun to gradate the background fabrics and make almost an ombre effect, or even alternate sections of background colors.  

If you would like to get your hands on a copy of the book you can preorder it now on Amazon or preorder a signed copy from Amy's Etsy Shop! 

P.S. Don't you just adore those Library photos?  The setting for this quilt was just too perfect.

Photo by C&T Publishing

GIVEAWAY:  C&T Publishing are generously offering up a copy of the book for a giveaway! (Physical copy available for US winner, an e-copy for international winner). Edit: Giveaway will be open for one week and I will announce the winner next Sunday Feb 15! Good Luck!  

Giveaway is now Closed.  Thanks to all who entered.  

You have 2 possible entries into the giveaway (leave a separate comment for each entry).
1. Leave me a comment telling me what colors or fabrics you would make this quilt in.
2. Followers of 13 Spools get a second entry so head on over and follow and come back here telling me you did so! If you are already a follower just leave me a comment telling me so!

If you want more chances to win be sure to stop on by the other blogs on the list below for another possible chance to win!

Checkout more of the blog hop:
Feb 5th - Lindsay @ Lindsay Sews
Feb 6th - Charlotte @ Displacement Activity
Feb 7th - Molli @ Molli Sparkles
Feb 8th - Elise @ Lovelea Designs
Feb 9th - Amy guest posting @ C&T Publishing
Feb 10th - Darcie @ The Seam Allowance
Feb 11th - Christa @ Christa Quilts
Feb 12th - Amy guest posting @ Craft Buds
Feb 13th - Amy @ 13 Spools
Feb 14th - Chelsea @ Patch the Giraffe
Feb 15th - Amy @ During Quiet Time
Feb 16th - Wrap-up post back at 13 Spools