For this week's blog hop with Quilting Gallery, I will say "welcome, so glad you stopped by!"
For my giveaway, I wanted to share a gift that says something about me as a quilter: I Love Paper Piecing! Would like to try it? or are you already hooked?
Over the past six months I have been working on Mariner's Compass blocks as a personal block-of-the-month. Here is my favorite:
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| see my tutorials for some tips on paper piecing techniques |
One of my favorite paper pieced quilts is the Village Green:
If you like paper piecing, or want to give it a try, the book "Paper Piecing Picnic" has lots of fun projects at all skill levels. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment. Tell me about your favorite quilting technique. I will draw a winner on March 14.
Also, I just started a small Quilt Along, check it out here
happy hopping,
Sharon
Gosto de tudo feito a mão,é relaxante e valorizado por mim.Adoraria ter este livro,obrigada.tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quilting technique is traditional piercing :D
ReplyDeleteI love English Paper Piecing the best. Paper piecing is great for really precise pieces though. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing. I also do english paper piecing. Thanks for the great giveaway. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great giveaway Sharon!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try paper piecing! I like traditional piecing.
My favorite technique is machine piecing. I haven't done any paper piecing. Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI'm just starting to learn paper piecing and loving it so far! I love machine piecing.
ReplyDeleteI'm still terrible at paper piecing. Any help would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI am a new quilter and I want to learn it all! I am taking a Hawaiian quilting class right now! I am looking forward to getting my sewing machine in less than a month to actually start my first quilt. Thanks for the chance to win! I am a new follower.
ReplyDeletesweet! I just started quilting and paper piecing is what got me started!!!
ReplyDeleteScrappy patchwork is my favorite quilting technique. I have tried a tiny bit of paper piecing, but I really want to try more!! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could pick just one favorite as I like to play with it all.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing too! But I also like many pieced blocks...curves, not so much.
ReplyDeletePaper piecing is a priority on my list of new things to try this year! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI like strip piecing and chain piecing and stack pressing. I haven't tried paper piecing but would love to, I certainly like the look of the finished paper pieced projects.
ReplyDeleteWhat should I say? I love PP and sewing curves :) I think those are my all time favourites. Thank you for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteOh my - I love your mariner's compass block. I hope to make a mariner's compass quilt someday to honour an ancestor that was a Master Mariner. I love many different quilting techniques and I am currently learning/practicing hand applique.
ReplyDeleteI just became a follower.
This giveaway is perfect. I started paper piecing as a new years resolution and I am in love with it. Now I keep finding myself signing up to paper-pieced BOM's. Just joined a new one today :D So to win this book would be the cherry on top! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love your mariner's compass block! I haven't paper piece much, but I would like to try it. I love the mariner's compass, but have been to chicken to try it. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Village Green! I enjoy paper piecing immensely - I love that the block ends up so precise without having to precisely cut pieces of fabric.
ReplyDeleteI'm new to quilting, but this looks like something I would love to try. Beginner level, of course.
ReplyDeleteI love the sight of this great book, it makes that I already feel some spring in me....still rainy and cold here. I love to paper piece above all other technics
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing......it's my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI like paper piecing but I'm not so good at it yet. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI hand quilt; love it. I've done a little paper piecing and enjoyed it too....thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI'm a newbie to paper piecing, I usually machine piece (chain) and machine quilt. But I'm so impressed by the sharp points that I had to try it and it works really fine. This book is a lovely recommendation, I've only come across paper piecing books that I didn't like so far.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance!
I love paper piecing and would be thrilled to have this book. Your mariner's compass is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing too and am surprised by how many hate it. Your work is beautiful. My favorite quilting is scrap piecing.
ReplyDeleteI just fell in love with paper piecing. I dont even want to do rotary cut quilts anymore I am so hooked. Hope I win this book
ReplyDeleteI really love paper piecing, EPP and sewing on paper. I would like to win this book. Thanks for the chance! Greetings from Norway.
ReplyDeleteI love foundation paper piecing. I've made a couple of quilts that I would never have tried using traditional piecing. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI do mostly piecing but I've been wanting to jump in on paper piecing, I've seen so many beautiful pieces like your compass. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love modern quilting made from scraps... thanks so much for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing too. This is the giveaway that I really want to win!
ReplyDeleteI like paper piecing, and your green village is just lovely.
ReplyDeletei want to learn how to free motion quilt. thanks
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book, I've done a couple paper piecing projects and like it!
ReplyDeleteI love traditional piercing.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing, but I am a beginner. thank you for this chance. Alessandra
ReplyDeleteI've only done traditional piecing, but I'd like to try paper piecing - think it could be addictive!
ReplyDeleteYou do beautiful work! I like traditional piecing. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletePaper piecing is such fun. Looks like a great book, love the quilt I have never tried something so involved.
ReplyDeleteI just started doing paper piecing after joining this blog. What a nice give away.
ReplyDeleteI adore that Mariner's Compass... is there a pattern? I am in love with paper-piecing... I came into quilting figuring that I would be an appliquer... not so... hate it LOL! But I adore paper piecing!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your Mariner's Compass block is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI live miniature quilts both paper-pieced and traditional piecing. Can't wait to explore your give-away book.
I love your pieced quilts! I really want to learn how to do that...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite technique is strip-piecing, especially when a quilt ends up not looking like it was strip-pieced. soparkaveataoldotcom
ReplyDeleteI love applique but I have always wanted to try a mariners compass quilt.
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ps....I love your "best friend"! I have a golden lab and a labradoodle...they are the best friends ever.
It's been about 15 years since I did a paper-pieced project. I'm adding it to my list of things to try again. I love your Village Green quilt. Stunning.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite technique is applique but I do love paper piecing too. Your mariners compass block is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance. I love paper piecing but I do struggle with how much fabric to leave at the seams, so I could definetly learn from this book.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of paper pieced items but sadly they scare me. I have been doing a lot of pieced quilting and love to see the different things I can do with it.
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So far I've only traditionally pieced my first quilt. I love to piece all the pieces of fabric together and see the design evolve. I'd love to try paper piecing, but haven't gotten to it yet. Thanks for a chance to win! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my I am very interested in paper piecing. What a fabulous book. I would dearly love to wint his giveaway for sure, Thank you for the chance to enter.
ReplyDeleteI have heard a lot about paper piecing, but don't really know what it is. I look forward to learning more about it!
ReplyDeleteI mostly just do regular machine piecing. However, I just recently tried paper piecing for the first time as part of two blocks of the month that I'm involved in. At first, I wanted to pull my hair out. Then I got the hang of it, finished the block, and actually liked it. Then I did the other one. Not good. I'm not giving up, but this book might really help :) Just need to practice more, I'm sure. Your work is beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely love paper piecing. I am going to look around and just may have to decide to follow you. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried paper piecing and I'd love to. thanks for the chance. My fav quilting technique at the moment is the traditional one
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win. Favorite technique is patchwork, machine piecing. Have just recently started foundation paper piecing, and occasionally do EPP. What a great book, thanks for the chance to win. I'm in LOVE with the village green pattern! Your quilt is gorgeous. xo
ReplyDeleteI like paper-piecing and used it for one of my earliest quilts. That was a simple flower block in pastels for my mother-in-law.
ReplyDeleteMy currents long term project is a paper-pieced New York Beautyin batiks. I use Magic Paper as it is extra thin, extra light and does not distort. It can drawn on and the beauty of it is that you don't have to take it out! It is so thin that it doesn't create any bulk in the seam at all, unlike normal printer paper. For me it is magic but so expensive I only use it for Heirloom projects!
Normally I use Ricky Tims PlyStable stuff as it goes through the printer!
Sorry, I seem to have written an essay!
Well I am quite new to paper piecing and cried the first few times I tried it!! I no longer cry but I have a long way to go to be great at it! I love your compas above - it really has depth and almost looks 3D!! Great giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteScrappy quilting is my favorite and a good way to bust your stash to buy more fabric! mwhahah! lol Thanks for the giveaway! I would love to learn how to paper piece!
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I have yet to try paper piecing but hope to later this year after two rather large projects are finally completed! Great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLike doing paper piecing. Thanks for the chance to win such a book would be so helpful.
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I love pieced blocks, but when i can't get one to piece I like paper piecing it is more precise. I am just not very good at it.
ReplyDeletegorgeous blocks and things you'e made!!
ReplyDeleteI like strip piecing, but want to try more paper piecing
ReplyDeleteI love the look of applique quilts best, but mostly make pieced quilts. I've done a bit of paper piecing and it is fun. I would love to make a Mariner's Compass one day.
ReplyDeleteTook a class on paper piecing years ago, but need a refresher course!
ReplyDeleteI like paper piecing too!
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing and your work is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI only did paper piecing once and really need a book to show me the tricks to do it right. I will not give up till I learn it. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilts you made and LOVE paper piecing! Paper Piecing Picnic sounds like a great book, too! Thanks sew much for this chance to win your generous giveaway! :-D
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Great giveaway Sharon. I love paper piecing. I have a piece on my blog today that I did a few years back.
ReplyDeleteMy fav technique is whatever I am working on right now:) haha!!!
ReplyDeleteI love applique and paper piecing.. The possibilities are just endless!!
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing and this book looks great! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI am new to but enjoying paper piecing very much!I joined through GFC but I'm putting your site in my DAILY file to enjoy each morning with my coffee.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing, too! Thanks for the generous giveaway! I'm a new follower by email and I look forward to your posts.
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried paper piecing yet but I want to try. I bought a sample kit to make 1 granny flower. Now I'd like to try some more.
ReplyDeleteBarb@Witsend
I am a big newbie, I really like to make log cabins so far. I have made one paper peice. It was the head of a horse for my sons girl friend. I am hooked. Thanks for a chanc to win.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book. I love English paper piecing as well ; )
ReplyDeleteI love to quilt, strip piecing and using up mr scraps!
ReplyDeleteYour give away looks great
Wowsers!!!! I love your Mariner compass block! I love your Village green quilt! I need to try paper piecing. I do enjoy all of it. I am just starting my first applique project. I want to try EPP and Machine paper piecing looks good too! I think I like fussier projects, because my first hobby was cross-stitch and other needlework.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn paper piecing.
ReplyDeleteI love raw edge applique
ReplyDeleteI love PP and have made several quilts that way including a KS!
ReplyDeleteI love applique! Thanks for your blog and for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI love the village green quilt!
ReplyDeleteI also love paper piecing and LOVE your mariners compass block. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have done quite a bit of paper piecing! I love your Village Green quilt! Iam a former Ohian, originally from Canton.
ReplyDeleteI have done a bit of paper piecing and more patterns would be great! I love EPP though for a slower pace :)
ReplyDeleteI do machine piecing currently. I just started quilting a few years ago so I have spent my time learning as much as I could about piecing. In the past six months or more, I have seen more and more about paper piecing. It seems that it's becoming more popular. I know it is another technique I want to learn so it may be in the next few months. It seems that anyone I see that has tried it for the first time, gets hooked immediately so it must be fun.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing, too! Paper pircing & applique are my
ReplyDeletefavorite techniques. Thanks for the chance to win!
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My only attempt at EPP was a disaster, so maybe a book would help.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new quilter so don't have a favourite technique. i've been doing a little bit of paper piecing recently for the And Sew On BOM and I love it!
ReplyDeleteWow! That mariners compass block is stunning!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit fan of the precision PP gives but haven't really made many attempts at it, would love to do more =)
Thanks for the chance to win!
I just joined a PPing QAL and I'm hooked. The kites on that book look fun. My 2year old is obsessed with kites.
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AmandaK@whatthebobbin
I've never paper pieced but I'd love to try. I'm pretty new to quilting and my favorite right now is using half-square triangles. So many pattern combinations. Gorgeous Mariner's Compass! Thanks for the chance!
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oh I love paper piecing and did my own mariners compass as part of the SBS round robin
ReplyDeleteI'd say traditional piecing. but wouldn't mind trying paper piecing. Thanks for the giveaway. Rosanna
ReplyDeletewrbontrager@ verizon dot net
I like paper piecing too! The ability to get perfect points and complex designs without ripping out stitches over and over again is a joy.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to enter the drawing!
I am into traditipnal piecing right now, but starting into applique more and I would love to learn paper piecing...
ReplyDeleteI'm into the Modern movement right now but love paper piecing for the precision that you get. Thanks for participating in the Quilters' Blog Hop Party.
ReplyDeleteI love to paper piece. I made a pineapple quilt using paper piecing. Thank you for being a part of the blog hop.
ReplyDeleteI love applique! Thanks for a great giveaway! Have a Happy Day! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway! I fine machine piecing easiest, but I've just been paper piecing this year and find it more rewarding...of course I haven't made a whole quilt that way yet ;)
ReplyDeleteI love needle turn appliue. Thank you for offering such a generous prize
ReplyDeleteI start 2 days ago my first paper piecing project and i enjoy it) Thank you for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm a newbie at paper piecing, and it is often frustrating, but I really want to improve. Your Mariner's Compass blocks are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI like appliqué,but would love to try paper piecing!
ReplyDeleteI like hand applique, but I have enjoyed paper piecing this year. If I need a project in a hurry, however, piecing is faster. LOL Right now I am doing a combination of piecing and applique that is really pretty. Your block is very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love crazy quilts. Randomness with shiny fabrics and velvets, but I am not working on any now. I am saving old mens flannels shirts for a plaid rag quilt.
ReplyDeleteHi, I have done paper piecing once. I watched someone on TV doing it so I did, it was bad. Maybe I will try again. Thanks fr the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI already like you on FB.
ReplyDeleteI love English Paper Piecing, but I have never tried Paper Piecing. I would Love to try it. Most of the patterns I see are delightful, but this one is just simply spectacular!
ReplyDeleteI do lots of paper piecing....it's so addicting! My first PP quilt was a king size Mariner's Compass quilt. I tend to jump right into things! Your block is lovely! And your village quilt is so cute!
ReplyDeleteI am just getting into paper piecing. So much fun!
ReplyDeleteI have not done Paper Piecing yet, but would really really like to try.
ReplyDeleteMy Favorite Quilting Technique is Paper Piecing! I would love to do a Mariners Compass.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this Great Giveaway!
My favorite quilting technique is taking something traditional and making it modern!
ReplyDeleteI love your projects, very cute. I am scared to paper piece but see so many projects I like. My favorite technique is applique. Cute pup.
ReplyDeleteI love applique and paper piecing. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity on a great draw.
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As someone who hasn't finished their first quilt block I am not sure I can really give advice on quilting to someone of your impressive skill. Your mariners stars are truly amazing to me. So beautiful and perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing! Good luck with the blog hop!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win :) I love your compass. It's so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI like both foundation piecing and English paper piecing. It is amazing to me that I can get such precise results with either method. I haven't tried a Mariner's compass yet but oh I do want to! Thank you for the chance to win. :)
ReplyDeletejust beginning to quilt so don't have a favorite technique as of yet love to learn paper piecing thanks
ReplyDeleteABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
i love that town green one!!! I have never tried paper piecing, and am dying to learn how.
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing so much! The town green is really pretty
ReplyDeleteSusie
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I love paper piecing and I have wanted to make that village green for years. My biggest quilt of paper piecing was making a king size, millenium quilt. Took over a year but it is my favorite quilt.
ReplyDeleteI tried paper piecing via a Craftsy class and loved it! Your Mariner's Compass is awesome.
ReplyDeletePaper piecing is a long time favorite of mine.
ReplyDeleteI'm fairly new quilter that learned by machine piecing so that's my comfort zone. I need to jump in the paper piecing pool,as everyone seems to love it. So maybe this is just the ticket. Afterall the title of the book is Paper Piecing Picnic, not Paper Piecing Root Canal!
ReplyDeleteI love to try different techniques. I really want to learn more about machinequilting. I do a lot of handpiecing!
ReplyDeleteGun, Sweden
gun@lapp.se
paper piecing is scarey..........But I like the village green wall hanging
ReplyDeleteMy favourite quilting technique lately is curved piecing. I'm just addicted.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! That book looks really nice. I don't do a ton of paper piecing but I have made an angel and a holiday tree.
Be sure to check out my blog hop giveaway too at www.brandylynndesigns.blogspot.com and enter the draw.
Email: info@explorefibre.com
Ich bin noch Anfängerin, aber ich nähe gerne Paper piecing
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marion
I like to do paper piecing and would love to win your give away so I can make more. Thank-you for this great opportunity to win!!! Will check out your web site!!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy English paper piecing. It's so relaxing to make all of those tiny hand stitches. There's something very grounded about reducing the process to the basics of fabric, needle, and thread. Having said that, I also enjoy foundation paper piecing--you can't beat it for perfect points.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done much paper piecing. But I like the results I have gotten so far. It looks like a great book. I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI am quite new to paper piecing and am loving it. I'm working on a New York Beauty at the moment. Wow I would love to win your giveaway. Thank you for the opportunity. And oh I am a new follower from South Africa.
ReplyDeleteI actually love paper piecing because it gives such precise results.
ReplyDeletePaper piecing is such a blast! I really do enjoy it, after figuring it out after some trial and errors :-)
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing! Like playing! I started with some NYB's and I've loved them since!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to be able to paper piece. Right now I'm doing a lot of simple applique.
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I really like to paper piece. I am busy making lap quilts for friends so i have just been strip piecing great fabrics with simple patterns.
ReplyDeleteI do some applique and a lot of free motion quilting.
ReplyDeleteI am trying everything, I like paper piecing as long as the pieces are not too small...
ReplyDeleteYour Mariner's Compass block is amazing. No wonder you love it so much. I do paper piecing, but don't stitch on the paper.
ReplyDeleteI've been working on my FMQ. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have not had time to try paper piecing but I want to. I love making twister quilts and rag quilts. Thanks for giving us the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteWow!! Your quilts are amazing!!! I have trouble being precise so maybe paper piecing is the way I should go.
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