Fabulously Fast Quilts and Quilting Tips Blog Tour
Fabulously Fast Quilts by Amy Smart Blog Tour
Today is my stop on the Fabulously Fast Quilts and Quilting Tips Blog Tour! Fabulously Fast Quilts is a new book written by talented quilt designer and super nice person(!) Amy Smart. You probably know her from her blog Diary of a Quilter. I was thrilled to get a look at Amy's book and participate in her blog hop.
Fabulously Fast Quilts by Amy Smart Blog Tour
Image by Martingale, and Photographer Brent Kane
Fabulously Fast Quilts is a great book for beginners on up. Amy starts off with few pages on basic quilting techniques and then jumps right into 12 clever patterns. The patterns are separated into four technique categories.
Fabulously Fast Quilts by Amy Smart Blog Tour
Image by Martingale, and Photographer Brent Kane
I just love the punches of solid red on her Fast Four Patch quilt.
Fabulously Fast Quilts by Amy Smart Blog Tour
Image by Martingale, and Photographer Brent Kane
And speaking of solids, check out this show stopper. This is Amy's Crossing Guard quilt and I am in love!
Fabulously Fast Quilts by Amy Smart Blog Tour
Image by Martingale, and Photographer Brent Kane
In celebration of Fabulously Fast Quilts, Amy has asked each of us on the tour to share a quilting tip. I decided to share more of a design tip, because design is the first step in making a quilt, right?
My tip revolves around pulling a perfect bundle of fabrics for your quilt. Often putting together fabrics for a quilt is the hardest part. If you are stuck, one trick is to base your bundle on a favorite print. This can be a piece of fabric or even a photo or painting.
Design Tip by Fresh Lemons Quilts
This is a print I absolutely adore from Bonnie & Camille's April Showers line. I pulled fabrics from my stash that corresponded to all the colors in this particular piece of fabric. This works just as well in a fabric shop. Make your pile of bolts and create your own custom fat quarter set.
Design Tip by Fresh Lemons Quilts
Fabric designers just know what looks good together, right? And even if you don't include the original inspiration fabric on the quilt top, it would make a perfect quilt backing!
Design Tip by Fresh Lemons Quilts
You can read more tips from other quilt bloggers all week long!
Monday April 28 Sachiko Aldous of Tea Rose Home April Rosenthal of April Rosenthal Designs Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane
Tuesday April 29 Jen Wilding Cardon of Stitch This! Martingale Blog Amy Ellis of Amy's Creative Side Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet
Wednesday April 30 Faith Jones of Fresh Lemons Quilts - Me! Melissa Mortenson of PolkaDot Chair Amy Gibson of Stitchery Dickory Dock
Thursday May 1 Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced Lynne Goldsworthy of Lily's Quilts Jeni Baker of In Color Order
Friday May 2 Katie Blakesley of Swim Bike Quilt Lindsay Conner of Craft Buds Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life