I am so excited to tell you all about this wonderful new book by Monique Dillard of Open Gate, which has just been published by C & T Publishing. Monique, Thelma, Lisa, and I are participating in a four week long book tour, which will get you to know Monique better and to introduce you to four variations on quilts in her new book, Fat Quarter Winners. If you would like to buy a copy of the book, it is available through Monique's website Open Gate.
Fat Quarter Winners contains eleven gorgeous new patterns, all designed specifically to use fat quarters. Monique is a huge fan of scrappy quilts, and thinks that the use of fat quarters is a terrific way to achieve that scrappy look so many of us also adore. All the quilts in the book are rotary cut and make nearly complete use of each fat quarter required. An additional bonus in the book, which every one will appreciate, is that there are instructions for making alternate sizes of each quilt by adding in additional fat quarters.
The book got its name, Fat Quarter Winners, from the card games Monique grew up playing. She even got to know her husband over a game of Rummy! All the quilts in the book are named after card games, some of which may be old favorites of yours as well. And they truly are all winners!
To make the book tour even more enjoyable for all you, Monique, Lisa, Thelma and I will each be taking a different pattern from the eleven in the book, and making a new variation of it. I will be making Rummy, Monique will be making Spades, Thelma is making Crazy Eights, and Lisa will be making Pinochle. I hope you will check in with us on our posting days and follow along with our progress making these four different quilts from the book. Our big reveals of our finished quilts will be on the last day of each of our posting schedules. Oh, and just for that added element of fun, each of us will be doing tutorials and giveaways on our blogs! The four of us will each have our own posting schedule, as shown below:
Nicole–Mondays (April 4, 11, 18, & 25)
Monique— Tuesdays (April 5, 12, 19, & 26)
Thelma– Wednesdays (April 6, 13, 20, & 27)
Lisa– Thursdays (April 7, 14, 21, and 28)
So, here is a picture of the quilt I will be making:
I fell in love with the old fashioned look of this beautiful quilt. I have decided to do mine in shades of burgundy, with a touch of pink tossed in for that sort of faded look Monique achieved in her blue version. I have gotten a start on my blocks and have a few of them up on the design wall. I am thrilled with the way this is going!
Please check out Monique's post on what she is doing with Spades tomorrow!
74 responses to “Fat Quarter Winners Book Tour”
I love this quilt! Scrappy quilts are my favorites and those with diagonal designs really appeal to me. This one is stellar and I imagine it would be beautiful in any combination of colors and shades of colors.
What fun this book tour will be!
Hugs!
I love this quilt! Scrappy quilts are my favorites and those with diagonal designs really appeal to me. This one is stellar and I imagine it would be beautiful in any combination of colors and shades of colors.
What fun this book tour will be!
Hugs!
I can tell right now, I need to get this book ASAP. Love the cover quilt! Love your version in the red, burgundy and pinks! Looking forward to the book tour!
I can tell right now, I need to get this book ASAP. Love the cover quilt! Love your version in the red, burgundy and pinks! Looking forward to the book tour!
OMG I love it…I’m heading over there to order it today!
OMG I love it…I’m heading over there to order it today!
Love scrappy quilts, very beautiful colour’s version.
Love scrappy quilts, very beautiful colour’s version.
Wow what a spectacular first peek into the book. You’re right it’s going to be amazing. Crossing my fingers for a win
Wow what a spectacular first peek into the book. You’re right it’s going to be amazing. Crossing my fingers for a win
Oh wow Nicole, I love this pattern. Love the burgundy and pink combination! It looks like a fabulous book.
Oh wow Nicole, I love this pattern. Love the burgundy and pink combination! It looks like a fabulous book.
Wow! Nicole you burgundy quilt is going to be stunning!! Love it!
Paulette
Wow! Nicole you burgundy quilt is going to be stunning!! Love it!
Paulette
When on earth did you find time to do all that? You must have a magic want Nicole (can I borrow it?)!! The burgundy is gorgeous and this certainly looks like a book that I need to add to my collection!
When on earth did you find time to do all that? You must have a magic want Nicole (can I borrow it?)!! The burgundy is gorgeous and this certainly looks like a book that I need to add to my collection!
Oh, this will be fun to watch the progress from each of you! What a great start.
Oh, this will be fun to watch the progress from each of you! What a great start.
I like your colors a lot better than the ones used in the one from the book.
I like your colors a lot better than the ones used in the one from the book.
Love the way your colors are looking all together.
Love the way your colors are looking all together.
Lovely idea – it will be interesting to see each quilt as it progresses. Looks like a good book – I’ll put it on my wish list for now as I just finished buying (very expensive)fabric for a class I’ll be taking at our Guild’s retreat at the end of May.
I’m with Helen – how in the world do you manage to produce your masterpieces with such speed?
Lovely idea – it will be interesting to see each quilt as it progresses. Looks like a good book – I’ll put it on my wish list for now as I just finished buying (very expensive)fabric for a class I’ll be taking at our Guild’s retreat at the end of May.
I’m with Helen – how in the world do you manage to produce your masterpieces with such speed?
This pattern is so you, Nicole! I love it! And I can’t wait to see what the rest of you do. Monique’s new book is one for me for sure!
Cheers!
This pattern is so you, Nicole! I love it! And I can’t wait to see what the rest of you do. Monique’s new book is one for me for sure!
Cheers!
Scrappy is best! Love both the original blue version as well as your reds – they are stunning.
Scrappy is best! Love both the original blue version as well as your reds – they are stunning.
Scrappy is definitely best in my book! Great ideas for fat quarters are always appreciated. I’ll be following along 🙂
Scrappy is definitely best in my book! Great ideas for fat quarters are always appreciated. I’ll be following along 🙂
Oh how fun! I love scrappy! Following your progress is going to be such a treat! Have a happy week!
Oh how fun! I love scrappy! Following your progress is going to be such a treat! Have a happy week!
Wow – you got a ton of your blocks done already! They look great. Keep ’em coming!
Wow – you got a ton of your blocks done already! They look great. Keep ’em coming!
Beautiful and looks like it’s a quilt that I would love to make. Need to buy the book!
Beautiful and looks like it’s a quilt that I would love to make. Need to buy the book!
This is going to be so fun! I love your quilt!
This is going to be so fun! I love your quilt!
Love your colours. It look complex!
Love your colours. It look complex!
Wow! Just Wow! After seeing photos of Red and White quilts on several blogs, I want to make a Red and White quilt. Rummy has potential:) Thanks for participating in this blog hop!!
Wow! Just Wow! After seeing photos of Red and White quilts on several blogs, I want to make a Red and White quilt. Rummy has potential:) Thanks for participating in this blog hop!!
Wonderful start to another
great quilt!
Sandy
Wonderful start to another
great quilt!
Sandy
The four of you make a great team. This is going to be fun! And I ordered a bundle of fat quarters yesterday. Now that you’re doing this, I can justify buying them.
The four of you make a great team. This is going to be fun! And I ordered a bundle of fat quarters yesterday. Now that you’re doing this, I can justify buying them.
I like both the blue and burgandy versions. Love seeing both versions.
I like both the blue and burgandy versions. Love seeing both versions.
I love the pattern on the book cover. I, too, love scrappy quilts and choosing from my stash to create my own color scheme. This is how our pioneers quilted using what they had and putting it into a wonderful, warm quilt for their families. This tour sounds like fun and looking forward to it. Good luck with your book too.
I love the pattern on the book cover. I, too, love scrappy quilts and choosing from my stash to create my own color scheme. This is how our pioneers quilted using what they had and putting it into a wonderful, warm quilt for their families. This tour sounds like fun and looking forward to it. Good luck with your book too.
thank you for sharing with all of us. I love the pinks with the burgundy fabrics. Looking forward to viewing the progress.
thank you for sharing with all of us. I love the pinks with the burgundy fabrics. Looking forward to viewing the progress.
I LOVE scrappy quilts, so I am sure this book will end up on my “HAVE TO HAVE” list! Your red fabrics are a fun choice! I love both the blue and red versions because they both manage to show off that beautiful design well.
It will be fun to see all these “game” quilts come to life on everyone’s blogs!
I LOVE scrappy quilts, so I am sure this book will end up on my “HAVE TO HAVE” list! Your red fabrics are a fun choice! I love both the blue and red versions because they both manage to show off that beautiful design well.
It will be fun to see all these “game” quilts come to life on everyone’s blogs!
I love the idea of burgundy and pink! Gorgeous!
I love the idea of burgundy and pink! Gorgeous!
I’m a little behind the times on this since the post is a few days old but I was looking at the blocks and realized I wanted to pick your brain about something.
I have the Angler II but I got frustrated with it and with drawing lines and have been avoiding blocks that involve corners pieced on (snowball blocks, for example) even though I’m dying to try some specific projects with them in there, including this one!
My main issue is that one corner is invariably off. The last corner (so the one closest to me as I start sewing the corner) is always spot on since it follows the line but I have trouble making sure the first point is lined up right since by then it’s on the feed dogs and off the Angler line. I realize the answer is probably “slow down and make sure the corner is in the right place before you start sewing that piece” but I thought I’d check to see if the voice of experience has any other tidbits. 🙂
I’m a little behind the times on this since the post is a few days old but I was looking at the blocks and realized I wanted to pick your brain about something.
I have the Angler II but I got frustrated with it and with drawing lines and have been avoiding blocks that involve corners pieced on (snowball blocks, for example) even though I’m dying to try some specific projects with them in there, including this one!
My main issue is that one corner is invariably off. The last corner (so the one closest to me as I start sewing the corner) is always spot on since it follows the line but I have trouble making sure the first point is lined up right since by then it’s on the feed dogs and off the Angler line. I realize the answer is probably “slow down and make sure the corner is in the right place before you start sewing that piece” but I thought I’d check to see if the voice of experience has any other tidbits. 🙂
A blog tour for the book is a great idea. Fun following along and the tips are terrific!!
A blog tour for the book is a great idea. Fun following along and the tips are terrific!!
Love your choices as usual! Am going to order the book now! Thanks 🙂
Love your choices as usual! Am going to order the book now! Thanks 🙂
This books seems like a winner to me!
*grin*
Rosa Robichaud
New Brunswick, Canada
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This books seems like a winner to me!
*grin*
Rosa Robichaud
New Brunswick, Canada
[email protected]
Another pretty quilt from this book! I like the old fashioned look of this pattern too!
Another pretty quilt from this book! I like the old fashioned look of this pattern too!
Love your blocks and this tour. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be back to check out how this will finish. Jane
Love your blocks and this tour. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be back to check out how this will finish. Jane
This is a Beautiful quilt design and I am enjoying this book tour of the “fat quarters winners”! Both the fabric colorways look great. I also think it’s a cute naming idea with all the patterns noted by card names.
Congrats on the weight loss too.
Jane
This is a Beautiful quilt design and I am enjoying this book tour of the “fat quarters winners”! Both the fabric colorways look great. I also think it’s a cute naming idea with all the patterns noted by card names.
Congrats on the weight loss too.
Jane
The quilt is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the stop on the blog tour.
The quilt is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the stop on the blog tour.
This tour sounds like fun and looking forward to it. Good luck with your book too.
This tour sounds like fun and looking forward to it. Good luck with your book too.