And the winner of the Sew a Modern Home giveaway is…
Arianna
who said:
Our living room really needs a makeover–right now it’s all brown and tan and mustard yellow, with pretty much no other colours.
Congratulations Arianna! Please email us at pinkdoorfabrics@gmail.com with your info and we will send you your new book!
Thank you to everyone else who commented. Check back on the blog regularly for upcoming giveaways!
We are collaborating with Sandra of Small Town Thread to offer you custom-made Super Totes. You pick the fabrics, she’ll sew it up and ship it! Sweet deal, right?
Here are the details:
You pick three fabrics; one for the exterior, one for the interior lining and pocket, and one for the side panels and straps. That’s it! These totes do have a 3 week turnaround and will be shipped via Priority Mail direct to you. Some features included are:
+ recessed zipper
+ roomy interior pockets
+ front exterior pocket
+ cute piping and pleat details
+ makes a perfect diaper bag or gym bag, great for hauling anything you need
Approx. Finished Dimensions:
15” wide, 15” tall, 3.5 to 5” deep, 10.5” handle drop
Included in the pricing, is a sturdier interfacing to allow the bag to stand on it’s own, and heavy duty stitching and assembly. Though home decor/essex linen is preferred for the side panels, regular quilting cotton works fine on it’s own. You won’t be disappointed in the high quality product you receive!
What are your favorite fabric/color combinations? Anything you might like to see in the future from us? We would love your feedback!
Have you seen this quilt kit yet? Its quite charming and beautiful! We’re getting ready to list some of these quilt kits for sale in our shop and you’re definitely going to want to jump on this!
Merry Stitches – Quilt Joy – by Cori Dantini for Blend Fabrics – 57-1/2″ x 75-1/2″
Kit Includes:
+ 1 1/3 yd A Wonderful Time (112.104.01.1)
+ 1 1/3 yd Little World of Wonder (112.104.02.1)
+ 1 yd Fleeting Grey (112.104.03.1)
+ 1/2 yd Fleeting Blue (112.104.03.2)
+ 3/4 yd Much Joy Beige (112.104.04.1)
+ 3/4 yd Much Joy Blue (112.104.04.2)
+ 1/2 yd Tiny Seeds Green (112.103.05.1)
+ 7/8 yd Tiny Seeds Red (112.103.05.2)
+ 1/4 yd Tiny Seeds Grey (112.103.05.3)
+ 1/2 yd A Good Beginning Red (112.103.06.2)
All you’ll need is backing, batting, and binding! We can help choose backing and binding if you’re interested, be sure to send us a convo in our shop.
Also, we’re hosting a contest on Instagram, and if you show us what you’re working on, and use hashtag #sewingwithpinkdoor, you will be entered to win a $25 gift certificate at the end of each month that you’ve entered!
We were recently asked to review Melissa Lunden’s new book Sew a Modern Home by That Patchwork Place by Martingale.
Melissa’s book has only been out for a month and we were really happy to be able to get a look inside!
The book breaks the projects up by room, each chapter being a different room and each room having 1-4 projects. Most rooms include a quilt pattern and coordinating pillow or accessory.
We loved the dining room table runner project with coordinating placemats and napkins. The color choices are fresh and modern, but it wouldn’t be hard at all to envision any of the projects in other color pallets or with completely different fabric choices.
While most of the projects use solids, there are a few examples of projects with prints. We found that the styles are all fairly classic and the heavy use of solids makes the book stand out as something that will be more timeless and much easier to reinterpret in any style.
The Sharp Turn Quilt particularly grabbed us as being simple and clean but really striking.
We loved the use of color and the large-scale patterns created in most of these projects.
Melissa also did a great job of creating accent pieces to coordinate with the quilt projects that don’t look overly matchy. The two pillow designs for the Living Room chapter add a lot of contrast to the simple quilt design.
The instructions are all clear and most of the patterns are simple enough for someone new to quilting to be able to jump in. The standard quilting basics section that covers most of what you need to know to make a quilt from start to finish is at the beginning of the book.
The thing we found most appealing about this book was the simplicity of the designs. Having spent many hours staring at quilt patterns and trying to imagine what they might look like with different fabric choices, this book stood out as one that really leaves the door open for re-interpretation of fabric choice, which is so helpful when envisioning whether a pattern will look right in a certain room or with your favorite fabric line. And we think the Dancing Chevrons quilt pictured on the front cover would also be a great choice to feature a favorite large-scale print.
The most exciting thing about this book is that Melissa has given us a signed copy to give away to one of our readers! If you’d like to enter, simply leave a comment below telling us which room in your house needs to be given a modern makeover and we’ll pick a winner this Friday!
Good luck!
New at Pink Door Fabrics is the Modern Tribal pillow pattern created by Sandra of Small Town Thread. This pattern debuted at Quilt Market in the Spring of 2014 in April Rhodes’ booth. The fabrics used are Art Gallery Pure Elements that coordinated perfectly with April’s Arizona Collection.
We are offering this pattern in our shop as a PDF download, and we are also working on creating some kits to go with this. The pattern is 7 pages in length, and has detailed instruction on how to assemble, best ways to finish the pillow, pictures of variations in color/design, and a coloring page to design your own! This is an advanced beginner pattern. Go check it out now!
