Gigi's Thimble: A Piece of Cake Book Tour

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Good morning and welcome to a new day on the ~ A Piece of Cake ~ Book Tour!

Peta Peace lives in Australia but we became online friends a few years ago and then finally met in person at the Spring 2016 Quilt Market in Salt Lake City. I am so happy that Peta asked me to be a part of her book tour! She is so sweet, positive, thoughtful and extremely talented! She really cheered me on when I wrote my book, Vintage Vibe a few years ago so I couldn't be happier that she has embarked on the author journey, herself!

As you can probably tell from the front cover, A Piece of Cake is a beautiful book featuring 14 fresh, happy projects made from Layer Cake squares. I can attest that the instructions are clear and there are several projects inside that I would LOVE to make!

There are so many cute projects inside that I decided to "test out" several of the projects by making a block or two or three of each!

Now, I'm kind of going through a blue phase right now so I decided to make blocks that I can eventually put into a sampler of some kind. But using these more traditional blues really puts a different spin on Peta's version of these blocks. I want to show you both versions so you can see how different the quilts can feel depending on the colors you use!

Look how different it looks when repeated over and over:

It's such a clever block! I just love Peta's version called Delight.

I also made a few blocks from her pattern, The Simplest Sampler.

Again, a super cute version by Peta! I love her aqua background!

Here are my blocks in blues...

Her Confetti pattern is so darling too!

The stars in Confetti really called to me so I made a couple of those.

Gosh, all of my stuff is looking so boring next to Peta's sweet, happy versions!

But I am going through a farmhousey, vintagy phase at my house, accenting with lots of blues so hopefully it will look cute in my house someday...

And finally, I made one block from her pattern called Spin.

The Spin block is such a unique block.

I haven't ever seen or made one like it before!

I can't wait to make some more blue blocks for my blue sampler. Every time I get the itch to make or design a new block I am going to make it in blues (until I have enough for a big quilt!) I'll keep you posted...it may take a while though!

If you're new to Peta's book tour, here are the other stops:

14 Aug Sedef - Down Grapevine Lane

15 Aug Jemima - Tied with a Ribbon

16 Aug Samantha - Aqua Paisley Studio

17 Aug Andy - A Bright Corner

18 Aug Kirsty - Bonjour Quilts

19 Aug Lisa - A Spoonful of Sugar Designs

20 Aug Alison - Cotton Factory

21 Aug Carrie - Moda Fabrics

22 Aug Nadra - Ellis and Higgs

23 Aug Angie - Gnome Angel

24 Aug Tara - Tara Sews