Playful Precut Quilts Book Tour

 One of my quilting besties published her first book!
Amanda Niederhauser recently published Playful Precut Quilts, 

a beautiful book that includes 15 projects that each feature 12" blocks -

making it easy to mix and match blocks from different patterns!

There were so many cute patterns in this book but I chose to make Flower Basket.

It's a basic patchwork pattern that uses a unique piecing technique, sewing partial seams.

I had never used that technique before.  I was a little nervous to try it but also wanted to 

push myself to learn something new!  And it was actually really easy and really fun!

Flower Basket is a 2-1/2" wide precut strip friendly pattern.

I don't have a lot of precuts in my stash so I decided to do a scrappy

blue and white version using varying shades of blue from my stash.  

Blue is the color I have the most of in my stash

and it was so fun using some of my favorite blue prints.

I put a very small dent in my blue stash but it felt good.

I even had a bolt of the blue chambray I used for the back and

the binding was leftover from a recent finish (my new pattern, United)

so this quilt was made 100% from my stash.

I LOVE those kinds of quilts!

This quilt finishes at 60" x 72" but it would be really easy to make

the pattern bigger or smaller depending on your needs.

For the quilting, I chose a new-to-me edge-to-edge pattern called Terracotta.

My friend Jen Ostler in Lehi, Utah quilted it for me.

I love the way it turned out!

I thoroughly enjoyed making this quilt and can definitely see

myself using this pattern again!

There are so many other cute projects in this book

and I love the idea of mixing and matching blocks to make

each quilt your own.  So many possibilities with this book!

You should definitely run out and grab a copy!

Even though Amanda lives in California and I live in Utah,

we get to see each other now and then.  We had a spontaneous

lunch date the other day when she was in town and you bet your bottom dollar

that I had Amanda sign my copy of Playful Precut Quilts.

Congratulations to my friend Amanda on a fantastic book, as well as, 2 darling fabric lines

with Riley Blake Designs.  I'm so happy for her and thankful to be able to call her a friend!

You can visit Amanda's blog HERE for a list of all the other makers

that participated in this book tour.  There are so many inspiring projects representing

a big variety of projects from Playful Precut Quilts.

Have a great day you guys!