Sew to Swap Blog Tour & Giveaway!

ETA: the random number generator has chosen #58!

and the winner is:

Tamie said...

This would be a great book to add to my library. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats to Tamie! I'll be contacting you shortly.

Thanks everyone for all your kind comments and entries!

~Jessica

It seems like such a long time ago that Jennifer and I were asked by Chrissie to join her in creating a book focused on sewing projects for swapping! I was so happy to be a part of this adventure and it's even better to see it all come together and see the end results of all our work.

I'm lucky enough to have one of my own projects in the book! I designed the Argyle Zig pillow. It's a paper pieced project and I really enjoyed the process of trying to think up something new and original. Please let me know if you make one of these, I'd love to see it!

There are many pretty quilt patterns in the book and Chrissie does a great job of breaking them down into steps for making them and giving lots of details and hints about swapping.

images above are all courtesy of F + W Media

I also helped to quilt and bind the vintage sheet double hourglass quilt in The Vintage Meets Modern Swap. It's such a pretty quilt and I will definitely be making one of my own someday.

Here's all of the projects and blocks that I contributed to in the book! See that block up there in the top left hand corner? Yeah, the circle swirly one... I was so excited to figure that one out and have it look great! I love a good challenge and that one sure kept me occupied for many hours. :)

If you'd like to read more about the Sew to Swap book, please visit these other participants in the blog hop!
November 7 In His Grace
November 8 Stitches & Scissors
November 9 Cluck Cluck Sew
November 10 My Three Sons
November 11 you're here!
November 12 Stitchy Quilt Stuff
November 14 Texas Freckles
November 15 Quilt Dad
November 16 Artsy-Crafty Babe
November 17 Little Miss Shabby
November 18 A Cuppa and a Catch Up
November 19 A Quilt is Nice
November 21 House of A La Mode
November 22 I’m Just a Guy Who Quilts
November 23 Little Bit Funky

The publishers of Sew to Swap are also offering a special discount when you purchase the book... here's the details:

Get Sew to Swap now for just $14.99 ($10 off the retail price!).  Visit the Martha Pullen Online Store  and use promo code SEW2SWAP to get your exclusive discount.

{Offer expires Nov 30, 2011 at 11:59pm EST. Special Price in US Dollars, for items that are “in stock” only. Martha Pullen Company reserves the right to correct pricing errors.} 

I hope you've enjoyed my stop on the tour! Thanks again to Chrissie for inviting me to be a part of this book. I'm so happy to have had this experience and it's really fun to see all the things that I've made in this book.

And now for the really exciting part...

I'm able to give away a Sew to Swap book to one of my lucky readers!

Please leave a comment on this post and I'll choose a winner by random number on November 18 in the evening. 
The giveaway is open to those living within the United States and make sure that there is a way for me to contact you, if you should win.

Good Luck!

~Jessica