"Quilts with an Angle" by Sheila Christensen - plus a giveaway

Hello, and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Sheila Christensen's new book - Quilts with an Angle, published by C and T Publishing.
Keep reading to the end because one lucky reader is going to win an electronic copy of Sheila's book!

I was excited when Sheila told me she was going to write a book.  We share a love of Kaffe Fassett, Tula Pink, Anna Maria Horner and Alison Glass fabrics (all the bright ones) so I knew Sheila's book would be colourful.

Sheila asked me to test one of the patterns in her book, and in return she's printed my name in the acknowledgments! I can't picture myself writing a book, so this is as close as I'm going to get to being a published author.  I'll take it. 

Here's what I made.  This is Mirror Mirror from Quilts with an Angle:

Isn't the pattern effective? And it was quick to make too because the pieces are much larger than I'm used to dealing with.  The trick is all in the cutting, which is very well explained in the book.

Here's the back view showing off the edge to edge quilting done by Busy Bee Quilt Shop in Wellington, New Zealand.

the back view showing the wavy edge to edge quilting by Busy Bee Quilt Shop

Quilt Stats:
Pattern: Mirror Mirror by Sheila Christensen
Quilted by Busy Bee Quilt Shop
Size: 40.5" x 58"


The full title of Sheila's new book is:
Quilts with an Angle: New Foolproof Grid Method and Easy Strip Cutting; 15 Projects with Triangles, Hexagons, Diamonds and More (A Field Guide)
and it's published by C and T Publishing.

There are seven "lessons" in the book, but there are more than seven patterns because the blocks can be assembled in different ways. The quilt below uses the same blocks as I used in my quilt above.

Here is the original version of Mirror Mirror from the book:

And my cut down version for a single or twin bed:

The book is full of clever patterns and I'm looking forward to making more of them.

If you're in NZ and would like a copy,  you can buy directly from Sheila's shop, Quilters Lane here.
If you're outside NZ, you can ask at your local quilt shop, or buy through Amazon here.
Or, you can follow the blog hop and enter the draw for a free electronic copy on each one of these blogs below.  Yes, there are 10 copies to give away - one at each stop on the blog hop:

April 16th C&T www.ctpub.com/blog
April 17^th Wendy Welsh  wendysquiltsandmore.blogspot.com
April 18^th Sheila Christensen www.mysteryquilter.com
April 19^th Angie Wilson www.gnomeangel.com
April 20^th Juliet van der Heijden www.thetartankiwi.com
April 21^st Kim Moos www.cottoncuts.com/blog
April 22^nd Yvonne Fuchs www.quiltingjetgirl.com
April 23^rd Aurifil www.auribuzz.wordpress.com
April 24^th Jacquie Gering tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com
April 25th Sheila Christensen www.mysteryquilter.com



To enter my giveaway for a free electronic copy of the book,  just tell me who your favourite fabric designer is, and add your email address if you're a No Reply Blogger.
I'll leave the give away open until the blog tour is over, and draw a name on 26 April.  Good luck everyone.