Quilting on the Go - Bloghop

I'm not sure when exactly I ran into JessUnderQuilts but it's been a while... I first became aware of her beautiful diamond quilt and her excellent "How to Paper Piece with a small ginger child on your lap" video. So when I dreamed up the Travelling Pic Stitch Bloghop last year, it seemed natural to ask Jess to take a starring role. She's a busy lady but she leapt in and wrote a few posts. One of the reasons Jess was so busy was, besides producing another small (ginger) child, Jess has also been busy writing a book on paper piecing.

 I was tres thrilled when she asked me if I'd be interested in reviewing it. Unfortunately, we have underestimated the postage time to Australia, so you're going to have to wait on a proper review. That and I am off to the site of the picture below shortly to catch up with a friend of 18 years who's now living in Vietnam:

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

Which means it's the perfect opportunity for me to revisit the travelling pic-stitch palette idea, dig out my paper piecing and try out one of Jess's projects.

Now I don't know about you, but I struggle to know what to do with my finished paper pieced blocks. Apparently, so do others because Jess has come up with a number of non-quilt projects for paper piecing. First of all, she suggested I try this photo frame.

HA. Now anyone who knows me in Quilt-Life knows what I think of Hexagons. The DEVIL'S shape. 6 sides. 666. Coincidence? I think not! Jess explained to me that there are numerous options in the back of the book for making the projects in different shapes. 

I decided to have a bash at her pincushion, in Ha Long Bay colours. Kind of. With some of my Tula Pink Salt Water fabric. So naturally, it needed an appropriate photoshoot - the edge of my parents' swimming pool was convenient. I went with greens on the back.

Anchors on the side

And a seagull on the front. Sigh. Once again, I have made myself a pincushion which will involve sticking pins and needles into animals. I'm sure a psychoanalyst would have a field day with my head.

I'm really pleased with it, even if I am reluctant to stick pins in the seagull... And I can't WAIT to see the rest of the book! There are some links below to win or buy a copy, and Jess has also organised a paperpieces.com coupon - 20% off with the code UNDER20. What are you waiting for?!

June 11     Lesly at Stitch Literate           http://pickledish.blogspot.com

June 12     Clare at Selfsewn                  http://selfsewn.blogspot.com/

June 13     Christina at A Few Scraps      http://afewscraps.blogspot.com/

June 14     Victoria @ Bumblebeans        http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/

June 15     Amanda Jean at Crazymomquilts   http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

June 16     Laura at Quokka Quilts                http://quokkaquilts.blogspot.com/

June 17     Lucy at Charm About You            http://www.charmaboutyou.com/

June 18     Katy at I'm A Ginger Monkey          http://www.imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/

June 19     Ara Jane at What Ara Jane Loves        http://whatarajaneloves.blogspot.com/

June 20     Kathy at Pink Chalk Studio Blog          http://www.pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/

June 21     Jessica at Life Under Quilts                http://lifeunderquilts.blogspot.com/