Quilting From Every Angle and Nancy Purvis

Hello friends! I have something super exciting to share with you today. Do you know Nancy Purvis, aka Owen’s Olivia? You really should–I know I have written about her before and she is one of my long standing quilting crushes. Everything she makes is modern and edgy and she has this amazing talent for balancing color and pattern to create movement and structure in her quilts. This lady right here just released her very first quilting book!

I actually got to piece one of the quilt tops for her book and I can honestly say that this book is totally my jam. Just the right kind of modern, with patterns that look different with every fabric selection without losing Nancy’s signature modern style. So. Good. Just look at what I am talking about:

I mean, her work totally speaks for itself, right?

I was crazy excited when Nancy asked if I would make a project from the book to share for her book blog tour (yes, yes, a thousand times yes!) and since I am completely smitten with the Concordia quilt I knew I had to have one for myself.

This was my first time sewing with Andover’s chambray, and while it is super dreamy to work with, and waaaaaay less fussy than Essex, it wrinkles like CRAZY. I’m hoping once it is quilted and washed it will soften up, because no matter how much I ironed I could not get it flat. Just in case you were wondering.

Nancy’s version is stunning in monochrome, but I wanted to play with a serious punch of color this time. I picked a yummy Andover chambray for the background, a black and white print from Carolyn’s Friendlander’s line Doe, and some kick-you-in-the-face Kona Wasabi for the bars.

I’m. In. Love. This pattern is foundation paper pieced to make the precise piecing easier and accurate–those bar sections finish at 1/4″ wide!

Nancy’s patterns are straightforward with detailed cutting lists (this is important if you don’t like to math. Like me.) Reading her book is easy and approachable in style. She is a down to earth lady and that comes across in her writing–I love that. I have a few more quilts bookmarked already, and Gary still says his all-time favorite quilt top I have made is the Vertabrae top I pieced for the book. It is so hard to find designs that can feel masculine and edgy, but this book is full of them from cover to cover, which really makes this book a must buy!

Okay, so I KNOW you want your own copy of this book, right? It is available to purchase as a signed copy  HERE or on amazon, and for one of you lucky readers, Interweave has offered up a sweet copy for you to win!

To enter, check out more of Nancy’s quilts by searching the #quiltingfromeveryangle hashtag on Instagram, or checking out more projects from the other makers on the blog tour (links below) and tell me which quilt you are most excited about! That’s it!

Special thanks to Nancy Purvis and Interweave for hosting the giveaway!

11/10- Michelle Wilkie of Factotum of Arts

11/11- Hillary Goodwin of Entropy Always Wins

11/12- Karen Lewis of Karen Lewis Textiles

11/13- Anna Graham of Noodlehead

11/16- Rachel McCormack of Wooden Spoon Quilts

11/17- Tara Larson of Rad & Happy 

11/18- Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane

11/19- Holly Hughes of Holly Gets Quilty

11/20- Nicole Daksiewicz of Modern Handcraft

11/23- Pat Bravo of Pat Bravo Fabric Design and Jesse Maloney of Art School Dropout

11/24- Astrid Slagle of Red Red Completely Red

11/25- Holly DeGroot of Bijou Lovely

11/26- Christopher Thompson of The Tattooed Quilter

11/27- Spoonflower

***There are a few post-publishing corrections to some of the patterns, but no worries, HERE is a handy link to the erratta!***