Hello friends and welcome to my stop on Day 3 of the “Tantalizing Table Toppers” Book Tour with the amazing Pat Sloan!

Every time Pat contacts me it brightens my day! I love her personality and after these years I can definitely call her my friend. She is always there, I honestly don’t know how she manages to get ALL her work done, plus answer all your questions on her social media (she really answers!) plus my chats too :)

When Pat wrote to me about the Book Tour it was very exciting, it is a wonderful book with so many great projects. I like to work with pattern designs that give me the space to be creative even while following exactly the directions of the pattern, like fussy cutting my precious fabric and mix and matching different collections. Because usually this is the way we are quilting at home most of the time.

“Tantalizing Table Toppers” is your new book must have. First you will probably find it very difficult to choose between all the amazing patterns. It was really a challenge to me, initially I was considering the “Italian Café” table runner and then I changed my mind to the “Family Gathering” table topper pattern, because I noticed that it was the perfect pattern to fussy cut the “Nonna” collection from Giuseppe Ribaldo from Andover Fabrics that I was hoarding for months!

When you have an international family (we are actually living in our third continent of the world), friends become family and the gatherings are certainly bold in colors, prints, a mix of different languages and a lot of fun. Those prints plus Pat’s beloved flowers were perfect to illustrate my version of the Family Gathering table topper!

For the quilting my inspiration was also a very similar idea of the quilting design used on Pat’s book. When you already found a great idea there is no need to change much ;) I decided to add some straight lines 1/2” apart with ruler work with my Border’s Ruler Set and my BERNINA Q20 Sit-down model.

And here we go, my version of Pat’s Family Gathering Table Topper from her Tantalizing Table Toppers Book, for Martingale! Giveaway rules below!

To enter the Worldwide Book GIVEAWAY just drop a comment below! One lucky winner will win a copy of the Tantalizing Table Toppers Book from Pat Sloan to Martingale (US resident winner a paper-copy OR International winner a digital copy). Giveaway ends Monday, May 30th, at 10pm EDT. Good luck!

Hello, I hope we are all having a great Memorial Weekend! I’m here to announce that the Giveaway is closed. Thanks again for all the entries and lovely comments! The winner this time is:

Linda Dennison

Congratulations and I already passed your email information to Pat! So watch out your mailbox for her email too!

Full Tour List:

Monday:

Martingale - https://blog.shopmartingale.com

Bonnie Hunter - https://quiltville.blogspot.com

Andy Knowlton - https://www.abrightcorner.com

Tuesday:

Becky Thompson - https://powertoolswiththread.com

Beverly McCullough - https://flamingotoes.com

Wednesday:

Carolina Asmussen - https://www.carolinasmussen.com/moodboard

Jane Davidson - https://quiltjane.com/tantalizing-table-toppers

Thursday:

Aurifil - https://auribuzz.com

Pam Vieira-McGinnis - http://pamkittymorning.blogspot.com/

Friday:

Kristin Esser - https://kristinesser.com/

Melissa Mortenson - https://www.polkadotchair.com

Saturday:

Gina Tell- Thread Graffiti - https://www.thread-graffiti.com/blog

Kimberly Jolly- Fat Quarter Shop - https://blog.fatquartershop.com/

Tuesday:

Back to Pat’s website! https://blog.patsloan.com