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    Home » Holidays

    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

    Updated: Feb 14, 2018 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 6 Comments

    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

     

    Merry Christmas! I can not believe that it’s in just 2 days! I’m feeling totally “off”this year and for some reason feel like I’ve still got a good month until Christmas Day. I think it’s because I don’t have little kids running around the house any more asking about Santa Claus every 5 minutes. I’ve been busy sewing a few Christmas related items that I’ll be sure to share with you after Christmas. This will be my last post until the new year.  I’m taking some time off to just relax with my family. Plus I moved my sewing room up 2 flights of stairs last week and it’s such a mess, I can’t even find a pair of scissors! I’ve got quite the New Year’s organization project waiting for me in January.

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    It seems like a lot has happened in 2014.  It seemed kind of crazy to me at times and really boring and discouraging at times too. I guess that makes for a pretty typical year.  One of the things that I loved this year was being able to travel a bit more and connect with and meet some fabulous people.

    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

    One of the people who I had the pleasure of meeting in person this year is Amber Johnson of Gigi’s Thimble. It seems like I’ve known her for “years” through her blog and was so excited to see that she was going to be at Quilt Market in Houston in October. We finally got the chance to meet in person and chat about mutual friends, families and books!

    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

    Amber’s first book, Vintage Vibe was published this year and it’s absolutely beautiful! I was able to snag a copy for myself and can’t wait to make many of the projects in the book.

    I started out with something small, as I’ve been in the Christmas sewing mood lately, I thought it would be fun to make another pillow to add to my collection of Christmas pillows, so I started with the Pretty Petals pillow that is pictured on the cover.

    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

    The directions in the book were perfect and I was able to stitch up the pillow in no time. I haven’t quilted and sewn a back on yet because I can’t decide if I want it to be the 27″ size in the book or smaller. Sometimes silly decisions trip me up, I’m sure I’ll decide soon though. (I also machine stitched down the dresden, Amber gave great directions for hand applique in the book, but since it’s just a holiday pillow I thought that machine stitching would be fine).

    I love that in Vintage Vibe, Amber took traditional quilt designs and made them fresh and new by using modern fabrics.  In the book there are 14 different fresh and fun projects. They range from full size bed quilts to pillows and smaller quilts which are the perfect size fora wall hanging.

    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

     I think that my two favorites are Scrap Jars (in the photo above, Amy also blogged about this quilt pattern last week) and Skipper. I adore large geometric shapes in quilts and I think that the triangle placement in the Skipper quilt is really stunning.

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    I’ve already got a few projects on my “to sew” list for 2015.

    If you’d like a copy of Vintage Vibe for yourself you can grab one over on Amber’s Blog or on Amazon.

    Make sure you stop by the other blogs ont he Vintage Vibe blog tour too! Each blogger is talking about one of the projects in the book, and it’s been so fun to see how everyone interpreted the patterns.

    11/6/14 – Amber @ http://www.alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/
    11/11/14 – April @ http://www.aprilrosenthal.com/
    11/13/14 – Jessie @ http://messyjessecrafts.blogspot.com/
    11/18/14 – The Fat Quarter Shop @ http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com/
    11/20/14 – Corey @ http://www.littlemissshabby.com/
    DATE CHANGE! 11/24/14 – Sherri @ http://www.aquiltinglife.com/
    12/2/14 – Jodi @ http://www.pleasant-home.com/
    12/4/14 – Melissa @ http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
    12/9/14 – Pam @ http://pamkittymorning.blogspot.com/
    12/11/14 – Heather @ http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/
    12/16/14 – Andy @ http://www.abrightcorner.com/
    12/18/14 – Amy @ http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/
    12/23/14 – Melissa @ http://www.polkadotchair.com/
    12/30/14 – Lori @ http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/
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    Vintage Vibe Book Tour

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. Nickia says

      December 23, 2014 at 1:34 pm

      I haven`t done quilting yet but that is something have to try eventually! I also love the leather trimmed pouch! 🙂

      Reply
    2. amber says

      December 23, 2014 at 1:41 pm

      Melissa!

      I am completely obsessed with your Dresden Plate block. The fabrics are gorgeous!!! Totally inspiring! Thank you for making that and for participating in the Vintage Vibe Blog Tour! I know it’s such a busy time of year and I appreciate all you’ve done! And seriously, I just want to stare at that block all day!

      PS. I have your fantastic book right here on my desk and plan on making something from it soon and featuring it on my blog. I read it cover to cover on the way home from Quilt Market. It was such a fun treat – thank you! There are so many projects in it that I want to make!

      Merry Christmas!
      Amber

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    3. Sheila Perl says

      December 24, 2014 at 7:56 am

      Amber’s book looks lovely, I really liked the Dresden Plate pillow you made, great fabrics!!
      I am really looking forward to hearing about your sewing room re-organization—take lots of pictures!!!
      Merry Christmas and Happy 2015!!!

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        December 28, 2014 at 1:32 pm

        Yes, I’m taking photos as I go, it’s turning out to be a bigger task than I thought it would be though, so much stuff …… 🙁

        Reply
    4. Vicki H says

      December 24, 2014 at 9:28 am

      Your Christmas Dresden is really cute. Looks like a great book.

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        December 28, 2014 at 1:31 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply

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