Star Stuck Blog Tour & Giveaway

Star Struck Quilts includes complete instructions for 9 wall hangings, which can then be transformed into 27 bed-sized quilts. Barbara shares many valuable life lessons and shows you how to achieve the fine workmanship found in the quilts made in her Mennonite community.

The blog tour participants can be found at these links:

PaulJuliaGraber August 23

Polly Patchworker August 24

Quilter's Corner August 25

Life in the Shoe August 26

Jackie Canton Village Quiltworks August 27

Deb Girottis August 28

Me! August 29

Quilternity's Place August 30

Burgandy Buttons August 31

Little Lady Patchwork September 1

Tazzie Quilts Sept 2

Be sure to visit them all for a chance to win the Star Struck Quilts book and a few other quilt goodies!

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As my part of the blog tour, I was able to ask Barbara a few questions.

First Question: 1. You have included many life lessons in your new book Star Struck Quilts, can you tell me a life lesson that you feel is important but didn't make the 'cut' for the book?

Barbara replied:

Honoring My Husband

I have many happy memories of my family playing a competitive card game, Rook, in my growing up years. When Terry and I dated and then married, I learned that he was a “Rook Pro” who took the competition to another level of being serious about the game.

One evening, Terry and I were among a group gathered at his parent’s home to enjoy the evening with this card game. As I sat by his side and observed the proceedings I realized that he was perturbed because he was losing. This seemed childish to me, since it was only a game. With a few unseasoned words, I let everyone know what I thought of his behavior.

As I sensed a wall growing between us, I scooted closer to Terry supposing this would absolve the tension. This proved to be the wrong maneuver as the wall continued to grow throughout the evening.

Later when we were able to discuss the situation, I realized that I had humiliated my husband in front of his family.

While there may have been lessons in sportsmanship to be learned, the greater

lesson was to honor my commitment to love and respect my husband.

LESSON: Always Honor, love and respect my husband.

Second: Do you have a favorite color?

Barbara:  I can't come up with a favorite. I just love the beauty in colors and how pretty they are when different value, shades and tones are placed together to enhance each other.

Third:  I have many readers that are beginner quilters.

Do you have any advice you could share with a new or beginner quilter?

Barbara:

Take classes, read books and magizines on the subjects of quilting. Try to learn new tecniques. Don't say "that is to hard for me". Keep in mind that you learn by taking little steps with each quilt you piece. After I finish a quilt I still look at it and see where I could have improved on it. I don't look at this as a failure but as a learning step for the next quilt.

I hope you enjoyed Barbara's blog tour!

If you'd like to win a copy of Star Struck by Barbara Cline or the group of her favorite quilting notions, please leave a comment on this post and I will choose a winner on September 2nd using the random number generator.

First place winner will receive a copy of Star Struck Quilts; 2nd place winner will receive a gift set, including the pictured items above: pen-style Chaco-Liner, Flower Head Pins and Mary Ellen's Best Press spray.

Along with the other blogs participating, I will also draw a 3rd name which will be forwarded to Barbara for an opportunity to win some RJR fabric or a $25 gift card to Patchwork Plus (Barbara's local quilt shop), and winners for those prizes will be announced on her blog here.

Good Luck!!