Book Review - Child's Play Quilts by Stacey Day

Welcome to my stop on the book tour for Stacey Day's Child's Play Quilts book.

Stacey's book is a whole lot of fun.  Divided into appliqué and pieced patterns, Child's Play Quilts features quilts to delight kids of all ages.  For my project, I selected Swish. While I don't know what caught eye first, the pink and purple fabrics or the design, I just knew that I needed to make it.

Swish. Photo courtesy of C&T Publishing

One thing that I really like about the book is that many of the quilts can be scaled to a larger size without a lot of difficulty.  So, that's exactly what I did.  With a couple of quick calculations, I changed the finished block size up to 6" which bumped up the quilt from kid size to 66" x 78" - a perfect for me to use as a lap size quilt!

Swish in Add It Up fabrics by Cotton + Steel

I'll be the first to admit that I am not much of a scrappy quilter, so I selected 4 fabrics for my project.  Technically, they are 4 colors of the same print, but I did say that I'm not a scrappy quilter, didn't I?  Anyway, I love how it turned out.  It has a very 80s/retro vibe which is really quite a departure from how the quilt appears in the book, but that's part of the fun of making quilts, right?

Pantograph quilted by Teresa Silva of Quilting is my Bliss

In addition to the patterns, there are some really great tips on a variety of subjects, including organizing/managing your stash (a favorite hobby of mine).

Anyway, I'm bet you want to know where you can snag a copy of your own Child's Play Quilts book!  You can order a signed copy of the book through Stacey's Etsy shop or an un-signed copy through Amazon.com and C&T Publishing.

Stacey is giving away a copy of her book to 2 lucky people (one winner via her blog and one via Instagram).  To enter into the drawing to win your own copy of Child's Play Quilts, follow these three easy steps!  The winner will be drawn on April 21st.

1. Read my post here on my blog - you're here, so you've got step one done!

2. Follow Stacey Day on her blog at staceyinstitches.com

3. Comment on Stacey's blog post

I'd like to thank you for joining me today on the Child's Play Quilts blog tour!  Be sure to check out all of projects that the participants made for the tour.  There are some very cool quilts!  

I would also like to say congrats to Stacey Day on the publication of her first book.  You go, girl!

Here's the complete tour schedule:

Stacey Day @staceyinstitches	April 9th
Brett Lewis @naturalbornquilter	April 9th
Cheryl Brickey @MeadowMistDesigns	April 9th
Karen Foster@CapitolaQuilter	April 10th
Cathy Mackay @cathysmithmackay	April 10th
Fiona Kelly @tangledblossom	April 11th
Jackie White @jackiesartquilts	April 11th
Jean Jones @sew_catstudio	April 12th
Reece Montgomery @reecemontgomery	April 12th
Carl Hentsch @3dogdesignco	April 13th
Brooke Sellmann @sillymamaquilts	April 13th
Kaitlyn Howell @knotandthread	April 14th
Amy Gunson @badskirt	April 14th
Kelly Bowser @kelbysews	April 15th
Karis Hess @themodernsewist	April 15th
Sara Lawson @sewsweetness	April 16th
Leslie Meltzer @lelliebunny	April 16th
Pamela Morgan @sweetlittlestitches	April 16th
Amy Garro @13spools	April 17th
Stephanie Perrins @stitchandbobbin	April 17th
Chelsea @Pinkdoorfabrics	April 18th
Michelle Wilke @ml_wilkie	April 18th
Tiffany Sepulveda @sewtiffany	April 19th
Rachael Riechmann @sewilearned	April 19th
Pamela Lincoln @mamaspark59	April 20th
Kate Maryon @katydidklm	April 20th