Welcome! This is the 7th stop on the Skip the Borders Blog Tour.
Julie Herman is a quilter, teacher, pattern designer, blogger,
and "one girl on a mission to make life better with fabric".
Yes, I can identify with that!
Just like the title of the book, Skip the Borders showcases 15 quilt designs all without borders. The book is divided into three distinct section ~ One Block Quilts, Two Block Quilts and Outside the Block Quilts ~ and includes a comprehensive how-to section on piecing, making backings, and how to sew on labels. A whole chapter is dedicated to everything binding.
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| Floating Triangles by Julie Herman |
Skip the Borders is Julie's first book and I imagine there will be more to come from this young designer. Julie's eye for simple design and use of bold colors to support her designs is innovative. This collection of border-less quilts showcases a modern aesthetic and is suitable for beginner as well as advanced quilters.
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| Checkerboard Dots by Julie Herman |
: : Now for some Questions as set by Julie : :
Question 1: Do you skip borders on your quilts?
I have had to go back into my archives to answer this question, but it seems like I do generally skip the borders. There are a few designs that do have borders - like Labyrinth Quilt and A Quilter's Palette Quilt, both have white sashing around a block design and a border was needed to complete to look of the quilt.
Question 2: Do you break some quilting rules? What’s the number one rule you break and why?
I am blissfully ignorant as to what most of the "rules" are, and advocate doing whatever work best for you. I am largely self-taught and march to the beat of my own drum: I am heavy handed with my steam iron, I don't pre-wash all of my fabrics, and probably my biggest ruler-breaker: I don't pin. Gasp! I only use pins when machine stitching the binding, or when sewing the seam of a large quilt back.
Question 3: Do you use bias or straight of grain binding?
I use straight of grain binding. My current phase of using stripey binding doesn't lend itself to bias binding either as I like my stripes to run perpendicular to the quilt edge.
GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
To be in the draw all you have to do is leave a comment on this post (please ensure that an email address is available on your profile or is included in your comment - NO EMAIL ADDRESS = NO VALID ENTRY). International visitors are very welcome to enter! Only one comment per person/email address will be eligible to enter the draw.
The draw will take place at 11am (AEST) on Wednesday 26 September 2012, at which time comments to this post will be closed. The winner will be announced here on my blog the same day, and will also be contacted by email.
Good luck!
Rita
ENTRY HAS NOW CLOSED
A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY








I have been following this blog tour for a while and I like what I see. I would love to win this book and be able to take inspiration from all of the patterns in it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book. I shall be popping it on my Christmas list, unless I win of course.
ReplyDeleteI love that you break the rules! Being self-taught as well, there's loads of stuff I don't know, I don't pin either! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe book looks fab - if I don't win it's definitely going on my amazon wishlist.
Good looking book - would love to win it ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove the book!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
What a great book! And I really enjoy your blog - Rita. Thank you for the chance to win this.
ReplyDeletefran.slack@zen.co.uk
Love the idea of skipping borders...mine are always wavy anyway!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quilt type is without borders. Perfect! What a great giveaway! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quilt type is without borders. Perfect! What a great giveaway! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI'd love the chance to use this book. The quilts are beautiful !
ReplyDeleteYour quilts are amazing. I love your fabric choice as well as your quilting - you must work 24 hours a day!!! I'd love to be inspired by this book.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilts!
ReplyDeleteWould love this book!
ReplyDeleteThere are some beautiful quilts there, I'd love to have a copy of this book! Thanks for doing a give away!
ReplyDeleteI love those quilts, such a simple use of colours. Thank you for giving us the chance to win
ReplyDeleteThanks! The book looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI often make extra blocks to bring my quilt to size because I cannot find a border fabric that is just right. This is a beautiful book that I would love to win.
ReplyDeleteoh fun! I'm about to put big borders on a quilt for the first time and I'm worried now that I'm off trend! hehe :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing this book. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLove what I've seen so far of that book-- thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI love all of these quilts that I am seeing from her book. It blows my mind that she has made all of these quilts at such a young age, and I'm still struggling to get so few done at my old age.. but I'm trying. I'll keep plugging away, and sooner or later I'll have more done.
ReplyDeleteThose quilts look fabulous! Thank you so much for the chance to win the book!
ReplyDeleteOh yes please! I was checking for the release date on Amazon UK at the weekend :)
ReplyDeleteBooks looks lovely, and what a great title. Definitely one for my birthday list.
ReplyDeleteI'm a border skipper too, thanks for the chance to win! (Oh and I'm amazed you don't pin - your seams are always spot on :))
ReplyDeleteThis quilts look great. I would love to have this book to look at them. They're very inspriational!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea of not using borders! :) Thanks for a great giveaway!
ReplyDeletemrsrachelsbooth@gmail.com
This book looks great would love to have a copy!
ReplyDeleteI have never really been one for borders. This book looks wonderful. Thanks for the inspiration - from both Red Pepper Quilts and Jaybird Quilts!
ReplyDeleteleanne.mcmahon@yahoo.com.au
This looks such a great book!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the peek inside the book. I also love hearing all the blogger's answers to Julie's questions. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteHave been following his blog tour around as I'm quit keen on this book. The idea of wrangling long skinny strips for borders kind of freaks be out!
ReplyDeleteI also skip the border in most of my projects :-) Thanks for this gaveway! Best regards from Poland
ReplyDeleteI've been making more and more quilts w/o borders and I'm finding out that I like them that way! Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway. This book looks like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI am also self-taught with quilting and have no idea about rules, I just do what works and hope for the best! This book would be awesome for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLove the floating triangles!!! Thanks for the chance to win, Rita!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Rita,
ReplyDeleteI love your quilts and especially the Aneela Hooey fabric, as it would look so cute for a baby quilt for my 12 month baby. Unfortunately your quilts are so popular they are sold out.
You have such a lovely colour aesthetic.
Tardouin @ gmail dot com
I have skipped the borders in my last few quilts. Would love to learn more tricks from the book. Thanks
ReplyDeletejchiagan at yahoo dot com
Glad to see some quilts without borders. They are my least favorite part and most times they look like they were just stuck on to make the quilt larger..
ReplyDeletePlease count me in and thanks for lovely giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win this book. Please put my name in the hat.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting book! Would love to win one.
ReplyDeleteQuilts without borders are my favorites! It's more about the quilt that way. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a fairly new quilter and I guess I don't even know if I'm breaking rules! Haha! Right now I am working on a quilt without borders...I call it a modified log cabin and the placement of the squares makes a basketweave look. Thanks for the giveaway offer!
ReplyDeleteLinda
lindabarnard1 at comcast.net
I love the quilts pictured and would love love to win this fantastic book
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try a pattern from the book. I actually usually use borders so this would be different!
ReplyDeleteCount me in please!kpentondecker@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteThis book looks just perfect for me, I rarely use borders. I'd love to try the framed coins or the floating triangles. Thanks for the chance to win!!
ReplyDeleteLove Juli's quilts, her designs are so striking! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteThis book looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteIt is by birthday week, so I'm hoping to get lucky and win this awesome book!
ReplyDeleteThe book looks great. I like that is has a chapter on labels and one on bindings! thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love Julie's blog and her use of colour and design. It would be fantastic to read through her book for even more inspiration
ReplyDeleteThis book looks great. I've been seeing it pop up all over blogland... And for good reason. Thought the questions posed for this bloghop are the best! Very interesting. Thanks for chance to win! B
ReplyDeleteI never use borders, but sometimes side panels do they count?
ReplyDeleteWould love to win this book!
I very rarely step outside the box, unless the directions tell me to. I'd love to have this book, imlike so many of the quilts. Congrats Julie, looks like a "Best Seller" to me! Toni Anne
ReplyDeleteI need to make the floating triangles quilt!
ReplyDeleteHi Rita
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this fabulous giveaway. The book looks wonderful and would get a lot of reading in this house.
I'm a big fan of Julie, too, and I'd love to win a copy of her book! That floating triangles quilt is really clever (plus the colors are really fabulous). How fun! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm already drooling over the quilts in the book!
ReplyDeleteSo glad I'm not alone in my dislike for boarders! I switch up my binding depending on fabric, I also have to admit to disliking the whole binding process!
ReplyDeletejblacker)at)tampaybay(dot)rr(dot)com
Looks like a great book. I'd love to win it to take it to our next Sisters Quilting weekend.
ReplyDeleteCarrie
Bobcarriec@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1: Do you skip borders on your quilts?
Occasionally. It depends on the finished size I'm looking for.
Question 2: Do you break some quilting rules? What’s the number one rule you break and why? I'm sure I break all sorts of rules! I'm self taught so I subscribe to "ignorance is bliss" :)
I am a fan of Julie's blog and love her patterns.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book please.
Thank you. Luba
chris.luba@sympatico.ca
I too use lots of steam and don't prewash my fabric. But I pin everything!!!!
ReplyDeleteDianne
dbienick@comcast.net
I would love to win this giveaway! I discovered, when looking at my quilting past, that I apparently do use borders most of the time. Maybe this book will push me beyond the "usual."
ReplyDeleteJust made my first quilt that I "skipped the border". Love it....hope I win the book!!!
ReplyDeleteI am really falling for the modern quilts. I think I will be trying one soon. No borders of course.
ReplyDeleteThe quilts are beautiful! I would love to win this book!
ReplyDeleteEvin5 at aol dot com
I have only been quilting for a bit over a year and I taught myself. In fact I know so little about the rules that I don't even know if I do bias or straight grain binding. I just do it how the book tells me to do it?!
ReplyDeletePrewash?! I didn't even know you're 'supposed' to do that! And I use my Grans iron from the 60's - no steam. *wondering if I must secretly enjoy making my life more difficult*
ReplyDeleteI love it! My problem with respect to borders is I my quilt front often isn't straight, so borders give me cushion.
ReplyDeleteMy current quilt doesn't have a border and I was debating whether to add one...I think I'll skip it this time!
ReplyDeleteI don't know any of the 'quilting rules' either! I've not made my first quilt yet (I have a 'few' more things on my list before I can start my first one!), but I'm sure I'll be breaking all kinds of rules left, right and center. I wasn't going to add a border either!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks fabulous! Would love to win it!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book - quilting rules, what are those?!?! I'm sure that avid quilters would be dying if they ever watched me put together a quilt. I'm sure I break all of the rules. Hey, it's the end product that counts right :)
ReplyDeleteNew books are always fun -- and I never use borders anyway
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there were specific rules to follow! Looks like a great book, sure would be fun to win!
ReplyDeletelooks like a great book. thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteLooks like an interesting book!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing! Love the green coin quilt too, and the colours- gorgeous. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of this book.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun book with some great patterns! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway looks like a great book.
ReplyDeleteShawn M.
What a lovely giveaway! Thank you and good luck to me!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a wonderful book! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteRules are made to be broken! Not something I ever said when I was teaching young children.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway.
I'd love to win this book! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win a great book! I like the cover quilt and framed coins. There doesn't seem to be such strict rules now a days with quilting--makes it much easier for anyone just starting.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks great. Thanks for the review! I'd like to get to spend some time with it!
ReplyDeleteJulie's book, "Skip the Borders", looks like it will be wonderful! Thank you so much for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful book! Thank you for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks great, and I'm hppy to hsve the chsnce to win. Thanks! tubakk@online.no
ReplyDeleteLoving this blog tour! Looks like a great book.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at this book, I'd love to win it! I am currently working on a quilt pattern by Julie -- Off the Rail. It's a fun pattern!
ReplyDeleteThe book looks great! I'd love to win!!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to get this book! Thank you!!!
ReplyDelete~robin
welchrobin@Hotmail.com
What a great book and giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win it!
ReplyDeleteJulie is so talented! I would love to win a copy of her book. many thanks for the chance to do so.
ReplyDeletesounds like an awesome book. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteThis book needs to come to Marietta GA!
ReplyDeleteLove the Framed Coins quilt! (Not sure what's in my profile so I'll add: shopping@kalda.ca just to be safe.)
ReplyDeleteThis book looks awesome. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI like that this book has a good binding section and I oftan don't use a border. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletemjwolanin@gmail.com
I'm a rule breaker too!
ReplyDeleteThis has been such a fun book tour. Julie's book looks awesome. I'd love to make a quilt w/o the borders :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good book!
ReplyDeleteJulie's book looks like it should belong in every quilter's library! Thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good book to add to my quilting book stash of 2 ;)
ReplyDeleteLooks like another wonderful quilting book!
ReplyDeleteLoving this book by Julie ~ really has some great projects in it (I've been following the blog tour) and would love to win it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
I only have one rule - 'no quilt police allowed' - it works!
ReplyDeleteLove the look of this book and projects - thanks for the chance to win.
Can't wait to get this book!
ReplyDeleteI've been following Jaybird Quilts for a long time and really enjoy the blog~ I'm sure the book will be just as entertaining.
Love this book, thanks for the chance to win it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteElmiller33(at)gmail(dot)com
I never put borders on quilts because I hate working with the large pieces of fabric required. Never seem to get the border pieces straight. This book looks very interesting. Thanks so much for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great give-away...fingers crossed!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove the checkerboard dots. Thanks for a chance to win the book.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks so fun. I would love to win a copy. Thank you for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWow, those quilts are gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win!
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ReplyDeleteLove Julie's patterns and style I am sure the book is awesome too! Thanks for such a great give away!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like such a great book!
ReplyDeleteThe quilts are beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletewhat a great book. i'm excited to see it in person!
ReplyDeleteLove all the quilts I've seen from this book. Thanks for the chance to win!
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ReplyDeleteA great give a way .
Q 1:Yes sometimes i skip borders because the quilt looks better without
Q 2: sometimes i don't follow rules because that's where rules are for ,to brake them ,
Q 3: I use straight bias most of the time .
Hope i win the beautiful give a way THANKS
Bea from Canada
I'd just love to have this book! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDelete1.) Usually I skip borders, I rarely sew a border to my quilts, and if I use a border, it's usually just a really small one, e.g. a 2" strip.
ReplyDelete2.) I break the rules all the time, I don't pin, I don't prewash, I don't follow my own layout designs, I don't baste the whole quilt when I do kingsize, but just baste it in quarters, sometimes I don't even pin the bindings.
3.) I use straight of grain binding all the time, I think it's rather complicated to make a bias binding strip.
I excessively chain-sew and rotary-cut, even if the instructions say it isn't possible.
Often rules are just there to be broken, imagine where we were if nobody hadn't broken rules during the last millenia... ;-)
Thanks for this lovely book giveaway!
This book looks fabulous! Thanks for the peek.
ReplyDeleteI always thought quilts were supposed to have borders. My patterns show them. I think the book would help me. And I'm happy to learn that we can sort of break the rules. My latest binding was 3" wide and I put batting inside to make it puffy. It'sa baby quilt. Thanks for the chance to win this book.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt on the cover; Julie is definitely a quilting star! Thanks for the chance to win her book.
ReplyDeleteVery interested to read a book from a self-taught quilter . . . Those quilts are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing a lot of this book lately. Looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteVery few of my quilts have borders. I never pin my bindings and I rarely pre-wash my fabrics. I would love the chance to win this incredible book!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous sounding book! Thanks! gemme13@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying this tour so much, I love that you call yourself blissfully ignorant of the rules, lol!
ReplyDeleteI usually create borders, so it would be interesting to try something different with my quilts.
ReplyDeleteI've just made my first borderless quilt, and I love it. More of these are definitely in order, and the quilts in this book look like great projects. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI love so many of the designs in this book! Love breaking the rules!! :D
ReplyDeleteI have made several borderless quilts and I am definitely converted! It looks like there are lots of great ideas in the book. I hope the book is popular because it certainly looks like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI love quilts without borders and have made a few. Woula love this book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI have made a few quilts without borders, but they were small ones. I really like the idea though! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving Julie's book so far and know I must have one. I'll cross my fingers to win one but if not, I'm going to buy one that's for sure. I love her teaching style and the way she puts her colors together. LOVE her quilts too. Thank you for the chance.
ReplyDeletevburr at charter dot net
This sounds like an awesome book I would like to get my hands on. Thank you for the chance to win one.
ReplyDeletejoylovessewing@comcast.net
this book looks great! all the quilts are very much my style. thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love the "checkerboard dots!"
ReplyDeleteI would so love to win this book. Fingers crossed !
ReplyDeleteI skip the borders, too. I think it's one of the hallmarks of modern quilting! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI am loving the quilts in this book. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
ReplyDeletehave been following this book tour with relish and great enjoyment. thanx for the chance to win a copy,
ReplyDeleteI would love to check out this book! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteNo borders, no stress. Sounds good to me. Would love to use this book as a jumping off point for a new series of designs.
ReplyDeleteThis book looks like so much fun! I'm a big fan. Thank you for sponsoring this!
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've seen on the blog tour stops this book looks like it is full of great patterns. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteWow! This book looks fab! It would look lovely propped in my hand next to a mug of hot chocolate on a cold autumn evening!
ReplyDeletegherkiny (at) yahoo.com
Thanks for the opportunity to win this book. The quilts are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks like it would be really useful!
ReplyDeleteBooks are a great thing for qulters! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm in, a givaway is always great!! never have enough books even as a quilter.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to add this book to my library. Thanks for participating in the tour.
ReplyDeleteHI! LIKE THE LOOKS OF THIS BOOK!
ReplyDeleteTHANKS FOR A WINNING CHANCE!
msstitcher1948@yahoo.com
Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI've been following this book on the blog tour & it looks awesome! Thanks for the opportunity to own it!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks interesting, thanks for giving us a chance to win it!
ReplyDeletestarry_heavens 1@ yahoo.com
Break all the rules you like, because I love everything you do! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOh, I could use that.
ReplyDeleteFrom one who follows the rules but has to change something when quilting, this book looks fun!
ReplyDeleteWow that book looks perfect for me! I can just about stand the quilt making, but adding borders always ends up wonky!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win =D
I am really enjoying all the blog posts for Skip the Borders. I want to make all the quilts in it.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of no borders! When the quilt top is finished....it's finished!
ReplyDeleteI skip borders but, when the quilt calls for it they just have to happen. I love to win this book!!
ReplyDeleteI struggle with borders, so these quilts are just wonderful. I'd love to win this book.
ReplyDeleteI promised myself I'd wait till this blog book tour is over before I buy Julie's book. But its torture! :(
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of skipping borders!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing. I would love a copy.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love both yours and Julie's work. Thank you so much for this oppertunity. alizavdw@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI would love a copy. thanks so much!
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I'm a big fan of Julie's patterns and would LOVE to win this book!
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I'm in!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read the book, I'm a new quilter :) Jesica yeyioasis@yahoo.com.ar
I love Julie's patterns and would love to win her book! Thanks for hosting one of the giveaways! I love your blog and quilts too!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a lovely book, I'll keep my fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win!
ReplyDeleteI would love to get a copy of the book, the quilts look so gorgeous. jillyharris (at) outlook (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI would love to have this book!
ReplyDeleteWow, I would love this book!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks awesome and every time I see new pages on the blog tour I know it's one I will have to own. Great job, Julie!
ReplyDeleteWOW, I've got to get this book!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway.
Would love, love, love to win this book!
ReplyDeleteThe fabrics and designs speak for themselves! No borders needed! The book sounds great!
ReplyDeleteThis book looks like a goodie! Love to add it to my stash.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book. I do borders about half the time, but I love the look of borderless quilts!
ReplyDeletebrookeali(at)hotmail.com
Julie's book looks like lots of fun :) Plus all of the extra bits about binding would be super helpful. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI think this book looks fab and I would love to own a copy! I often plan quilts without borders and then end up getting cold feet and whacking one in! thanks for the chance to win x
ReplyDeleteI am so excited about this book. I really think sometimes quilts don't need a border. thanks for a chance.
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