Book Blog Tour Day 2

It is Day 2 of our book tour! Today the prize I am giving away is a collection of 5 of my patterns. Comment on this post by midnight tonight (EDT) for your chance to win- then make sure you stop back tomorrow for another chance to win a different prize.

A little more about my book.... I mentioned that is has 12 recipes. I love being creative in the kitchen- in fact, I have a very hard time following a recipe.... I am always thinking, oh this would be good with peaches instead of raspberries, or, I have olives but not capers, or, what if I add BACON...... I am always thinking of ways to do different variations on a dish, or how to combine 2 dishes into one, or, most often- how to turn whatever I happen to have in the refrigerator into something good for dinner. To me, cooking should be about making food with love. You don't have to be a chef or go to culinary school to be a good cook. You just have to love making things that the special people in your life will enjoy (kind of like quilting....)

Some of you have already seen the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes in the book. How about Spiced Pear Upside-Down Cake with Ginger Cream Sauce (I will tell you, I LOVE that cream sauce- I want to pour it over everything). Cherry Cheese Tart with Almond Oatmeal Crumble. Creamy Curried Apple and Butternut Squash Soup. I am getting hungry now.... My husband and I did the food styling and the photography for the recipes in the book. It is fun getting the props together, but sometimes it can be challenging to set up the photo and get the lighting right, and make the food look as good as it tastes.

See some sample pages from the book here.

 Today, make sure you also visit with the fabulous Pat Sloan! Pat is the Queen of Everything Quilt-y! You can find Pat at her website, her blog, and every Monday, catch up with her as she hosts the American Patchwork and Quilting Radio show. I really enjoy the show- it is always so interesting to hear from other people in the quilting and creative world. She also has a monthly crafting radio show.

Pat is the Energizer Bunny of the quilt world- she says she occasionally sleeps, but I'm not sure I believe her. (I may be mistaken, but possibly liberal doses of coffee have something to do with it??) If you'd like to meet Pat in person, check out her events page to see where she will turn up next....
Pat's latest book is called Redwork with a Twist, and the projects are darling! I really love it!

Pat's latest fabric line is called Simple Stitches, and there are 5 FREE patterns available!

 So here is the link again to Pat's Blog for the Book Tour.

There is a giveaway for a copy of the book on Pat's Blog this week.
Make sure you stop by and say Hello!
Pat loves meeting new people!

Here is the line up for the whole week. And in case I haven't said it- THANK YOU to all of my wonderful and supportive Blog Buddies for joining me this week....

Monday: Brenda Riddle of Acorn Quilt and Gift Company
              Jill Finley of Jillily Studio
Tuesday: Pat Sloan of, well, everything!
Wednesday: Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches
Thursday: Michele Foster of The Quilting Gallery
Friday: Sandi Andersen of A Legacy of Stitches