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The sky has a magic about it. Do you remember lying on your back on the cool grass, watching summer clouds drifting along in slow motion and feeling yourself lifted up as if you had become part of the vast sky above? Wherever we are on this planet, the sky surrounds, inspires, sometimes awes, and often gentles us. —Mickey Lawler
Author Mickey Lawler has an incredible ability to embrace and transfer the immense beauty of skies onto fabric.
In her newly-released book, Mickey Lawler’s SkyQuilts, she teaches 12 different fabric painting techniques so you can create a stunning stash of painted landscapes, water scenes and dreamy skies.
She’ll show you how to paint foregrounds and focal points that make your final work exciting. Her techniques are clearly explained with step-by-step photos and her “design strip” method carries the painted cloth (with few dreaded cuts) into striking quilts.
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One lucky person will win a copy of Mickey Lawler’s SkyQuilts! To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling us when you love to look at the sky…when it’s clear, when it’s cloudy, sunsets, sunrises, starry nights?
Comments will be closed at 6:00 pm PST on Sunday, October 30, 2011—the winner will be contacted via email and their name will be posted here on the blog next week.
Increase your chances to win! Enter an extra comment for each of the actions you take below. Tell us what you did and thanks in advance for spreading the word!
- Sign in to your Amazon account and hit the “like” button for this book
- Sign up for the PatternSpot.com Shopper eNewsletter
- Make us one of your Flickr contacts
- Subscribe to our YouTube channel
- Like us on Facebook
- Join our Creative Troupe
Congrats to Linda, whose name was drawn at random from the comments on last week’s post. Linda won a copy of Special Delivery Quilts #2 with Patrick Lose.
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I love to look at the sky on a clear night, when I can see all the stars. Now that I don’t live in the city anymore, there are so many more up there!
Just hit the like button on Amazon :)
What a beautiful book! I’d love to win this book and try a new (to me) technique!
I am currently working on a “landscape quilt” using a photo I took in Northern Minnesota. The info in Mickey’s book would be an invaluable addition to finishing my sky and water !
Oh boy do I ever have just the scene I would like to paint and quilt! HOpe I win!
I absolutely love to lay on my back and watch THE stars on à clearing night, i specially like to look for Orion’s belt.
THE second best is looking at THE passing clouds on à bright, but cloudy day, iI always see beautiful shapes in THE clouds, faces, animals, things like that
Oooo, I’d love to learn some new techniques to make my Western Big Sky quilt so much better!
I love a beautiful sunset…a few clouds always brings out gorgeous colors!
I always love to look at the sky. We have some wonderful sunrises over the Cascade Mountans and sunsets over the Olympics. Daytime we have cloudscapes and on clear nights hundreds of stars.
I love the night sky on a stormy night. Amazing!!!!! :)
What a wonderful book.
Love to look at the sky at sunrise and sunset.
I love a moody sky over the sea with the sun just trying to peep through the clouds. I would dearly love to win this fabulous book.
I love a sunset during fall – it’s amazing what it does to the color of the leaves!!
I took a class from Mickey years ago in Colorado…to this day it’s on the top of my list of best classes ever. Would love to win her new book. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I love to look at the sky when storm clouds or gathering, at sunrise, or at sunset. One of my favorites – sunset over the pacific ocean from Santa Barbara – water, sky, clouds, sun – it’s very dramatic.
This looks like a great book and I would love to win it. I love landscape quilts.
It’s all about the brilliant sunsets and sky in Monterey, CA. where visitors and locals have the opportunity to view a magnificent nuclear fusion of fire and light, slowly melting down into the Pacific Ocean. It’s the perfect marriage of sky and sea with vivid and vibrant colors of yellow, orange, red, blue, purple, violet and fusia all ribboned together in constantly changing patterns. What a breathtaking spectacular view! My next quilt will incorporate this scene in the design!
Love a beautiful sunset…when we lived on the lake we had some gorgeous ones…sometimes the lake would look pink…..
Love a beautiful sunset…especially if the sky was cloudy or stormy looking…when we lived on the lake we had some gorgeous ones…loved it when the lake had a pink hue.
I couldn’t pick a favroite time to watch the sky – every single one seems perfect. From the brights to the suble times, it’s always intriguing.
I like you on facebook. Thanks for the chance to win a wonderful book!
I love to look at the sky when it changes. When I lived in New Zealand, the sky changed every 5-10 minutes. It reminded me of how life is full of changes, and you would do well to embrace the change (or always carry an umbrella).
I love to look at the sky most any time, especially when it turns all different shades of pinks and purples at sunset!
I posted a Facebook message, too.
I spend a lot of time indoors and every time I go outside I look up to the sky!
I love watching the sky over the beach and ocean in winter – I especially like electrical storms. They show the incredible strength of nature.
I love sunsets and watching the sky change through a whole myriad of colours as the sun sinks down in the sky, especially when there are interesting clouds to enhance the scene. One of the most beautiful ones we saw recently was in New Zealand and I took an amazing photo of it – would make a great skydye quilt!
My favorite time to look at the sky is during that eerie light the comes just after one of those strange storms. The sky becomes a startling pinkish yellow and seems to glow around objects like houses that it lights from behind. On one such afternoon when the sky had this very strange light, I took a photograph of my neighbor’s house and it was accepted in Karey Bresenhen’s 1st photo exhibit of art quilters photos.
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I signed up to join Creative Troupe and completed all of the questions. I now await to receive an email back from them.
I love the tactile feel of painting on silk and would love to learn some of Mickey’s techniques to experiment with further.
It’s all about the brilliant sunsets and sky in Monterey, CA. where visitors and locals have the opportunity to view a magnificent nuclear fusion of fire and light, slowly melting down into the Pacific Ocean. It’s the perfect marriage of sky and sea with vivid and vibrant colors of yellow, orange, red, blue, purple, violet and fusia all ribboned together in constantly changing patterns. What a breathtaking spectacular view! My next quilt will incorporate this scene in the design!
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Favorite sky? Clear blue days with dramatic thunderhead clouds rising above the mountains – so many colors and shapes.
Thanks for the opportunity to win the book – Love Mickey’s work. Own a big stack of her fabrics.
I love clouds and the different types of shapes they produce. I love it when I can get a shot of them spanning across the sky.
Debbie
I love to look at the sky when I’m at the ocean. Lots of activity and lots of stars!
looking forward to taking a class at IHQS in March with Mickey, love summer skies by Lake Michigan
Clear, starry nights are great. During electrical storms is cool. Sunset/Sunrise are generally pretty amazing. Not crazy about gray, winter skies.
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I love the softness of sunrise, the glory of sunset and the spectacle of an occasional late-night thunderstorm. The sky is seldom boring!
I love seeing the sky and the different cloud formations. I recently traveled with my husband to the midwest for the first time, The one thing that took my breath away was the sky! The sky over the expansive open farms and fields was amazing. And the sunsets were a magnificent blaze. Micky Lawler does some beautifully amazing work.
I am a member of the Creative Troupe.
I like you on Facebook :)
I Liked the book on Amazon… I really like the looks of this book!
I also subscribed to your Youtube channel :)
I love winter nights when the moon is full – it’s almost as light as the daytime and the moon is so beautifully lighting up the sky.
it look great!!
The sky have no limmet, also making quilts !
I love to look at the sky on a clear dark night – we have a big pasture in the country, and love to go out to look for meteors.
Signed in to Amazon and “liked” your book!
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I’m always looking at (and photographing) the sky…I wish I lived somewhere where there was more sky than buildings…so I content myself with the morning and evening off the deck…
I love to watch the sky from my roof on the fourth of July.
At ten o’clock the fireworks fill the sky and the music and
explosions can be heard across the city which is twenty or
so blocks wide with a park in the middle. When they
finish building a new pedestrian bridge over the East Side
Drive to the river on my street that will again be my
vantage point to the sky view in my corner of the world.
In the Netherlands we have lovely sky’s . Allways a lot of clouds. I love the sky in the morning when the sun is awakening. I love the sky in the night with the stars. I love the sky when it is windy of raining.
I make you a Flickr contact
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I enjoy looking at the sky ALL the time!
I “like” this book at Amazon.
I signed-up for the newsletter at PatternSpot.
I’m subscribed to your YouTube channel.
I already “like” you on Facebook. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
I’m a long-time sky watcher, so I like to watch the sky every day. I think it is prettiest in the fall with an impending cold front or in the summer with towering cumulo nimbus clouds piling up. Only boring when it’s in “severe clear” mode with not a cloud in the sky.
Oh, I WANT this!!! I love her work, and I’m ready to build on my painting skills! I “like” you on Facebook already!
Iloved her first book and can’t wait to get into the new one!
I loved her first book and can’t wait to get into the new one!
I love looking at the sky in all conditions, but the most unique is during meteor showers!
Oh my – to list ALL the reasons why I like to look at the sky! Not enough space!! :)
The colors of sunrise, sunset, approaching storm… The infinite play of shapes and shades of white and gray when “puff” clouds sail across the sky…The stars on the clear night (astronomy and constellations was my hobby in high school!!) – to name just a few!!
Just LIKE-ed you on Facebook – can’t believe I didn’t do it before!!
…and went to Amazon, not only to “Like” this book but to put it on my Wish list, just in case I don’t win one over here! :)
Oh, just subscribed to your YouTube channel too – what a treasure trove of videos!! Again…how did I miss this before?
oh, and PatternSpot is a wonderful feature too – glad I subscribed!
Added you as my Flickr contact too! :)
It makes me happy to see a beautiful sunrise on my way to work.
I like the book on Amazon.
I’m signed up for your YouTube.
I like you on FB.
I’m subscribed to pattern spot.
My favorite sky ever was from 35 years ago on the first night in our new home. We sat on our front steps and were awestruck by the expanse of stars. It was a very moving moment for me. It would be a challenge to quilt but surely would be worth the try.
I love fluffy white clouds – and finding animals in them with my children.
I like the kind of blue, blue skies that have big puffy clouds – with gray, golden, sunset coloring.
;) Linda
I love to watch the sky at sunset, when the sun colours it with all yellow, orange and red tones.
I am sure I could learn a lot from this book!
I’ve always been into taking neat sky pictures, that’s exactly the name of the folder they’re stored in too. My very favorites are the ones where the sun is just about set and the sky is all navy blue and deep pink with spots of white. It gets me every time.
I “liked” it on Amazon and added it to my wish list (which is growing daily)
C&T Is already a Flickr contact.
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I love her fabric in any weather and have used many of her pieces for my landscpaes
Hi, I love to look at the sky when it is pretty and blue with the high puffy clouds that you can see different images in. I used to lay for hours as a child finding different shapes and describing them to my mom.
I also like the book on Amazon, get the enews for PatternSpot, have you as Flickr contact, your in my YouTube channel group, and I been liking you on FB forever. Thanks
I love the white cumulus clouds….
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The best sky for me is the rosy sunset – closer to the sun the brilliant yellows and oranges and ambers, while further away, rose, purple, and even blue as it starts to go dark. As they say “red sky at night, sailor’s delight”. I love to sit and watch the colors move – it never lasts long enough and each night is different
I love beautiful sunsets. This looks like a great book!
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I’m a swim team coach, and find myself on a pool deck watching the sky on a regular basis. In fact, its while I’m staring at the sky that I often realize how lucky I am to work outside. Three days a week, I’m on the pool deck from 5:45am to 7:15 am. The sunrises are beautiful. The colors of the sky are amazing. I believe its my favorite time to watch the sky, but I really enjoy it all the time.
I liked C&T publishing and Mickey Lawler’s book on facebook.
I joined patternspot. It looks interesting.
I submitted a new membership request to Creative Troupe. I’m intrigued.
I love when the sky is clear and blue!
I liked this book on Amazon.
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I would love to have this book. I have her last book and use it all the time when I am creating my art quilts. My group is having a challenge and hopefully winning this book would help me with some great ideas. Thanks.
I would love to enter this contest, but this site is having difficulty telling me duplicate entry. It does not show up on your entries. I would love to enter this contest for the book. I have a challenge from my art group and know this book would help me on my way to a wonderful quilt.
Looks a lovely book to me. I liked it at your FB-page already.
I live where I have 360 degree horizon and endless Prairie blue sky. I love the feeling of expansiveness that comes from living with and endless vista. The colour of the sky is reflected in the many bodies of water (I’ve never noticed it to this extent elsewhere)
I’ve like you on FB, liked the book on Amazon as well
I love the sky just as it turns….as a big storm is blowing in. No fabric is every going to give me that! Time to learn something new!
I like the sky during sunsets. It has countless hues of red, purple, blue, and orange. Very inspiring for a sky quilt.
I love to watch the sky on a warm spring day when there are large white fluffy clouds with just enough grey for definition. I’ll watch and try to find different shapes, animals etc.
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Absolutely beautiful artwork in these quilts!!! Would love to own a copy of this book. Already ‘liked’ on Facebook.
I just “liked” this beautiful book in my Amazon account and put it on my wish list for my husband and posted it Facebook to make sure he would see it.
Have always wanted to do a landscape quilt and have collected suitable fabric for years….now I just need some guidance! Hope I win the book.
Oh, and I love to find the dippers looking at the night sky.
I love to see the sky when a monsoon storm is rolling in. Wild and exciting!
So glad you did another book – I love your first one – I liked you on Amazon
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I love when the sky has the clean blues with shades of gray
I already have liked you long ago…
I love to watch big white puffy thunderheads build on hot summer afternoons.
Looks good!
I love early morning about 3 hours after sunrise. Preferably with a few clouds.
I’ve made a couple quilts with a sky and they look NOTHING like this. I’m a beginner but I’m eager to learn. Thanks to my cell phone I take pics of skies all the time— This book will help me to bring them to life. I love learning this amazing craft!!!
The moments just before the sun comes up in the desert is my favorite time to watch the day come to life. Especially now that it is cooler :)
I love sunsets. I collected pictures of them as a child. I use them in my quilts. I also like unique clouds. I have one SkyDyes book and would love to have this one too. Thanks for the opportunity.
I love to look at the sky when Mickey paints them. :-) Did I win, huh, huh, huh, did I?
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