Blog Tour Day 1 - Bad Ass Quilter's Society

It's here, it's here, it's finally here - the great Bitchy Book Blog Tour of 2013. And 2014. Yep, I had so many people willing to share my book with their readers, I had to extend the tour to January as well as December. For those of you going, "Huhwhatnow?", a book blog tour is where several bloggers, each on a different day, say something about a book, and in some cases offer one in a giveaway. You'll see at the bottom of this post (and each post I do during the tour) a list of all the blogs on the tour and what day each is scheduled for. Some blogs will do giveaways and some won't - it all depends on what the bloggers want to do and can handle in their own busy schedules. So check 'em all just to be sure and definitely leave a comment if you can to let them know you were there.

The first stop on the tour is Bad Ass Quilter's Society. I have to make a confession, until earlier this year, I didn't have a good sense of what the BAQS was or know much about the founder and head Bad Ass, Maddie Kertay. But then, Maddie posted a picture of Completely Cauchy's "Give a Fuck" quilt from QuiltCon on Facebook, and shit started to fly as people got their undies all bunched up over it, and Maddie handled it all with a firm and decisive hand. (Helpful hint - do not tell someone she is a "bad mother" on Maddie's Facebook page.) In response to this, a small group formed on Facebook to create our own "Fuck" blocks and Maddie joined as well. We became Facebook friends IRL (outside of our blog personas), and let me just say, this woman is a freaking dynamo. Honestly, the woman completely fascinates me and I may be replacing my one lady-crush (Tilda Swinton) with Maddie. Or maybe I have to have two now, because, you know, TILDA.

At the fall Quilt Market in Houston this year, Maddie put together something she called a Networking Wing-Ding. Several people in the quilt industry gave small speeches, full of advice for those who hope to make a living through quilting: Ebony Love, Bari J., Sara Watson, Sam Hunter, Rose Hughes - just to name a few. I paid to see it all streaming live and it was totally worth it. I am secretly hoping Maddie might let me speak at the next one in Pittsburgh. I am also secretly hoping she says no. It sucks to be ambitious and a big fraidy chicken at the same time.

Anyway, I am totally a convert to the cult of Maddie and I can only hope she will let me touch the hem of her garment someday (and maybe share with me the secret of how she gets so much freaking shit done.)

So, head on over to BAQS and let Maddie know she is awesome for being the inaugural blog on the Great Bitchy Book Blog Tour of 2013 and 2014. And maybe let her know that while I'm a bit fat, I'm also very cuddly.

Oh, and PDFs are now on sale along with paper copies!! And for CyberMonday - all orders of a signed copy of the paperback book will include the PDF FREE.

TOUR SCHEDULE

Dec. 2 - Maddie Kertay  - Bad Ass Quilter’s Society

Dec. 3 - Sam Hunter – Hunter’s Design Studio

Dec. 4 - Carla Crim – Scientific Seamstress

Dec. 5 - Scarlett Burroughs – Craft Gossip

Dec. 6 – Jill Dorsey – Made With Moxie

Dec. 9 - Victoria Findlay Wolfe – Bumble Beans Inc

Dec. 10 - Lynn Harris - Little Red Hen

Dec. 11 – Teresa Coates – Crinkle Dreams

Dec. 12 - Joshua Helms - Molli Sparkles

Dec 13 - Liz Kettle – Stitch Journeys

Dec. 14 - Leah Day – The Free Motion Quilting Project

Dec 16 - Lisa Sipes – That Crazy Quilty Girl

Dec. 17 - Charlotte Newland – Displacement Activity

Dec. 18 - Teri Lucas - TerifiCreations

Dec. 19 – Cheryl Sleboda – Muppin.com

Dec. 20 – Kelly Biscopink – Stitchy Quilt Stuff

Jan. 6 – Generation Q

Jan. 8 – Rose Hughes – Rose Hughes – Quilt Artist

Jan. 9 – Janice Ryan – Better Off Thread

Jan. 10 - Flaun Cline – I Plead Quilty

Jan. 13 – Heather Jones – Olive and Ollie

Jan. 14 – Meg  – Without A Stitch On

Jan. 15 – Laura Lochore – Quokka Quilts

Jan. 16 – Elaine Wong Haselhuhn – Dashasel Sews

Jan. 17 - Kim Lapacek - Persimon Dreams