An Accu-Quilt Go-Baby give-away! Along with some other fun give-aways the next few weeks. Stay tuned…Before that particular brand of summer fun happens, though, Accuquilt is giving away 22 free patterns to people who sign up for their email newsletter, so hop over and sign up!
And they have some special offers through July 5th as well…
Happy sewing!
Amanda
And finally, here is the last of the quilt patterns to debut at Market – Bubbles!
Don’t you love the little zigzag quilting on the sashing that Deborah Norris did? Reminds me of ricrac. And the little swirls in the bubbles themselves? Yum! I love Bubbles because it is REALLY fun to make and is a great vehicle to show off those great modern fabrics.
I used a thick, contrasting 12 wt. Sulky cotton for the applique, and love how it looks. A few shop owners have remarked that this would be good to use for an embroidery class. One sewer remarked that she was planning on using all the specialty stitches on her machine to attach the circles. Why didn’t I think of that? I guess I’ll have to make another quilt… Another quilt- that is definitely what every girl needs, don’t you think?
It is so fun to arrange each block a little differently. I used fusible applique, but you could just as easily use freezer paper templates for a more traditional finish.
I used the Sorbet color story of Veranda, which ships in August, but Bubbles would make an excellent scrap quilt as well.
My friend Mary test-quilted Bubbles for me using Central Park by Kate Spain. She used “Bubbles” in some of the blocks and left others plain. She also mitered corners for the first time, but I’ll let her tell you about it.
I posted my tutorial for mitering corners online recently, but it is also included in the Bubbles pattern.
I just found out this week that my pattern line is being picked up by two big distributors – hooray! I’m very excited about that.
Hope you have a happy weekend filled with lots of sewing!
Amanda
Hi everyone! I hope you have been having a great beginning to your summer.
I still have two patterns to “officially” introduce and one of them is Village Green. (Incidentally, Kimberly has them all available to order now at Fat Quarter Shop.) At 84″ x 102″, it is the largest quilt in my line and is perfect for a bed. It uses up 2 roll-ups/jell-rolls completely. We wouldn’t want to waste a bit of fabric!
My friend Lisa tested this pattern for me. Hop on over to her blog to see pictures of her beautiful garden as well. Luckily I had a lot of 2-1/2″ scraps leftover from making Veranda quilts. She appliqued lovely purple blossoms in the center of each block for a different look.
I have some accessories in the works for this line too that will be coming out on blogs this summer, and some giveaways so go along with them, so be sure to check back occassionally.
Hope you are having a wonderful summer – happy sewing!
Amanda
