Shops stocking Jubilee Silver (with Plum too!)

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Silver Jubilee is now shipping to shops! I designed three quilts especially for this collection: Linked, Mirror Mirror, and Amethyst Jubilee.  It is so fun to see people working on these as I travel teaching!  (You can order the patterns from your local shop as well, if you are lucky enough to have one, or you can find them in my shop. I also have bundles of these patterns in my shop.)

I asked Benartex to print me out a list of shops that have bought the collection.  The list is by no means complete, because many shops buy through distributors and I don’t have access to those records.  But for those of you in the US, this should get you started.  (If you are a shop stocking this collection and don’t see yourself on this list, please use my contact form to let you know and I’ll get you added ASAP!)

Shops stocking Jubilee Silver (with Plum too!)

Arkansas
Sew in Heaven, Fayetteville

Arizona
Mad B’s Quilt & Sew, Mesa
Quilt n’ Sew Connection, Prescott Valley

California
AAA Sewing & Vacuum Center, Lomita
Kiki’s Quilt Shack, Fresno
Meissner Sewing Machine, Sacramento

Colorado
Colorado Fabrics, Aurora
eQuilter.com, Boulder

Florida
Charlotte Sewing Studio, Port Charlotte
Cinnamon’s Quilt Shop, Jacksonville
Once Upon A Quilt, Fort Lauderdale
Paula’s Fine Fabrics, Jacksonville

Georgia
Fabric.com, Kennesaw

Iowa
Helios Stitches N Stuff, Mount Vernon

Idaho
The Quilt Crossing, Boise

Illinois
Linda Z’s Sewing Center, Arlington Heights
Blue Willow Mercantile, Batavia
Sewing Studio, Hudson

Indiana
Heartland Country Sewing, Goshen
Rossville Quilts, Rossville
Always in Stitches, Noblesville

Kansas
Lucky Charm Quilts, Chapman

Louisiana
J & B Quilting & Fabric, Sunset

Massachusetts
All About Quilts, Walpole

Maryland
Material Girls, La Plata

Michigan
Ann Arbor Sewing Center, Ann Arbor

Minnesota
Crafty Corner Quilt, Worthington
Sew With Me, Stillwater

Missouri
Hunters Quilt Mart, Centerview
Merrily We Quilt Along, Springfield
Midwest Textiles & Supplies, Mineral Point
Nustyle Quilt Shop, Stover
White Flower Quilt Shop, Clinton
O Sew Personal, O’Fallon
Specialty Quilts and Fabric, Jefferson City

Montana
Bearly Square Quilting, Havre

North Carolina
Calla Lily Quilts, Greensboro
Sew Much Fun!, Lowell

New Jersey
P.C. Fabrics, Vineland

Ohio
Chestnut Ridge Sewing, Millersburg
Heavenly Stitches, Lima
Quilt Beginnings, Dublin
Red Rooster Quilts, Dublin

Pennsylvania
Cedar Lane Dry Goods, New Holland
Fox’s Sew & Vac, Meadville
Stitch-N-Time, Greencastle

South Carolina
Bernina Sewing Center, Greenville

Tennessee
Sew Many Ideas, Jackson
Sewing Machine Station, Brentwood

Texas
Stitchin’ Heaven, Mineola
Cupcake Quilts, Spring
The Painted Pony and Quilts, La Porte
Patches & Scraps, Midland

Utah
Nuttall’s, Salt Lake City

Virginia
A Different Touch, Chesapeake
Bernina of Richmond, Richmond
Sew Biz, Fairlawn

Wisconsin
Sew Much More, Waukesha

Hope this helps you in your fabric searches – happy quilting!

Amanda

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BERNINA University and NEW FABRIC Recap 2019!

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Hi everyone,

Are you excited for some summer sewing?  It has been SOOOO hard to keep secrets these last few months so thank goodness I can finally show what I have been working on.  My newest fabric lines for Benartex and Contempo or Benartex were just featured at BERNINA University a week ago and I’m so excited to show you!

If you’d rather watch a video showing all the patterns and fabrics you can find one here:

Pictures speak louder than words so let’s get started!  The new line inspired by the features of my favorite BERNINA machines is called “Celestial Lights”.  It will start shipping in July and is beautifully printed by Benartex with details delineated in pearl inks.

 

There are a variety of shot-cotton prints perfect for embroidered embellishment, including a pearl-on-white not pictured here.

The first Celestial Lights pattern is called Stardust.  It features twelve star embroideries – each with a different blackwork pattern – from the coordinating BERNINA-Exclusive Celestial Lights Collection.  The Embroidery Collection also features the quilting files for this quilt digitized for both longarms and domestic embroidery machines.  There are directions for both a blue and a  red color story.  We’ll be giving tips and tricks for sewing this over on BERNINA’s blog this fall!

Again with red and blue options, is my new piecing pattern – Constellations!  It uses a half yard of twelve fabrics.  Lots of pieces but I REALLY love this one!

And super-fun to piece is Hometown, in a combination of red and blue!

Next up is Floret, a fun appliqué pattern that includes a download code for SVG files.  There is going to be an Aurifil thread box for this one, so you’ll have an easy way to locate the 28 wt. thread I like to use for the blanket stitch and the 12 wt. thread I like to use for the triple-stitched vines.  Also a July ship date.

The fabric collection features five different panels: two ruler panels, two quilting panels, and one embroidery panel.

Shown in the first row: Endless Quilting yardage and the embroidery panel. Shown in the second row: two ruler panels. The Endless Quilting yardage has no divisions between the repeats and extra fabric near the selvage for seams so you can practice quilting to your heart’s content on a project of any size!

The Celestial Lights Embroidery Panel Project Guide shows you how to make that panel into a pillow, table runner, wall hanging, and quilt!

The Celestial Lights Ruler Panel Guide in conjunction with the ruler panels show you how to use my new Good Measure Every Oval Ruler set in a myriad of different ways.   You’ll love this set I promise and guess what?  Hot on its heels will come another new ruler set – RIBBON CANDY!

Next up are my Market lines. With all the BERNINA University prep I never wrote a blog post for them so I apologize for this being a bit late.  The patterns for the patterns below one will be ready in a few weeks.

Silver Jubilee is an elegant sophisticated line in silvers and charcoals, accented with a rich plum.

Because of the traditional nature of the paisley feature print, with patterns I went more modern in feel.  Here is my favorite… Amethyst Jubilee!  (And yes, it is paper-pieced but with just one block and its mirror image.)

Following on its heels in the modern category is Linked.  It is fat-quarter friendly so is super easy to kit!

Then we have Mirror, Mirror.  My goal here was to develop a 10’’ square-friendly pattern that was dynamic and different.

Since Silver Jubilee was modeled after the original gold Jubilee line, I had time to draw another collection.  This one is close to my heart as it arrived in my head pretty much fully formed and that hardly ever happens.  I just love the rich tones in this collection and the birds… even though I’m scared of birds in real life.  Nightingale is very subtly detailed in just a little bit of pearl.

For patterns we have a large-block quilt called Salt Water Taffy…

And Sunrise, which is such fun to quilt with a straight line ruler and simple loops. (I have a video of the quilting somewhere that I’ll have to dig up to show.)  You can use quarter yard cuts or fat quarters for this one.

And then we have my favorite to make because each block was such fun – Night Garden!  This is fat-quarter friendly too.

All patterns include SKU information and will ship in late July; I’ll let you know as soon as they are available.  In the meantime if you love any or all of these lines please ask your local shop to order them through Benartex! Thanks so much and happy quilting!

Amanda

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“Thankful” fabric and patterns are now shipping! (Info on where to find them and a giveaway!)

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NOTE: The winner of this giveaway (chosen by random number) is Brenda Ackerman.  Congratulations, Brenda! Please send me your snail mail address. 

We’ll have a giveaway for Christmas Magic soon!

Hi everyone!

I have some exciting news to share! My Thankful patterns and fabrics from Contempo of Benartex are both now shipping!  Perhaps you remember seeing sneak peeks of this line from Fall Quilt Market?

The “Thankful” portion of my Quilt Market booth.

 

Some prints from “Thankful”

 

The panel that goes with “Thankful”. This is one of my favorite panels I’ve designed.

There are two patterns that I designed specifically for this line.  The first is a pieced pattern called “Autumn Leaves” – it is quick and really fun to piece.

The second is called “Plenty” and includes instructions to make a pillow, a bed runner, and a table runner.  It includes a download for SVG files of course.

 

You can order these patterns from your local shop or, if you aren’t lucky enough to have a local shop, from my website.

There is also a free pattern for a lap quilt and pillow using the Thankful panel on the downloads page of my website.

I don’t stock fabric, but I asked Benartex to put together a list of shops that ordered the fabrics.  (This is not a complete list, as if shops buy from distributors I don’t have that information.  If you are one of those shops or you just have Thankful and are not listed for any reason I am happy to add you to this list if you contact me!)

ARIZONA
BERNINA Connection
The French Seam

COLORADO
eQuilter.com

FLORIDA
Once Upon A Quilt
The Sewing Garret

GEORGIA
Fabric.com
Augusta & Atlanta Sewing Centers

INDIANA
Rossville Quilts

LOUISIANA
Allbrands.com

MICHIGAN
Kean’s Store Company

MONTANA
Back Porch Quilts
Bernina Sewing & Fabric Center

NEW MEXICO
Gathering Stitches

NORTH CAROLINA
Sew Much Fun!

NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck Sewing & Quilting

PENNSYLVANIA
Pine Tree Quilt Shop

SOUTH CAROLINA
Bernina Sewing Center

TENNESSEE
Stitcher’s Playhouse

TEXAS
Cupcake Quilts
Quilt Country
Stitchin’ Heaven

Ok – now for a giveaway!  I have a bundle of Thankful fat quarters to give away., courtesy of Benartex! To enter comment below telling what you’d make with them.  One entry per person and the winner will be chosen by random number generator.  The deadline is end of day Saturday March 30th.  (International entries are welcome if you are willing to pay the difference in shipping.)

Happy spring and happy quilting!

Amanda

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