Free-Motion Quilting Ideas: How to quilt a holly leaf!

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Hi everyone, I hope you are having a lovely holiday season.  I was playing on Q24 yesterday and stumbled on something really fun I thought I’d share with you.  Quilting free-motion holly leaves!

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Holly leaves, quilted on the BERNINA Q24

Oh my gosh… it is so much fun!  And you don’t have to be an expert to do it since leaves are pretty forgiving.  (I used my Sparkle line for Benartex and Aurifil 50 wt. cotton thread.)

I made a video for you guys…

But if you are like me you like to have a visual reference close by while you are quilting, so I also made you a free handout.  To get the pdf delivered to your inbox click here or on the graphic below. (But don’t worry, if you are already on my list for updates it won’t send you a duplicate emails.)

I hope you all have lovely holidays!

Amanda

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Wrapping up the Modern Elegance coloring book blog hop

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Note: The winner of the copy of Modern Elegance from this post is Lisa, who likes bright navy.  The winner of the Brewer blog hop stop is Amanda, who likes colors and polka dots.  The winner of the APQ stop is the super-organized Anne, who has made 30 gingerbread pockets, among other things .  Congratulations!  (All other winners will be announced on the respective blogs.) 

Hi guys,

It is the last day of the Modern Elegance coloring book blog hop.   I hope you’ve enjoyed following along!  Today is my turn to give away a book…

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Okay, I have to confess I’m not a great colorer.  (Happily, coloring is not a skill that is required when quilting.)  I’m not very good at staying in the lines so I quickly switched from markers to colored pencils to hide my mistakes!  This made it much more fun!

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And then I discovered that, once I colored, I could recolor things in photoshop really quickly.  Whoopeeeeeee!

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For the final chance to enter to win an ebook, leave me a comment on this post telling me YOUR favorite color!  One entry per person please and the deadline is end of day this Sunday the 13th.

Special thanks to  C&T Publishing, Benartex, The Little Red HenAmerican Patchwork & QuiltingSarah Vedeler DesignsBrewer SewingGeneration Q MagazineQuiltmaker, and Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio for hosting the hop.  I so appreciate it!  I hope everyone has happy  and healthy holidays!

Amanda

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Modern Elegance at American Patchwork and Quilting

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Hi guys,

It is American Patchwork and Quilting‘s turn on the Modern Elegance blog hop.  They aren’t set up for giveaways, so for this day you can enter right here.

Make sure to check out APQ‘s post – they did a great job coloring pages from Modern Elegance.  I need to take lessons from them!!!

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To enter leave me a comment telling me what you are working on in your sewing room!

Deadline will be the end of the hop – Friday, December 11th at midnight.

Thanks APQ and to all of you for entering!  Happy quilting!

Amanda

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