Sew Much Fun! has Veranda in…

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One of my absolute favorite local shops, Sew Much Fun!, just got their shipment of Veranda in and they also have my full line of patterns.  So for all you local Charlotte, North Carolina people – you can hop on over and visit Drusilla in Gastonia!  She has a fabulous shop with so much fabric, notions, trims, plus some machines that I have been drooling over for years.  While you are there, our children highly recommend visiting Jen’s Sugarliscious Bakery for cupcakes.  We are particular fans of the Coconut Cream and Red Velvet variety.  They are so good that a 10 year old boy will spend and hour in a quilt shop in order to get one.

As an aside, if you any of you out there are sewing my patterns to sew up your fabulous creations would you please post picts on my Flickr site?  The patterns don’t have to be made out of just my fabric – I love ALLLLLLLLLLL fabric!  I established this site before the patterns were in distributors hands and keep forgetting to blog about it. 

I’m currently making “Blossoms” out of Christmas fabrics for a friend and will have more to show you soon!

Our thoughts are with all the people on the east coast this weekend.  May you stay safe and may your homes be spared form this terrible storm. 

Thinking of you all,
Amanda

Beautiful Beaufort and beautiful silk…

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Last week I spoke with a wonderful bunch of ladies at the Beaufort, South Carolina quilt guild.  While there, the kids, my mom, and I took a walking tour of the picturesque town and, I have to say, I don’t think there could have been a more appropriate place to talk about Veranda, because we were surrounded by them.

Beautiful!

While I was gone Robert Kaufman sent me some of their Radiance silk to play with.  It is gorgeous and ironable!  I tried a bunsh of different things with it: Drunkard’s Path, fusible applique, needle-turned applique (not so easy!), flying geese, bias tape making, until I finally tried paper-piecing. 

Radiance has a lovely sheen, but it is slippery.  Sewing on top of the paper stabilizes the silk, prevents the seams from being pulled into the machine, and gives a much cleaner result.  (The paper-pieced portion is the long triangles in the lower left.  You can see how much crisper that area is.)

Now I just need to get some more colors (a light aqua would be lovely!) and design a new project!

Happy sewing!
Amanda

Giveaway at Sew We Quilt!

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I’m sure some of you have heard about the fantastic giveaway going on every day at Sew We Quilt.  Madame Samm has graciously hosted a giveaway every day of the week for THREE WHOLE MONTHS for both Want To Be Quilters (on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) and Quilters (on Tuesday and Thursday). 

Today I am guest blogging over at Sew We Quilt showing how to make this…

A lampshade covered with fabric!  No sewing this time, but we all love to accessorize.

The folks at Robert Kaufman have donated 1/2 yard cuts of Veranda for the giveaway so make sure you hop on over today and enter!  There are 2 bundles of 6 yard totals to win!  And Madame Samm has thrown a Colonial basket full of different goodies AND Famore Applique scissors too!  I know…  Just become a follower and leave a comment here and also at Madame Samm’s fabulous blog and you will be set to enter.  (If you beat me to it and left a comment on the previous post that is okay – I’m internet-challenged this week and apologize for my lateness.)  And don’t forget to check in at Sew We Quilt each day for the next 3 months for more giveaways!

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Thanks Madame Samm!
Amanda