Village Green

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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!

This is a great scrappy quilt as well.  The directions call for flowers, constructed out of coordinating solids, to be appliquéd to the center of each block; you could vary flower colors or even fussy cut motifs from your favorite feature fabric and appliqué them on instead… That would be particularly fun for a child’s quilt. Imagine airplanes or cars appliquéd to the center of each square for a little boy’s room… Fun!

The fantastically talented Deborah Norris, of Deborah’s Quilting, did her magic for me on this one as well.  I love her feathers and swirly vines!  (She just started blogging, so if some of you out there visit and leave comments, I’m sure that would surprise her and make her day!)

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

Mitered Border Tutorial

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As promised, here is a tutorial for mitering borders.  I included specific directions for this in my Bubbles pattern, but there wasn’t enough room in the others so I am including it here.  (It’s also on the side bar.)

My friend, Pat Hopkins, mitered the corners on her version of Town Square.  Didn’t she line up the stripes nicely?  (I am not that patient so I’m glad you sewed this one, Pat.)  Please excuse the out of focus photo but I was focusing elsewhere on the quilt and don’t have it back yet to stage a re-shoot.
 

Mitered borders really aren’t that hard.  In fact, they can actually be a time-saver when you have a number of borders to apply to a quilt.  My friend Mary tried it when she tested Bubbles, and she was surprised how easy it was.

Happy sewing!
Amanda

My pattern line is shipping!

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So they should start arriving at shops within a few days.  Interested shops can email me; as shops order my patterns I will be adding them to my webpage.  If you choose to buy the patterns from a distributor, please email me to let me know you carry them and I’ll add you to the list.

In response to inquiries, I do not carry my fabrics – I leave that to Robert Kaufman.  You can order “Veranda”, the fabric line that I used for all the patterns, now for August delivery.  Please make sure to order ahead of time to ensure you get the fabrics.

Thanks everyone!
Amanda

P.S.  If anyone is in the area of Manassas, Virginia, I’ll be speaking at the Manassas Quilt Guild on Monday night…