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 Hen, American Patchwork & Quilting, Sarah Vedeler Designs, Brewer Sewing, Generation Q Magazine, Quiltmaker, and Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio for hosting the hop.  I so appreciate it!  I hope everyone has happy  and healthy holidays!

Amanda

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

Modern Elegance Coloring Book blog hop and giveaway!

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Hi everyone,

Today is the first day of my Modern Elegance coloring book blog hop!  Modern Elegance is a compilation of some of my favorite fabric designs – I hope you like it!  Every day C&T Publishing will be giving away a copy of Modern Elegance on one of these great blogs!  (U.S. winners will be a hard copy of the book and international winners will get an eBook, but all are eligible to enter!) To enter for today, head on over to C&T Publishing!

Modern Elegance Blog Hop Schedule

Monday, November 30 
Tuesday, December 1st
Wednesday, December 2nd
Thursday, December 3rd
Friday, December 4th
Monday, December 7th
Tuesday, December 8th
Wednesday, December 9th
Thursday, December 10th
Friday, December 11th 

 

Playing with color is one of my absolute favorite parts of the design process.  I put together a little video showing you some coloring possibilities using one of my Carina prints.

I can’t wait to see how you guys put your personal spin on these designs – so please post pictures on Instagram with the hashtag #modernelegance!

Don’t forget to follow along to maximize your chances to win!

Happy coloring, quilting, and sewing!

Amanda

P.S. I finished piecing the Carina version of The Free-Motion Idea Sampler this weekend – I hope you got some fun project work as well.  Onto quilting!

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