I just got back from Spring Quilt Market 2015. It was fabulous to see everyone!
This Market I debuted my first line for Benartex – so exciting! (It was also my first Market as a BERNINA Quilting and Long Arm Spokesperson. More on that later.) My quilting line is called Carina and is all about bright colors. It has a lovely mix of feature prints and blenders for those of me who, like me, love appliqué, and it will ship in August/September. I’ll be back next week with new patterns once I have them in my shop but just wanted to share a few photos.
My booth was next to my friend and fellow Benartex designer, Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio, so we took down the wall and had a party! (Do you think it is bright enough?)
Cherry and my booths.Around the corner next to Benartex was my fat-quarter friendly new “First Crush” pattern.Some of my new Carina fabrics
I am launching a new Block-of-the-Month designed specifically for this line. Here is a sneak peek but I’ll be back soon with more details once it arrives from the printer.
“Heart’s Delight”This was “Heart’s Delight” mounted on the quilt frame just two days before Market – I was still binding at the hotel! Aurifil thread for both!
Also, you might have caught a glimpse of a quick and easy graphic quilt with just a touch of appliqué – “Bouquet”.
And the last of the new patterns is Romance – a fun little table topper! I had such fun making different variations of this one!
Everything was quilted on the BERNINA Q 24, which is something I’ll be talking about a lot here! Thanks to BERNINA for giving me this opportunity! Please let me know any questions you may have so I can make sure I cover them here or at BERNINA. I’m teaching at BERNINA University this year too and I’ll be back to post about that and new patterns soon. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with some videos of the Q 24 in action!
I hope you are having a lovely spring. Things have been so busy over here my head is spinning! But in a good way – I’m pinching myself on a daily basis. I’m excited to share that I am a new Quilting and Long Arm Spokesperson for BERNINA. That’s right – that means the new Q 24 has arrived!!!! I absolutely could not be happier with how this machine sews and in the upcoming months I’ll be sharing some of my favorite features and tips for working on the machine with you right here and also over at BERNINA. Being a spokesperson basically means that not only do I love quilting – I actually love just talking even talking about quilting (ask my family), so it is nice to have the opportunity to share tips and tips right here with you. So, if you have any specific questions or things you’d like to see me talk about, please leave a comment or send me a note and I’ll try to blog about it in the upcoming months. (And, as an aside, if you new to this blog and are not on my email list, please sign up to receive updates.) And, in the meantime, if you’d like a sneak peek of the Q 24 in action head over to my Instagram account! I’ll be posting more frequent pictures there
Here are some photos from the video shoot…
Getting set up on the BERNINA Q SeriesThis is the makeup artist, Ann Marie, who made me look WAY better than I normally look every day. I’m awful at makeup so having her there made me feel truly pampered.This is Brian MacDonald of Wonderkind Studios and his crew talking with me between shoots. They were wonderful to work with! Cara, Connie, and Andrea from BERNINA of America and Roxane from C&T Publishing ensured everything run smoothly, from start to finish… (Cara, these ellipses are for you!)And this is me getting down to business and quilting! Quilting is easier than talking!
If you are a dealer looking for ideas on showing your customers some of the unique possibilities on the Q 24, please sign up for my classes at BERNINA University in Arizona in July. I designed a special yet-to-be-announced teaching tool for you guys and your customers!
Tying into all this is my new book for C&T Publishing – the Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book. It is an “encyclopedia of quilting ideas” indexed by both block type and design family and will come out this summer. The really exciting thing about this book is that it is also an app! That means you will actually be able to see animations of the designs and, in some cases, even see video of motifs being executed on the BERNINA Q 24!
Also, I’m excited to announce my first line of fabric with Benartex. It is called Carina, which means “dear one” or “sweet”. The colors are so vibrant and happy which makes it a joy with which to sew, plus it has a ton of blenders which makes it great to splice. Thanks, Benartex! I’m releasing 4 news patterns for Market with this line… here are some sneak peeks. (And, yes, for those of you who emailed me, the header on my newly revamped website is a feature print from this collection.)
“Bouquet”“Bouquet” quilting, my first quilt on the BERNINA Q 24!“First Crush”“Romance”
If you are going to be at Market, please visit me in booth 2310 – or I should say please visit my quilts because that is really what we all do at Market anyway – visit quilts!!!
I’m off to work on my Block-of-the-Month – “Heart’s Delight”. I have 6 days to “finish” (ahem, actually “start”) it. Nothing like working under pressure right?
Hope everyone has a productive and wonderful week!
Amanda
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Hi there everyone! I hope you are having a great week. I’m excited to announce a couple of things…
1) I have a new embroidery collection called “Chronos” coming out with OESD in March. It is a more masculine embroidery collection which is different for me. It is for all of us looking to sew for sons, husbands, and fathers. Feminine designs are so easy to find – not so masculine. I’m getting my embroidery needles sharpened!
“Chronos”
Secondly, I’m going to be on Pat Sloan’s American Patchwork and Quilting podcast Monday, talking about quilting, embroidery, teaching, book writing etc. I actually have some big news to share on the fabric design front as well so it is great timing!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s Day weekend with lots of sewing!
Amanda
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