Love Birds and Forever are shipping!

Posted on March 14, 2014March 23, 2015 by Amanda Murphy — 2 Comments

I’m excited to announce that Love Birds and Forever are shipping! I’ve spent the last fews days folding assembly diagrams and packaging them so that they are all ready to go. These are relatively small patterns that you can whip up in a weekend – I used my Topiary line for Blend Fabrics and Aurifil thread! You can ask your local quilt shop to order them – the rep samples for major distributors also went out this week.

If you can’t find them at your local site you can order Love Birds and Forever on my shopping site. I’ll be adding SVG files you can use on cutting machines to order separately in the future – hopefully soon!

Happy quilting!
Amanda

BERNINA Quilt As Desired

Posted on March 5, 2014March 23, 2015 by Amanda Murphy — 2 Comments

First, I’d like to thank you all for the kind comments and emails you sent me about my two new patterns!

Second, I’m SO excited to be visiting BERNINA’s headquarters in Chicago March 25th-26th to teach at their Quilt As Desired Retreat. The incredibly knowledgeable Judy Hahner will be walking participants through the ins and outs of the BERNINA Quilting System and QuiltMotion Touch software and I’ll be working with people quilting on domestic machines! (I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the 780!) We’ll explore some simple backgrounds and learn how and where to place them to make complex looking designs. And we’ll talk about how to create a great quilting plan for any quilt. I can’t wait! They will have stitch regulators for everyone to try!

And did I mention that BERNINA has decided to send participants home with a copy of the directions for the Sundance quilt! If you are interested you can register here! (I think that, on their site there are two different dates listed, Quilt as Desired is actually JUST available on the 25th-26th.) I hope some of you can join me.

Happy sewing!
Amanda

Love Birds

Posted on March 3, 2014March 23, 2015 by Amanda Murphy — 6 Comments

“LoveBirds” is my second new pattern featuring my newest line of fabric for Blend Fabrics – “Topiary”. I used Warm and Natural batting and Aurifil thread – 28 weight for the appliqué and 50 weight for the piecing and quilting. It is 18-1/2″ x 26-1/2″ and would make a great anniversary or wedding gift!