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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Free-Motion Quilting With Style review

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Hi everyone,

Christa, at Christa Quilts, came out with a new book recently I thought you might be interested in.  It is called Machine Quilting With Style.

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She has some great ideas in this book, and she quilts all her quilts on a domestic machine!  And she is a master of the walking foot.  Look at this…

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Finals B1324.inddAren’t those spiral neat?  This is a project-based book so piecing directions and quilting suggestions are included.

This is my favorite quilt in the book…

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Usually I’m not a fan of orange but I REALLY love this one.  You can never go wrong when mixing straight line and free-motion quilting!

Finals B1324.inddHop on over to Christa’s website to find out more.  Congratulations, Christa!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Amanda

 

 

Quilting BERNINA-Style: Free-Motion Panel

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Some of you might have caught a glimpse of this on my BERNINA Q 24 Frame just days before BU.

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Well, I was sworn to secrecy at the time but now I can tell you!  This is the new Quilting BERNINA-Style Free-Motion Panel that I designed to help people become comfortable with free-motion quilting and it will be arriving exclusively at U.S. BERNINA dealers in October!  (I’m not sure about availability for international customers at the time I’m writing this, but I’ll let you guys know if I hear anything, ok?)  Whether you quilt on a long arm or domestic, I hope you really enjoy it.

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I this many of my favorite allover quilting patterns – some of which can be found in my Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book.  The coordinating app that is coming soon shows many of these patterns being quilted on a BERNINA.

After you get practice with many of the designs in the outer blocks, you can work on combining them in the central panels.

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The panel measures 36” x 54”, so is easy to maneuver both on a long arm and a domestic.  There is a smaller panel that will follow, perfect for making bags, pillows, and placemats.  I can’t wait to see what you all make with these!

Also, for those of you who have written me, sign versions of The Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book are now available in my shop.  Directions for the coordinating sampler will be available as a download from C&T soon, and the app version with video of a lot of these designs being quilted on a BERNINA Q 24 will follow.

Hope you are having a great summer and happy quilting!

Amanda