Wondrous Woven Fabrics is selling kits for my complimentary pattern for Swiss Chocolate for Robert Kaufman! 

You can find the pattern here…

Happy sewing!
Amanda

I’m so excited to share “Cuddle Up”, my latest free pattern, with you!  I think I have mentioned that we are big fans of Cuddle fabric here.  Huge fans.  We all have robes made of Cuddle and blankets made of Cuddle, so the next logical step is, of course, pillows made of Cuddle!

I wanted to trim these soft pillows with pieced cuffs. Cuddle comes in a wide range of colors and I easily found some that perfectly coordinated with my Ambrosia line.  Oh – and I made sure that the edges of the cuddle fabric are completely encased in the seams in this pattern – so NO shedding after you sew.

And then I had to sew a neckroll pillow, of course.  I LOVE how neckroll pillows look, and couldn’t resist adding some trim.

Of course, I could hardly expect my ten year old to be enthusiastic about the flowery nature of these designs so I whipped up one for him in Robert Kaufman’s Dr. Seuss fabric.

He has since said that, when his Dr. Seuss pillow is in the wash, he would consider using one of the other pillow cases so as not to go back to an ordinary pillow.  Supreme compliment, don’t you think?

Mario at Shannon Fabrics gave me a great tip for times when you are working with lots of Cuddle: after you have cut your Cuddle fabric, but before piecing, throw it in the dryer.  It really eats up those little pieces of fuzz.  Thanks, Mario!

One more thing… I just recently joined twitter.  I’m a novice in the social networking arena but I am going to take the plunge.  After all, only quilters and crafty people might be interested in following me and we are the nicest people in the world, if we do say so ourselves!  As an aside, my computer-genius programming brother was no help in this area so I secretly want to be the expert in this one litle corner of the tech world – ha ha!  If any of you have any interest in joining and watching me stumble along in the social networking world I’d be grateful.  Just click on the twitter button on my sidebar and sign up!

I hope you all enjoy the pattern!

Amanda

Hi everyone!

February 20th is the “official” shipping date of Swiss Chocolate.  Of couse, it is Sunday, so that would mean Monday is the official shipping date.  Then again, tomorrow is President’s Day, so maybe Tuesday is the date.  At any rate, it should be showing up in stores soon.

To celebrate, I do have a new quilt from this collection to share with you.  “A Box of Chocolates” is in the April/May 2011 issue of McCall’s Quick Quilts, which is starting to ship to subscribers now and will be in newsstands in early March.  

At 76-1/2″ x 94-1/2″, it is a great size for a bed, and quite simple to make.  I really had fun laying this one out.  Kimberly at Fat Quarter Shop was kind enough to put together some kits for this quilt, along with some cuts of backing fabric, which is the caramel-colored tone on tone print you see on the front of the quilt.  They’ll be shipping in a couple of weeks, but you can sign up to be notified when everything is ready at her site.

If you prefer to make it in mocha (blue and caramel color story), you’ll need the following:
2 yards brown swirl print (sashing)- AAM-10930-174
3/4 yard cream print (border)- AAM-10930-15
1 yard cream/blue strip (binding)(AAM-10925-227)
3/4 yard tapestry – AAM-10926-227
3/4 yard blossoms – AAM-10928-227
3/4 yard melted swirls – AAM-10930-227
3/4 yard medallions – AAM-10929-227
3/4 yard scrollwork – AAM-10927-227
3/4 yard tone-on-tone floral – AAM-10931-227
3/4 yard feathers – AAM-10932-227
3/4 yard tone-on-tone Floral – AAM-10931-14
You’ll still need to purchase the April/May version of Quick Quilts, and you can use the same backing fabric that Kimberly offers for the red and brown kit.

Also, I was ever able to get in contact with Carol to claim her Ambrosia giveaway prize, so I’ve used the Random Number Generator to pick a new winner.

Mary said:

I am doing Blockapalooza, and decided to come to your blog after seeing what you have done there. I’m embarrassed to say I wasn’t aware of your work before that, but I am, after all, a “noob!” Anyway, I just wanted you to know I’m not just following you because you are giving away free fabric!

Having said that, Ambrosia is SO up my alley, and that Yo Yo pillow pattern is delicious!

Thanks Mary – and don’t feel badly – my first collection of quilting fabrics came out this past year!  Isn’t the blog-a-palooza program fun?

Happy sewing, everyone!
Amanda