Guess what the fedex man brought to my doorstep yesterday?

Topiary, my newest collection for Blend Fabrics, will be shipping to shops later this month.  If you like this collection, please ask your local shop owner to order it.  I’m so excited because it is just in time for spring!

I’ll be back next week with a sneak peek of some projects and maybe even a giveaway!  Have a great weekend, everyone!

Amanda

Tomorrow is the final day of the Wake Up to Kona blog hop at Sew We Quilt.  People have been posting such amazing projects – makes me so happy!  You can see the vast array of ideas and techniques over at the Wake Up to Kona Pinterest page as well.  (Tomorrow – the 21st – is also the last day to bid on City Lights, with all proceeds benefitting the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.)

I thought I’d celebrate by showing one last quilt from Color Essentials.  This one is called On Pointe and it is sewn using a Kona Sunset Fat Quarter bundle.  It is pieced with Aurifil thread on my Bernina 580.  Quilting by Deborah Norris!

I hope everyone has a wonderful, colorful week.  Happy quilting!
Amanda

This winner of this giveaway, according to the random number generator, is PK Sews!  Congratulations!

Window Boxes is a fun, modern design that I pieced this summer for Quilters Newsletter Best Modern Quilts Issue.  I’m so excited to be able to share it with you here today as part of the last day their blog tour, for which they have generously sponsored a giveaway of both a magazine and a Jolie fat quarter bundle by Anna Griffin!

Some of the larger wonky windows sport just a bit of appliqué!

Window Boxes is sewn in a combination of my “Bella” and “Bonjour, Mon Ami” lines for Blend Fabrics.  I used Aurifil thread for the piecing and appliqué and Warm and White batting.  My good friend Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio, quilted the fun floral pattern.

“Jolie” fat quarter bundle by Anna Griffin

To enter the giveaway of a copy of the magazine and the Jolie fat quarter bundle simply leave a comment telling me about a quilting project you are currently enjoying or are excited about starting.  Deadline is tonight (Friday the 17th of January) at midnight.  One entry per person please.

And be sure to stop by Quilters Newsletter and another designer on the tour, Janet Jo Smith (a little bird told me it was her birthday today so be sure to wish her “happy birthday”), for more chances to win prizes!

Happy quilting and have a great weekend!
Amanda

P.S.  Please join me on Instagram at “amandamurphydesign”!