Well, the cat was out of the bag at Market and, since they’ve already announced it over at BERNINA’s blog We All Sew, I’m so excited to show you “Sundance”!

“Sundance” – one of my favorite quilts that I have made.

This is a sampler I designed exclusively for BERNINA dealers.  (And I’ve had to keep it a secret all year – that has been so hard!)  It has a little piecing, a little embroidery (optional), and a little appliqué.  A little bit of everything but nothing too difficult.

The piecing forms a grid pattern when you sew the blocks together.

I set the blocks on point to allow lots of open space for quilting!

And the quilting – I can’t wait to sew another version and quilt it on their new long arm launching in the latter half of 2014!  And we will be sharing our designs, from fabric choice all the way through to quilting, through social media and at participating BERNINA dealers.  Seriously, I am SOOOO excited to share this quilt with you all because it incorporates so many of the techniques I have learned through the years sewing on BERNINA machines.

I mirrored some of the fabric motifs in the quilting.

Of course, there HAS to be a Dresden Plate.

This piece was really inspired by the BERNINA 780 and by my Bonjour, Mon Ami collection for Blend Fabrics!

Sundance will be rolling out with the new year.  Check with your local BERNINA dealer to inquire about access to this program.

I hope you will sew along with us!!!
Amanda

Note:  The winner of this giveaway is Tammy, who loves peanut butter cookies and homemade fudge.  And guess what – you all have put me at well over 1000 Facebook followers/”likes” (and made me very hungry with your cookie ideas) so THANK YOU!  Happy Holidays!

Guess what?  Today is Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway Day and people are giving away all sorts of great fabrics and sewing supplies.

Here I am giving away a copy of Modern Holiday along with three different fat quarter bundles.  One is from my Holiday Bouquet line for Blend Fabrics.  A second is a red and aqua Michael Miller bundle from my Crossroads quilt and the final bundle is a bit of Christmas Candy by Doodlebug Designs from Riley Blake that I used in the Christmas Gifts quilt.  All three will go to one lucky winner!

To enter simply leave me a comment on this post telling me what your favorite holiday cookie or treat is.  And please hop on over to my Facebook page and “like” it if you have a chance – I’m close to getting 1000 followers and we’ll be making some cookies of our own to celebrate once we reach that goal!    The deadline to enter is midnight on Friday, December 13th.

Be sure to hop on over to Sew, Mama, Sew to check out the other giveaways!

Happy sewing!
Amanda

I’m so excited because my episode of The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims is now live!

So far this season they have featured:

Jean Wells
Mickey Depre
Grace Errea
Wendy Butler Berns
Sure Spargo
Mickey Lawler
Gwen Marson
Sheila Frampton Cooper
Angela Walters
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Susan Else
Rose Sheifer
and Lyric Kinard

If any of you have been thinking about joining they gave me a coupon code to share for 5% off – it is 238744193687 and you can type it in when you check out.  There is a fun quilt gallery and active blog over there so be sure to check it out.

Happy holiday season with lots of quilting!
Amanda