I’m pinching myself – I can’t believe I’m in Where Women Create!  I’m only showing some of my spreads here but there are so many articles featuring amazing quilters and studios.  (To be honest, I can’t believe I’m in the same book!)

Special thanks to a friend and amazing photographer, Elizabeth Sawyer-Menaker, who came to my studio fixed things up!  She did a wonderful job – thanks Liz.  Look for Where Women Create: Quilters, Their Quilts, Their Studios, and Their Stories in quilt shops and bookstores now.   (And yes, that is a peek of my new collection for Blend Fabrics under the book – more on that soon.)

On another note, if you are enjoying my Elegant Embroidered Quilts class on Craftsy or you just like my blog would you please send in a nomination in the quilting and embroidery categories for me here?  I’d so appreciate it.

Happy sewing everyone!

Amanda

I’m so excited to announce that my Elegant Embroidered Quilts class is live on Craftsy!

The winner of the free class is Gill, who liked #2.

Thanks so much to Craftsy for hosting me and helping me develop this class.  I’d like to also thank Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio for the quilting you see above and Jen Reeve of Honu Quilting for the quilting of the Dresden quilt you got a glimpse of in my earlier post, and Brewer Sewing and OESD for letting me experiment with all of their different stabilizers.  And of course Blend Fabrics and Anna Griffin for all the wonderful prints and Robert Kaufman for the Kona cotton that set them off so well.

Have a great week and happy quilting!
Amanda

I’m SO excited because the class that I filmed for Craftsy this summer is launching in just a few days!  (Ironically it is launching the same day I start filming another Craftsy class but more on that later…)  I can finally share some sneak peeks of what I worked on this summer…

Elegant Embroidered Quilts (link coming Wednesday) was designed for intermediate sewers who want to learn to incorporate machine embroidery into their quilting and create projects that are completely unique to them.  The patterns for 3 quilts, 3 smaller projects, and 5 original embroidery motifs are all included in the class.

Sneak Peek #1 (in Anna Griffin’s Chinoiserie line on white Kona cotton!)

Sneak Peek #2

Sneak Peek #3 (Just ignore the lady in this picture and look at the quilt… in Jessica Swift’s Sardinia line for Blend Fabrics and Kona cotton!)

Sneak Peek #4 (in my Bonjour, Mon Ami line for Blend Fabrics… I wish you could see the undulating border on this one!)

Which “sneak peek” do you like best?  Leave me a comment on this post and I’ll pick a winner randomly on Wednesday and they will get a free class!  I can’t wait to show you more.

Happy sewing AND embroidering!

Amanda