Hi guys! I hope you are having a wonderful start to your new year! Just three quick notes about new things that are happening at Amanda Murphy Design…
1) Today I’m over on Aurifil’s blog talking about how I quilt with their threads so be sure to check out my post for quilting tips and tricks! I’m a huge fan of Aurifil threads and recently designed a whitework quilt featuring 28 spools of thread in Art and Stitch by modifying some of the motifs in my Sewing Room Quilting Collection, which is digitized for longarms but also for home embroidery machines. (More on that soon…) I stitched it out on the BERNINA Q24 longarm using Q-Matic automation. You can see pictures below…
2) Second… have you joined my Facebook group yet? To be among the first to see my video quilting tutorials when I film them, please join us!
3) The Aurifil Block-of-the-Month is starting up! (I’m Month 12 and my color is aqua so you can imagine how excited I am!) To get directions to make the first month’s block, designed by Janet Clare, click here. I made my own version in my Nordic Holiday collection for Contempo/Benartex (shipping this April), which you can see below. I did a post for Aurifil awhile back talking about how I appliqué with their thread that you can reference here. Many of you know that I like to use their heavyweight threads for appliqué, but for this month’s block I appliqués in 50 wt. thread in colors 2021 and 2065 because of the delicacy of the motif. You can enter to win a 12 spool box of Aurifil thread each month simply by making the block and posting it at Pat Sloan’s website.
Happy quilting!
Amanda
