BERNINA University and NEW FABRIC Recap 2019!

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Hi everyone,

Are you excited for some summer sewing?  It has been SOOOO hard to keep secrets these last few months so thank goodness I can finally show what I have been working on.  My newest fabric lines for Benartex and Contempo or Benartex were just featured at BERNINA University a week ago and I’m so excited to show you!

If you’d rather watch a video showing all the patterns and fabrics you can find one here:

Pictures speak louder than words so let’s get started!  The new line inspired by the features of my favorite BERNINA machines is called “Celestial Lights”.  It will start shipping in July and is beautifully printed by Benartex with details delineated in pearl inks.

 

There are a variety of shot-cotton prints perfect for embroidered embellishment, including a pearl-on-white not pictured here.

The first Celestial Lights pattern is called Stardust.  It features twelve star embroideries – each with a different blackwork pattern – from the coordinating BERNINA-Exclusive Celestial Lights Collection.  The Embroidery Collection also features the quilting files for this quilt digitized for both longarms and domestic embroidery machines.  There are directions for both a blue and a  red color story.  We’ll be giving tips and tricks for sewing this over on BERNINA’s blog this fall!

Again with red and blue options, is my new piecing pattern – Constellations!  It uses a half yard of twelve fabrics.  Lots of pieces but I REALLY love this one!

And super-fun to piece is Hometown, in a combination of red and blue!

Next up is Floret, a fun appliqué pattern that includes a download code for SVG files.  There is going to be an Aurifil thread box for this one, so you’ll have an easy way to locate the 28 wt. thread I like to use for the blanket stitch and the 12 wt. thread I like to use for the triple-stitched vines.  Also a July ship date.

The fabric collection features five different panels: two ruler panels, two quilting panels, and one embroidery panel.

Shown in the first row: Endless Quilting yardage and the embroidery panel. Shown in the second row: two ruler panels. The Endless Quilting yardage has no divisions between the repeats and extra fabric near the selvage for seams so you can practice quilting to your heart’s content on a project of any size!

The Celestial Lights Embroidery Panel Project Guide shows you how to make that panel into a pillow, table runner, wall hanging, and quilt!

The Celestial Lights Ruler Panel Guide in conjunction with the ruler panels show you how to use my new Good Measure Every Oval Ruler set in a myriad of different ways.   You’ll love this set I promise and guess what?  Hot on its heels will come another new ruler set – RIBBON CANDY!

Next up are my Market lines. With all the BERNINA University prep I never wrote a blog post for them so I apologize for this being a bit late.  The patterns for the patterns below one will be ready in a few weeks.

Silver Jubilee is an elegant sophisticated line in silvers and charcoals, accented with a rich plum.

Because of the traditional nature of the paisley feature print, with patterns I went more modern in feel.  Here is my favorite… Amethyst Jubilee!  (And yes, it is paper-pieced but with just one block and its mirror image.)

Following on its heels in the modern category is Linked.  It is fat-quarter friendly so is super easy to kit!

Then we have Mirror, Mirror.  My goal here was to develop a 10’’ square-friendly pattern that was dynamic and different.

Since Silver Jubilee was modeled after the original gold Jubilee line, I had time to draw another collection.  This one is close to my heart as it arrived in my head pretty much fully formed and that hardly ever happens.  I just love the rich tones in this collection and the birds… even though I’m scared of birds in real life.  Nightingale is very subtly detailed in just a little bit of pearl.

For patterns we have a large-block quilt called Salt Water Taffy…

And Sunrise, which is such fun to quilt with a straight line ruler and simple loops. (I have a video of the quilting somewhere that I’ll have to dig up to show.)  You can use quarter yard cuts or fat quarters for this one.

And then we have my favorite to make because each block was such fun – Night Garden!  This is fat-quarter friendly too.

All patterns include SKU information and will ship in late July; I’ll let you know as soon as they are available.  In the meantime if you love any or all of these lines please ask your local shop to order them through Benartex! Thanks so much and happy quilting!

Amanda

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Technicolor in Jubilee! (plus Cyber-Monday sale and a giveaway)

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The winner of this giveaway is Sharon Krulitz!  Congratulations, Sharon!  Send me your address and I’ll get your prize on its way!

So a question in my Facebook Group, Quilting with Amanda Murphy, the other day reminded me that there was a Jubilee quilt that I never blogged about.  Actually I never even photographed!  Whoops!  So I’d like to belatedly share Technicolor in the reds and golds of Jubilee!

This one is super simple (in reality is is a huge wedge-quilt) and it just glowed one it was done!  It was quilted in Aurifil thread on my BERNINA Q24 but it would actually be just as easy to execute this one on a domestic machine by quilting around the circles and then quilting the liens that radiate out from the center.  What really makes the quilting here is the contrast between the straight line quilting and the free-motion.  Really the free-motion could be anything from meanders to paisleys to just loosely following the design on the fabric, which is what I did here.  It is the CONTRAST with the straight line quilting that creates the energy here.

One of the best things about this pattern is that once you create the wedges for one quilt, you are left with the reverse of those wedges so you can make a second quilt just with the addition of background fabric!  In fact, when I made this quilt I was left with a set of wedges that I’m going to give away – details below.

If you are interested in the Jubilee SKU info for Technicolor you can find it here.

This looks so different from the original Technicolor pattern I made in Free-Motion Fantasy, doesn’t it?  It is always amazing what color can do…

If you are lucky enough to have a local quilt shop you can order the pattern through them, because I always like to support them if possible!  If you don’t have a local shop you can find the printed pattern here or the PDF pattern here(PDF patterns are 25% off for CYBER MONDAY in my shop using the code THANKFUL.)

So that is it – now for the giveaway.  Just comment below telling me about your favorite quilting notion.  The one you can’t live without.  A winner will be chosen randomly from the comments.  Just to get you started, mine might be my weighted seam ripper.  LOL but seriously it is!  One entry per person please.  This contest will be open until midnight this Saturday, December 1st.

In the meantime – happy quilting!

Amanda

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Where can I find the Jubilee fabric collection?

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Hi everyone!  I’ve gotten inundated with emails asking where people can find the Jubilee fabric collection.  As many of you know, this collection sold out at BERNINA University, but a whole bunch more arrived in the US to be bolted and shipped this past week, so I thought it would be a good time to ask Benartex for a list of shops that placed orders.  (BERNINA has a 6 month exclusive on this collection and it will also be popping up internationally in a couple of months.) Also, shops can order kits of the quilts below from Benartex (even if they don’t order yardage) for delivery in December, so now would be the time to ask them to place an order!

Some of my patterns featuring Jubilee. Clockwise from the top left: Diamond Jubilee, Ruby Jubilee, Platinum Jubilee, and the Jubilee Ruler Panel.

 

And one more… my Hanging Ruler Organizer to transport rulers to class or to display them in your studio!

Keep in mind this isn’t a complete list as shops can also order through distributors and I have no way of tracking those orders.  (If you are a shop who isn’t included on this list please private message me in my Facebook Group, Quilting with Amanda Murphy, and I’ll add you.)  Also, this is a list of shops that have yardage.  It doesn’t necessarily include shops that ordered Jubilee 125th Anniversary Quilt kits from BERNINA.

So, without further ado, the following shops in the US have ordered Jubilee:

Alabama
Robin’s Sewing Shoppe

Arkansas
Amy’s Fun Fabric & More
Roger’s Sewing Center
Sew in Heaven
The French Seam

Arizona
Quilt n’ Sew Connection
Sun Valley Quilts
The Bernina Connection
The Quilt Basket

California
Authorized Vac & Sew
Quilt’n Thyme Sew & Vac
Redlands Sewing Center
Sew Hut
Sewing Arts Center
The Quilter’s Studio
Upland Vac & Sew

Colorado
Cortez Quilt Co. & More
High Country Quilts
The Presser Foot

Delaware
Hayes’Sewing Machine Company

Florida
Bee’s Quilt Shop & Studio
Byrd’s Nest Quilting
Margie’s Sew Much Fun
Once Upon A Quilt
Paula’s Fine Fabrics
The Stitchers Quest

Georgia
Atlanta Sewing Center
Augusta Sewing Center

Iowa
Inspired to Sew

Idaho
Becky’s Fabrics & Bernina Lewiston
Idaho Sewing & Vacuum

Illinois
Top Shelf Quilts
Linda Z’s Sewing Center
Peace & Applique Quilt Shop
Quilting in the Valley

Indiana
Rossville Quilts
Love It Sew

Kansas
Bernina Sewing Center

Louisiana
Fabric Boutique
Quilt N’ Stitch

Maryland
Material Girls

Michigan
Ann Arbor Sewing Center
Fabric Affair

Minnesota
Pine Needles Quilt & Sew

Missouri
Appletree Quilting Center
Bits & Pieces
Merrily We Quilt Along
The Golden Needle

Mississippi
Bernina Sewing Etc.
Heirlooms Forever

North Carolina
Asheville Cotton Co.
Loving Stitches
Sew Much Fun!
Sew Original
We’re Sew Creative

North Dakota
Dakota Sew & So

Nevada
Quiltique

New York
Aurora Sewing Center
Grandmother’s Thimble
Patchwork Plus

Ohio
Beth’s Creative Stitchery
Chestnut Ridge Sewing
Quilt Beginnings

Oklahoma
Bernina of Oklahoma City

Oregon
Quilting Delights
Stretch & Sew Fabrics

South Carolina
Accent Sewing
Bernina Sewing Center

Tennessee
Bernina Sewing Machine Station

Texas
A Nimble Thimble
Cupcake Quilts
Fabric Carousel
Patches & Scraps
Pins & Needles Quilting & Fabrics

Utah
Nuttall

Washington
E-Z Knit Fabrics
Janean’s Bernina

Wisconsin
Bigsby’s Sewing Center
Brubaker Swg & Furniture
Sew Much More

Jubilee will be shipping internationally in December.  It is a bit more difficult for me to find out where they ship internationally since I’m completely depend on international distributors to send me that information but if you are having trouble you can post in my Facebook Group, Quilting with Amanda Murphy, and I’ll see if I (or a dealer who is in there) can help.

Happy quilting!

Amanda

 

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