Folk Art Fantasy Blog Hop (with giveaways!) and patterns now shipping!

Posted on June 26, 2017June 30, 2017 by Amanda Murphy — 1 Comment

Hi guys! Well, I’m really happy to tell you that my Folk Art Fantasy patterns are finally shipping in anticipation of the fabric shipping in just a few weeks. If interested, ask your local shop to order them or, if you don’t have a local shop, you can find them here. I love to support local shops when possible.

Also, this week Benartex is sponsoring a blog hop with two other Amandas and an Alison. (Happy coincidence but also a funny one!) Be sure to check out what each of them is making with Folk Art Fantasy on their day and while you are at their sites, enter to win a fabric bundle – Benartex is giving one away each day! The schedule is:

Tuesday: Mandy of Mandalei Quilts

Wednesday: Benartex Blog Design Team

Thursday: Alison of Little Bunny Quilts

Friday: Amanda of Material Girls Quilts

Also, if you are interested in hearing me blab on about what inspired this collection you can find that interview here.

And if you missed the patterns you can see them below.

“Folklore” with SVG files but no Y-seams!

“Folk Garden” – minis with an SVG download code.

“Folk Art Flowers” – with optional digitized quilting designs from my Traditional Feathers collection – coming soon!

And last but not least “All-Star” – a modern one-block quilt with lots of movement.

Thanks everyone! Have a wonderful week with lots of quilting!

Amanda

Free BERNINA Rulerwork Zippered Bag pattern and a sneak peek of Folk Art Fantasy!

Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 by Amanda Murphy

Hi guys! A few things:

I wanted to let you know that recently I designed a free pattern for BERNINA for a Zippered Rulerwork Bag at is now live, so hop on over to BERNINA and get the PDF directions and see the videos!
Also, below is a sneak peek of my new collection debuting for Spring Market, Folk Art Fantasy for Contempo Studios of Benartex. Yes, it coordinates with Sewing Room and I hope you love it! I am having so much fun sewing patterns with these fabrics right now – I can’t wait to show you! For a sneak peek of my FAVORITE print in the entire collection please join my Facebook Group!
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a five day class again at Empty Spools Seminars in Asilomar, CA in 2018 and I can’t wait! This is a beautiful retreat that is really unique – 5 days of intense study in small groups – amazing! I’ve designed a new modern sampler especially for this event incorporating a bunch of different techniques. More information can be found on the Empty Spools website so, if you are free March 18th-23rd of 2018, please join us!

Fireworks Sampler, to be taught at Empty Spools, Asilomar, CA, March 18-23, 2018
While at QuiltCon I had a chance to sit down with Stephanie of Sit & Sew Radio, so if you are interested, hop on over to her site to listen!
Finally, Nordic Holiday fabric and patterns are now shipping to shops! If you don’t have a local shop, you can find the patterns here.

I hope you have a lovely weekend – happy quilting!

Amanda

Quilting Tips and Aurifil 2017 Block-of-the-Month Month 1

Posted on January 18, 2017January 17, 2017 by Amanda Murphy

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…

aurifil_jan2017_amandamurphy02a — Wholecloth quilt digitized in Art and Stitch using motifs from my Sewing Room Quilting Collection and quilted on the BERNINA Q24 using Q-Matic automation.

aurifil_jan2017_amandamurphy06 — My Aurifil Piecing and Quilting Collection and Applique Collection.

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.