Modern Holiday: Deck the Halls with 18 Sewing Projects Quilts, Stockings, Decorations & More
Amanda Murphy
Language: English
Pages: 144
ISBN: 160705678X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Dress up your home in something fresh for the holidays! These quilts and holiday decorations from designer/blogger Amanda Murphy take Christmas in a bright new direction that updates the traditional reds and greens with blues, pinks, and whites. 18 festive projects include 9 quilts and 9 home decorations: seasonal pillows, a tree skirt, advent calendar, Christmas stocking, and more.
• Create modern looks with favorite blocks like Flying Geese, Dresden Plate, and Hexagon
• Use all your skills: piecing, appliqué, and hand embellishment
• Make many of the quilts for any season with a simple change of fabrics
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2 B units as shown in FIGURE . 3. Following the directions, use the 32 light and red squares 4″ × 4″ to make 32 red and light 4¼″ half-square triangle units (below). 4. Join 4 sets of 8 half-square triangles together to create 2 C units as shown in FIGURE . Note that the 2 center red triangles in each unit should match the 4 red squares 4¼″ × 4¼″ that you cut in an earlier step. Half-Square Triangle Refer to the project instructions for the size of the squares. 1. With right.
Pieces are mirror images of each other. 7. Using a scant ½″ seam allowance, sew the quilted stocking pieces together, leaving the stocking top open. Trim seams to about ¼″. Clip along the curves, almost up to the seamline. Do your best to press the seams open. 8. Using a ½″ seam allowance, sew the lining pieces together, leaving the stocking top open. Clip along the curves, almost up to the seamline. Do your best to press the seams open. 9. Place stocking lining unit inside quilted stocking.
Corner (see Step 1) and backstitch one stitch. Lift the presser foot and needle. Rotate the quilt one-quarter turn. Fold the binding at a right angle so it extends straight above the quilt and the fold forms a 45° angle in the corner (see Step 2). Then bring the binding strip down even with the edge of the quilt (see Step 3). Begin sewing at the folded edge. Repeat in the same manner at all corners. FIGURES – Step 1. Stitch to ¼″ from corner. Step 2. First fold for miter Step 3.
The years, Amanda Murphy Design was born. Amanda markets her own pattern line under the Amanda Murphy Design label and has designed several fabric collections for Robert Kaufman Fabrics and most recently for Blend Fabrics, a subsidiary of Anna Griffin, Inc. Amanda is pleased to announce that Blend Fabrics will produce a line of quilting fabrics called Holiday Bouquet, inspired by her artwork in this book. Look for Amanda’s second book with C&T Publishing in the fall of 2013. Amanda hopes that.
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