About this item
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
About the Author
Always attracted to color, texture, and pattern, Amanda Murphy has been designing, drawing, and sewing since she was a child. After graduating with a BFA in design from Carnegie Mellon University, she worked as a graphic designer and art director in Alexandria, Virginia and New York City. After moving to North Carolina with her family, Amanda discovered quilting, an art that marries her passion for design with her enthusiasm for handwork. As she gradually expanded her knowledge of quilting techniques and combined them with the ideas she had been sketching over the years, Amanda Murphy Design was born. Amanda markets her own full-color pattern line under the Amanda Murphy Design label and has designed several fabric collection, most recently for Benartex Fabrics.Amanda is also the author of several books with C&T Publishing including the best-selling Modern Holiday and The Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book. A companion sampler is available on C&T's site and the app will be debuting soon.Amanda is a BERNINA Quilting and Long Arm Spokesperson for the Q Series. She has designed panel prints for BERNINA that help people learn to free-motion quilt.Amanda enjoys teaching when her family schedule permits and teaches online classes in quilting and machine embroidery for Craftsy.com.Amanda hopes that both her fabric and quilt designs will inspire others to create their own works of art.
