Mandy, Author at mandalei quilts

October 19, 2017 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Sneaky peeky! One big machine embroidery project coming soon! #machineembroidery #B790 #berninalove @alisonglass #alisonglass

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August 16, 2017 By Mandy 6 Comments

Thread Dread: Removing Trapped Thread From Your Quilt Top

I am participating in the Back to School Blog Hop hosted by Sam Hunter of Hunter’s Design Studio. The lineup of quilters (32 of them!) is really fantastic, and the topics cover a huge range of material. Enjoy! We’ve all had this happen. The top is prepped, it’s sandwiched, the quilting has been started… and […]

June 27, 2017 By Mandy 138 Comments

Folk Art Fantasy, and a Gift in Three Parts

When I was growing up, my mom always told me fairy tales, either of her own devising or the more “usual”. Even as a kid, I knew she was like Anne of Green Gables: her mind was (and is) a place for delightful imaginings and stories. When my friend Amanda Murphy asked me if I […]

May 21, 2017 By Mandy 11 Comments

Trimming Your Quilt with Tools from the Hardware Store

This post does not contain affiliate links. Despite our best efforts–or perhaps because of them if we’re improv piecing!–our quilts are not always square. This happened to me recently as I was working on a quilt from scratch. I was not paying attention and miscalculated a few blocks, so there were some dangling bits and […]

May 18, 2017 By Mandy 10 Comments

Welcome to My New Studio at 30 Beekman!

Welcome, friends! Whether you’re here because of the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop or coming by to see my new studio in Saratoga Springs, NY, I am delighted to show you what I’ve been up to (and why I am skipping Quilt Market this Spring). I have to start with the story behind my […]

May 2, 2017 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Sewing Studio Voyeurism but in a Good Way!

It’s that time of year again! Cheryl Sleboda is once again hosting Spring Clean Your Studio 2017! I am participating this year as motivation to get my new studio in order before an Official Grand Opening (and if that isn’t a little exciting and scary, I don’t know what is!) I’ve been working in the new […]

April 10, 2017 By Mandy 3 Comments

Full Bloom

Spring is coming! At the end of a long, cold winter, the promise of Spring is tantalizing, isn’t it? The winter encourages us to feel dormant, hibernate, retreat. Winter is a good time to take stock of what nourishes the soul! This winter, I thought, what is it that nourishes me? Making my own quilts […]

March 21, 2017 By Mandy 4 Comments

Looking Forward (and Back) to Quilting

Welcome! My name is Mandy Leins, and I am a teacher of all things quilting: longarm and domestic quilting, and piecing. If you’ve found your way here through the BERNINA Ambassador blog hop, please you take a look around! I have tutorials and techniques over here, and my course offerings are here. I was taking […]

March 4, 2017 By Mandy 1 Comment

A new-old free quilt pattern, “Oculus”

Way back when I was first starting up as a business, I designed a free quilt pattern that I kind of forgot about! Thanks to today’s prompt “Fast Finishes”, part of the 2017 #IGquiltfest by Amy’s Creative Side, I was reminded that I did have a quick and easy quilt pattern to offer! I would […]

October 19, 2016 By Mandy 5 Comments

New Pattern in the Shop! And a Sneaky Marking Technique

I am delighted to present Midwinter Mandala available as a PDF download in my shop.I have had this idea for a snowflake design running around in my head for a while now, so when Betz White asked me to participate in “A Banner Year”, a seasonal sew-along project for our School of Wool Facebook group, […]