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February 4, 2015 By Mandy 2 Comments

Wanderlust Quilts, my book, is on Amazon!

My friend Casey, of Casey York Design  sent me a note today asking if I had seen that my book is available for preorder on Amazon. The release date is early September, 2015, just in time for Fall Market! I had not. But here’s a picture of it! Two of the quilts from the book were accepted […]

Filed Under: Applique, Books and Inspiration, Events, Longarm Quilting, QuiltCon, Wanderlust Quilts Tagged With: amanda leins, C&T publishing, longarm quilting, mandalei, Mandy Leins, modern quilt, modern quilt pattern, quilt book, stash books, wanderlust quilts

February 3, 2015 By Mandy 2 Comments

My quilting is on a cover quilt for American Quilter!

You guys.  YOU GUYS.  I almost passed out over my coffee this morning when I was scrolling through facebook and saw someone post the cover of this magazine, and then my copy arrived today! This quilt top is designed by Stacey Day of Stacey in Stitches.  Go check out her blog!  She’s got lots of […]

Filed Under: AQS, Events, Finishes, Recent Work, Work in magazines Tagged With: American Quilter, AQS, longarm quilting, mandalei, Mandy Leins, quilting, Stacey Day, Stacey in Stitches

January 30, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Work this week, word free

     

Filed Under: Applique, Construction, Finishes, Longarm Quilting, Recent Work, Wool Applique, Works in Progress Tagged With: #mandaleiworks, Applique, fmq, free motion quilting, longarm, longarm quilting, machine applique, mandalei

January 8, 2015 By Mandy 1 Comment

recent finishes for Cristy

This little cutie is a mini that Cristy Fincher of Purple Daisies made.  The wreaths have this really great movement to them, and to quilt them, I knew I wanted to keep with that feeling of turning and twisting.  I broke down the wreaths into triangles, and put in a simple echoed triangle in those […]

Filed Under: Finishes, Longarm Quilting Tagged With: longarm quilting, mandalei, modern quilt, quilts, straight line quilting

November 13, 2014 By Mandy 1 Comment

A Tale of Two Quilts: Picking Quilting Designs

I wanted to share some recent finishes, and talk about choices when picking quilting for your top. This quilt, pieced by Jane at Jolly and Delilah Quilts from Tula Pink’s free pattern “Shoreline”. Jane is a state over from me, and so we ship back and forth using USPS priority.  It works great! For this quilt, […]

Filed Under: Longarm Quilting, Recent Work Tagged With: freemotion quilting, longarm, longarm quilting, mandalei

October 19, 2014 By Mandy 3 Comments

Some finished quilts to share

Terri W. has sent me some lovely quilts to finish, and I can share a few now that they’re back with her! the first is an Echino improv quilt, based off a tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman (Terri added a mini border and sashing, and it turned out beautifully).  She wanted something simple so as not […]

Filed Under: Finishes, Longarm Quilting, Recent Work Tagged With: freemotion quilting, longarm quilting, modern quilt, templates

January 8, 2014 By Mandy 2 Comments

My free quilt patterns for Craftsy

Part of the gig for my free Craftsy class was providing two free patterns as part of the course materials (to get it, sign up for the class–it’s free–and they’re in the course materials available to download).  The one I was so excited to make is behind me in the class ad (you can see […]

Filed Under: Construction, Free Patterns, Longarm Quilting, Practicing Tagged With: craftsy, free, free Craftsy class, free modern quilt pattern, longarm, longarm quilting, modern quilt, pattern

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This blog is my own, and I write all its content. Links to Amazon and Craftsy may contain an affiliate code, since I am part of their affiliate programs. While I am a Bernina Ambassador, the machine I use is one that I have purchased prior to becoming an ambassador and is my property, not Bernina's; I am an ambassador because I love my machine. I do have free things that are sent to me from time to time, and if I use them I will always fully disclose that. All opinions are mine, and I will give them honestly. I am not paid by the people who send me things to write reviews.