From Brigitte Bardot to Brigitte Heitland cool,clever, sexy and fun… Dance With Me is out and ready to play!!!!
Who would not want to team up with one of the best designers to create a beautiful Aurifil thread collection to match this brilliant new fabric collection Comma by Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic for Moda Fabrics.
The FABULOUS Sherri Falls came up with the idea of a ornament stitchery blog hop.. and the 2012 designers jumped on it! Aurifil loved the idea and a hop was born! We are two weeks into it, so you need to visit the first 6 designers at the links below.
now go visit Pat, Anna, and Emily leave them a comment too!
Good luck Winning a BOX of Aurifil Thread!
Hi I’m Pat Sloan the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. For November our stitchery series is from the incredible Emily Cier of Carolina Patchworks! Emily is another designer you want to follow for her tutorials (see the recent one on curves) and her fabulous photography. Emily also shares a lot about use of color through the year, and you might catch a glimpse of her children who give her great inspiration! You must start to follow her blog. http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/
I know you are going to love meeting Emily and her stitchery is very personal and fits in so well for November. How are you doing on the blocks? Are you up to date?
Remember to post your photo at our Flickr folder of a project given by one of the Aurifil Designers of the month (see tab on right for all the profiles). One quilter EACH MONTH will win a REALLY NICE THREAD prize from Aurifil! Just post a photo of your completed block. Everyone in the Flickr folder is in the running!
Flickr folder -www.flickr.com/groups/2012_aurifil_featured_designerofthemonth/
Let’s get to know Emily!
Welcome to the first stop on the Blook Tour Blog Hop!
We are so thrilled to be joining Jill Finley for this exciting event! Jill is a busy mom, grandmother, Aurifil Thread Designer and friend! Jill has a fun and fantastic new book called Home Sweet Quilt published by Martingale. She has somehow also made time to design a fabric collection for Henry Glass! If you are going to International Quilt Market don’t miss the opportunity to go by and say Hello to Jill!
The projects in this book are very beautiful with an amazing attention to detail for each and every part of the design. There are projects for every level of sewer. We are thrilled to say, all the projects shown in the book are made with Aurifil thread!
Hi I’m Pat Sloan the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. For October we continue our stitchery series with the super talented Amanda Woodward-Jennings! Amanda is co-owner with Ashleigh Gilberson of the stitchery company “The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery”. Amanda goes by the name of “Mrs. McPorkchop” and has the most amazing and creative projects and photography. You must start to follow her blog.. hurry! http://msmcporkchopquilts.com/
I know you are going to love Amanda’s interview and her block is incredibly adorable… but that means you need to work on catching up so you can see all the blocks together!
Remember to post your photo at our Flickr folder of a project given by one of the Aurifil Designers of the month (see tab on right for all the profiles). One quilter EACH MONTH will win a prize of Aurifil thread! Just post a photo of your completed block. Everyone in the Flickr folder is in the running! We have a new folder for the 2012 projects
Flickr folder -www.flickr.com/groups/2012_aurifil_featured_designerofthemonth/
Let’s get to know Amanda!
Hi I’m Pat Sloan the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. September is the start of fall for those of us in the northern half of the world and our September Designer Amy Ellis is all about fall! Amy is an author, pattern designer and the force behind the blog “Amy’s Creative side”. I know you are going to love Amy’s interview and her block is quick and easy.. which means you can catch up on some of the others.. wink!
Remember to post your photo at our Flickr folder of a project given by one of the Aurifil Designers of the month (see tab on right for all the profiles). One quilter EACH MONTH will win a prize of Aurifil thread! Just post a photo of your completed block. Everyone in the Flickr folder is in the running! We have a new folder for the 2012 projects
Flickr folder -www.flickr.com/groups/2012_aurifil_featured_designerofthemonth/
Let’s get to know Amy!
Aurifil, the world’s finest thread, has collaborated with a team of outstanding designers to offer you and your customers new collections of thread that will make every sewing project picture perfect. Enjoy Pat Sloan , Vanessa Christenson and Edyta Sitar thread collections paired up with their magnificent fabric lines by Moda Fabrics
Hi I’m Pat Sloan the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. August is in hot hot Arizona with featured Designer Bari J. Bari is a fabric designer, pattern designer and the owner of “We Love French Knots” where you can learn all kids of stitchery tips!
You can hear my interview with Bari on Monday 17th of October 2011 HERE just scroll down the page
Remember to post your photo at our Flickr folder of a project given by one of the Aurifil Designers of the month (see tab on right for all the profiles). One quilter EACH MONTH will win a prize of Aurifil thread! Just post a photo of your completed block. Everyone in the Flickr folder is in the running! We have a new folder for the 2012 projects
Flickr folder -www.flickr.com/groups/2012_aurifil_featured_designerofthemonth/
Let’s get to know Bari!
Linda Lum Debono known for her bright color choices and her great sense of style has just released a new book with Martingale for Christmas. Sew Merry and Bright is filled with fun, easy and inspirational projects for all skill levels to make preparing for Christmas much more fun!
Linda was Aurifil Designer of the Month for Feburary 2011 and completely won us over with her fun LOVE pattern.
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Pat Bravo brings her gorgeous design aesthetic to thread, with three collections; one for quilters and two for sewers. The colors match the sumptuous fabrics she designs. If you haven’t experienced Art Gallery Fabrics you owe it to yourself to check them out, and sew with the highest quality thread chosen just for them: Aurifil!
QNN caught up with Pat to share how her Aurifil collections match all of her fabric lines perfectly.
