{"id":4464,"date":"2016-11-12T14:35:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2016-11-12T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T21:35:22","slug":"meet-road-2017-faculty-amanda-leins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/12\/meet-road-2017-faculty-amanda-leins\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Road 2017 Faculty: Amanda Leins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAmanda Leins<\/a> is one of the teachers in Road 2017\u2019s new industry room classes<\/a> where students will be able to experience firsthand, quilting on both domestic and long arm machines<\/em>. Amanda\u2019s classes include:\nMonday 1007C \u00a0Refined Rulers: Using Templates With Domestic & Sit Down Machines\"a-leins-rulers\"<\/a><\/strong>\nTuesday 2010C\u00a0 Blended Quilting: Combining Ruler-work With Free Motion Quilting On A Domestic Machine\"a-leins-blended-quilting\"<\/a><\/strong>\nWednesday 3012C \u00a0Fundamentals of Free Motion Quilting\"a-leins-fundamentals\"<\/a><\/strong>\nThursday 4012C \u00a0Improv Quilting: Creating Curves Using Straight Lines\"a-leins-improv-quilting\"<\/a><\/strong>\nFriday\u00a0 5012C Aqueducts: Piecing Curves\"a-leins-aqueducts\"<\/a><\/strong>\nHow did a trained classical archaeologist <\/em>like Amanda Leins become a well-known quilter? \"a-leins4\"<\/a>It all began with the men in Amanda\u2019s family. Her maternal grandfather remembered carding the batting as a 6 year old boy during the Depression, listening to the ladies gossip as he sat underneath the quilting frame. Amanda got started in quilting on a visit to her grandparents about 14 years ago. Her \u201cfella\u201d (now Amanda\u2019s husband) had to work while they were visiting so she had days to sit with her grandparents and listen to her Grampa Johnny share his love for quilts and how much he admired the ones left to their family, many of which Amanda had never seen before that trip. Her Gramma Nita had an in-cabinet Singer that many family members (mom, dad, aunts and uncles) had sewn on and Amanda wanted to be part of that tradition. Amanda made her first quilt on Gramma’s Singer, cutting things out on a coffee table, and never looked back.\nAmanda\u2019s background in classical archaeology comes through with her quilting. Much of what she designs and makes is based upon the art and architecture of the ancient world. Her book shows how to take those ancient things that are timeless and still make fresh and modern designs. Amanda also appreciates how classical design principles are based upon observations of the natural world. She is thrilled to know that she is carrying on a grand tradition of working with her hands to make beautiful and functional things. She believes that \u201cthis creative act is something that is an integral part of what it is to be human.\u201d\"a-leins2\"<\/a>\nAmanda has traveled all over the United States to take and teach quilting classes. Her two favorite classes that she has taken have been a practical class taught by Kimmy Brunner on trapunto and a class taught by Karen McTavish. While Amanda has yet to make a trapunto quilt, what she learned has helped with some tricky quilts that Amanda says \u201cwere less than perfect and had some extra fabric in some places and not in others.\u201d Regarding her class with Karen McTavish, Amanda says she likes how Karen \u201capproaches quilting design and finds her artistic process so very interesting.\u201d\nWhat is Amanda\u2019s favorite quilting tools? \u00a0\u00a0For piecing, she cannot \u201clive without\u201d her glue basting and starch. For quilting, she adores working with rulers and templates, and is \u201cwildly in love\u201d with her BERNINA Q24 longarm which she says is \u201cso fun to use.\u201d\nAmanda\u2019s best quilting tip is to relax and smile<\/em><\/strong>. She shares, \u201cIf your shoulders are down and you’re actually smiling a real (smile) and not gritting your teeth, you get less stress headaches and your quilting designs will be more fluid. If you find yourself tensing up, get up, walk around, shake out your muscles, and smile! Your body and your quilting will be grateful!\n[caption id=\"attachment_4465\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"839\"]\"Quilt<\/a> Quilt designed by Janet McWorkman and quilted by Amanda Leins for Janet’s book, “The ABCs of Quilting “(C&T)[\/caption]\nAmanda got into quilting because \u201cit brings me delight and being able to share that is, well, delightful!\u00a0 Whether that’s providing a solid knowledge base, my tips and tricks, or sharing my love of the whole process, I want each student to come out of that class thinking \u2018that was worth it. I can do this!\u2019\u201d You can expect Amanda to try and give as much information and time to practice in class as she can so that each student has what he or she needs to be successful and delighted in their work when they get home, not just those first few days, but as they continue to grow in their quilting abilities.\nTo learn more about Amanda, please visit her website<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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