A Thank YOU Giveaway!

As promised I'm back today with one last BIG Fleet & Flourish Giveaway to thank you all for following the Blog Tour!!



See all these pretty bolts??!! Well, I'm giving away 1 yard of each quilting cotton print ~ a 1/2 yard bundle here & a second 1/2 yard bundle on my Instagram!! That's TEN yards of Fleet & Flourish fabrics to each winner!



Enter to Win!

Here's how,

• Simple leave a comment telling me your favorite project from the Blog Tour OR what you'd like to make with Fleet & Flourish?!  
• Follow me on my Facebook or on Instagram (where you can enter for a second chance to WIN!)

I'll randomly select one winner here and one from the hashtag pool on Monday, March 21st! Winners will be announced at the bottom of this post, here on the blog!

Be sure to keep an eye out this Thursday for the first sneak peek of my new Spring collection! I can't wait for you to see!!

Thanks to all who entered! The lucky Giveaway winner is commenter, Isabelle!Congratulations! I will be in touch shortly!!

XO Maureen

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : A Look Back!

The past few weeks have been so very special for me! Throughout this Blog Tour, it's been amazing to see & share so many beautiful projects being made with my very first full collection for Art Gallery Fabrics, Fleet & Flourish!

It happens to be ending at the perfect time, I'll be sharing the first peek of my Spring collection later this week!!

But before we jump ahead, today I want to look back one more time at the incredible Fleet & Flourish creations made by my talented friends. I hope you visit their blogs & Instagrams ~ they are some of the most inspiring sewists in our community and I know their work will inspire you, too!



Week 1 :

• Amy Friend of During Quiet Time made a beautiful, Possibilities quilt featuring my Roadside Guides in Aster print with coordinating AGF Pure Element solids.
• Heidi Staples of the Fabric Mutt blog created an adorable patchwork iron cover for the tour, plus I shared the collection of Fleet & Flourish accessories Heidi made for my Quilt Market booth.
• Diary of a Quilter, Amy Smart, pieced together a stunning Diamond Star quilt top.
• Amanda Jean, Crazy Mom Quilts, made a big, beautiful Half Squares Triangle quilt.
• Brooke Sellmann of the Silly Mama Quilts blog made a patchwork table centerpiece finished with circular quilting that she shares a tutorial for in her post.  
• Lady Belle Fabrics generously offered a Fleet & Flourish Giveaway, you can find the collection on sale in their wonderful shop, HERE!

Week 2 :

• Amber Carrillo, One Shabby Chic, created one of her beautiful, scrappy quilted pillows.
• Nicke Cutler of the Kiss Kiss Quilt blog made two, amazing Fleet & Flourish bags.
• Nicole Daksiewicz of Modern Handcraft shared gorgeous photos of the modern stacked coin style quilt share made for the tour.
• The Tattooed Quilter, Christopher Thompson, made an inspiring mini quilt combining tiny squares of Fleet & Flourish with Art Gallery Fabric's brand new, super soft, high quality denim.
• Alexis Wright of My Sweet Sunshine shares several beautiful Fleet & Flourish dresses to inspire garment sewing with my collection.
• Llama Fabrics generously offered a Fleet & Flourish Giveaway, you can find Fleet & Flourish in their wonderful shop, HERE!

Week 3 :

• Jessica Stewart of Izzy & Ivy Designs shares the adorable Fleet & Flourish clothing she made for her daughter.
• Stephanie Kendron, of the Modern Sewciety podcast, stitched up a stunning modern quilt top inspired by the traditional Bear Paw.
• House of A La Mode // Citizens of Textile, Heather Bostic shares her fabulous x & + pillow on her Instagram.
• Ali Brorsen, Because of Brenna, created Fleet & Flourish magic with her stunning garments. 
• Melissa Kelley of Sew Shabby Quilting ends the week with a beautiful plus quilt finished with her long arm quilting. 
• The Intrepid Thread offers a wonderful Fleet & Flourish Giveaway, you can find my collection in their shop, HERE!

Thank you SO much for following along with the Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour! To celebrate it's ending, tomorrow I have one last BIG Giveaway to share with all of you, so be sure to stop back!

♡ Maureen  

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : Melissa Kelley & GIVEAWAY!

Today ends an amazing final week of inspirational projects made by my talented friends for the Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour, I hope you've enjoyed following along! Each Friday throughout the tour I arranged a new Fleet & Flourish fabrics Giveaway with a few of my sponsors, but before I share those details I have to show you my friend Melissa Kelley's beautiful project!



Melissa is the amazing long arm quilter, Sew Shabby Quilting! Every quilt I've ever sent out to be quilted has gone straight to Melissa, she does such a fabulous job and I just love her so much!

For the blog tour she made this beautiful plus quilt to share, complete with her gorgeous quilting!





The quilt pattern she chose highlights each of my Fleet & Flourish prints so perfectly, what a thoughtful and amazing way to end the tour! Be sure to check out more of Melissa's machine quilting work HERE at Sew Shabby Quilting, and to follow her on Instagram to see all of her daily sewing adventures!



To see more of this week's projects, and all the sewing inspiration shared throughout the tour, be sure to click on the links below!

Here's a scheduled list of the talented folks that have shared Fleet & Flourish projects! 

Feb 22nd ~ Amy Friend : During Quiet Time { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 23rd ~ Heidi Staples : Fabric Mutt { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 24th ~ Amy Smart : Diary of a Quilter { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 25th ~ Amanda Jean: Crazy Mom Quilts { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 26th ~ Brooke Sellmann : Silly Mama Quilts { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Lady Belle Fabrics!!

Feb 29th ~ Amber Carillo : One Shabby Chick { Instagram & Blog }

March 1st ~ Nicke Cutler : Kiss Kiss Quilt { Instagram & Blog }

March 2nd ~ Nicole Daksiewicz : Modern Handcraft { Instagram & Blog }

March 3rd ~ Christopher Thompson : the Tattooed Quilter { Instagram & Blog }

March 4th ~ Alexis Wright : My Sweet Sunshine { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Llama Fabrics!!

March 7th ~ Jessica Stewart : Izzy & Ivy Designs { Blog & Instagram }

March 8th ~ Stephanie Kendron : Modern Sewciety { Blog & Instagram }

March 9th ~ Heather Bostic : House of A La Mode // Citizens of Textile { Instagram }

March 10th ~ Ali Brorsen : Because of Brenna { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

March 11th ~ Melissa Kelley : Sew Shabby Quilting { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with the Intrepid Thread!!

March 14th ~  Maureen Cracknell Handmade { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

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This week we're ending the tour with one last AMAZING Giveaway with the Intrepid Thread!!  

With over 15 years of experience in ecommerce, The Intrepid Thread is a family owned business employing 5 amazingly creative quilters and sewists. Julie, the owner, is dedicated to offering quality quilting fabrics at competitive prices and takes special pride in knowing her customers receive unparalleled service!
  
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We hope you enjoy visiting The Intrepid Thread's sites!
  

For this week's Fabric Giveaway, we're offering a complete Fat Quarter bundle including ALL TWENTY of the colorful prints that make up my Fleet & Flourish fabric collection for Art Gallery Fabrics!

You can find Fleet & Flourish available HERE in The Intrepid Thread Shop! 

Enter to win! 

Here's how,

 
1. Simply leave a comment here in this post! We'd love to know which project from this last week of the Blog Tour most caught your eye, feel free to share! (one entry)
2. Follow the Intrepid Thread on Facebook or on Instagram! Just be sure to let me know you do by making a separate comment here for an extra entry! (optional extra entry)
3. My followers get a third entry! Just let me know that you do by making a separate comment here to record that entry. (optional extra entry)
4. Help spread the word!! I know that many of you already do, so I thought it would be nice to add that as another way to enter! Whether by Instagram, tweet, facebook, pin, blog, etc... (optional extra entry) 

That’s 4 possible entries! Enter now through Monday, March 14th. Winner will be picked at random and I will announce their name at the bottom of this post, here on the blog!

* Note * This giveaway is open to EVERYONE! If you're a "no reply" or anonymous commenter, please remember to include your email address in your comment! 

A BIG thanks to all who entered our Giveaway! This week's lucky winner is commenter, Lauren Smith ~ Congratulations, I will be touch shortly!

♡ Maureen   

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : Ali Brorsen

I'm so excited to share the amazing work of my friend Ali Brorsen of Because of Brenna today! The dresses she's made with my Fleet & Flourish collection are some of the most beautiful clothing I have ever seen! Ali first starting sewing with my collection back in late January when she shared a blog post full of Fleet & Flourish creations as part of the Simple Life Pattern Company's one year anniversary. Then she completely stunned me with this amazing dress inspired by my very own Herringbone QAYG pattern!





You can read all about how Ali adapted my tutorial into this gorgeous dress right here on her blog!



To share today as part of my Blog Tour, Ali made two more dresses! The first one is so sweet, made using my Swifting Flora in Fond knit for the bodice and quilting cottons ~ Miniments in Unpolished & All Paths in Sunlit for the skirt. I especially love these bubble sleeve cuffs. So cute!!





This final dress is made in Art Gallery Fabrics new AGF Denim and my Roadside Guides in Aster log cabin print. Ali took inspiration from the butterfly display I created for my Fleet & Flourish booth at Quilt Market, and added them as a beautiful detail to this dress!



She used the same print as her dress straps, of course that has me thinking of how perfect this print will be for quilt binding!



Such amazing work & photography!! I hope you love Ali's creations just as much as I do! Be sure to hop on over to her blog, HERE, to read more about the patterns she used and to see more gorgeous photos!

Below is a scheduled list of the talented folks that have and will be sharing their Fleet & Flourish projects! 

Feb 22nd ~ Amy Friend : During Quiet Time { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 23rd ~ Heidi Staples : Fabric Mutt { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 24th ~ Amy Smart : Diary of a Quilter { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 25th ~ Amanda Jean: Crazy Mom Quilts { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 26th ~ Brooke Sellmann : Silly Mama Quilts { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Lady Belle Fabrics!!

Feb 29th ~ Amber Carillo : One Shabby Chick { Instagram & Blog }

March 1st ~ Nicke Cutler : Kiss Kiss Quilt { Instagram & Blog }

March 2nd ~ Nicole Daksiewicz : Modern Handcraft { Instagram & Blog }

March 3rd ~ Christopher Thompson : the Tattooed Quilter { Instagram & Blog }

March 4th ~ Alexis Wright : My Sweet Sunshine { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Llama Fabrics!!

March 7th ~ Jessica Stewart : Izzy & Ivy Designs { Blog & Instagram }

March 8th ~ Stephanie Kendron : Modern Sewciety { Blog & Instagram }

March 9th ~ Heather Bostic : House of A La Mode // Citizens of Textile { Instagram }

March 10th ~ Ali Brorsen : Because of Brenna { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

March 11th ~ Melissa Kelley : Sew Shabby Quilting { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with the Intrepid Thread!!

March 14th ~  Maureen Cracknell Handmade { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

Thanks again for following along! ♡ Maureen   

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : Heather Bostic

Before I share the pretty Fleet & Flourish project made by today's guest, Heather Bostic House of A La Mode, I have to show you the amazing yarns she dyed up inspired by my collection!



Aren't they beautiful?! I couldn't believe it! Heather completely surprised me by sending these skeins my way as a gift, but soon you'll be able to find more of her amazing yarns in her shop, House of A La Mode Fiber Goods, so be sure to follow her Instagram for all the updates!

For the Blog Tour Heather started stitching up X and + scrappy quilt blocks, free pattern found HERE on the Badskirt blog! This is a favorite quilt block pattern of mine, it was great to see it in Fleet & Flourish!



Heather finished her blocks into an amazing quilted pillow! I'm so inspired by her project!!



The quilting she added is so perfect & cozy, and the little added lace loop is such a great idea!





Be sure to check out Heather's Instagram to see more of her Fleet & Flourish X and + pillow and of her amazing work!

Below is a scheduled list of the talented folks that have and will be sharing their Fleet & Flourish projects for those of you following along!

Feb 22nd ~ Amy Friend : During Quiet Time { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 23rd ~ Heidi Staples : Fabric Mutt { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 24th ~ Amy Smart : Diary of a Quilter { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 25th ~ Amanda Jean: Crazy Mom Quilts { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 26th ~ Brooke Sellmann : Silly Mama Quilts { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Lady Belle Fabrics!!

Feb 29th ~ Amber Carillo : One Shabby Chick { Instagram & Blog }

March 1st ~ Nicke Cutler : Kiss Kiss Quilt { Instagram & Blog }

March 2nd ~ Nicole Daksiewicz : Modern Handcraft { Instagram & Blog }

March 3rd ~ Christopher Thompson : the Tattooed Quilter { Instagram & Blog }

March 4th ~ Alexis Wright : My Sweet Sunshine { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Llama Fabrics!!

March 7th ~ Jessica Stewart : Izzy & Ivy Designs { Blog & Instagram }

March 8th ~ Stephanie Kendron : Modern Sewciety { Blog & Instagram }

March 9th ~ Heather Bostic : House of A La Mode // Citizens of Textile { Instagram }

March 10th ~ Ali Brorsen : Because of Brenna { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

March 11th ~ Melissa Kelley : Sew Shabby Quilting { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with the Intrepid Thread!!

March 14th ~  Maureen Cracknell Handmade { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

Happy sewing! ♡ Maureen   

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : Stephanie Kendron

Are you enjoying the Blog Tour? I really hope so! It's just amazing to me that each of my quilty friends were sent the same bundle, plus a little extra yardage of a print or two, and every project has been completely different and unique. It's inspirational!

Today I'm excited to share the beautiful work of my good friend Stephanie Kendron of the Modern Sewciety Podcast! I've been a guest on Stephanie's podcast a couple of times now, you can click HERE to listen if you'd like. I just adore her, she's so much fun, and the girl can truly sew anything -- bags, clothing, quilts, etc... For the tour she stitched up a beautiful improv quilt top, inspired by the traditional Bear Paw block with a very modern twist. I love it!!



I can't wait to see how she quilts it, she's really good at that, too!



Be sure to hop on over to Stephanie's blog, HERE, to read more about her Fleet & Flourish quilt top!

Below is a scheduled list of the talented folks that have and will be sharing their Fleet & Flourish projects!

Feb 22nd ~ Amy Friend : During Quiet Time { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 23rd ~ Heidi Staples : Fabric Mutt { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 24th ~ Amy Smart : Diary of a Quilter { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 25th ~ Amanda Jean: Crazy Mom Quilts { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 26th ~ Brooke Sellmann : Silly Mama Quilts { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Lady Belle Fabrics!!

Feb 29th ~ Amber Carillo : One Shabby Chick { Instagram & Blog }

March 1st ~ Nicke Cutler : Kiss Kiss Quilt { Instagram & Blog }

March 2nd ~ Nicole Daksiewicz : Modern Handcraft { Instagram & Blog }

March 3rd ~ Christopher Thompson : the Tattooed Quilter { Instagram & Blog }

March 4th ~ Alexis Wright : My Sweet Sunshine { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Llama Fabrics!!

March 7th ~ Jessica Stewart : Izzy & Ivy Designs { Blog & Instagram }

March 8th ~ Stephanie Kendron : Modern Sewciety { Blog & Instagram }

March 9th ~ Heather Bostic : House of A La Mode // Citizens of Textile { Instagram }

March 10th ~ Ali Brorsen : Because of Brenna { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

March 11th ~ Melissa Kelley : Sew Shabby Quilting { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with the Intrepid Thread!!

March 14th ~  Maureen Cracknell Handmade { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

Thanks for following along! ♡ Maureen   

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : Jessica Stewart

The past two weeks have been so much fun for me! This is the first Blog Tour I've ever "organized" and with each new day & project I continue to be completely blown away by the amazing things my friends are creating! I'm excited to start this final week of the tour with the beautiful work of my talented friend Jessica Stewart of Izzy & Ivy Designs & Snickerdoodle Stew!

The first dress I want to share is the beautiful color-blocked Charly Tunic that Jessica sewed for my Quilt Market booth this past Fall. The top features Thriving Threads and Gentle Mantle Land from my Fleet & Flourish knits, with a few coordinating Art Gallery Pure Elements Solids, and sweet elbow patch hearts & lace details!







This dress was one of the most popular & photographed items in my space at Quilt Market. Everyone loved it so much!

For the Blog Tour I sent Jessica another knit to use, my peachy cream Minimints in Raw plus more Thriving Threads and Gentle Mantle Land to create this adorbale Tallulah Dress and ruffle pants set from the Sweet Polly’s Playclothes booklet. This is the cutest outfit!







Isn't it adorable?! These are the kind of clothes that make me want to learn how to sew garments soooo badly!! Be sure to hop on over to Jessica's blog, HERE, to read more about the patterns she used and to see more photos of her amazing work!

Below is a scheduled list of the talented folks that have and will be sharing their Fleet & Flourish projects! 

Feb 22nd ~ Amy Friend : During Quiet Time { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 23rd ~ Heidi Staples : Fabric Mutt { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 24th ~ Amy Smart : Diary of a Quilter { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 25th ~ Amanda Jean: Crazy Mom Quilts { Blog & Instagram }

Feb 26th ~ Brooke Sellmann : Silly Mama Quilts { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Lady Belle Fabrics!!

Feb 29th ~ Amber Carillo : One Shabby Chick { Instagram & Blog }

March 1st ~ Nicke Cutler : Kiss Kiss Quilt { Instagram & Blog }

March 2nd ~ Nicole Daksiewicz : Modern Handcraft { Instagram & Blog }

March 3rd ~ Christopher Thompson : the Tattooed Quilter { Instagram & Blog }

March 4th ~ Alexis Wright : My Sweet Sunshine { Blog & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with Llama Fabrics!!

March 7th ~ Jessica Stewart : Izzy & Ivy Designs { Blog & Instagram }

March 8th ~ Stephanie Kendron : Modern Sewciety { Blog & Instagram }

March 9th ~ Heather Bostic : House of A La Mode // Citizens of Textile { Instagram }

March 10th ~ Ali Brorsen : Because of Brenna { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

March 11th ~ Melissa Kelley : Sew Shabby Quilting { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram } Visit Maureen Cracknell Handmade for a Fleet & Flourish GIVEAWAY with the Intrepid Thread!!

March 14th ~  Maureen Cracknell Handmade { Blog, Facebook, & Instagram }

Thanks for following along! ♡ Maureen   

The Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour : Alexis Wright & GIVEAWAY!

When I get the chance to share garments made using my fabric designs it's so exciting for me! Learning to sew clothing is a big life goal of mine, but until that happens, I rely on my friends who do it so well to showcase my fabrics in all the ways I can't! Today's Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour guest is one of my very favorite sewing friends and clothing maker! When I reached out to Alexis Wright of My Sweet Sunshine asking her to make something for the tour, she suggested making something for herself and I was delighted!

I sent Alexis several yards of my Fleet & Flourish knit Thriving Threads in Light and I love what she created! This pretty dress is the Bridgetown Backless Dress by pattern maker Sew House Seven!



Alexis looks so stunning in every single photo! It was hard to choose just a few to share. I especially love the open back!





Be sure to visit the My Sweet Sunshine BLOG to see more of Alexis' gorgeous photography and to read all the details about her Fleet & Flourish dress!

Besides creating this dress for the blog tour today, I want to share a few more inspiring garments Alexis made with my Fleet & Flourish strike-off & AGF's Pure Element solids to help me out with my full collection debut at International Quilt Market in Houston this past Fall!









I just love everything my sweet friend makes!!

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We're ending this week of the tour with another AMAZING Giveaway from Llama Fabrics!

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My sponsor Llama Fabrics is a wonderful online Etsy fabric shop full of the most beautiful photos of each season's "must have" fabrics! Offerings include collections from our favorite manufacturers ~ Art Gallery Fabrics, Free Spirit, and Michael Miller, just to name a few! New fabrics are added often, sure be sure to follow Llama Fabrics!
  
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For this week's Fabric Giveaway Llama Fabrics is offering the ENTIRE Fat Eighth bundle of Fleet & Flourish, both here on the blog and on my Instagram!! Each bundle includes all TWENTY prints that make up my new collection! How amazing and generous!!

You can find this bundle newly available as a fat eighth, a fat quarter, a half yard, and as a complete one yard bundle, along with blender bundles & single cuts of your choosing in the Llama Fabric Shop!! 

Enter to win! 

Here's how,

 
1. Simply leave a comment here under this post! We'd love to know which project from this second week of the Blog Tour most caught your eye, feel free to share! (one entry)
2. Follow Llama Fabrics on Facebook and/or Instagram! Just let me know that you did by making a separate comment here to record that entry. (optional extra entry) 

3. My followers get a third entry! If you follow here, on Instagram, or on Facebook just let me know by making a separate comment here to record that entry. (optional extra entry)

4. Help spread the word!! I know that many of you already do, so I thought it would be nice to add that as another way to enter! Whether by Instagram, tweet, Facebook, pin, blog, etc... (optional extra entry) 

That’s 4 possible entries! Enter now through Monday, March 7th! The winner will be picked next week at random and I will announce their name at the bottom of this post, here on the blog.

* Note * This giveaway is open to EVERYONE! If you're a "no reply" or anonymous commenter, please remember to include your email address in your comment! 

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A BIG thanks to all who entered our Giveaway! This week's lucky winner is commenter,  Sandy N ~ Congratulations, I will be touch shortly!  ♡ Maureen