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