Autumn Winds, Coming Soon!

This month my new Autumn Vibes LookBook will be released, and I am very excited! Today I'm popping in to share a quick peek of the free companion quilt pattern for my Autumn Vibes collection, Autumn Winds!





This quilt is so special to me because it was designed by friend, AGF sister and sampler sew-along partner, Sharon Holland. It's full of HSTs, patches & flying geese and is just so perfect for Autumn Vibes. I love every single piece of it!

The Bloc Loc 2.5" Half Square Triangle and Bloc Loc 2"x4" Flying Geese acrylic rulers shown in these photos have changed my life, I love them so much! Incase you're not familiar, Bloc Loc rulers have a groove that locks the ruler into place so that it doesn't move during trimming, making the tough job of squaring up easy, fast and accurate. For this Autumn Winds quilt, and other quilt patterns and projects heavy with 2.5" HSTs and/or this size flying geese, these rulers truly are a timing saving, useful tool to have as part of your ruler collection.





I hope you'll join me in making an Autumn Winds quilt for yourself. I can promise that this quilt is beautiful, and that you'll feel pretty darn proud of yourself when you're finished!





My hope is that this quilt pattern peek will inspire you to start stitching with Autumn Vibes!

xo, Maureen 

Community Sampler Week #10!

Welcome to a new block release day of the Community Sampler sew-along!



This week's release is for block number NINE of the Community sampler! For those of you that are new to my blog, Sharon Holland and I are co-hosting this block-of-the-week community sew-along, and you can visit my Community Sampler Page above in my tabs bar to retrieve all of the released PDF's so far to jump in anytime! We're so thrilled to have so many sewing with us once again!



Today's PDF is block NINE -- Double-T. For the Double-T block we're making no-waste Flying Geese and Half-Square Triangle units once again, two piecing techniques that we've already used a few times. I hope this block is an easy, enjoyable block for you. I loved making this one!



For my Double-T block I'm using four pretty prints from my Love Story collection for Art Gallery Fabrics -- Soulmate Blooms, Hugs & Kisses Fresh, Reflection of Love Deep and Darling Echoes Vert!



For this week's make two-at-a-time HSTs and no-waste Flying Geese, I used Bloc_Loc Rulers to help trim up my units and I am hooked! Have you checked these out? We gave away the ruler sets that coordinate with the Community Sampler a few weeks ago, and our friends at Bloc_Loc kindly sent both Sharon and I the ruler sets to use ourselves. These are a game-changer folks!







I'm really happy with how my Double-T block turned out! I made one change to my original mock-up, swapping out a simple blender for the pretty fussy cut floral to be my center focal print. It would have been fun to add in a fifth fabric, swapping the Fabric B cuts - Eight 3 1/8" squares to be an additional print, incase you're interested in going a little more scrappy with this one!





I'm excited to see your Double-T blocks this week! When you share on Instagram use the hashtag #CommunitySampler and be sure to tag @sharonhollanddesigns and myself @maureencracknell so we can be sure to see your beautiful blocks!

Using #CommunitySampler hashtag will also automatically enter you in the weekly IG Giveaway pool! Remember that your Instagram account does need to be a public account for your post to show up in the Instagram hashtag pool. But please don't worry, if you don't have Instagram or you'd like to keep your account private, we will also be hosting the same giveaway prize, alternately between Sharon's and my blog, so you can choose how and where to enter each week!



Be sure to check back here on Friday for more info on this week's Community Sampler Giveaway with our wonderful sponsor Fat Quarter Shop!

xo Maureen