A Woodland Herringbone Quilt : :

During the Fleet & Flourish Blog Tour I finished and sold two different quilts, something I really want/need to do more often! Both of these quilts were sadly made, completed, and picked up during a stretch of nasty weather days preventing me from taking the kind of photos I love to share of my quilts here. One of those quilts was a baby boy themed quilt that was ordered to match a green & gray nursery. As I pulled fabrics from my stash I couldn't resist adding in some cool blues, aqua, navy, & cream. The fabric prints, right away, took on a woodland theme that was just perfect for this expecting couple. While I don't have photos of the full quilt to share today, these colors & prints together were so lovely and inspiring that I want to share what photos I do have, for those of you looking to make something for baby boy and because I would love to make this quilt again myself!



The hefty stack above includes Art Gallery Pure Element solids + Round Elements with prints from Bonnie's Hello, Bear + Forest Floor, April's Bound fabrics, and a few from Indian Summer by Sarah Watson. These fabrics together tell a sweet story of the woodland creatures & landscape unique to the whimsical forest world. I love the way it turned out!



Once again I used the Herringbone QAYG pattern I teach in my Craftsy class, Quick Quilt As You Go! I love making this quilt and changing it up just a little each time I make a new one. For this quilt I made eight panels running vertical, instead of horizontal. It came together so super quick, this pattern is just perfect for last minute quilt-gift-giving! To add my quilt backing, I used an Aurifil 50wt in Dark Navy from my Bohemian Garden thread collection. I love using a visible thread color here!



For both the binding and backing, I used my most favorite Hello, Bear print ~ Summit in Twilight. I see rolling hills of modern geometric shapes and I love it! I even made an extra large roll of this binding to finish the pillows I hope to make with the scraps leftover from this quilt project!





I hope you like this quilt as much as I do! Hopefully I'll find the time to make a second one to photograph & offer in my Etsy shop soon. I'm considering making this one a made-to-order quilt for my Etsy, it's so perfect for a baby boy!

I wish you all a great start to your week! In case you missed it, be sure to check out the first peek of my upcoming Spring 2016 collection, Nightfall, on the AGF Instagram page!

♡ Maureen 

A Fabric GIVEAWAY : :

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It's Fabric Giveaway Friday!


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My sponsor The Intrepid Thread is a family owned and run business. In their shop you'll find Fat Quarters, Half Yards, Yards, and Yardage, as well as patterns and embellishments. Their designer fabrics include many of our favorites -- Art Gallery Fabrics, Moda, and Riley Blake Designs just to name a few! 
The owners work extremely hard everyday to bring their customers the best fabrics,
at the best prices, with high quality customer service!
  
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We hope you enjoy visiting The Intrepid Thread's sites!! 

For this weekend's Fabric Giveaway The Intrepid Thread is offering a FQ bundle of the newest collection by Sarah Watson for Art Gallery Fabrics, Indian Summer! This bundle includes the 10 fabrics that make up the Spirit Lake Colorway. You can find the entire Indian Summer collection available in The Intrepid Thread Shop in yardage, FQ's, and in a variety of bundles HERE!!

Enter to win!

Here's how,
 
1. Simply leave a comment here in this post! (one entry)
2. Follow The Intrepid Thread on facebook, their blog, or sign up to receive their Newsletter. 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! 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 tweet, facebook, pin, blog, etc... (optional extra entry) 

That’s 4 possible entries! Enter now through Monday morning, April 15th. Mr. Random will pick the winner 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 so that I can contact you should you win!                                       

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Thank you to all who entered the Giveaway!! 

 
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  From 1,557 entries, Mr. Random says the lucky winner is...

*  Comment #126 --  Raina *  

Congratulations!!! I will be in touch shortly!

Very New : :

Sometime last week I decided to finally get myself a cell phone, and before I changed my mind, like I've done so many time, I called Verizon and put my order in. Well, yesterday it came!

And, then it sat on top of my sewing machine for a couple of hours.



I'm figuring it out slowly and so far it's been good!



I joined Instagram right away and can already tell I'm going to like it there!

It's going to be nice to have a place to share some of the things that don't make it here on my blog! 

More fabric, more sewing, more fun stuff!!

You can find me here! I hope you do!!  ♥,  Maureen