Presented by Award-Winning

Appliqué Artist & Quilt Designer Sarah Fielke

Appliqué Project • August 2024 - July 2025

Click Here for Participating Retailers

Big Woods featuring Besties, True Colors & Solids by Tula Pink

Designed by Sarah Fielke

Finished Size: 70" x 96" (1.78m x 2.44m)

BOM Total Quilt Top & Binding Yardage: 16 yds. (14.63m), 64 different fabrics

Techniques: Hand Appliqué, Piecing

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Recommended Quilt Back Purchase: Fairy Dust XL - Cottoncandy; QBTP011.COTTONCANDY: 3 yds (2.74m)

Why Join?

• Endorsed by Tula, "I've taken one of Sarah's programs in the past. She is a phenomenal teacher." - Tula Pink.
• Makers stitch along with Tula Pink to learn the fine art of hand appliqué from the extraordinary quilter, teacher, designer, and author Sarah Fielke.
• A great skill-builder project for hand-stitch fans and/or enthusiasts looking to add to their repertoire and diversity as a sewer or quilter.
• Monthly subscription-based instructions/patterns** for BOM subscribers including templates (where applicable) for each segment.
• Monthly video tutorials with Sarah providing guidance, tips, and techniques for BOM subscribers.
• Social media support from Sarah and Tula!

How the Sarah Fielke Block of the Month Works:

• Buy the FreeSpirit fabric pack, FP6QTTP.BIGWOODS, featuring Besties, True Colors, Pint-Sized Prints & Solids by Tula Pink from participating retailers.
• Visit sarahfielke.com and buy a digital subscription to the BIG WOODS block of the month. The subscription includes access to the digital pattern and supporting instructional videos.
  • The digital subscription will be available for purchase on Sarah’s website, starting April 1, 2024. The first set of pattern instructions for the BIG WOODS BOM will be made available digitally starting August 1, 2024.
  • The BIG WOODS subscription is available to purchase either on a month-by-month basis or purchased upfront for the full year. The pattern (which is only available via the subscription) is digital format only, which can be downloaded and printed.
  • With any Sarah Fielke BOM including BIG WOODS, you will not receive the complete pattern upfront regardless of purchase type. 
  • Click here for additional information on the Big Woods Block of the Month.

Retailers:

To learn more, please click here. You must be signed in as a retailer to access the program details and to purchase the Big Woods Quilt Fabric Pack.  

**Your purchase subscription to the Big Woods BOM, which includes the pattern. Pertinent instructions released monthly. Full pattern will be available to purchase in August 2025. Cost is $80.00 USD, converted to your monetary value. Additional fee.

Inspiring the Spirit to Create!

Meet our 2025 Circle of Makers! Together, they are offering their unique talents as brand ambassadors to inspire others to create using FreeSpirit fabrics. Follow @freespiritfabrics and our ambassadors on social media to join in the excitement around the fabulous new FreeSpirit collections of 2025!

Featuring Findings and Grace by Valori Wells

May - December 2025

Retailers: Download Marketing Assets

Create a quilt that tells your story. Embark on a journey of creative reflection through the Fortunate Findings Quilt Challenge! This challenge extends a heartfelt invitation to reflect on your own life's path. What makes your journey uniquely yours? Whether through piecing, appliqué, embroidery, or the manipulation of fabric; modern, artistic or traditional viewpoint, craft a quilt that is an artistic mirror of your life's journey—a celebration of your fortunate findings.

Challenge Criteria:

• Each quilt must use 100% FreeSpirit fabrics.
• A minimum of 50% of the fabric must be from Findings by Valori Wells (delivers May, 2025) and/or a combination of Findings and Grace (available now) by Valori Wells.
• Quilt Size: 60” x 60” (1.52m x 1.52m).

To Enter:

• Submit a Fortunate Findings Quilt Challenge Form online by December 30, 2025. Link to come.
• Post photo(s) of quilt via social media using #valoriwellsfortunatefindingschallenge #freespiritfabrics and tag @freespiritfabrics @valoriwells by December 30, 2025.
• Qualifying submissions will be posted for public vote on freespirifabrics.com on January 30, 2026.
• The top 12 submissions with the most votes will be the winners.

The 12 winning quilts will be showcased in:

• Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 2026, attended by more than 10,000.
• Fall International Quilt Market and Festival 2026, attended by more than 40,000.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and an honorable mention will be awared:

• Prize Ribbon.
• FreeSpirit shopping spree at their local retailer ($250 US or equal converted monetary value).

Kaffe Fassett Collective Mystery Quilt 2024 Program

Did YOU guess the final quilt correctly?

7 Puzzle Pieces. 4 Months. MYSTERY SOLVED.

July 2024 - October 2024

Cathedral Tiles Delft by LIza Lucy & Cathedral Tiles Multi by Kaffe Fassett

Finished Size: 76” x 76” (1.93m x 1.93m)

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Technique: Pieced

Available Now!

Celebrating the 26th book in Kaffe Fassett's Patchwork & Quilting Series

• 21 stunning projects to quilt, a range for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. 
• Featuring gorgeous photography of a beautiful, iconic British farm by Debbie Patterson.
• Clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions, detailed notes, and tips.
• Includes one-of-a-kind designs and fabrics from one of the world's best-loved colorists.
• Ask your retailer about the featured quilts in the book.

Retailers:

• Books can be purchased through Taunton Press.  Click here to learn more. To download marketing assets, click here.

Join our fun, impromptu challenge celebrating Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics, ribbons and Kaffe’s latest books. #SayYestoKAFFECollective2025 and enter for a chance to WIN!

Photo Credits: Debbie Patterson @debbiepattersonimages

Details:

• Make a quilt, garment or bag using Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics.
  • (Optional) Get project ideas from Quilts on an English Farm, Brilliant Little Patchworks, and Quilts by the Sea.
  • (Optional): Incorporate new Kaffe Fassett Collective Classics Renaissance Ribbons in your item.
• 100% of the quilt, garment or bag must include Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics, such as: Kaffe Fassett Collective August 2024, Kaffe Fassett Collective February 2025, Kaffe Fassett Collective Classics, Kaffe Fassett Shot Cotton and NEW Woven Stripes and Stash.
  • Submit entry by October 1, 2025:
  • Complete the “Say Yes to Kaffe Collective2025” official entry form (coming soon) AND
  • Post to social media – tag @freespiritfabrics, @kaffefassettcollective, tag @yourlocalquiltshop, and use hashtags #SayYestoKaffeCollective2025, #kaffefassettcollective and #freespiritfabrics.
• Winners will be announced via FreeSpirit Fabrics social media platforms in November, 2025.
• Contest is open worldwide.

Categories to Enter:

1. Quilt
2. Garment
3. Bag
4. Quilt with Renaissance Ribbons
5. Garment with Renaissance Ribbons
6. Bag with Renaissance Ribbons

6 Winners (1 from Each Category) Will be Selected by FreeSpirit to Win Fabulous Prizes:

• $250* shopping spree at your favorite local quilt shop courtesy of FreeSpirit Fabrics
• Selection of KFC Classic Plus pre-cuts valued at $88* (1 FQ, 1 DR, 1 10" Charm)
• New Kaffe Fassett Collective Classics Renaissance Ribbons valued at $150* (1 of each KFC Design Packs - 4 total)

*US price or equivalent

Retailers:

• Click here to download marketing assets.

Sew It Yourself™ is a Jaftex Corporation program that aims to inspire, motivate and educate to grow sewing confidence. The goal is to build a community of support for sewists of all skill levels, especially beginners, by offering free, fun, easy-to-make projects, tips and tricks, and encouraging dialogue using #SIYSewItYourself online. Click here to make a free project today!

A New Color Palette Every Month by Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements

October 2024 - September 2025

Color of the Month - NEUTRAL!

Neutral - In Shops Now!

Palette Charter Member Retailer Listing Here

Explore the 10 unique designs of Palette-Neutral with color characteristics ranging from charcoal and worn black to brown hues with accents of cream. Neutral Wood offers a totally unique barn wood design embracing exposure to the elements of nature. Neutral Typewriter shows off detailed keyboard typography.  Neutral Gears uniquely presents the blueprint look with inventor imagery in warm black. Rounding out the Neutral color story are Neutral Map, Wallpaper, Tiny Print and Marble, all offering equally stunning detail and a grungy vibe.

For inspiration, watch: Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements Palette YouTube Live.

Neutral Vintage Quilt Inspiration available only at a Palette Charter Member Retailer. 

Photo: Palette Neutral Weathered Quilt Vintage Pattern, available only at Charter Member Retailers.

Download Patterns, Fabric Requirements, & More Below!

Beginning March 2025 - October 2025

Trunk Show Coming Soon!

Photo: Tripping Out Quilt

Discover vintage perfection and harmonious hues with Palette, a colorful collection of the found and forgotten. This intriguing curation of salvaged ephemera, typography, and photographs mixed with nostalgic prints, explores the imagination of coloration like never before.

Retailers:

• Included in the Palette Trunk Show is an assortment of Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements Palette and Re-Order Quilts!* Plus, two bags from ByAnnie.
• Download marketing assets here.

* Palette color stories will be assorted to ensure your trunk show allows a nice representation across the months. Specific color stories or quilts cannot be guaranteed. For US and Canada Retailers.