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Be Inspired

  • Anna Maria Quilt Club

    Join the Anna Maria Quilt Club featuring Brave Quilt

    A Celebration of Patchwork and Sewing Spontaneity. Be Brave.

    June - October 2023

    Click here for a list of participating retailers.

    Designed by Anna Maria

    Finished Size: 85" (2.16m) Square

    Techniques: Fussy Cutting, Piecing, Appliqué

    Skill Level: Intermediate

    Details:

    • Anna Maria Quilt Club features her newest collection Brave and favorites from Love Always, AM.
    • The Brave quilt is an exercise in piecing, applique and fussy cutting with touches of Dresden Plates, an Anna Maria favorite technique.
    • The Brave Pattern, by Anna Maria, includes complete instructions, illustrations and mylar templates, everything you need to sew and create.
    • Anna Maria Quilt Club includes engaging live monthly videos with Anna Maria.
    • Spend an hour each month with Anna Maria, recognized fabric designer, artist and fellow quilter, as she does club check-ins with quilters from her Instagram account. 
    • Ask questions and learn tips and techniques to absorb her inspiring creativity. 
    • Live sessions will be reposted at FreeSpirit Fabrics Facebook page to continue the conversation.  
    • Plus, you’ll get access to exclusive “Quilter’s Lace” project(s).

     

    To Participate:

    • Purchase Brave Quilt fabrics at a participating Brave Quilt retailer. Click here to view the list of participating retailers.
    • Retailers: For the cutting instructions, please click here. You must be signed in as a retailer to access the program details.  Download marketing assets here.

     

  • Butterfly Fields Quilt Along

    20 Fluttery, Fun Blocks in 10 Weeks!

    No pinning. No centering. No snipping. Just cut, sew and square up.

    June 2024 - August 2024

    Click here to download the marketing assets.

     

    Featuring Field Cloth by Sew Kind of Wonderful

    Designed by Helen Robinson and Jenny Pedigo of Sew Kind of Wonderful

    Finished Size: 60" x 75" (1.52m x 1.91m) 

    Quilt Along Total Yardage: 13 3/4 yds (12.57m)

    Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

    Technique: Pieced, with the Sew Kind of Wonderful Wonder Curve Ruler and Sew Square 4" Ruler

     

    Details & Program Perks!

      • 10-week quilt created block by block skill-builder project.
      • Purchase the Butterfly Fields Quilt Kit from a participating retailer shop beginning in May 2024 when the kits ship*.
        • *Participating Retailer List available in December 2023.  
      • Learn easy curves using the Wonder Curve Ruler™. No pinning. No centering. No snipping. Just cut, sew and square-up.
      • Exclusive Facebook group for makers to ask questions and share tips, tricks, photos and progress with group.
      • Quilt Along introduction from Jenny and Helen from Sew Kind of Wonderful to retailers.
      • Videos featuring Jenny and Helen from Sew Kind of Wonderful to guide makers and retailers along the way.

    Quilt Kit Includes*:

          • 13-3/4 total yards (12.57m) of fabric
          • 18 - 100% cotton fabrics from FreeSpirit Field Clothby Sew Kind of Wonderful
          • Butterfly Fields Quilt Pattern with complete instructions and illustrations
          • *Not Included: Quilt Back Fabric
            4 1/2 yards (4.11m) of 44” (114cm) wide fabric PWSK059.BLISS
          • Required Additional Purchase: The Wonder Curve Ruler™ and Sew Square 4” Ruler™ at sewkindofwonderful.com.

    Retailers:

              • To participate, you need to purchase KIT2QTSKW.BUTTERFLY by November 6, 2023. You must be signed in as a retailer to purchase the kit.

     

  • Buttermere Trunk Show

    Buttermere by The Original Morris & Co. Trunk Show

    This hand-selected Trunk Show consists of six stunning quilts. Click here for the Trunk Show schedule!


    Retailers:

    • Download marketing assets here.

     

    #freespiritfabrics | #morrisandcobuttermere | #buttermerefabric | #quiltauthentically

     

  • #ColorMeKaffe

    Celebrate Kaffe Fassett and express your colorful creativity for a chance to win prizes over $7,000!

    #ColorMeKAFFE Fashion Challenge!

    Voting Closed

    You may vote for multiple submissions, but you can only vote for each one time.

         

    Retail value of all prizes totals over $7,000, including the chance to win one of two BERNINA sewing machines - the bernette 44 Funlock serger or bernette 05 Crafter!

    Program Details (January - June 2023):

    • Make a garment (s) out of only Kaffe Fassett Collective fabric, using a minimum 3 SKUs.
    • Post a photo of yourself (or a friend/child) modeling your garment(s) to social media (Facebook or Instagram) by June 12th, 2023. In your post, you must:
        • Use #ColorMeKaffe and tag @freespiritfabrics. (Important note: profiles set to private will not be searchable via the hashtag. Please make sure to also tag @freespiritfabrics)
        • State the category to which you are submitting (see 4 options below).
        • **You are encouraged to make multiple items to submit to several or all 4 categories for a greater chance to win!
    • By June 19th, 2023, FreeSpirit will gather all online submissions. All submissions will then be reposted to FreeSpirit Facebook and Instagram for public vote.
    • One winner from each of the *4 categories below will be determined by public vote, ie. the number of “likes” on each post:
        • Quilted garment
        • Pieced garment
        • Adult fashion apparel
        • Children’s fashion apparel
    • Of all submissions, one winner will also be selected by a panel of FreeSpirit judges for each of the following:
        • Overall grand prize winner
        • Children’s category grand prize winner

  • Entangled Round-About Kit & Program

    Featuring Buttermere by the original Morris & Co.

    January 2024 - October 2024

    Click Here for the Participating Retailer List

    Designed by Linda McGibbon - Lakeview Quilting

    Finished Size: 76" (1.93m) Square

    Skill Level: Intermediate

    Total Quilt Top Yardage: 11 3/8 yds (10.4m)

    Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

    Technique: Pieced

     

    Details & Program Perks!

    • Join a group of passionate makers for a 10-Month Entangled Round-About Quilt Kit and Program beginning January 2024.
    • How do you join? Purchase the Entangled Quilt Kit from a partcipating retail shop beginning in November 2023 when the kits ship.
    • Instructional videos will be shared by FreeSpirit for sewing through each segment of the Round-About.
    • An Exclusive Facebook Group with tips, tricks and sewing encouragement!
    • Opportunity to enlarge the quilt to 102" (2.59m) square. Additional fabric requirements below.

    Quilt Kit Includes*:

    • Fabric to make 76" (1.93m) square quilt top and binding – 11 3 /8 yards (10.4m) total!
    • 11 fabrics from the Buttermere by the original Morris & Co.
    • 3 fabrics from the original Morris & Co. featured in the 2023-2024 Re-order Catalog
    • Pattern with detailed instructions
    • Instructions for expansion to a 102” (2.59m) square quilt top
    • * Quilt back fabric is not included in the kit:
      • 5 yards (5.37m) of 44” (114cm) fabric. FreeSpirit recommends PWWM091.MULTI
      • 2 1/2 yards (2.29) of 108” (274cm) quilt back fabric.
      • FreeSpirit recommends QBWM001.LINEN, QBWM001.NAVY or QBWM008.LINEN

    Retailers:

    • To participate, you needed to purchase the KITQTWM.ENTANGLED by June 12, 2023. You must be signed in as a retailer to purchase the kit.
    • Download marketing assets here.

     

  • Floral Felicity Quilt Along

    Learn Easy Curved Piecing

    No pinning. No centering. No snipping. Just cut, sew and square up.

    July 2023 - June 2024

    Click here for a list of participating retailers.

     

    Featuring Cottage Cloth by Sew Kind of Wonderful

    Designed by Helen Robinson and Jenny Pedigo of Sew Kind of Wonderful

    Finished Size: 80" x 101" (2.03m x 2.56m) Square

    Quilt Along Total Yardage: 21 1/2 yds (19.66m)

    Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

    Technique: Easy Curved Piecing

     

    Details:

    • 12-month quilt along; choose to make one beautiful quilt or four mini quilts.
    • Learn easy curved piecing using the Wonder Curve Ruler™. No pinning. No centering. No snipping. Just cut, sew and square-up.
    • Exclusive Facebook group for makers to ask questions and share tips, tricks, photos and progress with group.
    • Quilt Along introduction from Jenny and Helen from Sew Kind of Wonderful to retailers.
    • Monthly videos featuring Jenny and Helen from Sew Kind of Wonderful to guide makers and retailers along the way. Click here to view their YouTube channel. 
    • Additional purchase required: The Wonder Curve Ruler™ sewkindofwonderful.com.

     

    Get Started:

    Retailers:

    • Click here for Floral Felicity Quilt Along FAQs. You must be signed in as a retailer to access the program details. Download marketing assets here.

     

  • Geo-Gyre Quilt Kit

    Learn a fun way to create the Mariner's Compass Block quickly and accurately! Featuring BioGeo-3 by Adrienne Leban.

    Ships October 2023

     

    Designed by Robin Ruth Design

    Finished Size: 85" (2.15m) Square

    Skill Level: Intermediate

    Techniques: Strip Pieced Mariner's Compass Block variation made using the Skinny Robin 16-Point Book/Ruler Combo and the 32-Point Book/Ruler Combo, Machine Pieced

     

    Why you will love creating a Mariner’s Compass with Robin’s strip piecing technique!

    • No paper piecing!
    • The Fat Robin instruction book and ruler provide a clear and easy method for making a complex quilt block simpler and successful.
    • You choose to create a 32-Point Mariner’s Compass Center Block or a 16-Point Mariner's Compass Center Block.
    • The spiraling “gyre” is created with simple wedge blocks using templates that are found in the pattern.

    Quilt Kit Includes:

    • FreeSpirit BioGeo-3 by Adrienne Leban for quilt top and binding.
    • Complete Geo-Gyre Quilt Pattern by Robin Ruth Design Retail Value: $12.00 US/$16.10 CAD.
    • Required Additional Purchase:
      • 32-Point Mariner's Compass Center Block - Skinny Robin 16-Point Mariner's Compass Book and Ruler Combo and the 32-Point Mariner's Compass Book and Ruler Combo
      • 16-Point Mariner's Compass Center Block - Only the Skinny Robin 16-Pint Mariner's Book and Ruler Combo.Book/Ruler Combo.

    Geo-Gyre makers get to sew with Robin Ruth*

    • You get exclusive access to video tutorials for Geo-Gyre at the Robin Ruth Design Member Sew Along page, http://www.robinruthdesign.com/new-page-5, for an additional fee.*
    • This is a move-along-at-your-own-pace sew along and videos can be accessed at any time.
    • Robin’s professional guidance sets you up for assured success and a new love affair with her innovative products.

     

    Retailers:

    • To learn more, please click here. You must be signed in as a retailer to access the program details.

     

  • Kaffe Fassett Tour 2023

    OCT 2 - 6

    Sister's Quilt Shop
    476 N. Market Blvd.
    Chehalis, WA 98532

    OCT 8 - 10

    Quilting Mayhem
    1011 2nd Street
    Snohomish, WA 98290

    OCT 16 - 18

    Piece Works Quilt Shop
    54 East Court
    Winterset, IA 50273
    Sept 12 - Dec 10 - Kaffe 85 & Fabulous Special Exhibit at the Iowa Quilt Museum

    OCT 20 - 22

    Quilt-agious
    1005 Main Street, Suite 200
    Mukwonago, WI 53149

    OCT 25 - 30

    Houston Quilt Market
    1001 Avenida de las Americas
    Houston, TX 77010

    NOV 1 - 3

    Flash Sew & Quilts
    13240 Tamiami Trail N., Suite 205
    Naples, FL 34110
    Photo Credits: Debbie Patterson Images/Taunton Press
  • Queen of Diamonds Block of the Month

    Be Powerful with the Can-Do Attitude of the Queen of Diamonds!

    English Paper Piecing Project

    June 2023 - May 2024

    Click here for a list of participating retailers.


    Queen of Diamonds featuring Everglow, Moon Garden, Daydreamer, Tiny Beasts, Curiouser & Curiouser, True Colors & Solids by Tula Pink
    Designed by Chelsea O'Hayre, Sandra Smith, Dena Mehling & Lisa Hawkins - Pink Door Fabrics
    Finished Size: 60" x 73 1/2" (1.52m x 1.87m)
    BOM Total Quilt Top & Binding Yardage: 31.14 yds. (28.47m), 91 different fabrics
    Techniques: English Paper Piecing, Piecing
    Skill Level: Intermediate

    Why Join?

    • Endorsed by Tula Pink, Queen of Diamonds is brought to you by the masters of EPP Block of the Month programs, Pink Door Fabrics.
    • A great skill-builder project that is swoon worthy as each diamond combines Tula's fantastical print with her palette of True Colors and Solids.
    • Monthly EPP tutorial videos with Pink Door Fabrics to guide you along the way.
    • Exclusive Facebook group for makers to ask questions and share tips, tricks, photos and progress with the group.
    • A special introduction from Tula Pink and Pink Door Fabrics.

     

    To Participate:

    • Purchase The Queen of Diamonds Block of the Month fabrics from a participating retailer. Click here to view the list of participating retailers.
    • Recommended Quilt Back Purchase: Fairy Dust XL - Whisper, QBTP011.WHISPER: 2 1/2 yards (2.29m) 108” Backing.
    • Queen of Diamonds complete English paper piece pack from Paper Pieces (required). Available at participating retailers or through Paper Pieces. Queen of Diamonds 16pc Acrylic Templates from Paper Pieces recommended, but not required.

     

    • Retailers: To learn more, please click here. You must be signed in as a retailer to access the program details.  Download marketing assets here.

     

  • Quilts by the Sea

    Shipping Now

    For this landmark 25th book in his highly successful patchwork and quilt series, Kaffe Fassett has chosen the southern coast of England as the inspiration for his new collection of quilts.

    • 21 stunning projects to quilt.
    • Celebrating the 25th installment of the Kaffe Fassett Patchwork and Quilt series.
    • Featuring gorgeous photography of the British coast 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.

    Stay Tuned!

    • Autumn Postcard Video Tutorials coming soon!
  • SIY - Sew It Yourself

     

    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!

     

    Retailers please make sure you are signed in at freespiritfabrics.com to learn more and become part of the SIY Evolution click here.