#HomeMadeChallenge

Click here for the HomeMade Challenge Trunk Show Schedule. 

For the competition timeline and specifics, CLICK HERE.

Congratulations to the HomeMade Challenge winners! To view the winners and all twelve finalists, please click each image below.

• First Place: Made with Love by Jackie Smith
• Viewer's Choice: Validation by Tanya Brubaker
• Honorable Mention: Homemade Sandstone Spires by Julie Faulkner  

Thank you to our sponsors! 

Join us on a color loving adventure with the Kaffe Fassett Gathering No Moss Quilt Along! 4 Dynamic choices to suit any quilter’s palette.

August 4 - September 15, 2021

Click here for a list of participating quilt shops.

How It Works:  

Select you favorite color story, or make all four.  Click the Gathering No Moss Color Stories image below for more information, and then join the six-week journey full of Kaffe surprises!

Ask your retailer about the Exclusive Swag Tote with Kaffe Fassett Gathering No Moss reusable pattern featuring instructions for making all four color stories! You must have the pattern to be part of the quilt along.

Along the journey, you will gleen:

• Color and design placement advice from Kaffe Fassett.
• Incentives to encourage you to "Gather No Moss" and keep creating.
• Color-confidence using the simple-to-make Rolling Stone quilt book.
• Tips and techniques for working with brilliant color and design from the "Sew-lebrities."  The Sew-lebrities are skilled artisans that have been carefully selected with guidance from the Kaffe Fassett Collective Team to provide tips and inspiration encouraging quilters to step out of their comfort zones while creating their own fantastic interpretation of color and design.  Click each image below to learn more about the Sew-lebrities.

To Participate:  

Click here for the participating local retail shops. Retailers please make sure you are signed in to freespiritfabrics.com to access retailer specific information here.

To download marketing assets and lifestyle photography, click here.

Introducing the beauty and authenticity of the original Morris & Co. fabrics. January 2021 - December 2021

Designed by Marilyn Foreman, Quilt Moments

Available in 2 Size Options
Large Square: 101” (2.56m) using 10” (0.25m) Blocks
Small Square: 65” (1.65m) using 6” (0.15m) Blocks

How It Works:  

Each month participants receive fabric to piece this stunning, traditionally pieced Morris Medley Quilt. The Morris Medley Quilt is available in two size options! More information below by clicking the Block of the Month Information image.

Don't forget to ask your retailer about the special swag bag including this beautiful quilt label.

Click here for participating retail shops.

Retailers to download marketing assets, click here.

Shine like a Supernova!

Be part of the Nebula Block of the Month from Jaybird Quilts featuring Tula Pink True Colors, Solids, and HomeMade.

January 2021 - October 2021

Finished Size: Queen 97” x 96” (246.38cm x243.84cm)

Details:  

• Journey to the stars!  Be part of the Tula fun by making this stunning 12-point star.
• 10-month Nebula Block of the Month program featuring 9 unique blocks made from 74 Fat Eighths and six finishing fabrics.
• Easy and effortless thanks to Jaybird Quilts. There are no pesky Y-seams in the quilt!
• Perfect opportunity to work with Jaybird Quilts Super Sidekick and Hex N More Rulers.
• Excellent color theory quilt to teach creative fabric placement, making the quilt appear to have 18 different blocks.
• Nebula pattern is presented as 11 pieces in one 6” x 9” bag: A Quilt Basics booklet, 9 monthly inserts, and a Quilt Finishing booklet.
• The pre-cut Nebula Quilt Package from FreeSpirit includes the fabric to make a queen size quilt top, binding fabric, and the quilt pattern. Directions for alternate size options to make a large lap or king size quilt are included in the pattern.
• Ask you LQS about the Exclusive Bonus Tula Pink Swag Project Bag and Quilt Label!

To Participate:

Click here for a list of participating retailers. Click this link to join the Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/nebulaquilt

Retailers please make sure you are signed in at freespiritfabrics.com to access the Nebula FAQs here.  The Nebula FAQs include the Nebula Shop Guide from Jaybird Quilts and the marketing assets for download.

 Exquisite New Collection of Quilts

Coming August 2021

Cover Quilt: Starry Nights by Kaffe Fassett

Fussy cuts brilliant florals in deep rich colors, surrounded by stars in Shot Cottons. 

• 23^rd book in Kaffe’s best-selling Patchwork & Quilting series.
• Photographed in the medieval English village of Lavenham in Suffolk, the perfect location for this exquisite new collection of quilts.
• 19 eye-catching quilts featuring new fabric designs, Kaffe Fassett Collective Classics and his unique color palettes.  Two quilts featured below.
• Quilts for all skill levels, beginners to advanced, including templates for piecing and a practical know-how and tips sections.
• Beautiful full-color photography and fully illustrated with color diagrams and step-by-step instructions.

Published by Taunton Press; ISBN: 978-1-64155-150-2; 144 pages

Photo Credits: Gallery shots, Debbie Patterson/Taunton Press; Flat shots, Steven Wooster/Taunton Press 

Retailers:  

Click here for information regarding the book and ordering.

August - January 4, 2021

View the Winners Below! Click the #SayYestoKaffeCollective Winners image to view.

#SayYestoKaffeCollective winners receive: 

• 2 Top Winners – advance 1-yard cuts of the next Kaffe Fassett Collective February 2021, valued over $700 (USD). 
• Plus a UPF 50 tee, Zappy Band, and Notions Trio in the Kaffe Fassett Collective prints of your choice from Zappy Dots, valued at $95.
• 2 Secondary Winners -- advance ½-yard cuts of the next Kaffe Fassett Collective February 2021, valued over $350 (USD).
• Plus a UPF 50 tee in the Kaffe Fassett Collective print of your choice from Zappy Dots, valued at $50.
• 6 winners to receive a complete set of the NEW Kaffe Fassett Collective Classic pre-cuts in January 2021, valued over $120 (USD).
• Plus a Notions Trio - featuring a Needle Nanny, Magnetic Needle Tin, and Scissor Fob - in the coordinating Kaffe Fassett Collective print of your choice from Zappy Dots, valued at $25.

Details Reminder:

• Winners will be announced via FreeSpirit Fabrics social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram) by January 18, 2021.
• Selected winners must respond via social media to secure their prize.
• YOUR posting on your personal social media and the use of the #SayYestoKaffeCollective is your agreement that you will abide by the rules and accept the decisions of the judge.

Retailers please make sure you are signed in at freespiritfabrics.com to access retailer specific steps and prizes here.

Keep your Bright Eyes and open to the extraordinary beauty in everyday surroundings.
Join the Anna Maria Visions Quilt Club 
June 2021 - October 2021

Click here for a list of participating retail shops.

Designed by Anna Maria
Finished Size: 72” x 90” (1.83m x 2.23m)
Techniques: Templates, Fussy Cutting, Applique, Mitered Corners

How It Works:  

As a Club member, receive fabric to piece this beautifully curated Visions Quilt designed by Anna Maria.  Anna Maria guides you each month with video tips.  And extra, fun to make projects are offered for your "Quilter's Lace" fabric.

Join our exclusive Visions Quilt Facebook group to share in the joy of making.  You must have the printed Visions Quilt pattern to make this quilt. Ask your local quilt shop! #visionsquiltclub

To Participate:  

Click here for the participating local retail shops. Retailers please make sure you are signed in at freespiritfabrics.com to access retailer specific information here.

Retailers download marketing assets and quilt images here.

 Celebrate Anna Maria's 15th Anniversary and be part of the Wheelhouse Medallion Club! Featuring FreeSpirit Hindsight: Anna Maria's most loved designs reimagined!

June - October 2020

Quilt designed by Anna Maria

Finished Size: 80" Square (23 1/3 Yards)

Technique: X-treme Fussy Cutting, Applique, Piecing

View the Wheelhouse Medallion Club Participating Retailers here.

Retailers: Download Marketing Assets here.