Free Pattern Friday: Holiday Edition!

Today's post offers a recap of all of the free quilt patterns available on our website that correspond with our holiday fabric collections. Download your favorites and ask for the fabric at your local quilt shop. 

Nordic Holiday by Amanda Murphy

Amanda designed a free quilt pattern using Nordic Holiday, Candy Dish.

Click here to find out how to download it.

Click here to see the entire Nordic Holiday collection.
Click here to learn more about Amanda's Nordic Holiday collection and see Amanda's available quilt patterns.

Florentine Christmas

Find two free quilt patterns on our website using Florentine Christmas: 

"Secret Santa," featuring wrapped packages with applique bows

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

"Buon Natale," simple half-square triangles packed with punch

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Click here to see the entire Florentine Christmas collection.

A Moose for Christmas by Cheryl Haynes

Use Cheryl's panel (and coordinates) in a variety of free quilt patterns! 

Merry Moosemas! designed by Heidi Pridemore, features pieced borders around the panel.

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Follow Cheryl's directions to turn the various panel pieces into table runners, pillows, and card holders. 

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Cheryl has an additional free pattern on her website--a classic patchwork square quilt that allows the fabric to shine. Click here to find it. 

Click here to see the entire fabric collection.

Click here to learn more about A Moose for Christmas.

Winter Story

Download our free quilt pattern featuring Winter Story, "Winter Cardinals."

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Click here to see the entire Winter Story collection.

Click here to learn more about Winter Story.

Mulberry Lane by Cherry Guidry
We have a free quilt pattern available on our website, Snowy Village, using the panel from Cherry's collection. 

Click here to download the free pattern.

Click here to see the entire Mulberry Lane collection.

Click here to learn more about Mulberry Lane and see Cherry's available quilt patterns.

A Festive Season by Jackie Robinson

Our website features a few free quilt patterns using Jackie's collection.

First, Festive Cardinals & Ornaments by Heidi Pridemore (you choose which panel and border print to use!) 

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Festive Runners by Jackie Robinson (again, you choose which panel to use!). Pattern includes table runner, queen-size bed runner, and placemats. 

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Click here to see the entire A Festive Season collection.

Click here to learn more about the collection and see Jackie's additional quilt patterns.

Merry Little Christmas by Holly Helgeson
Looking for a free quilt pattern? Try "Christmas Windows," which features the panel surrounded by patchwork borders. It's available as a free download on our website. 

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Click here to see the entire Merry Little Christmas collection.

Click here to learn more about the collection.

Winter Games by Amanda Murphy

Amanda designed a free quilt pattern using her Winter Games pattern. This quilt, called Skating Rink, is a log cabin variation featuring fussy-cut athlete appliques from the collection. The pattern is available as a free download from Amanda's website. 

Click here to find out how to download Amanda's free quilt pattern.

Click here to learn more about the collection and click here to see Amanda's additional quilt patterns.

We hope this holiday recap week has helped get you in a festive spirit! 

Happy Holidays!

Don't miss our other Christmas-themed posts this week! 

Holiday tutorials

Technique Tuesday with Debby Kratovil: Hexagons with Festive Season

Traditional and modern holiday quilt features

Snowflake Topper

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Ready for the Holidays? 4 Tutorials for You

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

We're here to help you get into the holiday spirit! This week we'll be featuring our holiday prints along with tutorials, free patterns, inspiration, and a few magazine features. Even if you don't have time to sew these projects for this year, you can make your to-do list for next year and get a head start! 

Mulberry Lane Placemat, featuring Cherry' Guidry's Mulberry Lane collection

Click here to find the tutorial.

Holiday Star quilt by Debby Kratovil, featuring Amanda Murphy's Nordic Holiday collection

Click here to find the tutorial.

Moose Panel Pillow by Cynthia Brunz, featuring A Moose for Christmas collection by Cheryl Haynes

Click here to read Cynthia's post.

Winter Joy Door Banner featuring the Winter Story collection

Click here to find the tutorial.

Let It Snow Christmas Card by Cherry Guidry

Click here to find the tutorial.

Stop by tomorrow for a Technique Tuesday post by Debby Kratovil using Jackie Robinson's A Festive Season collection.

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Christmas in July: Blog Hop Day 3

 It's the middle of July...the sun is shining...flowers are blooming...

So of course it's the perfect time to start planning for Christmas! 

We've shared all of our holiday fabric collections, and now we're moving on to the blog hop! Over the next four days, we'll be sharing projects using our fabrics. If you like what you see, the fabrics are available in stores now, so you can get started on your favorite featured project now and be done before the holiday rush begins! 

Crank up the air conditioning, pull out your wool hat, and enjoy our Christmas in July series!

Today Cynthia from Quilting is More Fun than Housework (and we all agree it is!) is showing how she turned part of the panel from A Moose for Christmas into a pillow to display at Christmas time. She used our favorite section of the panel and added a scrappy patchwork flange around it. Head over to her blog to check it out and find out how you can enter to win a bundle of A Moose for Christmas for yourself.

Head over to Cynthia's blog for a chance to win a bundle of A Moose for Christmas. 

Follow along with our Christmas in July Blog Hop!

Wednesday: Mulberry Lane Placemats by Lisa Ruble

Thursday: Nordic Holiday Star Quilt by Debby Kratovil

Friday: A Moose for Christmas Pillow by Cynthia Brunz

Saturday: Winter Story Wall Hanging by Benartex blog design team

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Christmas in July: A Moose for Christmas

It's the middle of July...the sun is shining...flowers are blooming...

So of course it's the perfect time to start planning for Christmas! 

Over the next two weeks, we'll be sharing all things winter holiday related with you. The fabrics are available in stores now, so you can get started on your favorite reindeer, snowflake, or Christmas tree quilt pattern now and be done before the holiday rush begins! 

Crank up the air conditioning, pull out your wool hat, and enjoy our Christmas in July series!

Today we're sharing Cheryl Haynes' A Moose for Christmas line. If you loved her Moose on the Loose collection, you'll be happy to see this holiday version! 

We asked Cheryl what inspired her to decorate her popular moose motifs for Christmas. (Who can resist a moose with ornaments on its antlers?!)

What inspired the A Moose for Christmas?

When I did the original moose quilt pattern (that inspired Moose on the Loose), I was working on a cross stitch project at the same time. It was an ornament called ChrisMoose—a moose head with ornaments hanging on the antlers. The moose panel idea came from the cross stitch pattern.

Tell us more about the panel.

I added in the poinsettia sections because I like poinsettias, and they have a holiday feel. The ornaments were a natural fit because they’re also hanging on the moose.

What are a few of your favorite prints from the collection?

I just love the moose heads with the stocking caps. It’s cute, and it makes a great border.

I also really like the other holiday-themed fabrics—the ornaments, the poinsettia, and the holly. What’s fun about these prints (like the moose head print) is that they correspond well with different parts of the panel. They make great border prints for pillows or small quilts made from panel sections.

How did you choose your palette?

I tend to like darker colors. I really wanted to use black as the background (in the panel), and I chose reds, greens and golds that would pop with the black. Many of the prints will also coordinate well with the Moose on the Loose fabrics—the fabric tones are very close.

How do you choose your tonals?

I prefer tone on tones to solids—I like the richness. I’m also a basket maker, and I do my own reed dyeing. I like the way hand dyeing looks; it’s never one solid color, and it looks natural. That extends to fabric as well, so my tonals are checks, swirls, and other small, subtle prints.

  

What do you like best about the collection?

I love it on the black background. I love the way the red and the gold and the green pop on black. It’s very festive and fun! Who knew a moose could be for Christmas? And…you just might see moose again in the future!

Use Cheryl's panel (and coordinates) in a variety of free quilt patterns! 

Merry Moosemas! designed by Heidi Pridemore, features pieced borders around the panel.

Click here to find the free quilt pattern.

 Follow Cheryl's directions to turn the various panel pieces into table runners, pillows, and card holders. 

Click here to find the free patterns.

Cheryl has an additional free pattern on her website--a classic patchwork square quilt that allows the fabric to shine. Click here to find it. 

Click here to see the entire fabric collection.

Click here to find the free quilt patterns.

Click here to see more of Cheryl's work. 

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Tour our Benartex booth!

Are you ready for a tour of our Quilt Market booths? 

We're starting today with the Benartex booth, full of new fabric lines and beautiful quilts.

A look at the entire booth:

Quilts made from Paula Nadelstern's new collection, Kismet:

Two more quilts, plus a gorgeously beaded sphere--such a work of art!

Two clutches featuring fussy-cut kaleidoscope designs:

Quilts made using Jackie Robinson's A Festive Season collection:

Love those vibrantly red cardinals!

Shelves and shelves of pre-cuts! (Ask for them at your local quilt shop!)

Rose Ann Cook's two lines, Glass House and Joey the Shop Dog:

Our special guest at Quilt Market, Joey! Joey charmed everyone who came to the booth.

Being at Quilt Market is exahusting...

 Quilts featuring A Moose for Christmas by Cheryl Haynes

What a cute moose applique wall hanging!

Ann Lauer's new Butterfly Fandango collection:

Ann's second new line, Anything Goes:

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