Mix and Match Quiz: Day 5

Quilt Market is over, but we've got one more day of the Mix and Match Quiz set up!  Get a sneak peek at the new lines we debuted at the show, and guess which prints go together! 

To learn more about the Mix and Match Quiz, read the original post here. 

Here's a Rules Recap as well:

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED**

Rule recap:

• Look at the focal print shown. From the five potential coordinating prints shown, choose the number that you think is part of the same collection as the focal print.
• Send an email to socialmedia23 (at) gmail.com with the subject line of "Day 5" and then your guess (for example: Day 5 - #1, or Day 5 - #5). Feel free to leave comments below this post as well, but you must send an email to be entered in the contest.
• The contest for Day 5 will be open from Monday, May 19 at 12 noon EST through Tuesday, May 20 at 11:59 EST. Only entries received within that time period will be eligible for the drawing. 
• After the last quiz ends on Tuesday, we'll randomly select a winner from each day's quiz answers (you don't have to guess correctly to win), as well as share the correct answers to each quiz. Winners will receive a fat quarter bundle of that day's collection.
• Later this week we'll post the answers for each day's quiz so you can see how you did!
• If you have a question, leave a comment below.

Have fun and good luck! 

Day 5 Focal Print, from Benartex's Poppy Panache collection by Ann Lauer of Grizzly Gulch Gallery:

Guess its coordinating print:

Option #1:

Option #2:

Option #3:

Option #4:

Option #5:

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Mix and Match Quiz: Day 4

We're still in Pittsburgh at Quilt Market, so today we're sharing Day 4 of our Mix and Match Quiz. Get a sneak peek at the new lines we're debuting at the show, and guess which prints go together! 

To learn more about the Mix and Match Quiz, read the original post here. 

Here's a Rules Recap as well:

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED**

Rule recap:

• Look at the focal print shown. From the five potential coordinating prints shown, choose the number that you think is part of the same collection as the focal print.
• Send an email to socialmedia23 (at) gmail.com with the subject line of "Day 4" and then your guess (for example: Day 4 - #1, or Day 4 - #5). Feel free to leave comments below this post as well, but you must send an email to be entered in the contest.
• The contest for Day 4 will be open from Sunday, May 18 at 12 noon EST through Monday, May 19 at 11:59 EST. Only entries received within that time period will be eligible for the drawing. 
• Next week, we'll randomly select a winner from each day's quiz answers (you don't have to guess correctly to win), as well as share the correct answers to each quiz. Winners will receive a fat quarter bundle of that day's collection.
• Be sure to come back on Monday--the Day 5 quiz (last one for this contest!) will be posted at noon. 
• If you have a question, leave a comment below.

Have fun and good luck! 

Day 4 Focal print, from Kanvas's Sunflower Fields collection:

Guess its coordinating print:

Option #1:

Option #2:

Option #3:

Option #4:

Option #5:

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Mix and Match Quiz: Day 3

We're back with our Day 3 Mix and Match Quiz while we're in Pittsburgh at Quilt Market. Get a sneak peek at the new lines we're debuting at the show, and guess which prints go together! 

To learn more about the Mix and Match Quiz, read the original post here. 

Here's a Rules Recap as well:

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED**

Rule recap:

• Look at the focal print shown. From the five potential coordinating prints shown, choose the number that you think is part of the same collection as the focal print.
• Send an email to socialmedia23 (at) gmail.com with the subject line of "Day 3" and then your guess (for example: Day 3 - #1, or Day 3 - #5). Feel free to leave comments below this post as well, but you must send an email to be entered in the contest.
• The contest for Day 3 will be open from Saturday, May 17 at 12 noon EST through Sunday, May 18 at 11:59 EST. Only entries received within that time period will be eligible for the drawing. 
• Next week, we'll randomly select a winner from each day's quiz answers (you don't have to guess correctly to win), as well as share the correct answers to each quiz. Winners will receive a fat quarter bundle of that day's collection.
• The Day 4 quiz will be posted at 12 noon on Sunday, May 17, and the Day 5 quiz will be posted at noon on Monday. 
• If you have a question, leave a comment below.

Have fun and good luck! 

Day 3 Focal print, from Contempo's new Handmade collection:

Guess its coordinating print:

Option #1:

Option #2:

Option #3:

Option #4:

Option #5:

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Mix and Match Quiz: Day 2

We're back with our Day 2 Mix and Match Quiz while we're in Pittsburgh at Quilt Market. Get a sneak peek at the new lines we're debuting at the show, and guess which prints go together! 

To learn more about the Mix and Match Quiz, read the original post here. 
Here's a Rules Recap as well:

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED**

Rule recap:

• Look at the focal print shown. From the five potential coordinating prints shown, choose the number that you think is part of the same collection as the focal print.
• Send an email to socialmedia23 (at) gmail.com with the subject line of "Day 2" and then your guess (for example: Day 2 - #1, or Day 2 - #5). Feel free to leave comments below this post as well, but you must send an email to be entered in the contest.
• The contest for Day 2 will be open from Friday, May 16 at 12 noon EST through Saturday, May 17 at 11:59 EST. Only entries received within that time period will be eligible for the drawing. 
• Next week, we'll randomly select a winner from each day's quiz answers (you don't have to guess correctly to win), as well as share the correct answers to each quiz. Winners will receive a fat quarter bundle of that day's collection.
• The Day 3 quiz will be posted at 12 noon on Saturday, May 17, and so on, through Monday. 
• If you have a question, leave a comment below.

Have fun and good luck! 

Day 2 Focal print, from Kanvas' new Safari Playground collection:

Guess its coordinating print:

Option #1:

Option #2:

Option #3:

Option #4:

Option #5:

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Mix and Match Quiz: Day 1

We're in Pittsburgh through the weekend for Spring Quilt Market. We'll be unveiling all of our new Benartex, Kanvas and Contempo fabric lines to quilt shop owners and designers at the show, but we didn't want you to miss out on the fun! 

We've come up with a game you can play from home while also giving you a peek at some of our upcoming fabric collections: the Mix and Match Quiz! 

Each day through Monday we'll be showing you a focal print from a new collection. We'll also be sharing five potential coordinating prints.

Here's where you get to play fabric designer. While many of the prints we show you will appear to coordinate with the focal print, only ONE of the prints is actually from the same collection. You might think they all work together, and they could--that's the beauty of coordinating prints--they work well with many designs!

Your job: send an email to socialmedia23 (at) gmail.com identifying the number of the print you think is the actual coordinate in the subject line. From each day's emails, we'll randomly choose one person to win a fat quarter bundle of that day's fabric line. (And the best part is, you don't have to guess correctly to win--you just have to guess!) Each contest will be open for 24 hours, from 12 noon EST on the day it's posted until 11:59 am EST the following day. 

Next week we'll post the correct answers for all five quizzes, as well as the winners' names.

Take a look at the first Mix and Match Quiz swatches and then we'll recap the rules for you below.

Day 1 focal print, from the new Breezy Blooms collection by Susan Rooney for Benartex:

Guess its coordinating print:

 Option #1:

Option #2:

Option #3:

Option #4:

Option #5:

Rule recap:

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED**

• Look at the focal print shown. From the five potential coordinating prints shown, choose the number that you think is part of the same collection as the focal print.
• Send an email to socialmedia23 (at) gmail.com with the subject line of "Day 1" and then your guess (for example: Day 1 - #1, or Day 1 - #5).
• The contest for Day 1 will be open from Thursday, May 15 at 12 noon EST through Friday, May 16 at 11:59 EST. Only entries received within that time period will be eligible for the drawing. 
• Next week, we'll randomly select a winner from each day's quiz answers (you don't have to guess correctly to win), as well as share the correct answers to each quiz. Winners will receive a fat quarter bundle of that day's collection.
• The Day 2 quiz will be posted at 12 noon on Friday, May 16, and so on, through Monday. 
• If you have a question, leave a comment below.

Have fun and good luck! 

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Flower Favorites Blog Hop Winners

Thanks to everyone who followed along with our Flower Favorites Blog Hop the last two weeks. If you use any of the featured block patterns and our fabrics to make a project, be sure to share it on our Sew Interesting Facebook page!

And if you missed any of the tutorials, here's the line-up:

Day 1: Debby Kratovil from Debby Kratovil Quilts featuring Fossil Ferns and Palm Springs

Day 2: Erica from Kitchen Table Quilting featuring Palm Springs

Day 3: Benartex Blog Design Team featuring Palazzo

Day 4: Jackie Robinson from Animas Quilts featuring He Still Loves Me

Day 5: Benartex Blog Design Team featuring Venezia

Day 6: Cinco de Mayo!

Day 7: Wendy Shepherd from Ivory Spring featuring Gramercy

And now, announcing our randomly drawn winners:

Day 1: Palm Springs

Day 2: Palm Springs

Day 3: Palazzo

Day 4: He Still Loves Me

Day 5: Venezia

Day 6: Cinco de Mayo

Day 7: Gramercy

Winners, if your email address was linked to your comment, we are sending you an email. If you don't receive an email, please email us at sewinlovewithfabric (at) gmail.com with your full name and mailing address.

Thanks!

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All Squared Up

We all love quilt projects where the fabric does the heavy lifting. With the right prints providing maximum impact, even the simplest block design can really shine! 

Wendy Sheppard proves that in her All Squared Up quilt, featured in the April/May issue of The Quilter magazine, which showcases the big and bold prints from Contempo's Dwellings collection. 

Just how did this quilt come to be? Keep reading--Wendy lets us in on her process.

What attracted you to Dwellings and the colorway you picked?
Since I am more traditional in my quilting style, I might not have been "attracted" to Dwellings at first.  I am more appealed by the idea of challenging myself to work outside of my comfort zone, and coming up with a pleasing quilt design.  However, the more I looked at the fabrics, the more I liked the informal feel of the print designs.  I picked a mix of green, salmon and brown because I thought the green and brown provide a nice contemporary contrast to the salmon.

Was it challenging to work with so many large prints? How did you overcome that?
Yes, it is always challenging to work with large prints because oftentimes large patches are needed to show the prints, and there are only that many "square/rectangular" blocks one can use!  For All Squared Up, I went ahead and still used large square blocks, except I used thin black framing interior border to break up the one-fabric-blocks.

Tell us about the block design.
The block is essentially a one fabric square block, except I used thin black framing interior border to break up the one-fabric-block.  The black draws the eye to zero in on the individual blocks, and thus draw the viewer to spend a bit of time looking at the fabrics.

Can you talk about your border decisions (love that stripe, sandwiched in white!)? 
That stripe print is probably my favorite swatch from the entire collection.  I feel like the quilt center looks a little busy with all the different fabrics used in the blocks. So the stripe print would probably be drowned if placed right next to the quilt center. So one way to highlight that stripe was for me to sandwiched it in white.

How did you machine quilt it?
I quilted my allover Jester's Hat motif to kind of break up the "square-ness" of the quilt.  I have discussed my Jester's Hat motif here, here, and here.

What do you like best about this quilt?
I like that it is very usable, and will instantaneous visual effect when used as a home decor item.  Drape it on a solid color couch, and you will see what I mean.

See the entire Dwellings collection here.
See more of Wendy's work, including her post about the All Squared Up quilt, here.
Find the kit for this quilt here.
Find The Quilter magazine here.

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