Gloaming Virtual Trunk Show

We've spent the week oohing and aahing over Shelley Cavanna's Gloaming fabrics and projects that have been made with these appealing prints. Get ready for more inspiration! Enjoy Shelley's virtual trunk show featuring the quilts she has designed using Gloaming. 

Shelley is giving away digital copies of her patterns--see how you can win at the bottom of this post! 

“Bloomers”

This is one of my favorite quilts! I wanted to put together a project inspired by Fair Isle knitting. Up close, it’s easy to see the pieced blocks, but standing back, it’s visually interesting. I’m also an 80s baby and I have two boys, so Nintendo is on my brain. My husband said I should do a Nintendo inspired pixel-style project. This quilt looks complex, but it can be strip pieced.

Click here to purchase the Bloomers pattern or kit.

“Gingham Girls”

This is a mosaic tile style quilt. I really like complicated quilts—with complex-looking blocks that give the feeling of weaving in and out of one another. It creates the effect of multiple layers on the quilt. This is one of the quilts I designed as I put together the fabric line, so they compliment each other.

Click here to purchase the Gingham Girls pattern or kit.

“Calliope”

This is another quilt with layers that weave in and out. It’s Greek-inspired, mixing together blues and whites from the collection. I love that it looks massively complex but can be broken down to small, manageable pieces that anyone can put together.

 Click here to purchase the Calliope pattern.

“Crumpet”

This quilt uses a stitch flip technique—snowball blocks and half little house blocks. It’s beginner friendly, and the way you press the seams, you don’t even need any pins because the seams nest. It’s a fast sew and super approachable, which makes me really happy.

Click here to purchase the Crumpet pattern or kit.

“Sweet as Honey”

This design has been bumping around in my brain for a few years. I wanted a project that could show off a large-scale print without cutting it up. No Y seams or crazy templates—it’s actually a fairly easy quilt to piece. I made it in purple because I wanted to do a project that showed how nicely the purples played together.

Click here to purchase the Sweet as Honey pattern or kit.

"Violette" 
The Gloaming fabric is a great fit for this quilt. It's another pixel-releated quilt--block, a little Irish Chain, and flowers. 

Click here to download the free Violette pattern.

Love these patterns? Great news! Shelley is giving away two full sets of her Gloaming patterns (in digital format) to two lucky winners. For a chance to win a downloadable set of Shelley's five Gloaming patterns, leave a comment below letting us know which pattern you like best. For a second chance to win, visit Shelley on Instagram and read her instructions for entering. Giveaway is open through Monday, March 12th at 11:50 pm EDT.


Join Shelley's annual FREE Mystery Quilt Along at the end of March!
This year's project - Moonlit Paths - uses the Gloaming fabric collection. The instructions will include four different sizes and Gloaming kits are available. Click here for more information.

Missed our interview with Shelley about Gloaming? 
Click here to read it! 

Click here to see the entire Gloaming fabric collection.


Visit all the stops on our Gloaming hop this week!
Monday: Introducing Gloaming - interview with Shelley Cavanna
Tuesday: Gloaming Hop - Cara Cansler @Sew_Colorado and Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse; @patchwork_posse
Wednesday: Gloaming Hop - Karen Foster of CapitolaQuilter; @capitolaquilter and Kate Colleran of Seams Like a Dream; @seamslikeadreamquilts
Thursday: Gloaming Hop - Julie Cefalu of The Crafty Quilter; @thecraftyquilter and Rene Stout @QuiltingNona
Friday: Shelley's Virtual Trunk Show



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Giveaway alert! 

The One Million Pillowcase Challenge March Pillowcase Madness competition is heating up and we’re giving away a cool prize! 

Check back daily through the end of the month for a new prize each day. Enter for our prize here, today only.

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Gloaming Hop: Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our Gloaming hop! This week is filled with plenty of quilty inspiration using Shelley's Gloaming collection--we hope you enjoy it! 

 Below are sneak peeks for today's designers--use the links to see more as well as find out how you can enter to win a fat quarter bundle of Gloaming fabrics for yourself on each designer's post!

Julie Cefalu of The Crafty Quilter; @thecraftyquilter 

Hi everyone! My name is Julie and I blog over at The Crafty Quilter.  I have been a fan of Shelley’s for a long time, and I was thrilled to be asked to make a project using her new fabric line, Gloaming.  I LOVE the rich color palette and the floral elements of this collection.  I wanted to use a large block in my quilt that would showcase the fabric well, so I chose a simple diamond pattern.  It’s very striking and dramatic with the dark blue background setting the stage for the other fabrics to shine.  This quilt was easy to put together, and I love how it turned out!

Learn more about Julie's quilt: 

IG:  @thecraftyquilter

Blog:  The Crafty Quilter

Rene Stout @Quilting_Nona

It isn't every quilter that can proudly say, "My daughter designed that fabric line!"  I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Gloaming scraps from Shelley's studio to make these ornaments as a Christmas gift for her, commemorating her first fabric line.

Learn more about Rene's ornaments:

IG: @Quilting_Nona

Missed our interview with Shelley about Gloaming? 
Click here to read it! 

Make sure to stop by tomorrow, when Shelley shares her quilts! 
Visit all the stops on our Gloaming hop this week!
Monday: Introducing Gloaming - interview with Shelley Cavanna
Tuesday: Gloaming Hop - Cara Cansler @Sew_Colorado and Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse; @patchwork_posse
Wednesday: Gloaming Hop - Karen Foster of CapitolaQuilter; @capitolaquilter and Kate Colleran of Seams Like a Dream; @seamslikeadreamquilts
Thursday: Gloaming Hop - Julie Cefalu of The Crafty Quilter; @thecraftyquilter and Rene Stout @Quilting_Nona
Friday: Shelley's Virtual Trunk Show

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Gloaming Hop: Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our Gloaming hop! This week is filled with plenty of quilty inspiration using Shelley's Gloaming collection--we hope you enjoy it! 

 Below are sneak peeks for today's designers--use the links to see more as well as find out how you can enter to win a fat quarter bundle of Gloaming fabrics for yourself on each designer's post!

Kate Colleran Seams Like a Dream; @seamslikeadreamquilts

Hi! I am Kate Colleran from Seams Like a Dream. When Shelley asked if I wanted to use some of her fabric in a project and be part of her blog hop,  I was over the moon! I love the rich colors in this line!  I decided to use my pattern, Boston Bricks to make a crib quilt. The pattern is perfect with Fat Quarters and the pop of the prints against the white is just sew great! A wonderful line like Gloaming makes a beautiful crib quilt. Or a bigger quilt! 

Learn more about Kate's quilt:
blog: Seams Like a Dream
IG: @seamslikeadreamquilts




Karen Foster CapitolaQuilter; @capitolaquilter 

Hi I'm Karen from Capitola Quilter. Gloaming has a range of color and scale that is perfect for creating a modern graphic quilt. I enjoyed bringing an original design to life with prints that read as solid mixed with fussy cut floral. 

Learn more about Karen's quilt:

blog: CapitolaQuilter 

IG: @capitolaquilter 

Missed our interview with Shelley about Gloaming? 
Click here to read it! 

Visit all the stops on our Gloaming hop this week!
Monday: Introducing Gloaming - interview with Shelley Cavanna
Tuesday: Gloaming Hop - Cara Cansler @Sew_Colorado and Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse; @patchwork_posse
Wednesday: Gloaming Hop - Karen Foster of CapitolaQuilter; @capitolaquilter and Kate Colleran of Seams Like a Dream; @seamslikeadreamquilts
Thursday: Gloaming Hop - Julie Cefalu of The Crafty Quilter; @thecraftyquilter and Rene Stout @QuiltingNona
Friday: Shelley's Virtual Trunk Show

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Gloaming Hop: Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of our Gloaming hop! These next few days are filled with plenty of quilty inspiration using Shelley's Gloaming collection--we hope you enjoy it! 

 Below are sneak peeks for today's designers--use the links to see more as well as find out how you can enter to win a fat quarter bundle of Gloaming fabrics for yourself on each designer's post!

Cara Cansler @Sew_Colorado

Hi! I'm Cara! The Gloaming fabrics reminds me of water waves in the evening. I wanted to make a quilt to show the intersection of day meeting night, of water meeting the shore, and sunlight meeting pools along the beach. I saw this as a chance to capture not just a place but a time.

Learn more about Cara's quilt:
IG:@Sew_Colorado

Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse; @patchwork_posse

Hi! I'm Becky from Patchwork Posse.  Quilters don't like to sew alone- so we create easy to follow quilt alongs, a planner to keep your projects organized, and a community to help make quilting part of your every day. 

I met Shelley at Fall Quilt Market. What a delight it was to see all the quilts in her collection as well--beautiful! I chose a pattern that I had sewn up previously, but knew her fabric would be a perfect fit for a new, kind of scrappy version.  The blues and fresh bright colors that compliment each other are wonderful. As you can see, the full version of the quilt hasn't been revealed.

To have a little fun during National Quilt Day on March 17th, we are going to be sewing a mystery quilt along together.  You are welcome to sew along, as we just got started. Find the details here.  The full reveal will be on March 27th. 

I'm so excited to be part of the hop and can't wait to see what others have done with the fabric.  There are so many possibilities. The colors and prints are easy to work with and coordinate beautifully together- so no matter your pattern choice, it will turn out stunning.

Learn more about Becky's quilt: 

blog: Patchwork Posse

IG: @patchwork_posse

Missed our interview with Shelley about Gloaming? Click here to read it! 

Visit all the stops on our Gloaming hop this week!
Monday: Introducing Gloaming - interview with Shelley Cavanna
Tuesday: Gloaming Hop - Cara Cansler @Sew_Colorado and Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse; @patchwork_posse
Wednesday: Gloaming Hop - Karen Foster of CapitolaQuilter; @capitolaquilter and Kate Colleran of Seams Like a Dream; @seamslikeadreamquilts
Thursday: Gloaming Hop - Julie Cefalu of The Crafty Quilter; @thecraftyquilter and Rene Stout @QuiltingNona
Friday: Shelley's Virtual Trunk Show

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Introducing Gloaming by Shelley Cavanna

Gloaming...the word just sounds magical, doesn't it? 

Gloaming is Shelley Cavanna's first fabric collection for Contempo and you'll find out where the name came from in our interview with her. The 20-print collection is packed with a range of teals, purples and limes. Deliciously soothing and appealing, all at once!

Where did the name for your collection come from?

Gloaming is one of my favorite words. I’m such a book nerd too. I read a ton. It’s a beautiful old English word that describes the word where twilight falls—evening setting in and colors deepening. Right now, my life is massively chaotic and hilarious. I have two boys at home—ages 4 and 6. For me, Gloaming is that quiet moment at the end of the day. It’s right around bedtime, where I can sneak out to the backyard with a cup of tea or glass of wine.

Tell us about the color palette.

I took some of my favorite colors—blue-green which I love, and deep purple. The palette gives the idea of colors fading into deeper shadows. The main idea is my garden at twilight, so I ended up adding green as well to balance the colors. I also tried to pick colors that I feel like I have a hard time finding in quilt shops. I asked myself, “if I was going to sit down and make my perfect quilt, what colors and what values would go with it?”

How does being a quilter help you design fabrics?

I actually designed a couple of the quilts before I finished picking the prints and what colors I wanted them to be. Every print in the collection was meant for a specific part of a project. Maybe that’s working backwards for textile design, but I designed the quilts first and then chose scale and value for the fabrics based on where I wanted to use them in the quilt.

Can you talk about some of your favorite prints?
One of my favorites is the magnolia print. It’s this cute little flower—we call them tulip trees, but I think they’re technically magnolia trees. My son and I technically made this print together. We were doodling on a super rainy night with crayons and markers, and this flower kept coming up over and over as I drew.

I really do like the large-scale floral print as well. My brain really likes symmetry and balance, and I find repeating patterns pleasing to the eye. You can cut this fabric up and make interesting pieces—almost like multiple different prints. But you can also use it in big chunks. It’s just a good mix of colors and texture.

Then there's the Filament Twilight print. They nailed this color so perfectly. This is my favorite color in the whole world.

What is your favorite part of fabric design?

It’s really amazing to have this idea of a quilt in my head or on paper and there’s this thrill that goes through you when you find the perfect print. This is the thrill of making the perfect print to go into the project. It takes quilt designing to a whole other level.

In all honesty, growing up I never thought of myself as an artist, so it’s been fun to discover this whole other side of myself that I never knew was in there. My kids are artsy too and it’s fun to have this space where we can create together.

It’s been really fun to see other people take the fabric and make it into something beautiful. This is the best job ever!

Click here to see the entire Gloaming collection.

Click here to visit Shelley's website, Cora's Quilts. Take a peek at her Gloaming quilt designs--we'll be sharing them here on Friday!

A little bit of trivia from Shelley on the name of her blog, Cora’s Quilts:

I’ve loved the name ever since I discovered “The Last of the Mohicans” – both the book and the movie – in high school.  It was one of my top two baby girl names, even though my hubby wasn’t so crazy about it.  Since we had two boys, we never had to have that argument … and since Cora doesn’t exist in person, she exists in thread, instead!

We'll be featuring Gloaming all week on the blog! Stop by each day for inspiration and a chance to win a bundle of Gloaming prints. 

Follow the schedule below:
Monday: Introducing Gloaming - interview with Shelley Cavanna
Tuesday: Gloaming Hop - Cara Cansler @Sew_Colorado and Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse; @patchwork_posse
Wednesday: Gloaming Hop - Karen Foster of CapitolaQuilter; @capitolaquilter and Kate Colleran of Seams Like a Dream; @seamslikeadreamquilts
Thursday: Gloaming Hop - Julie Cefalu of The Crafty Quilter; @thecraftyquilter and Rene Stout @QuiltingNona
Friday: Shelley's Virtual Trunk Show

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Blue Brilliance

The Blue Brilliance collection from Kanvas is a modern update on the classic look of blue porcelain. Beyond the florals you’ll find vines, multi-sized dots, swirls, crosshatches and a wonderful pearl drop stripe. The prints are layered to create a dimensional effect and then enhanced with pearlescent for extra elegance. 

After seeing these blue-tiful prints, you’ll be ready to start sewing monochromatic quilts! Start with our free quilt pattern: 

Blue Moon designed by Heidi Pridemore

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Click here to see the Blue Brilliance collection.
Click here to find the free quilt pattern. 

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