One of my favorite pattern designers, April Rhodes, is now a fabric designer, too! I've made a few of her dresses, The Staple Dress & The Date Night Dress come to mind.
I was thrilled for her when I found out about her limited edition Arizona fabric line for Art Gallery Fabrics, and I was even more excited to see the yummy colors and fun designs in her fabric.
She asked me to make a Jaybird Quilts quilt for her bloghop (and it might make an appearance in her quilt market booth in a few weeks) and after a few moments loving the colors in the Arizona line, my Northern Lights quilt came to mind as a great way to feature how well these fabrics play together.
The quilt is a WIP still, and I'm loving how well it's coming together!
You can check out some of the other blogs on the tour + projects in the works using Arizona:
Thursday, May 1 - Anna Graham - @noodlehead531 / http://www.noodle-head.com
Friday, May 2 - Shelley Figueroa - @figgysstudio / http://figgys.myshopify.com/
Saturday, May 3 - Julie Herman - @jaybirdquilts / http://www.jaybirdquilts.com
Sunday, May 4 - Erin Sobon Sundet - @sewbon / http://sewbon.com
Monday, May 5 - Jenna Brand - @howtobejenna / http://jennabrand.com
Monday, May 5 - Jenna Brand - @howtobejenna / http://jennabrand.com
Tuesday, May 6 - Kelli Ward - @truebias / http://www.truebias.com
Wednesday, May 7 - Rachel Howard - @familyeverafter / http://www.
Thursday, May 8 - Delia Randall - @deliacreates / http://www.deliacreates.com
Friday, May 9 - Kelly Costas - @cutcutsew / http://www.cutcutsew.com
Friday, May 9 - Kelly Costas - @cutcutsew / http://www.cutcutsew.com
Saturday, May 10 - Rachel Gander - @imaginegnats / http://imaginegnats.com
Sunday, May 11 - Devon Iott - @missmake / http://www.missmake.com
Monday, May 12 - Mary Dugan - @marysdugan / http://mollyflanders.
Tuesday, May 13 - Shannon Cook - @soveryshannon / http://www.luvinthemommyhood.
Wednesday, May 14 - Penny Layman - @sewtakeahike / http://sewtakeahike.typepad.
Thursday, May 15 - Katie Blakesley - @swimbikequilt / http://swimbikequilt.com
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Ready for the giveaway??
One lucky reader will win a fat quarter bundle of April's Arizona limited edition fabric line from Art Gallery Fabrics.
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The Rules
1. Leave ONE comment to enter. Make sure your contact info is in your profile or that you leave it in the comment.
2. In your comment tell us what kind of sewing or quilting project you would make with Arizona fabric.
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4. Simple as that!!
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297 comments:
1 – 200 of 297 Newer› Newest»If I win the FQ bundle, I'll use the Arizona fabric to make a beautiful Day Break quilt to hang in my living room. Please contact me at lrodrigues124@gmail.com :)
I love your quilt. I would make a lap quilt. I'm not sure of the design yet. The fabric looks like it would be perfect for cozying up with a book on a chilly morning.
Mhart037@gmail.com
havent heard from her yet, but totally love the prints, I would make a table runner and some pillowes
Love this fabric line! I would make some pillows for my living room. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.
Bag or fabric basket would look wonderful with these fabrics :-) Thx.
Lovely!!! I think I would love to try out the Jazz Hands pattern by Sarah Fielke.
I love the fabric with your pattern, I think a lap size would be wonderful.
I love fabric that is inspired by our country! Love this fabric and reminds me of my visits to Arizona. I would love to use it in one of your patterns.
I'd love to win the fat quarter bundle but I'm thinking of buying some yardage and making a skirt. I'm seeing similiar patterns all over the shops so I think a skirt would be super fashionable!
Would love to make some pillows with this gorgeous bundle! Spetzie at att dot net
Lovely fabrics! Thanks for the opportunity to win them!
gorgeous! i'd love to make a baby quilt with this fabric.
I would make a dress and top out of the amazing mint triangle fabric, then some pillows for the house, and perhaps a whole cloth quilt! Love this line! Meadows.marybeth(at)gmail.com
If I am lucky enough to win I'll use it in a lap quilt. Love the color way.
Wow, I love this line! Not surprised, April is amazing! I'm thinking maybe a Science Fair quilt? Just bought the pattern, have the ruler, now I need the perfect fabric!! Just in case, here's my email:kekrue at gmail dot com. Thanks!
I'm working on a feather quilt and think these fabrics would fit in perfectly. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
You're right - Northern Lights is perfect to showcase the line of fabric - I would probably do the same as it looks fantastic!
turner(underscore)post(at)hotmail(dot)com
These colors are amazing! I would love to make a beautiful lap quilt or try to mimic this gorgeous quilt you're making!
This fabric would look wonderful made into a bag!
I just love everything about April's new fabric line Arizona. So many of my latest quilt projects have been sent out as gifts, I would love to make something for myself for once, like a new quilt throw to curl up reading a book in the Mission chair my husband built me.
I would love to make so many things with these fabrics. They are my favorite colors right now. A bag or a really adorable voile skirt with the full line of voile prints. Perhaps a mini one-block baby quilt with lots of white incorporated into it.
Top secret I've just made a cargo duffle for someone else and want to make one for me, I'd love to use these fabrics for it, they'd be brilliant.
I would make pillow covers and/or a table runner with the fabric if I win. Thanks for the giveaway!
I just adore your northern lights pattern, so I'd use these in one of those! Love these colors and patterns together!
Great colors!
I would make "plusses" on al light background...
Love this fabric and how it's coming together in your quilt! I would make something with good-sized pieces to show off the gorgeous AZ fabric. Thx for the giveaway!
Those prints would make a great patchwork pillow!
Thanks for the giveaway, I think I would make a baby quilt or lap sized quilt out of them, they look gorgeous the quilt you're making with them!!
This fabric is definitely going on my wish list. I want to make a quilt from it. Not sure what pattern but I sure like what you have done so far! Thanks!!
Great fabrics - I'd make a churn dash quilt!
I would make that northern lights quilt! I just love the one you made!!!
Pretty! I think I would make a Rock Candy tabletopper out of it!
I have dresden plate on the mind right now, so I think I'd go for that. This has a nice mix of low and high volume to use! Thanks for the giveaway!
If I would win the bundle I see a table runner in my future from it...thank you for the opportunity...
I think I'd have to make some sort of medallion quilts. I'm really excited about the release of this line! :)
I think i would make a quilt using Thimble Blossom's swoon pattern!
These are so pretty, I think I would use them to make a tote bag for when I go on vacation this summer.
Sandy A
I love these fabrics! I think these fabrics would be perfect for Rachel @ Stitched in Color's Ikat Quilt pattern.
I'd love to make a baby quilt with Arizona as the start.
i would love to make a baby blanket!
I can see some really cool pillows made from this fabric. T h en of course a quilt to do with them.
I'd make a quilt for my guest room's bed :)
Riddleandwhimsy [at] yahoo [dot] com
Golly, I so need this fabric as its wonderful and I live in good ol AZ :) I would make a throw sized quilt for the family room.
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie
I would love to make Night sky with this beautiful packet of fabric! Love it!
Gorgeous! I would make some new pillows, to spiff up my stale living room.
I love the orange and aqua together.
I would use the fabric for your Northern Lights pattern. it would make a nice lap quilt for my Aunt.
Oh so beautiful! I'd use the fabric to start my single girl quilt. :)
Okay, I will admit that I am not into the Southwest themed sort of decor and such. But...this is gorgeous! And to boot, it's AGF!!! If I won, I'd either make a skirt of I'd use Jawbreaker to make a pillow for a family member who lives in NM, and she is totally into anything and everything Southwest! :)
I'd make a quilt for me! Thanks for the chance!
What cool and refreshing colors!! Love your quilt in progress. :)
I think maybe a little summer dress for my granddaughter would be in order for this fabric.
craftyccain@gmail.com
I would make a lap quilt for my friend Judy as a way of saying thank you for being such a good friend. :)
I would make a picnic blanket - these prints seem very outdoorsy to me!
Love this fabric, I would make a quilt for my granddaughter, not sure what pattern. Thank you!
I would love to make a nice lap quilt for my mom (who lives in Arizona!) and play around with negative space to match her simple home decor!
Thank you for a chance to win! I'd make a summer quilt!
I would love to make a summer picnic bag and matching blanket.
I love this fabric -- the warm and cool tones work together so well. I would make the "Hi" quilt by Tony Jacobson featured in Quilty magazine (Nov/Dec 2013) This pattern would really showcase the prints. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
jfinch@kinwoodcable.net
I think these prints might make great pillows
I think it would be fun to make a lap quilt , these fabric are wonderful thanks for the chance ,
With the Arizona fabric line I would make a lap quilt for my friend to take with her when she goes to Maricopa for the winter. Thanks for offering a giveaway.
Not sure what I would make! first I would just pet it:)
Love the fabrics ! My son and DIL do a lot of outdoor stuff (camping, tailgaiting, etc) and a quilt from this would be perfect for them to take along on all their adventures.
I LOVE this collection! I think I would use it for a Park Bench quilt. I've had it on my to-do list for a while and I think this fabric would be perfect!
I would make some pillows with it. Lovely fabrics. Thanks for the giveaway.
Beautiful fabrics and colors. I would make Fat Cats Warrior Breast Cancer quilt. When I saw the fabric and colors, the pattern just popped into my vision. The pattern reminds me of the Southwest. Thanks for the chance such beautiful fabric.
katztoo at exede dot net
I love this fabric line. I would make new summer bags for the gals in my family.
I already have some on pre-order to join a collection for my first attempt at a king size quilt, these would be a very welcome addition to the fabric guzzling monster to come.
I would make a southwestern quilt for an exhibit we have coming up here in ABQ.
I'm thinking that some cushions would look amazing with this fabric!!
I'm thinking a purse... or some pillows.
thanks for the giveaway
Julie, what a great pattern choice for these fabrics. I would definitely make a summer quilt and possibly a layer cake with some solids included. Such a nice giveaway!
I would make a wonderful bag out of that fabric! Lovely.
I would make a quilt for my mother in law to use in their Arizona home
Love this fabric, I'd make a throw for our couch, we live is south Texas and this fabric has the southwest look it would be perfect.
oldtisme@aol.com
Such a lovely line :) I would make a few pillows for our couch! Thanks for the chance to win it
Definitely a quilt. I have lots of patterns that use eight fat quarters.
HELLO,I'd make the new bed quilt for spring I've been dreaming of all about spring flowers!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
msstitcher1214@gmail.com
Nice fabric giveaway!! I would make a lovely lap quilt with this.
I would make a lap quilt to give as a Christmas gift! Thanks for the chance to win.
I am thinking a series of those stand alone bags/baskets would be real pretty in these colors
I think it would make a beautiful chopsticks!
These fabrics would make beautiful bags and accessories.
COngrats to her, that must be so exciting! Thank you also for the chance, the fabric is so lovely!
Arizona woud make a beautiful Washi tunic, especially with the great hand of AGF.
I need to make some summer tops for my 3 y/o granddaughters - I think that this fabric line would be great for that purpose
I'd make a whole closet full of pretty things for my 10 month old! LOVE THIS LINE!
Thanks for the opportunity to win this great fabric. I think I would mske a table runner or placemats for my daughter's new apartment. I think it would really jazz up her dining room. I can be contacted at 2bquilting247 at hotmail dot ca.
Love this fabric! I think some fun pillows with pom pom fringe would be great. Maybe I'd attempt a tote bag or lap quilt. So many great projects come to mind. Thanks for the chance to win! shopgirl7232(at)yahoo(dot)com
Gorgeous fabrics! I would make something fun for the house!!
I love this line! I'd use it for a pieced back on a southwestern design quilt I'm making now!
I would definitely make Radio Way with the Arizona Fat Quarters. Beautiful!
A quilt of course!
Makeup bags!
I would make a table runner with the fabric!
I would love to make as you have done, that really shows off the beautiful fabrics.
I think I would like to make a disappearing nine patch quilt with these lovely fabrics. Thank you for the chance to win them. Matsche.christine@yahoo.com.
Love these Fabrics!!! I would make a Tote, to carry my projects in...& maybe some new pillows for the Family Room. Scraps will go into a throw to match pillows. May have to put Tote at bottom of list now lol
I think a lone star would look nice with these fabrics!
These prints are so amazing, and I can see so many projects in them....I think a quilt for my little 10 month old girl would be amazing with the whole line...the colours are so soft yet so timeless at the same time that it would be a quilt she could have forever. But I would like a staple dress out of the Ikat-type print for myself :)
A fabric basket would be so much fun with this bundle.
I would use them in a table runner and set of placemats
I would love to use these to make a tote and some pillows. Thanks!
I just purchased a pattern for a purse that this fabric would be perfect for. Can't remember the patern name but it looks like a woven basket. Contact info is shensler@su.edu
i would love to make a lap quilt!
I saw this fabric several days ago and thought I need it for a lap quilt (have no pattern in mind). Thanks for a chance to receive these fabrics.
It's perfect fabric for a Northern Lights quilt. I think a quilt using the Ditto pattern would look great too. A herringbone patterned quilt would fit the fabric too. Love the southwest feel to these fabrics.
I am loving your Northern Lights and hope that you would be ok with me copying yours! It is beautiful with an "Aztec" feel! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! I'm a big fan of your designs!
I would love to make a toddler size bed quilt for my daughter's room. We're going to need to convert her crib to a toddler bed soon, and I think these would be a perfect color scheme for her room. :) coralbunnyandlo [at] gmail [dot] com
My mother wears all things western it would be so fun to make her something.
I would have to make a mini of a new design I'm working on. Thanks!
I would make EVERYTHING because I love this line so much!!!!
I would love to make a quilt with these great fabrics.
These fabrics would make a nice table runner. Msmargie4all@yahoo.com
I would love to win this to make a lap quilt, pairing this with some lovely pastel metallics! It would be soooo cozy!
Pretty fabrics, I'd make a quilt!
ladyjaynn [at] yahoo [dot] com
I want to make a summer bag, and this fabric would be perfect for it.
I would make the cargo duffle bag by noodlehead! This fabric would be amazing for it!!!!
A baby quilt for baby #2
I think it would make a great bag, thanks
I would love to make some dresses and skirts for my grand daughters.
If I win the FQ bundle, I'll use the Arizona fabric to make pillow covers for my sofa. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
This looks awesome for a triangle quilt.
This is beautiful fabric. I would probably make a bag or tote for summer use.
Perfect fabric from the southwest!
Kathy Davis
kdavis1@centurytel.net
I think I would like to make a noodle head bag.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I think I'd make an ottoman or similar footstooly thing! I'd love to see it on that sort of project.
I definitely want a bag from these!
I am thinking it would make a lovely table runner.
What an exciting and beautiful bundle this is. Thanks for the opportunity to win your giveaway.
I definitely want to sew up a top for myself with that minty triangle print! It's so fun!
I have been awaiting the arrival of this fabric line in quilt shops, I love it and so does my daughter. I love how your quilt is coming along and I plan on making a throw size quilt for my daughter and her husband as as house warming gift for their newly purchased home. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would make myself a nice thin summer lap quilt.
What beautiful fabrics. Don't they remind you of the Arizona desert. I would love to use them quilt to wrap around me to remind me of the warmth of the desert
Love April's designs! I'd either make the Seaside or Giggles patterns. Love what you're doing!!
bekedams at yahoo dot com
I think these fabrics would make an awesome apron to wear for barbecues or baking birthday cakes or just celebrating summer!
I think those fabrics would make a really cute quilted bag!
Lovely fabrics. The colors are so bright and beautiful. I would make some pillows or a lap quilt if I won
Beautiful! Baby quilt for the upcoming niece.
I love the Northern Lights quilt! I would try that one!
I would use the fabric in a star quilt for my oldest daughter. Thanks! sarah@forrussia.org
I'd love to make a lap quilt. Love those colors?
I'd make one of her dress patterns with that beautiful stuff!
My BIL's family has a 2nd home in Arizona for vacations. I'm not sure of pattern, but I would like to make them a quilt.
Love the fabric and the quilt you are making! I am a beginner in learning to quilt, so I would find a beginner quilt pattern to use. Thanks for the chane! sml332000@gmail.com
Love the fabrics. Not sure what I would make but probably a lap quilt. Thanks for the giveaway!
This fabric would make great pillows!!
I absolutely love those fabrics! I want to make a bag for my wool embroidery. I don't have a bag for them and need one. These are the perfect colors and patterns.
I love this fabric and love your quilt top, it's awesome. I think I'd make a bag for myself if I won some!
I love the fabric. I think I would use it on my back porch, placemats, runner, new cushions, something like that. Funny I'm headed to Arizona in a couple of weeks for bird watching.
I love your Northern Lights using this fabric, think I would have to do the same, just can't take my eyes off of it!
I love this chance to check out all the new to me bloggers! Thank you, zanalou999@gmail
I would make as a special birthday present a big shopping bad purse with plenty of pockets and a zipper closure. This present would be for my friends mother who is having a special birthday.
Lyndalee
Would make some lovely pillows
If i win the bundle, i would love to make a triangle quilt to give it a fun slant, while highlighting the fun nature of the prints. TtheAmazing@gmail.com
Lovely stuff. I'd like to make a top (maybe a Ruby top) or a dress (perhaps a staple?) from that black and white print, I just love it.
I'd like to make a quilt for my son.
This is such a fun line! If I won I know I would use the bundle to make a really fun quilt, I think these fabrics would be perfect for a design I'm working on!!!! Thanks for the chance to win!!!!
The line is so wonderful. I think I would make a one or two bags from the fabric. Thanks for a great giveaway
I'll use Arizona for a chevron quilt. creeske@gmail.com
I don't know what I love more, the colors, the patterns, or the name of the line!!! I've got to have this fabric! Can't wait to be able to buy some :) I want to make myself a quilt-I never keep them-and this would be perfect!!!
Mamaogg@gmail.com
Beautiful Fabrics! Thank you for a great give away! I would make a quilt with big hexagons. I have one with your tutorial and love it. Those big triangles (which create also stars) would show these Fabrics well!
nerospost(at)gmail(dot)com
This fabric is beautiful! I see some new pillow covers and maybe a table runner made from it. Thanks!
Oh! definitely what you did or some chevron quilt
I think the Arizona fabric would make some great table toppers or runners!
Julie, the Northern Lights collection reminds me of Navajo teritory and the beautiful silver and turquoise hand made jewelry. I would make a mini wall hanging, embellish w/small pieces of turquoise (Sleeping Beauty). The Trapunto technique under the triangular prints would also be divine...that I've just begun to learn:)
Beautiful! Fun! My daughter-in-law would love this fabric in some table runner placemats...would fit right in and it's just her style. Susan at slentz@wisper-wireless.com
I think this fabric would look great as a quilt, for a tote bag and as a table runner! Hard to decide what I would make first but probably a quilt! Thank you!!!
I'd like to make a Jet Pack backpack (I just bought the pattern)!
This fabric is beautiful! I would make a bag or lap quilt. Thanks for the chance!
April's fabrics are so beautiful! I would make an. HST quilt with a white solid fabric. Thanks for the chance to win.
These fabrics are so lovely.
I would make a quilt for my middle daughter who loves the way colors play together in nature.
Thank you for the giveaway.
I would love to make a Night Sky with this! I think it would give the pattern a very different look! Thank you for the chance!
I have this funky green colored couch that I would make some pillows for. Probably following a simple pattern to really bring out the beauty of the collection.
Funny how this Arizona fabrics and the Northern Lights pattern seem to be made for each other! So, if I would have the beautiful Arizona bundle, I would certainly use your pattern to make a great mini-like quilt.
I plan to make a few garments with the new Arizona fabric and of course a quilt! Thanks so much! cobbv19 (at) gmail (dot) com
I would make something (not quite sure what yet?) for my husband's cousin. She and her husband live in Arizona. So, they need an Arizona quilt.
I would definitely make a throw quilt for my new couch!
I love this quilt in this fabric. I would like to make a baby quilt version.
I would find a really neat pattern to make a small quilt out of the Arizona fabric. I love mini quilts and this would look great in one. Thank you.
These fabrics would be perfect for a throw or pillow in the living room.
Hi Julie! My Night Sky came out great and the classes were wonderful at Quiltique. Since we are neighbors here in Nevada, I would make some neighborly mini quilts from that gorgeous Arizona fabric.
This fabric is just me. I would so make a wall quilt with this gorgeous malorgeous fabric because my sewing room so needs one.
Lovely fabrics, I think a lap quilt will be nice. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would make a baby boy quilt!
I really love these colors and need a Summertime bag to care! Thank you!
I would definitely make a cute summer bag. :)
Love this fabric, I think I would make a tote or two.
I love what you are doing with these fabrics! They are wonderful and I'd like to do a triangle quilt with them. I just did one from sassyquilter.com that I'd use.
a good friend of mine at church recently had a brain anurysm and was diagnosed with brain cancer. this fabric would be great to make her a chemo quilt because she is from arizona. babscorbitt@gmail.com
I would make fun quilted totes for some new college freshmen off to a new adventure after the summer..
i just saw the cutest geometric table runner, this fabric would look great.
I have been dreaming of this fabric since I first spied it online. I'd love a quilt in this fabric. I also think the prints would make an amazing dress, skirt, blouse, etc.
I want to make some fabric baskets for my sewing area in these fabrics. So pretty!
oh, I'm an idiot. raeann.mcintosh@att.net
If I won the FQ bundle, finally sew a quilt hanging in my bedroom .. These wonderful pastel colors with the bit of black will be well fit for wall of pine boards...
I think that collection would be great for a Cargo Duffle!
I adore this fabric. I would love to make a quilt with it. It's so soft and pretty. I also envision baby clothing though, so I'd have to see...
I would make a large tote to use on vacation this summer. These are great colors. Thanks for the chance to win.
Id like to try some oversized floor pillows with these. Wouldn't they be super cute!?!
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