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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© Blog post written by Julie Herman
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297 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 297 of 297I envision my couch loaded with quilted pillows of various shapes made from this delightful fabric. Sincerely, Paula K.
Dress for my new niece! (she's not here yet, but she will be soon!)
Love the diversity of this fabric. I would like to make a zigzag patterned quilt for a friend who has a retreat in Arizona. I never win anything but ther is always a first time. BTW I love the hex n more and side kick rulers.
I'd make a triangle quilt, adding in some coordinating solids.
I would love to use this fabric to make some breezy summer tanks!
Leslie.moe@hotmail.com
I love love love this fabric and I have plans to make lots of summer dresses using this fabric! my email: pterzo@gmail.com
Great fabrics , I would make a bag!
I would love to make any of your Jaybird quilts. I have the rulers, I need the fabric and I'm off! =)
I think I'd like to make a pillow or table runner.
I have actually had my eye on this fabric for a gift for my sister! My thought at the moment is something in a lattice design using two of the colours (mint and gold?) for the front, then a plain white back with a simple band using all of the other patterns. (I can be reached at stockton at stocktonandco dot com.)
This fabric would look wonderful made into a bag!
What a beautiful bundle of fabrics! Love all the different shapes and lines. I'd love to play with these and make a quilt using stars or maybe the Swoon pattern. Would love to try it out.
Thank you and April for a awesome giveaway and a chance to win.
usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com
I want to make a pillow and then buy yardage for a shirt!
This fabric would make an amazing baby blanket for a friend of mine who just moved to California!
Jbjpjones@yahoo.com
A new baby in the neighborhood and he needs his own quilt. This would be great. Thanks for the giveaway.
I'd make a Colette Cooper Bag with April's fabrics. They are BEAUTIFUL!
I am thinking I'd love to use this fabric in a paper pieced project.
I am drooooooooling over this line. I want to make all of the things with it...but first thing would probably be a dress or skirt. The tiny triangles in voile would make a perfect maxi skirt!!!
What a beautiful fabric line ... I have been wanting to make cushions for our couch & this line would be perfect for it !!
Those directional prints would be lovely in a EPP project. Your quilt is very nice also. Thanks,
I love the softness of Art Gallery fabrics. I am wanting to make a small summer wight throw out of them. Probably a simple patchwork design, and then you back it with flannel, no batting. Makes a great throw for the cool evenings.
Wow is that Southwestern. Makes me think of Arizona for some reason. I just saw a pattern for cowboy boots going is a circle. I think it is more of a wall hanging. That is what I would make out of the material if I won it!
Beautiful! I have a giant star quilt in my future for s teacher gift! This would be PRFFECT!
I love the colors of this fabric. I think I would use some of in in a pink, yellow, gray quilt I want to make and some of if for things in our baby's room. Thanks for the chance to win! jgfisher8 at yahoo dot com
Oh, those are just the prettiest prints ever. Is it wrong that I now want to make a quilt top just like yours?;)
Someone else on the blog hop used it to make a little tidy tote - I'd probably try to copy it. :)
jhunsberger (at) gmail (dot) com
This fabic is great! I would make a wall hanging! Thanks
I definitely want to make a quilt, but I have no idea which pattern I'd use. I'd love to try something new, which could be anything since I've only done squares and rectangles!
This would be a great fabric line for some quilted pillows. I love it! lindsayrodems @ g m a i l.com
Wow, what beautiful eye candy! I'd be very inclined to make a Southwest appliqued motif quilt for a very dear friend of ours!
I love the fabric designs - so fresh! I would make a summer set of place mats.
Love the fabrics! They would make a nice tote bag for when I visit my New Mexico relatives!
This would make a fantastic summer picnic quilt!
perfect quilt pattern for those fabrics!!! i am brand new to quilting and still working on building up my stash, so it would be perfect to win a bundle of already-coordinated fabrics to start another quilt!
Living in the desert SW, this would be perfect for some pillows and table runners for my great room. Thanks for the sweet giveaway :)
I think these fabrics would make such a cute patchwork skirt!
I adore this fabric so freh and modern. I'd make a table runner.
Beautiful! I would make a bag or tote. Love these colors for spring! iliajordanrocks@gmail.com
Definately a quilt. I can see a scrappy-like pattern as a design. I love the colors.
I would love to make a couple of handbags with this fabric line!
This would be great fabric for a table runner and maybe even napkins.
I just ordered a 60 degree triangle ruler. Looks like some of these prints would make an interesting quilt using that ruler. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Loving this fabric! Thanks for the chance to win.
eaulner(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love these fabrics and would make a lap size quilt. My contact information is sboots812@hotmail.com
These southwestern colors and prints just beg for a nod to that culture. I am envisioning spiky, spokes in a neutral background to really showcase the fabric. I might not be able to describe it well, but it looks gorgeous in my head!
I would love to use them in a large block to highlight the fabric - something akin to the free Giant Vintage Star pattern by Jeni Baker.Thanks for the opportunity!
notwendy gmail
I think these fabrics would look great as some new pillows around my house!
If I win this lovely bundle I will probably make a bag! They look perfect for them, with maybe a wallet :) Also I can see them as a dress :D
I see a gorgeous table topper for my sunroom table!
Loving the boldness of these prints and think I will make some bold geometric throw pillows for newly painted bedroom that would look awesome in there! Thanks for the opportunity for a giveaway chance!
zoshadelonghi@gmail.com
A lap quilt I would send to my son
I love the colors! I would make a big breezy quilt! Thanks for a giveaway!
tdkcarpenoctem@hotmail.com
I love your quilt! Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to make Noodlehead's cargo duffle bag out of this beautiful fabric.
Beautiful fabrics! Those would be awesome pillow covers :) it would inspire me to try my hand at an invisible zipper.
thanks!
Love the prints. Newbie quilter - just started quilting with my mom and on own my second quilt (Camille Roskelley's Framed quilt) would love to use this fabric line in her swoon pattern or even a simple quilt with these.
Ps thanks for spoonflower templates for label making. Came in handy!
Malie.lala (at) gmail .com
Such soft pretty colors
I have one of your mini patterns and rulers, and I would use this fabric to make a quilt out of. Not saying this to score points, but because I've been waiting for the right fabric, this might be it.
such lovely bright colours, I'd probably make some divided baskets for the bathroom
What great prints! I would probably make a quilt with the fabric.
I have a new fondness for orange fabric. I started collecting it recently. LOL I love the pale coral of this collection and I think it would make a great bed runner for my daughter a room. I'd love to win and thanks for the opportunity.
I believe the flying geese pattern would look good with this fabric.
Cute fabrics!! I would make a fun tote/purse or a table runner from them - love the colour combination!!
I think this would make a great tote bag.
I would make a fantastic handbag out of these gorgeous fabrics!
This is fabulous! I would love to make a stuffie for my nephew with this fabric.
Great fabric and I love that you used your Northern Lights Pattern Julie! Since I live in Arizona, I would probably make some pillows or a wall hanging... Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy sewing!
Dawn
array-dawn at cox dot net
I think this fabric would make some beautiful pillows. It would be such a pleasure to win.
Love this fabric, a quilt out of this fabric would be lovely.
I would mix in some stashed fabrics to make a big summery quilt for my couch!
My husband and I went on a honeymoon road trip last year through the SW USA. I'm trying to redecorate to show off the photos we have of those amazing landscapes. We love that part of the country, and I like how this fabric would coordinate without being too over the top. I would use this fabric to make pillows or a wall hanging.
Very nice fabric. I would definitely make a lap quilt, but as to the pattern, I would let the fabrics tell me what they wanted!
Beautiful fabrics!! I think I'd make a chevron quilt..thanks for the chance
I just got the northern lights pattern and love how your quilt looks so I would love to try it. Thanks
I just love this fabric so much! I want to make a quilt for my bedroom!
I would use some of it to make placemats for my sister!
I love these! I like using geometric fabric like this for my sampler quilt I'm working on, they need a solid grey background color.
I'm hooked on designing fat quarter friendly quilts and Arizona would be PERFECT for a bold chevron one I was playing with the other day. What a beautiful color palette, quite different than most of the fabrics I've been using lately which really draws me to it!
I'm picturing an oversized patchwork totebag with tons of compartments and pockets!
Well this is pretty fabric that works so well together. I think I would have to buy more and make at least a twin size quilt. Thanks for the giveaway. ncnurse63@yahoo.com
I'm coming out with a pattern of my own and this line would be absolutely perfect for it!
Sandra Smith
Smalltownthread (At) gmail (dot) com
Lovely colors and prints. I would probably make a quilt for a friends upcoming baby. I think these patterns would work just great for them.
I would make a bag. These fabrics look great in you Northern Lights pattern.
Pillows for my bedroom. The colors are perfect
I think the fabric is brilliant. I think it would look great in a traditional Delectable Mountains design.
I recently moved to AZ, & am in the process of redoing the bathroom, these fabrics would set off my color scheme by making a shower curtain and a window valance. Thank you for the opportunity to win! suz (dot) 5451 at gmail (dot) com
I think I would make a lap quilt of triangles or plus signs. Thanks for the chance to win some of these beautiful fabrics.
suegribble at gmail dot com
I'd make a lap quilt. Love the look of your quilt!
A quilt of course! And I'm loving your pattern in these fabrics!
Would use it to make a lap quilt, or cushions, or bags... valeriedotboudieratntlworlddotcom
I want to make the new baby I'm expecting a geranium dress- though I cannot barely stand it and will have to buy some more fabric to make something for myself. I LOVE this line!
Our new house needs new pillows this fan
Bric would be great
I have family in Arizona and I'd make a quilt for my Mom.
I would like to make totes for myself and my sister. Thanks
I have THREE babies due this year in my circle of friends! So this quilt would go to a very loved little girl.
I'd probably make a triangle quilt, as I've been dying to try one and the fabric calls out for an angular pattern.
I love her new line! I might try making a Date Night Dress, I have had the pattern but too afraid to try it. But then your mini quilts are so cute too!!!
tmason111676@aol.com
Wow... I love what you did with the fabrics! I would love to use the fabric to make a wallet clutch, I think the patterns are just a lot of fun to look at! (So it should be a lot of fun to show off too!)
This would be a great fabric for a lap quilt for my dad. He loved my log cabin quilt I made so I think I would use that design for him. Thanks!
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