Blue Nickel Studio's Uberfest features Nel Whatmore's Sleeping Beauty

Nel Whatmore's Sleeping Beauty is being featured in a Quilt Uberfest happening now through October 16 and hosted by Blue Nickel Studios. A rather impressive list of bloggers are participating. Each day visit the specific site as noted below and find a 12” finished original block designed to work with each other or for you to create a sampler quilt or to simply create what ever inspires you. A Flickr page is set up for you to share your blocks.

In the meantime, take a moment and read about Nel and what inspires her art, fabric and other needlecraft products.

Uberfest Bloggers -- visit, quilt, have fun!
Oct 1 John Adams

Oct 2 Kaye Prince

Oct 3 Karen Linton

Oct 4 Konda Luckau

Oct 5 Amy Lobsiger

Oct 6 Ryan Walsh

Oct 7 Scott Hansen

Oct 8 April Rosenthal

Oct 9 Cara Wilson

Oct 10 Heather Jones

Oct 11 Susan Sobon

Oct 12 Jan Peoples

Oct 13 Erin Singleton

Oct 14 Charlie Scott

Oct 15 Emily Cier

Oct 16 Rachel Locke
If you are going to Uber it up and join in the fun, comment below. We will give away six, one yard cuts of Nel's Sleeping Beauty to two randomly selected commentors. So oomp pa pa your way to your sewing machine and get creative with Nel's Sleeping Beauty, richly colored and dreamy like the fairy tell . . . perfect for a fall Quilt Uberfest!

Back to School Winners

Thanks for your comments on the Back to School Party. Four winners have been selected to receive a Taza, by Dena Fishbein, Fat Quarter. The winners are . . . drumroll please, Debi, Carrie P, Marcia W and Amorette. We will be contacting you by email. Congratulations! We hope your Taza Fat Quarters will inspire you to quilt along!

Back to School Party with Taza by Dena Designs

The kids are back in school and now it is time to focus on what you love; quilting of course. Quiltmaker magazine is hosting a Back To School Party, offering a free pattern in bite-sized morsels and then guiding you with a sew along to create a throw-size quilt called Dozens of Daisies.

Each weekday from Sept. 8 to 16, join Quiltmaker's blog, Quilty Pleasures, for tips and techniques and giveaways galore!

Taza, the newest fabric collection from Dena Designs, will be featured Friday, September 9.

Take pictures of your creation along the way or comment here on the FreeSpirit blog about the fun you're having. We are joining the party too. If you comment between now and September 16, you may be chosen as one of four winners to receive fat quarter bundles of Taza. So, join the party and let us know if you are creating with Quilty Pleasures!

Times a wastin'! Join our Sew Along on September 1

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate National Sewing Month then by joining the FreeSpirit Fabrics and Coats & Clark Sew Along starting September 1 at BurdaStyle.com.

Hosted by designer Tula Pink, each week in September BurdaStyle will be posting new steps, tips and techniques to guide you through creating a Skirt with Front Pleats and a Halter Dress!

Learn new techniques like zipper piping and decorative thread applique or working with fun fabric like Tula Pink’s Prince Charming from FreeSpirit.

So if you’ve decided to join, fantastic. Invite a friend because sewing with a friend is always way more fun! If you are still on the fence, well, Tula says, “You’re going to miss the part-ay!”

Owl Softie Free Pattern

Want a great way to use up some of those FreeSpirit scraps around the house? This is a great tutorial for that and is a hoot to make! We used Jennifer Paganelli's fabrics to make up this owl but we would love to hear what favorite FreeSpirit fabrics you have used. Thanks to Melissa from 100 Billion Stars for bringing us this great tutorial. Enjoy!