Hi there, Quilters and Makers!

With spring around the corner, it’s time to make bright and colorful quilts for the upcoming season! This is why we’ve prepared a challenge for you to rev up your sewing machines. We’re happy to kick start the “Bring the Joy with Here Comes the Fun” modern quilt challenge! Since Sew Caroline’s newest collection, Here Comes the Fun is all about happy lyrics and the beautiful art that fills many cities combined with fun designs, we thought it would be great for making bright modern quilts. Plus, the colors of this collection are great for spring!

We were inspired to make this challenge because in just a few days we’ll be attending Quiltcon in Savannah, GA. This is the largest modern quilt show of its kind and it’s filled with all kinds of quilting inspiration and competitions. For our booth theme we’ve decided to dedicate it to the Arts District located in Miami (Wynwood) and we’re calling it the “Quilt District.” We thought it would be fun to host our own modern quilt competition for those of you who aren’t able to attend the show. Since, “Here Comes the Fun” is all about the beauty of street art, you’ll be able to bring a bit of the Quilt District to your home with this challenge.  

Are you up for this challenge? Here’s the scoop on how to enter:

If you would like to participate in this challenge, you will need to make a 40” x 60” modern quilt (or larger) that is made mostly with Here Comes the Fun Fabrics by Sew Caroline. You may mix and match blenders/ solids into your quilt as long as they are from AGF (the whole quilt must be made with AGF to be considered). And yes, you are allowed to use a pre-made quilt pattern. When coming up with your design, think color blocking, negative space, geometric designs, etc. If you are stuck we have prepared a Pinterest board for you to get some inspiration. You have full creative freedom and “modern” is open to interpretation, so let your creativity guide you!

Submissions:

You can submit a hi-res image of your quilt to [email protected] with your name, the name of your quilt, and a description of your design. The images will be shared on a Pinterest board titled, “Here Comes the Fun Quilt Challenge” and people will be able to vote for their favorite quilts by pinning them. Submissions will be opened from February 16^th to March 9^th.

Voting:

Voting on Pinterest will be open from March 10^th to March 19^th. The quilts with the most votes/pins will be the winners. We will announce three winners (1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd) on the blog and we will contact them personally by email.

Make sure to take bright, sharp, pretty pictures of your projects so that they can be showed off in the best way possible!

Now for the fun stuff… The prizes!

1st Prize

• 3 Fat quarter Bundles of Caroline’s collections (Bundles will be chosen at random)
• 2 yards of any Here Comes the Fun Knit (chosen at random)
• 2 yards of Let’s Chalk Joyful Rayon
• 1 Yard of Here Comes the Fun (C-69303)
• 2 of Sew Caroline’s patterns
• Sewing Inspired Mug designed by Sew Caroline

2nd Prize

• 2 Fat quarter Bundles of Caroline’s collections (Bundles will be chosen at random)
• 2 yards of Let’s Chalk Joyful Rayon
• 1 of Sew Caroline’s patterns of your choice
• Sewing Inspired Mug designed by Sew Caroline

3rd Prize

• 1 Fat quarter Bundle from one of Caroline’s collections (Bundle will be chosen at random)
• 2 yards of Let’s Chalk Joyful Rayon
• Sewing Inspired Mug designed by Sew Caroline

We hope you’re excited to join this quilt challenge! Make sure to use the hashtag #HereComestheFunChallenge when posting on social media.

Happy Quilting!

-Stephanie

P.S. Here is a re-cap of all the dates and a few disclaimers. Feel free to download the full set of the contest guidelines for you to review and keep.

Deadlines:

Submit quilts to [email protected]

Submissions opened from February 16^th to March 9^th.  Anything sent after this time period is not eligible to compete.

Public voting will be open from March 10^th to March 19^th.       

Winners will be announced on March 20th here on the blog.

Disclaimer(s):

• All fabrics used for your project must be AGF
• You can mix and match with other AGF prints and\or blenders, but the majority of the fabric in your project should be Here Comes the Fun by Sew Caroline.
• Open to those in the U.S only.
• Shop owners are not eligible to compete. (This includes online e-commerce shops and Etsy shops)
• If you are a blogger who participated in a previous AGF blog tour with this collection or contributed to the look book, you are not allowed to submit the same project.