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Monday, 22 June 2015

Yuma QAL - My Fabric Choices & Giveaway


If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you're probably already aware I'm taking part in the Yuma Quilt Along (QAL).  That's the original quilt above, designed and made by Andrea and quilted by Ivete of Gotham Quilts.  I've been friends with Andrea and Ivete since I moved to America, and last year they created Gotham Quilts - an online fabric store, and the Yuma Quilt pattern is a free download here on their website.  Even if you're not joining in the Yuma QAL, do nip over and take a look at their online store and their blog Fabric Nerd; they ship internationally too.

This week it's my week on the accompanying #yumaQAL Blog Hop, and to start off my week, I'm going to share with you my fabric choices.   When the girls asked me to help promote their new pattern, I jumped at the chance; loving the bold, strong graphic design, I thought it begged to be made in solids, so that's exactly what I'm doing - American Made Brand Solids to be precise, and yes I did get them here from the Gotham Quilts online store.

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Based on my pencil coloured Yuma Quilt sketch...


...this was my initial AMB solids selection


made up of these two bundles from Gotham Quilts:



7-colour Bundle in Teal

I added these two additional fabrics to give the project some pop.


Light Olive and Dark Raspberry

My Fabric A choice is White, and my Fabric B choice is Taupe, and that's my Light Grey Background Fabric in the centre. 


I left out these 3 fabrics from the bundles. 


Dark Indigo - too dark, Light Aqua and Light Turquoise - too pale. 

And my final choice for my 13 Small Triangle Fabrics lined up in the order I'll use them in the quilt.  With four main colourways - a red centre with purple, then blue, then green to the quilt edges.  The colours follow their usual colour spectrum progression, and as the warmth recedes from each colourway, the quilt should also appear to step backwards to the edges.  I'll use the strongest, most saturated colour as the lead triangle in the Pieced Triangles with a medium and a lighter shade of the same colourway side by side behind it - medium to the left and lighter to the right in each pieced triangle section.


I've got lots more to share with you, so I'll break it down over the week like this:

Monday: my fabric choices
Tuesday: creating the HSTs and Pieced Triangles
Wednesday: Log Cabin Triangles
Thursday: piecing and joining rows 
Friday: finished Yuma Quilt top with added borders
almost there! - Quilting My Yuma
and finally - Yuma QAL - A Finish

If you want to join in, all you need to do is download the free Yuma Quilt pattern here and be sure to share your work on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc, using the hashtag #yumaQAL.

Gotham Quilts have created a Yuma colouring sheet for you to test out your own Yuma colourways - it's here on their Fabric Nerd blog and if you don't want to miss a thing - sign up for emails here direct from Gotham Quilts - they'll let you know each time someone on the QAL blog hop posts something.



The Yuma QAL Giveaway is now over - the winner will be announced at the bottom of this blog post on Tuesday, 24 August 2015, when I return from my travels.

YUMA QAL GIVEAWAY
I'm offering a Yuma QAL Giveaway here on the blog - a $25.00 gift certificate for use on the Gotham Quilts website.

Here're 6 chances to win - you need to leave a separate comment here on this blog post below for each chance:

1:  Leave a comment below telling me what fabric(s) you want to make a Yuma Quilt with.
2: Follow me here @made by ChrissieD via email or blog reader, then leave a comment letting me know where you're following via.  Existing followers can join in, too :D


3: Follow made by ChrissieD on Facebook and leave a comment back here letting me know.
4: Follow made by ChrissieD on Instagram and leave a comment back here letting me know.
5: Head over to Gotham Quilts, subscribe to their mailing list, then leave a comment back here letting me know that you did so.
6:  Follow Gotham Quilts on Facebook and leave a comment back here, letting me know.

Please be sure I can access your email.  
If you're a WordPress, Google+, no-reply or anonymous commenter, or maybe you're just not sure, please add your email address to each comment.  If I can't find you, I'll immediately draw another winner.

This giveaway is open internationally and to everyone and closes on Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 10.00 am (EST).  A winner will be chosen from the comments using a random number generator, contacted via email and shared at the bottom of this post.

Best of luck!
And The Winner Is!!!
NB: Please note since selecting a winner as I reply to comments on this post, the number sequence will change next to each comment.  The winning comment indeed WAS #85 at the closing point of the giveaway, as you can see below in the screen print I took at that time, but this will change due to me adding comment replies - Chris



Tina is the lucky winner of the $25.00 Gotham Quilts online store voucher code, and she's keen to make a Yuma in Handcrafted - that Alison Glass fabric collection is a very popular choice. Certainly, Andrea's original two Yuma quilts look fabulous made up in it.  

Congrats Tina, I've sent you an email :D


 YUMA QUILT ALONG SCHEDULE:
Each week another blogger will be sharing their YumaQAL experiences with you; check out each blog involved for more chances to win additional Gotham Quilt gift certificates.

 17 June - kick-off blog post on Gotham Quilts
week of 22 June - made by ChrissieD click here to find all my Yuma QAL posts
week of 29 June - Faith and Fabric
week of 6 July - Daydreams of Quilts
week of 13 July - Lisa in Port Hope
week of 20 July - Sunflower Quilting
week of 27 July - Roar Haus
week of 2 August - Gnome Angel
10 August - Life Under Quilts
12 August - closing blog post on Gotham Quilts and start of linky party
19 August - linky party winner(s) chosen

 Don't forget to share your Yuma Quilts using the #yumaQAL hashtag, and then join in the QAL final linky party on the Gotham Quilts' Fabric Nerd blog.  You can add finished quilt tops or quilts - winners will be chosen at random, and prizes include a $100 Gotham Quilts gift certificate and a  bundle of Alison Glass Handcrafted courtesy of Andover Fabrics.

Look out for the YumaQAL logo.



Clicking on an image will take you to a new page of crafty goodness :)


Disclaimer: Gotham Quilts supplied the fabrics used at a discount price to mbCD; otherwise, this post is for informational purposes only, no payment or commission is received on click-throughs, and opinions are my own.



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111 comments:

  1. Kathy E.23 June 2015 at 00:38

    Hi there! What awesome fabric choices you've made! I would love to use a variety of batiks to make this quilt...especially burgundy, gold, and dark green with some black thrown in.

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  2. Kathy E.23 June 2015 at 00:38

    Chrissie, I am a follower of your blog on Bloglovin'!

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  3. Lin23 June 2015 at 01:55

    Well, I love the colours you have chosen for your quilt. I have always been very anti solids but have recently seen some stunning solids quilts and am thinking it is time I tried one.

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  4. Lin23 June 2015 at 01:55

    I follow you on bloglovin

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  5. Lin23 June 2015 at 01:55

    And on facebook

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  6. Lin23 June 2015 at 01:57

    I just subscribed to the Gotham Quilts mailing list

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  7. Lin23 June 2015 at 01:58

    And I follow them on facebook too

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  8. Celtic Thistle23 June 2015 at 02:13

    I love your fabric choices Chrissie, I would be tempted to make the Yuma quilt in any of Tula Pink' s fabric ranges :)

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  9. Celtic Thistle23 June 2015 at 02:14

    I am a long time happy follower of your blog on Bloglovin

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  10. Celtic Thistle23 June 2015 at 02:14

    Follow you on Instagram too :)

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  11. Mary Huey23 June 2015 at 08:15

    Thanks for the heads-up about the Yuma QAL -- I follow you on Bloglovin!

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  12. Mary Huey23 June 2015 at 08:36

    Just added you to my Instragram feed!!

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  13. Dody23 June 2015 at 09:18

    I would make this quilt using some earth tone colors. I love your color choices, but I would like to see it in earth tones.

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  14. Dody23 June 2015 at 09:18

    I follow you on bloglovin.

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  15. Dody23 June 2015 at 09:19

    I follow you on Instagram.

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  16. Dody23 June 2015 at 09:20

    I follow on Facebook.

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  17. Dody23 June 2015 at 09:21

    I follow qotham quilts on Facebook.

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  18. Dody23 June 2015 at 09:22

    I subscribed to qotham quilts newsletter.

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  19. Judy H 23 June 2015 at 09:27

    I subscribed to the newsletter

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  20. Judy H 23 June 2015 at 09:27

    I'm leaning toward batiks (I think)

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  21. Judy H 23 June 2015 at 09:27

    follow on bloglovin

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  22. Vicki in MN23 June 2015 at 09:47

    I had not heard of the Yuma quilt before, love the look you are putting together for it!! I think I would perhaps do something in navy, aqua, lime since I have been wanting to make something with those colors.

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  23. Vicki in MN23 June 2015 at 09:47

    I am following on Bloglovin

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  24. Chelsea23 June 2015 at 10:47

    I follow you on Bloglovin.

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  25. Chelsea23 June 2015 at 10:48

    I think I want to make a Yuma quilt with Architextures.

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  26. Chelsea23 June 2015 at 10:49

    I follow you on Instragram!

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  27. Chelsea23 June 2015 at 10:50

    I subscribed to Gotham Quilt's mailing list!

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  28. kathy slaughter cummings23 June 2015 at 12:38

    I love your fabric choices; I'd like to replicate them!

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  29. kathy slaughter cummings23 June 2015 at 12:39

    I follow you on Bloglovin.

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  30. kathy slaughter cummings23 June 2015 at 12:40

    I follow you on Instagram.

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  31. kathy slaughter cummings23 June 2015 at 12:41

    I follow you on Facebook.

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  32. kathy slaughter cummings23 June 2015 at 12:55

    I signed on for their newsletter.

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  33. Anonymous23 June 2015 at 13:12

    Hi. I have just added you to my Bloglovin list

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  34. Anonymous23 June 2015 at 13:13

    I follow Gotham quilts on Facebook

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  35. Anonymous23 June 2015 at 13:15

    I am on Gotham Quilts mailing list.

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  36. Anonymous23 June 2015 at 13:16

    I will follow you on IG

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  37. Anonymous23 June 2015 at 13:17

    Just chosen my fabrics-mainly from my stash,with yardage of mustard,sludgy green and linen-look grey.

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  38. StanleyBeagle23 June 2015 at 13:39

    Ooh! I would love to make a Yuma quilt! I love your fabric choice. I think I would also choose solids, but maybe a pale palette.

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  39. StanleyBeagle23 June 2015 at 13:40

    I follow you on IG

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  40. StanleyBeagle23 June 2015 at 13:40

    I follow you on FB

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  41. StanleyBeagle23 June 2015 at 13:40

    And I follow you on bloglovin

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  42. StanleyBeagle23 June 2015 at 13:40

    liked gotham on FB

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  43. StanleyBeagle23 June 2015 at 13:41

    subscribed to gotham emails

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  44. Janie23 June 2015 at 14:59

    I would use solids Love your quilt. Thank you for the giveaway.

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  45. MoniqueB23 June 2015 at 16:44

    I follow Gotham Quilts on Facebook. :-) Thanks!

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  46. MoniqueB23 June 2015 at 16:44

    I am making it out of the Tidal Lace line of fabrics with coral, sand and gray.

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  47. MoniqueB23 June 2015 at 16:45

    I follow you on Bloglovin' Thanks again

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  48. Unknown23 June 2015 at 21:30

    Hi Chrissie! This looks absolutely fantastic in solid colors. I'm using Allison Glass Handcrafted with Carolyn Friedlander Botanics Stripe in Charcoal as the background. I would really like to see this done in Sarah Watson Biology.

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  49. Unknown23 June 2015 at 21:30

    Subscribed to your blog updates via email. As a beginning quilter, you tips on creating the HSTs and Pieced Triangles will be very helpful.

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  50. Unknown23 June 2015 at 21:30

    Following you on Facebook.

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  51. Unknown23 June 2015 at 21:31

    Following you on Instagram. Excited to see your progress!

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  52. Unknown23 June 2015 at 21:31

    Subscribed to the Gotham Quilts and Yuma QAL mailing list.

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  53. Unknown23 June 2015 at 21:31

    Following Gotham Quilts on Facebook.

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  54. Hazelnuts & Doodles23 June 2015 at 22:51

    I subscribed to Gotham Threads.

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  55. Hazelnuts & Doodles23 June 2015 at 22:53

    I want to make my quilt out of Anna Maria Horner fabrics.

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  56. txquilter24 June 2015 at 11:34

    Love the design and your fabric choices! I've followed on email.

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  57. EmpressC24 June 2015 at 12:29

    Following you on Instagram :D

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  58. EmpressC24 June 2015 at 12:29

    I subscribed to Gotham! Yay for more fabrics

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  59. EmpressC24 June 2015 at 12:30

    I would use some of my tula pink parisville stash!

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  60. JanineMarie24 June 2015 at 21:49

    Such a neat design--and I'm looking forward to seeing it in your solids. I really like how you laid out your color plan.

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  61. pajtr25 June 2015 at 06:04

    I am SO doing this!!
    ... But, I'm having a hard time deciding on fabrics!!
    I thought I would do it in solids, as I love your quilt, Chrissie!
    ... But then someone mentioned batiks, and someone else mentioned Carolyn Friedlander's Botanics...
    (sigh)
    I can see all of these as wonderful...!
    Hmmm.... Which to do first???
    Thank you for a fun QAL!!
    Pat T.

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  62. pajtr25 June 2015 at 06:07

    Chrissie, I have enjoyed following your blog by email!!
    Thank you for all the inspiration!!... (and eye candy!!)
    Pat T.

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  63. pajtr25 June 2015 at 06:10

    Chrissie, I follow you on Instagram!
    Pat T.

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  64. pajtr25 June 2015 at 06:20

    I'm subscribed to Gotham Quilts' newsletters/email!
    (Got a coupon code for a discount, too!)
    Thank you!
    Pat T.

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  65. CraftyKat25 June 2015 at 18:57

    I am planning on making this with my collection of prints from the 'What a Gem' range by Camelot Fabric.

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  66. CraftyKat25 June 2015 at 18:58

    I am following your blog by email :)

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  67. CraftyKat25 June 2015 at 18:58

    I'm also following on instagram :)

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  68. CraftyKat25 June 2015 at 19:00

    I am on the gotham quilts mailing list

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  69. Pamela25 June 2015 at 22:31

    Your color choices are gorgeous! I love jewel colors, so I would use a range of blues, greens, and purples for this, with white as the background color. I might throw in a text print somewhere too. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  70. Pamela25 June 2015 at 22:32

    I follow you via Bloglovin. Thanks again!

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  71. Pamela25 June 2015 at 22:34

    I like you on Facebook. PK Solberg

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  72. Pamela25 June 2015 at 22:34

    I follow you on Instagram. PKSolberg

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  73. Pamela25 June 2015 at 22:35

    I just signed up for the Gotham newsletter.

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  74. Pamela25 June 2015 at 22:36

    I like Gotham Quilts on Facebook. Thanks again!

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  75. MariaG26 June 2015 at 08:18

    Well, Chris, I am your official stalker now. I already followed you on Instagram and Facebook, now I have eyes on you via Bloglovin. Feel the stare? I also followed the Gotham Girls, just don't be jealous. ;)
    By the way, I love your posts! They are incredibly useful. I bet my points will be sharp thanks to your tips! I am totally copying your layout decisions about the small triangles. And I was wondering what fabric to use for the borders. Of course, the background! Thank you for that, the quilt seems floating on the background instead of framed and caged as it would be with another fabric. You are a great teacher, Chris!

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  76. MariaG26 June 2015 at 08:19

    Hey, I realized I need to do separate posts to get my chances up! Here is for Facebook.

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  77. MariaG26 June 2015 at 08:19

    And here for Instagram

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  78. MariaG26 June 2015 at 08:19

    And this is for Gotham Quilts.

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  79. EmileeHope27 June 2015 at 15:47

    I am going to use some batik fabrics I have

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  80. EmileeHope27 June 2015 at 15:47

    I follow you on bloglovin

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  81. EmileeHope27 June 2015 at 15:47

    I follow you on fb

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  82. EmileeHope27 June 2015 at 15:48

    I follow you on IG

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  83. EmileeHope27 June 2015 at 15:48

    I follow Gothom Quilts on fb

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  84. EmileeHope27 June 2015 at 15:50

    I am now getting the newsletter from Gothom Quilts

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  85. Tina Short28 June 2015 at 14:18

    I have been lusting over the Handcrafted range for a while so I would have to make the Yuma in exactly that!

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  86. Anja @ Anja Quilts1 July 2015 at 17:52

    Think I'm going to use Kona solids.

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  87. Anja @ Anja Quilts1 July 2015 at 17:52

    I follow on Bloglovin.

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  88. Anja @ Anja Quilts1 July 2015 at 17:54

    Now following on Instagram.

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  89. Anja @ Anja Quilts1 July 2015 at 17:54

    I follow on Facebook.

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  90. sue4 July 2015 at 20:03

    I have already ordered the Yuma kit from Gotham so that's what I will be doing!

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  91. Anonymous6 July 2015 at 02:37

    I would make the Yuma quilt in solid earth tones!
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  92. Maria6 July 2015 at 06:56

    my sister loves anything indigo, would pick that one!
    Maria

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  93. Maria6 July 2015 at 07:03

    I just followed you on instagram and blogvin, I am already a Facebook Followers.
    Thanks
    Maria

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  94. Lisa in Port Hope6 July 2015 at 13:48

    I follow you on instagram. I am loving my current version in neutrals but pinks and grays for a little girl would be great.

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  95. Laura14 July 2015 at 15:14

    Beautiful quilt!

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  96. Laura14 July 2015 at 15:14

    I follow you on Bloglovin

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  97. SuzyMcQ11 August 2015 at 21:13

    I'd like to use anything Alison Glass for lots of color and contrast.

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  98. SuzyMcQ11 August 2015 at 21:14

    Follow you and your adorable Havs on Bloglovin'

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  99. cjmont12 August 2015 at 11:17

    i would love to make this quilt with amb solids.

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  100. cjmont12 August 2015 at 11:17

    i follow you on blog lovin'.

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  101. cjmont12 August 2015 at 11:18

    i follow you on facebook.

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  102. cjmont12 August 2015 at 11:18

    i follow gotham on facebook.

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  103. Esther G12 August 2015 at 13:08

    I love your solids but might make mine with some Alison Glass fabrics.

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  104. Esther G12 August 2015 at 13:08

    I follow you on bloglovin'.

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  105. Esther G12 August 2015 at 13:13

    I like you on Facebook.

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  106. Esther G12 August 2015 at 13:15

    I like Gotham Quilts on Facebook.

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  107. Esther G12 August 2015 at 13:16

    I follow you on Instagram.

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  108. Beth13 August 2015 at 04:04

    I would love to make a Yuma quilt with Anna Maria Horner fabric and some deep, rich jewel tones.

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  109. Beth13 August 2015 at 04:04

    I follow you via email: wordygirl at earthlink dot net

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  110. Beth13 August 2015 at 04:05

    I receive the Gotham Quilts newsletter, as wordygirl at earthlink dot net.

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  111. margaret17 August 2015 at 20:47

    #7 bundle in Teal. I love this combo. i like to work with scraps and not so much plan the quilt first so this helps!

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