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McCall’s Quilting Magazine and a Meadowlark Giveaway-a guest post

I am hosting a guest post by Stephanie Forsyth, my quilt designer for Meadowlark. We are both really happy that her delicate, groovy, lush, and chic designs using Meadowlark, are going live! What follows are Stephanie’s words:


 

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Ladies and gentleman, I am in McCall’s Quilting Magazine! I still can’t quite believe it!

This is the closest I’ve gotten to being a “Covergirl” so far! As many of you know, I was working on some quilts that I wasn’t able to share (this was for Market this past spring!) Well, I was designing and making quilts using Melanie Testa’s fabric from her Meadowlark line put out by Windham Fabrics. I’ve been sitting on this news since this past spring – and now I can finally share it with you!

This was an exciting process, as I was able to see Melly creating the line, and then her excitement when Windham picked it up. It’s a special feeling to be one of the first people to ever cut into, and create with a designer’s first fabrics!

The Meadowlark line is Melly’s way of raising awareness about the plight of the 20 Common Birds in Decline listed by the Audobon Society. She has a post about it on her blog!

The original name of this quilt is “Lark Star” for the Eastern Meadowlark on the list. For publishing reasons, the piece goes by the name “Starling” in the magazine. They are offering a FREE alternate pattern of the quilt in king size! (You can also order a kit of the 60.5″60.5″ from them, that has the fabrics I used!)

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I wanted to really be able to showcase Melly’s fabrics, so I approached the design process asking myself “How can I show these fabrics as they are, and still cut them up and piece them?” The answer was “THINK BIG!” and I did. At 60.5″x60.5″, the blocks in this quilt are 15″ blocks! I might be biased (that’s not a pun, I swear!), but I am in love with this quilt!


 Stephanie has an AWESOME prize opportunity for a lucky reader! I have arranged for Stephanie to  give away a fat quarter of every fabric from Meadowlark! 

Leave a comment on STEPHANIE’S blog to win! She will close commenting on December 7 at 11:59 P.M. She will announce the give away on Monday, December 8.

I have closed commenting on this post, so click on over to Stephanie’s blog (<——click it) now!!

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November 24, 2014 By Melanie Tagged With: Free Quilt Pattern, Give Away, Lark Star, McCall's Quilting Magazine, Meadowlark, Quilt Pattern, Quilting Magazine, Starling, Starling (aka Lark Star), Stephanie Forsyth, The 20, Windham Fabrics

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  1. Rachel Parris

    November 24, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    Would love to win! #Giveaway, #Starling (aka Lark Star),#Stephanie Forsyth

  2. Melanie

    November 24, 2014 at 2:15 pm

    To win the fabric give away, please comment on Stephanie’s blog.

  3. gramk2001

    November 24, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    Looks beautiful Mel!

  4. Jeannie

    November 24, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    I just love this quilt pattern. The fact that it is made with your fabric is a bonus. I love being able to see the fabric in larger pieces, in all their glory. I think Stephanie also solved a design problem I was having. I wanted to show case a piece of fabric and really didn’t want to use my fall back log cabin style block. Now I’m really excited. 🙂

  5. Collleen Kole

    November 24, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    I love the red cardinal especially after a snowfall. This is exquisite fabric-thanks for the giveaway and creating such beautiful fabric Melanie.

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