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AGF Community Sampler GRAND FINALE REVEAL

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Hi Fabric Friends,

 WE DID IT!!  The Community Sampler sew along hosted by Maureen Cracknell and Sharon Holland has come to an end and today we reveal our finished quilt! These beauties below each had a hand in the creation of this quilt and I couldn’t be more proud. With the majority of the girls sewing experience ranging from never touching a sewing machine to dabbling a bit in the sewing world I am so honored to have had the opportunity to get to teach each one of these gals the basics to sewing and creating a quilt block.

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Quilt Made With Splendid Fusion Fabrics

A special thanks to all of you who followed us on our journey each week and for commenting on each one of the girls blocks. Your motivational words of encouragement and advice means the world to us. If you missed out on these posts, don’t worry I got ya covered. Check out the links below to "meet the girl" behind the block.


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Block 1– Kitty-Corner Block made by Me (Melissa, a.k.a Meli :) )

Block 2 – Dovecote Block made by Steph

Block 3– Ribbon Star Block made by Michelle

Block 4– Cactus Block made by Jess

Block 5– Fairground Block made by Kelly

Block 6– Square Dance Block  made by Sophia

Block 7– Weathervane Block made by Martina

Block 8– Morning Star Block made by Adri

Block 9– Double T Block made by Jessica

Block 10– New Four- Patch Block made by Eli

Block 11- Sawtooth Block made by Jannelle

Block Setting made by  Laura and me

Borders made by Angie, Sarah, Lauv and me

If you participated in our poll on Instagram Stories, we asked for your help on deciding which backing fabric and thread to use and the winning combo was the “Coquet Bouquet Splendid” print (60% of you choose this) and yellow gold thread 56% of you choose this)!

 

  Thread-and-backing

 

The final look is out of this world and it was such a wonderful experience quilting this quilt filled with dedication and teamwork by every girl in our team. As I quilted over each block one by one I thought of the girl that made the block and the time we spent together laughing, learning, and creating.

 

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Full quilt

Now that the Community Sampler sew along is over the girls are itching for another sew along to join. So if any of you have any sew alongs that you are following or plan to do soon let us know.

 How do you all find out about new sew alongs? I would love to compile a list  about upcoming sew alongs and blog about them, so share with me your favorites.

 Sewing is even more fun when you're sewing with people that share the same love and passion for fabric and creating something new.  

 

Happy Sewing,

 Meli

14 responses to “AGF Community Sampler GRAND FINALE REVEAL”

  1. Sharon G Avatar
    Sharon G

    Beautiful group effort!

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  2. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Thanks Sharon! We had a lot of fun! 😍

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  3. Diane Beavers Avatar
    Diane Beavers

    Gorgeous finish! You all did a fantastic job on this project .
    I’m stitching along in Sharon Holland’s “My Signature Sampler “ Fun!

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  4. Rosemary Bolton Avatar
    Rosemary Bolton

    This quilt turned out marvelous! I am very very impressed with your combines efforts. Now, will you have a happy picnic on the quilt?
    Sharon has another sew along right now, but I cannot join. I have some… a lot, of homework to finish up. 3 baby quilts and ….. many more.
    Happy Summer

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  5. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Thanks Diane! I am already loving the pics people are posting for Sharon’s new sew along. I hope to join in on that sew along too! :) Mister Domestic and Whole circle Studio are doing a foundation paper piecing sew along that I also want to try to do too! :)

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  6. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Rosemary! That’s an excellent idea! I should mention that to the girls! :) I am going to try my best to follow along with her sew along. Three baby quilts! WOW! That sounds fun! Good Luck on those! Hope you post them so I can see! Have a Happy Summer!

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  7. Chris w Avatar
    Chris w

    The combined efforts of the group resulted in a fantastic quilt! Kudos to all. I usually just stumble across a quilt along. Right now I ‘m participating in “The Splendid Sampler 2”. I believe today is the release of block 3.

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  8. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Thanks Chris! 😍 I usually stumble across the sew alongs once there almost finished! 🙄 So I will definitely check out the “Splendid Sampler 2” Thanks so much for sharing! Have a great weekend!

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  9. Barbara Opett Avatar
    Barbara Opett

    Hey Meli,
    Terrific finish! Your a great teacher and I bet most of the girls are ready to start a quilt on there own! Hope you can join in on the fun with Sharon’s my signature sampler quilt along. Have a great weekend!
    Barbara

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  10. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Hi Barbara,
    Thank you so much! 😍 I hope to try to follow along to Sharon’s new sew along! Have you heard of Jessica Swift’s summer tote bag challenge? All the girls in the office really want to learn to sew a tote! Have a great weekend as well!
    Happy Sewing! ❤️

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  11. Sharon Holland Avatar
    Sharon Holland

    I love this group sewing to make this quilt! Inspired and so talented equals a spectacular quilt! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for helping to sponsor Maureen’s and my sew along AND sewing along ❤️❤️❤️

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  12. Hilary Avatar
    Hilary

    There is a Gypsy Wife quilt sew a long that begins on
    Monday July 1. It is with Just Wanna Quilt.
    This is a group started by a law professor from Tulane University in New Orleans. It is actually a research project studying all aspects of the quilt industry.
    I will be using a lot of my scraps in the quilt, that are mostly AGF fabrics

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  13. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Thank you so much Sharon! We had such an amazing time following along with
    you and Maureen! You too are such an inspiration to us! 😍

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  14. Melissa Boike Avatar
    Melissa Boike

    Hi Hilary! Thanks for sharing, this really sounds interesting! So happy you will be incorporating some AGF into your quilt! I will definitely be sure to check this sew along out! 😊

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