Shape Family Challenge Link Up!
My Nana MacIntyre Quilt was my first experience of mixing and matching shapes. I found it so fascinating, adding row by row, the different ways the shapes could interlock and the patterns they could create. I became hooked.
Since launching my Shape Family Challenge, I've loved seeing the really different patterns emerge on Instagram using my Shape Family Packs, and I've been so glad that many of you have commented that you find it just as fun and relaxing as I do, moving shapes around, seeing what designs appear. I like finding repeating patterns, others have created the most amazing medallion style designs, others still have gone scrappy, in shape layout and fabric choices.
Now it's time to link up your Shape Family projects!
1. Post a picture of your project on Instagram and tag me @talesofcloth, @freespiritfabric, #talesofclothEPP and #shapefamilychallenge. If you don't have an Instagram account, you can write a blog post or submit a photo directly!
2. Link your picture/blog post of your entry below. If you enter via blog post, include a link to this post.
3. On October 1st, the link up will close, and voting will open here on this post. Because of the way the linky plug-in works, you can vote on any three of your favourites. There won't be any finalists.
You have one more month to finish up your entries! And we've had some exciting additions to the prizes!
First Prize:
85 Fat 8ths from Free Spirit's True Colors collection, including designs by Anna Maria Horner, Joel Dewberry, Tula Pink, Amy Butler, and Heather Bailey.
4 large spools of Aurifil 50wt thread
3 packets of Tales of Cloth English Paper Pieces of your choosing.
Winner will be chosen by popular vote closing October 4th, 2016.
I've been offered THREE(!) six month subscriptions for Make Modern Magazine to runners up! And I'll throw in a free packet of shapes to each of those entries. So now there's a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th prize!
And finally, the lucky door prize for an entry on Instagram. Simply tag your paper shapes patterns with @talesofcloth and #shapefamilychallenge and #talesofclothEPP for a chance to win:
A Fat Quarter Bundle of Anna Maria Horner's Skipping Stones
4 large spools of Aurifil 50wt thread
3 packets of Tales of Cloth English Paper Pieces of your choosing.
These entries can be paper designs only, works in progress, or your finished project. Multiple entries are welcome, and winner will be chosen at random on October 4th.
I can't wait to see your projects pop up! Thank you so much for joining in and supporting our little English Paper Pieces Business. I hope this challenge has given you lots of inspiration and new ideas for paper piecing beyond the humble hexie flower!
Link your Shape Family Project here: