Hi Friends!
I have posted a couple of times about my quilt Gemstone– a modern FQ friendly quilt! And now, let’s start the new year, 2026 off with a fun giveaway!
I want to share the pattern and some fabrics to make it with a couple of lucky quilters!
Gemstone
This quilt is one of the ones I have taught at quite a few quilt guilds. It looks like it would be hard to piece those diamonds but really, they are just half rectangle triangles!
Easy peasy once you know the secrets.
I shared some tips for this quilt in this blog post.
Blissful Blooms
This is also a quilt that I have recolored a few times. It just looks good in so many different fabric lines and this current remake is in a line called Blissful Blooms.
The fabrics are by Cynthia Frenette from Ink and Arrow for QT Fabrics and is due out in stores this month!!
I did an unboxing video – click here – of the fabrics when I received them. They are really pretty!
I love the mix of florals with the washed abstracts and little prints in this bold palette of soft yellows, greys, white and black.
Giveaway
Would you like a chance to win a FQ bundle of these fabrics?? Two lucky winners will win a FQ bundle AND a Gemstone pattern!!! Woot! Woot!
To be entered for a chance to win one of the bundles and the pattern, leave a comment below on this post – don’t leave me a message on my contact form.
Entries will close Tuesday night January 6th at 9pm ET.
Giveaway is closed! Thanks for all your comments!
I will draw 2 random names from all the comments and then I will email the winners. PLEASE be sure to check your email on January 7th (including your spam folder). I will email the winners but if I don’t hear from the winners within 24 hours, I will draw new names. If you respond after that, you forfeit your win.
Happy quilting and Good Luck!!
Hi I received your email and responded with my address. This is such a beautiful fabric. I can’t wait to see it on person!
Beautiful fabrics–I would love to make a diamond quilt with these!
I love the gemstone pattern and the fabric bundle….I am drawn to all things yellow 🙂
I would love to win the FQ Giveaway
Those are pretty fabrics and they remind me of spring (it is very snowy and cold where I am). The quilts all look fabulous and fun too!
Cute quilt! Love the simplicity.
Lovely design and fabrics are beautiful.
Using black and yellow together has been on my wish list for a long time. I’ve seen it in many patterns. It makes your eyes travel everywhere and is so fun. If not me, I wish fun and happiness to those lucky ones! Thank you! Marcia Danielson
I would love to win this color pallet to make place mats and runner for my kitchen.
Hello Kate! I am loving your fabric and patterns, all so beautiful! Have a great 2026, filled with creativity!
What a lovely quilt. Thank you for sharing all the tips!
I love your pattern made in the soft yellows, gray, white, and black. It is like a head start on spring!
I want to wish you a happy new year for 2026. I’d love to win But I’m happy just to receive your posts.
Happy New Year! What lovely fabric and pattern!! Such a generous and happy giveaway!! My daughters favorite color is yellow, it would be perfect to make her a quilt!
I love “happy” fabrics and yellow happens to be number one in that category for me. You’ve made a beautiful quilt to wrap someone with a lot of sunshine when they might need it most.
Very eye catching fabric line…Great pattern too ty for sharing with us
Love the prints in your new collection… very classy! The Gemstone pattern is great for featuring any fabric collection!
Kate, your posts are fun and full of color. I love all your fabulous ideas and have enjoyed a few of your quilt alongs. Keep up the wonderful work. Happy New Year! May God continue to bless your work. With God’s help I will soon finish a project in the making for nearly three years! Yay!
I learned traditional quilt in years ago, but never had time to apply myself as I worked. Now that I have retired, I find myself making quilts for total strangers just so that I have someone to make a quilt for and to hone the skills I have forgotten. While I learned the traditional blocks, I have found that I much prefer making modern quilts of my own design, having found few quilt designs that move me. This one definitely does……it fits the bill for modernity and for beauty without being fussy. I ordered the pattern. Hoping it’s not too difficult for a woman of my age and few skill sets.
beautiful fabric.
I loved your New Years message so thank you for sharing that!
Boy, I love this pattern. I love the fabric too in yellows and greys.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Kate .,
Love the fabrics and you patterns !
I love the yellow and black fabrics in your Gemstone pattern.
Pattern Spotlight sounds like so much fun! Such a beautiful line of fabric. 🙂
You certainly do choose pretty colors in that fabric selection! Awesome giveaway by the way!!
Beautiful selection of coordinating fabrics!
Looks like a lovely line of fabrics!
I love the fabric line. It’s so pleasing to the eye.
I would love to work with it. I hope I win!!
I love contrast with colors. I may need to add the Gemstone quilt to my (lengthy) list!
I love the Gemstone Pattern, very simple and fun!
Happy New Year!!
Love the Gemstone Pattern!!
Love the color palette!!
Hello! Thank you for doing this. 🙂 I’m not usually so much into black, but this is lovely!
Happy New Year!! Love the Gemstone Pattern!! And the fat quarter bundle is just so pretty. Yellow is such a happy color, and I love how it is paired with the soft grays!
Those are beautiful fabrics! I would love to win, thinking of so many possibilities.
Beautify fat quarter bundle, love the colors. A beginner quilter but would be a fun one to try.
Thanks for the giveaway and all the best in 2026.
I would love to win these beautiful spring colors. Thank you for all you do! Want to try that diamond pattern!
Neat fabric. It would go great with the lemon quilt I have on my bed. I would love to make a pinwheel wall hanging to match.
As always a stunning use of a bundle of beautiful fabrics! I love the gemstone pattern.
I love the color of the bundle, yellow is my favorite color.
Great colors! Would love to make something with this line of fabrics!
I like the colour palette of Blissful Blooms. Your Gemstone pattern looks great in these fabrics!
I love the colors in this line. I have ideas in my head that would look great in the fabric.
You always have such great ideas–so miss you here. Always a fan of color with black and white!
Hi Kate, I always appreciate your quilting inspiration. This new fabric collection, Blissful Blooms, is beautiful. I particularly like the brushstroke fabrics. And I would enjoy trying your Gemstone pattern.
Thanks for the suggestion to “be happy on purpose; look for the good”.
I love the spunky and sweet colors and patterns of your new line. I loved it in that quilt!!! Just a bit of sunshine.
I love the Color picks for this line
The pattern is perfect for a number of lines as well
What a gift this would be to start the new year
That is a beautiful quilt, and I would have never guessed it was half rectangle diamonds. Very clever!
Gemstone is a beautiful, classic pattern and one I’d definitely love to make!
Happy New Year to you, Kate! I’m looking forward to see your new creations this year!
duchick at gmail dot com
Such pretty colors! Excited for the giveaway!
Can’t wait for the next Quilt-A-Long to use the new FQs. Please enter me in the giveaway.
From Colorado took a class from you. Had a great time. Now that you are settled in to your new place best wishes. Hope to see you in Colorado again. Judy
Beautiful pattern – what a great way to showcase the fabric bundle
I love the yellow and greys.
Lovely combo of fabrics.
I love the motion in this pattern. It would be a fun quilt for a kid with lots of different colors.
Thank you Kate for the opportunity to see these beautiful fabrics on Jan 1 what a way to start the year! I was looking for a pattern and fabrics for a baby quit for my first great granddaughter. The flowers would catch her eye and the yellow would give a sunny smile.
Winning lovely fabrics=nic way to start the NEW YEAR! Thanks!
I love the idea of hygge. A great way to begin a new year and continue from there!
So very lovely
Beautiful collection of fabrics, great quilt design.
I love that pattern and the fabrics are wonderful
Hope uou draw my name!
I recently learned how to piece Half Square Rectangles, so this pattern would be perfect for me. This is so pretty and bright and looks great in this pattern. Thanks for the opportunity to win both.
I love these fabrics. They make me feel happy and the quilt pattern is fabulous with these fabrics. Thanks for the chance to win.
Great patterns!
Beautiful fabric! Happy New Year!
I think you have picked a very pretty line of fabric to use for your new patterns. I look forward to seeing your new patterns. Your generous offer of a fat quarter bundle as a prize for a winning comment is a great gift.
I love yellow and black so this Blissful Blooms really works for me. Thanks Kate for this great giveaway.
I love bed and flowers so yellows black and white is perfect for me. I love those fabrics would be excited to win but not sure I’di stand a chance living in New Zealand 😢
Beautiful quilt and who would have known it is pieced with half square triangles! Great diamond illusion!
Love this pattern! Would make it for sure if I win!
Thank you so much for sharing with us! I saw one of your quilts on the cover of a quilting magazine, and that launched me into trying quilting again after a very long hiatus.
Beautiful fabrics and quilt! I made several quilts in those colors some years ago when it was a popular color combination. I still like it! Thanks for the chance to win and all the best for 2026.
The fat quarter bundle is beautiful. I have a black and yellow quilt on my bucket list.
This bundle looks so happy. Perfect for a fresh start to 2026.
What beautiful fabric and a fun looking quilt.
I live yellows paired with black and white and would love to win this collection! The pattern would be an answer for a loved one to have a modern quilt! It is really lovely!
I’m not a big yellow fan but this combination is yummy. The combination has changed my mind on yellows.
Love this design and love the fabric choice. It definitely looks easy peasy. Happy New Year!
I am looking forward to the future patterns. It is wonderful to see new ideas to use up my stash!
Ruth
Good or bad, whatever we give our attention to expands in our experience. My goal for all of the new year, and years to come, is to look for the good, compliment the lovely and focus on all that is right in my world.
May 2026 be your best year yet.
Just love the color combo of the Blissful Blooms fabric, and the way that it looks in the Gemstones pattern.
The yellow in Blissful Blooms is so cheerful. Please share the book titles you recently read that referenced hygge. I think we all need a little comfort, connection and contentment.
Gorgeous collection
.Beautiful fabric line.
The Gemstone pattern looks like fun and I would like to learn how to make half-rectangles The.new fabrics are perfect touch of Spring/Summer on a cold winter day
I love the yellow and gray combinations in Blissful Blooms! Thank you for a chance to win the bundle and pattern.
Those colors are great together! They make me think of the florals from my 70s childhood–those felt very modern and “fashion forward” to me then.
I love the fabric.
Beautiful fabrics, interesting pattern.
I would love to win Blissful Blooms and your pattern! Especially to learn the way you create the diamonds with your pattern. Thank you for the opportunity to win! Happy New Year!
I love the (just completed top) Mystery Quilt this year 2025……..loaded and ready to quilt now.
Blissful Blooms is a beautiful fabric line for a great Gemstone quilt that does, indeed, look harder than I imagine it is. Here’s to embracing hygge for 2026, and what better way than a calm and relaxing color palette.
I love the quilt pattern and the fabric. Thanks for the chance to win.
Thank you and happy newcyear
Love give aways and free patterns. Thank you!
Love your web site, enjoy the free patterns, looking forward to what is next for the new year.
What a great pattern for this fabric line!! I love it. The colors are beautiful.
Love the yellow and grey palette
Love the fabric and the pattern!
Beautiful fabric
Really enjoy the news letter and pictures
Trying to get the give-away. Thanks
Love these! They will go great with my collection of bumble bee fabrics!
Thanks for this giveaway. I love the greys and yellow fabrics. And I am always up for a new pattern! Happy New Year!
The yellow and greys are stunning and will work so well as a quilt or table runner!
I love the yellow-grey combos so happy! And a fun modern pattern too! Kate, you’ve knocked out of the park again! Thanks for the chance and happy new year 🎆
I appreciated your new years message to “Be happy on purpose. Look for the good. ” A great way to start 2026 after a challenging 2025.
I love the unique design which could showcase lots of fabrics. Thank you for the opportunity to win the pattern and fabrics.
Happy New Year! The fabrics and the quilt pattern are fantastic.
Fabric is beautiful! Bright and cheerful..
Happy New Year! I love these great color combination and they are great for several designs of quilts including Gemstone. Yes it looks like diamonds, but they are half triangles . . . must be fun to make it.
I like the combo of yellow and black. Fresh and springy.
Beautiful fabrics and perfect with the pattern!
The yellow, gray and black is beautiful!!
Beautiful fabrics, they make a gorgeous quilt!
Adorable fabric and who doesn’t like gemstones? Thank you!
Wow, beautiful fabric. Thank you for the chance to win. I have not made half rectangle blocks before. I will take on the challenge if I win. Thanks again.
Love the black & yellow!
Thanks for the chance to win
The Gemstone pattern is so attractive, especially when sewn with the Blissful Blooms fabric collection. The horizontal diamonds really catch the eye.
!Happy New Year! Beautiful fabics – I love yellow and gray together,
Interesting to see the diamonds set horizontally. So many patterns set them vertically.
I need to expand my skills and try making a modern quilt. The fabric really speaks to me?
This is a beautiful collection and so versatile! I would love to win it!
Yellow, gray and black make a great color combination. Would love this in the diamonds/half rectangles…will read your blog post, next on list to learn!
I’ve been designing a black, white and yellow quilt in my head so these fabrics would work perfectly .
This is a perfect color fabric way to start 2026.
Happy New Year!
Lovely fabric and pattern.
Pura Vida
Beautiful fabric bundle 😊
A lot of people overlook grey and think it is boring, but it’s actually a very rich and varied color that deserves to be a star in its own right. This is a good pattern to show off what it can do. It goes great with yellow.
The fabric looks amazing.
Love the fabrics. Should make up very nicely!
I love the beautiful colors in the giveaway. It reminds me of sunshine.
What a fun pattern!
I love your Gemstone pattern and it’s extraordinary in the gray/yellow colorway!
The Gemstone Quilt is so beautiful. The fabrics remind us Spring is coming. I also love the quilting on that quilt. Beautiful job.
I have always loved yellow and grey. I will try to follow the suggestions for a better new year. thank you for that post.
What a beautiful quilt pattern, I think the fabric bundle would just be perfect with the pattern!
Love this fabric collection. It’s one of my favorite colour ways. The gemstone pattern i s very striking.
Ohhh I love this pattern! I will be making a few I’m sure. I’m not a big fan of yellows but I have someone waiting for a quilt that would love these.!!! Thanks for all the give away you do!
The flowers and dots are adorably cute! Love the yellow Grey combo!
I’ve always like the combination of yellow and black. This is a very nice set of prints. Thanks.
Wow, I absolutely love the choice of colours and would enjoy making this quilt pattern.
Hope I’m the lucky winner.
So many people I know have mentioned how challenging this past year has been. I love the idea of starting each day with a positive and hopeful thought.
Leaving a comment for the give away for Gemstones. It looks fun
Wow, love, love the beautiful fabric! I hope you draw my name!
A gorgeous quilt and give away. Looking forward to searching your website asI have just discovered it. Look forward to many good ideas.
I love your Gemstone quilt. It’s especially beautiful with your Blissful Blooms fabric collection. Hmmmm…may have to tackle this pattern. Happy New Year, Kate!!
Would love to make something with this cheery fabric!
Happy New Year!!!
Love the bright yellows, beautiful!
What a GREAT way to start out the NEW YEAR! New fabric, New pattern, New project!
Have a Happy Healthy, Creating, Sharing, New Year!
I would love to win the beautiful fabrics !
Happy New Year !
You sold me with the yellows! 🤣
Love that fabric and it will look great under neath my presser foot making a beautiful something!!!!
I’m having fun with your braid template! Love the colors in this fabric line!
Happy New Year everyone!!!
Kate, I love your resolution for this year, choosing to do things that make you happy! That just about covers it.
I love your designs and you have the most beautiful fabrics. I look forward to a very productive 2026 in my sewing room.! blessings to you and your family
Love your last mystery table runner, looking forward to another one. I would love to receive the new fabrics and pattern. Happy new sewing year
What a happy line of fabric. Just brings sunshine to a winter day.
Beautiful. Would love to do a quilt in those colors,
I love that pattern!! Would love to win the fabric bundle to do it
You are right on with your New Years thoughts. I will continue on with the same, but also adding making others happy also.
You’re a gem
Good morning! Happy New Year!
Loving the bundle from Cynthia Frenette. Makes you realia e spring will be becoming! Absolutely love the gemstone quilt pattern.
Thank you!
pretty fabric but oh that pattern!!!
I love the fabric and the pattern!! I can’t wait to make this gorgeous quilt!! Thank you!!
Your quilt is stunning! I love making HRT’s. Would enjoy working with those fabrics.
Blissful Blooms are a like a burst of spring and the Gemstone pattern is intriguing.
Perfect fabric to make for spring! I’m curious to try the pattern. I just love your designs.,
WOW! What a great FQ bundle! It will go so well with my jelly strips I purchased just before Christmas. Fingers crossed! 🤞
I love the colors, so nice. thx.
I love that fabric collection, it would be something different for me to work with!
Looks like spring!
Always great fabric and quilt pattern ideas. Thank you for your continued creativity.
What a wonderful collection.
Kate
I am enjoying your tips and help with braid blocks and am excited to hear more from you in the new year
God Bless You!
Linda Armentrout
Afton VA
Happy new year!
The Gemstone quilt pattern looks beautiful! I’m sure, as you said, it looks so pretty in many colorways! I’m thinking even an “I Spy” quilt would be very interesting in this pattern!
Happy New Year! Wishing you a creative year filled with wonderful quilts! Hoping 2026 is much better than 2025!
I look forward to making more quilts from start to finish this year. I had my very first quilt quilted in Dec 2025!
Happy NEw Year!
Happy New Year! I would love to start 2026 off using colors that are “ outside of my box.” I ❤️the Gemstone pattern! It really showcases the fabric collection.
So bright and cheery. Would love a chance to win.
Thank you
I’m a new quilter and I am constantly looking for new patterns to try
Happy New year
That is an awesome quilt, and the yellows in that fabric collection are awesome too! I can definitely see what a gorgeous quilt that would make, but that pattern lends itself to almost any color palette!
Discovered your website via an American quilty friend who lives up here. Don’t expect anything here in Canada but wanted to say I love your colours and am currently planning out your latest Mystery QAL. Keep up the fantastic work and best wishes for 2026 from Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Happy New Year! I would love to start 2026 off using colors that are “ outside of my box.” Your pattern really showcases the fabrics! ❤️ it!
Very pretty – and WAY outside my usual color palette. Would be a wonderful challenge for the new year!
Your quilt is really calming—love the clean lines and easy-on-the-eyes outcome! I’d snuggle under that quilt!
The FQ bundle would be perfect for my 2026 idea to create some “sunshine Packages” to have to send to friends when in need of a little extra “love and warmth”—-or maybe I will donate some too.
Happy New Year Kate!!! Gorgeous fabric collection and perfect for the Gemstones pattern!!
That pretty bundle would be a lovely way to start the new year.
Love these fabrics. Very different color pallet for you and me.
I think I’d make Gemstones from it.
I love fat quarter bundles. These colors are beautiful!
Love these colors!
Happy New Year Kate! What a beautiful new fabric line you have there! Yellow is so cheerful! And that quilt design is fabulous! I would be thrilled to win this giveaway and have a project like this to bring to my next quilt retreat! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and for your generosity! Hope to hear from you next week! 🙂
Susan
I LOVE your motto for the year, Be happy on purpose. Look for the good. I also do pottery and will try to get the Look for the good on my mug that I’m making. The new fabrics are so pretty. Have a wonderful New Year!
Love the grays and yellow! Certainly, possibilities for a bright cheery quilt!
That is a beautiful quilt, and those are nice fabrics. I would love them.
Sew pretty. Love the pattern also, would love to make this one
Thank you and have a great 2026
Kathy
I love the Gemstone pattern in these fabrics! Learnung to make half rectangle blocks would be fun, too!
I have been a quilter for 50+ years you have some of the best patterns n material I’ve seen. Thank you happy new year.
I love the coffee match, need the pattern. I always keep a coffee match at my husband coffee station
A lovely color combination! I would love to win!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Looking forward to quilting with you in 2026!!!
Thanks for the free pattern. I love your designs. Happy 2026…
What a beautiful and fresh start to a new year! Great balance of colors, volumes and designs! What’s not to love!
Happy New🎉🥂Year everyone! It’s funny, but I have very few yellows in my stash. And yet these fabrics are beautiful! And look great when used in your pattern. I would enjoy the opportunity to make your pattern using these fabrics.🤞
Happy New Year!
May 2026 be bright, beautiful and filled with lovely completed projects.
Beautiful fabrics – and colors I don’t normally work with. Would love to make this quilt!
I love the fabrics and the quilt design. The quilt looks so bright and fresh, just in time for the new year. Thanks !!
Wow! Im so excited to be able to see some of your ideas. I’m new to quilting and I love seeing what others are sharing. I’m overwhelmed with all the beautiful fabrics, and it’s difficult for me to decide which pattern to use with my selected fabrics. Guess that comes with more experience. Thanks gor sharing.
Love the fabrics – thanks for the chance to win some. Happy New Year!
Such a wonderful quilt made with such beautiful fabric. I would love to make a quilt like that.
I love the FQ bundle with its cheerful fabrics! And, thx for the free pattern!
The colors in the fat quarters remind me of spring – and the promises it holds after a long winter. I would love to make a quilt with these fabrics!
Sure would love to win that pattern and fabric bundle. My favorite color is yellow!
As always, your quilts are gorgeous. I hadn’t seen gemstones before, but plan to add it to my list of future projects. Thanks for the inspiration,
I enjoyed learning about hygge in your newsletter! It was very interesting!
Love these fabrics! And your Gemstone Pattern – what fun! . I’ve been wanting to try half rectangles.
Hi Kate, what a fantastic way to start the new year, with some awesome fabrics!!! And a brilliant pattern to use them in!! Thank you for the free draw!! If this is how the year is gonna pan out…can’t wait!!! Happy 2026 🎉🎉 And thank you again xx
Happy New Year! Happy quilting in 2026!
Blissful Blooms look like they will be a joy to create something special with.
These are beautiful fabrics, and I love the pattern. It’s a new year, so let’s try new things.
Oh how pretty! This fabric is perfect for this quilt pattern. Your tips are so helpful. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Yellow is my favoriate color – so I really love these fabrics. So beautiful – the blacks and greys really make the yellow pop. And the pattern would be something new for me. I have never sewed diamonds before. Thank you and Happy New Year! Suzanne
I love the yellow and grey fabrics–so happy. And bees are a favorite of mine as well. The quilt pattern is perfect to showcase the fabrics. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!
Lovely fabric! Fun pattern! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Thanks for the chance to win some gorgeous FQs and a pattern! I love the fabrics in this bundle.
These patterns are so pretty. I love bees and these would go wonderfully with my embroidered bees! Thank you so much for offering the giveaway! 💜 Carey
These prints are so fresh, perfect for spring quilting!
This bundle says summer as I am looking out the window at the snow