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Hello Makers,  

I know it's only June but it's time to start thinking ahead to Spooky Season. October comes and goes so fast it's time to take these slower summer days and start our Halloween projects early! There is no better way to unleash the fun than with Ghostly & Haunted fabrics by AGF Studio! The month of October was always such a special time for me as a kid. Going to the pumpkin patch, apple orchard and feeling the warm air of summer drift away into the cool crisp breeze of Fall. I remember always wanting a special trick or treat bag but ending up using an old pillow case to collect my candy. Which is why I made a tradition to make a new trick or treat bag for my daughter every year to match her costume! 

*Featuring Ghostly & Haunted fabrics by AGF Studio

In the Ghostly & Haunted lookbook you will find trick or treat bags, decor and apparel and so much more! Get inspired by flipping through the pages below.  

Ghostly & Haunted  has pops of lavender, orange and teal with the cutest halloween inspired design elements. At AGF we believe every collection needs a floral! I love the halloween inspired blooms of “Wicked Flora” and “Moonlight Pumpkins" 

*Featuring “Wicked Flora” Print

“Moonlight Magic” free quilt pattern is purrect for all you cat lovers out there. Nothing says Halloween like a spooky black cat in a witches hat. This playful quilt uses both piecing and applique techniques to create this adorable cat witch with its cauldron. 

* Featuring Free “Moonlight Magic”  Quilt Pattern

What truly makes this collection extra special is the panel print offered in this collection! 

The “13 Days Of Halloween” is by far the cutest project to make for your kiddos this year! With step by step instructions printed on the panel itself you can create a count down calendar and build memories your family that they will cherish forever! 

* Featuring “13 Days Of Halloween”  Panel

The “Ghost Town” print is another jaw dropper that showcases a picturesque view of a haunted house and graveyard with birch trees and ghosts playing about! With small accents of pumpkins, flying bats, and spiderwebs. This scene is ideal for larger projects or perfect for fussy cutting. 

*Featuring “Ghost Town” Print

One of the things I love about cold weather is that you get to play around with layers to create your Fall outfit!  “Creepy Crossroads Ghost” flannel makes for the coziest jackets or shackets! This plaid white and black design will add an elegant touch to anything you wear. 

* Featuring “Creepy Crossroads Ghost” flannel

We got the most adorable 2.5 Edition binding to quilt all your halloween quilts! “Wicked Bound” has cute bats, and witches hats, or a geometric orange strips to choose from! 

*Featuring “Wicked Bound” 2.5 Edition binding

To make life even easier our Fabric Wonders are wonderful for creating fast and easy projects that cut down on the cutting time! 

*Featuring Ghostly & Haunted Fabric Wonders

Comment below with your favorite halloween tutorials or what things you would make with Ghostly & Haunted Fabrics! 

Happy Sewing, 

Melissa

Hello Sewing Friends, 

I am so excited to announce 12 NEW Pure Solids to our always growing list of solid fabrics and bundles. Let’s all pause for a moment as we welcome “Ethereal Edition” to our sewing tables! This soft, pastel color palette has got me in a dream-like state! Honestly these fabrics look good enough to eat but I promise they sew better than they taste! 

Colors play a major role in quilting and finding the right colors to match back with all of the prints used in your quilting projects will decide how the overall design will look. Color determines the mood, and the visual appearance and movement the quilt will appear to have. For example a way to conduct a sense of liveliness , warmth and coziness is to use warm colors like yellow, orange, and reds. A great way to add a sense of calm and peacefulness is to use cool colors like blues, greens, and purples. 

Understanding color and how it affects the look of our quilt designs is something every quilter learns with each of the quilts they complete. Here at AGF we like to make your life so much easier by providing just about every color you have ever dreamt of to add to your quilting tool box! 

Add soft muted shades of peach, pink, blue, green, and yellow to your quilting projects to add a light, delicate touch that invokes a state of peacefulness.These gentle tints create a sense of elegance and sophistication that provides you a feeling of new beginnings and hope. 

We created some inspiring projects using the “Ethereal Edition” pure solids that I know you will fall in love with. Scroll through the projects below and let me know which one is calling your name to make! 

Asphodelic Pillow

Asphodelic Pillow is the perfect project to sew using this graceful, light toned bundle. The addition of the high loft batting has made the floral template design pop off the pillow, making it such a dream to look at. This is an excellent project to also practice your embroidery skills and zig sag stitching. This pillow comes together in a breeze but makes a giant impact to any space you decorate it in. 

Download the pattern here: Asphodelic Pillow

Hourglass Table Runner

The hourglass block is such a great way to show off colors. By creating two half square triangles and then using this technique to turn them into hourglass blocks you can create the most intricate looking designs that play with color. Have fun arranging them in the order that feels good and create stunning colorful masterpieces. 

Check out this video for Hour Glass Block technique here: Hourglass Block

Disappearing Hourglass Quilt

All you need are two 10” squares of fabric to create one of the blocks for this playful quilt. This magical technique is fantastic because you do less sewing and the magic happens in the horizontal and vertical cutting and the rearranging of your cut pieces. If you haven’t tried this block yet you are in for a real satisfying treat! Like the table runner you will be in pastel bliss arranging your finished blocks to create your quilt top! 

Check out this video for Disappearing Hourglass technique here:

Disappearing Hourglass technique

Enjoy sewing with these 12 new colors that make up the Ethereal Edition bundle! Comment below with your favorite color or what you would make! 

Here is a list of online retailers in the US carrying our new PURE Solid colors! 

Hawthorne Supply Co

Fat Quarter Shop

Stash Fabrics

Cottoneer Fabrics 

Modern Quilt Co

Ollie Fabrics

Jittery Wings Quilt Co

Global Fibers Shop

Hand Crafted Coterie

Pink Door Fabrics

Olive Juice Quilts

Golden Girls Fabric Co

Pink Peony Creations

Poppy Quilt Sew

Sew Chanting Equine

Chicory and Threads

Five Eight Seams

Yankee Quilter

Piper Autumn Fabrics

Web Fabrics

Full Moon Fabrics

Happy Sewing, 

Melissa

Hello Sewing Friends, 

Add elegance and romance to your sewing projects with Bari J’s newest collection Anthology. The life-like painted florals makes it feel like you can smell the fresh sweet aroma of handpicked flowers. I love the combination of her large scale and small scale design, perfect for home decor and quilting projects. With the addition of such a great variety of stripe prints to mix and match back with her floral designs, it really is endless in the combinations of quilting fun you can come up with. Make sure to visit my blog post where I take you through an afternoon of patchwork with Anthology fabrics using the magic of strip piecing. 

Bari J is an absolute legend when it comes to boho, maximalist, floral fabrics. I respect and admire her work over the years producing so many amazing collections for AGF. I love how thoughtfully curated her collections are, carefully considering a quilter and a garment sewer. Her background in interior design and creating home decor truly offers us the most amazing collections to be able to work with! 

Page through the Anthology Lookbook below to fall in love with the heavenly botanical world that is Bari J. 

The “Maximalist,” free quilt pattern uses strip piecing, template cutting, along with sashing between units to create stunning movement and depth perception. You can literally stare at this quilt for hours admiring its beauty. 

 Anthology offers so many fun things to sew with! My favorites being three amazingly designed fabric panels. 

With the “Kercheif Folklore” panel you have a premade table runner project measuring 18” x WOF. All you have to do is quilt it up and bind it! No cutting required. Cut up the panel to incorporate the pretty floral borders in garments, bags or quilts. I love the floral tile designs, which makes it easy to fussy cut and use in quilt blocks or sew into napkins, potholders, add embellishments to garments or use to create pockets. 

*Featuring Kercheif Folklore” panel 

The “Plaid Tales” panel was my favorite panel to cut into. Like the “Kercheif Folklore” panel you can quilt it up as is and it would make a fantastic center piece for your table. I enjoyed cutting out the plaid strips and cross stitch designs to use in my strip piecing to create intricate looking blocks . Use the center cross stitch design with birds and florals for a bag or fussy cutting project! 

*Featuring “Plaid Tales panel

The “Stripped Narrative” has so many different stripes and zig zag designs to cut from the fabric. What makes it even more amazing is Bari J's thoughtfully placed seam allowance in all her panels to allow you to cut out all these strips to make it easy to quilt with. I loved using this panel to create a fun chevron quilting design using strip piecing! 

*Featuring “Stripped Narrative” Panel and Anthology By Bari J

Ever since AGF came out with Linen Blends, it has become my new favorite substrate to sew garments with. “Garden Study Fresh” is such a great print for garment making to show off the larger florals in skirts, dresses, and blouses. Even larger home decor projects like curtains or table clothes and duvet covers! I love the matching tank and short set made in the lookbook with this fabric. Definitely takes lounge wear to a whole new level! 

*Featuring “Garden Study Fresh” Linen Blend

“Beloved Memoir Fern” works in a similar way, perfect for garments and home decor. The linen pants made in this lookbook are so adorable in this mommy and me duo! 

*Featuring  “Beloved Memoir Fern” Blended Linen

Who likes piecing backing pieces together for quilt projects? I have to say if I could skip this step and have no seams in my backing fabric I am all for it! Which is why I love that AGF always has our backs. With AGF’s 108 edition you can choose from a growing list of fabrics that has larger scale prints and measures 108” wide for even your largest quilting projects. “Garden Study Blush” showcases my favorite florals in the collection, but larger, which will make you want to make a whole cloth quilt just with this print. 

*Featuring “Garden Study Blush” 108 edition (quilt backing)

There is so much goodness offered in just one collection I don’t want to forget to shine a spotlight on “Memoir Bound” the 2.5 edition offered in this collection. With two different plaids and small scale florals to choose from to frame your projects to add that sophisticated polished look! 

*Featuring Memoir Bound” the 2.5 edition

Bari J really knocked it out of the park with the Anthology collection and she had to take it a step further by adding to our list of Designer Essentials with her stripes with scalloped details in a nostalgic rich color palette called Legacy. Legacy was created to mix and match back with Anthology and many more of her previous fabric collections that we all love. 

*Featuring Legacy by Bari J

Last but not least, I need to make sure to let you know that Legacy and Anthology are offered as Fabric Wonders. Get the full collection in fat quarters or 10” precuts. 

Whether you are new to Bari J’s fabric collections or you have been a Bari J fan for years I would love to know what you all end up making with this collection! Make sure to use the hashtag #AGFAnthology on social media to share with us. 

Comment below with your favorite prints, what you want to make or what you like about this collection and make sure to share this post with your sewing friends!

Happy Sewing, 

Melissa 

The time has come!!!!

Say hello to beach days and fancy refreshing drinks while lounging in your backyard!  Tangerine Fabrics by AGF Studio is here and it’s sending us a cool retro Summer, filled with charming florals and playful designs. This collection reminds me of my days living in South Florida and my weekend getaways to Key West. Popping on my me made Summer dresses and my sunnies and riding on mopeds all day weaving in out of the endearing streets of this island's rich history. I am so excited to start sewing up some of the projects from the Tangerine Fabric Lookbook. Depart on your next vacay without even leaving the comforts of your sewing space by simply flipping through the pages below. 

Quilts are my all time favorite thing to view in our Lookbooks. Finding the ones that speak to me and downloading the pdf patterns and saving them in my "quilts to make" folder on my computer! The best feeling ever is moving them into the "completed quilts" folder! The “Orange you Sweet” Free quilt pattern is definitely one getting added to the list! This is such a rewarding quilt because you get this dreamy, patchy quilt design for half the time it would take to piece all these squares because of the strip piecing technique used. This 75½" × 87½" quilt is perfect to take on summer outings or have out displayed in your home or patio for bbqs and cool summer nights. 

Featuring “Orange you Sweet” 

Tangerine Fabrics has the prettiest linen blend print called “Wind Dance Haze”. I love the soft ivory, creamy, low volume, dreamy floral design. I can see summer dresses, table clothes, table runners, pillows, tote bags, and coverups made with this fabric. What would you make? I love how breathable it is while still having the right amount of weight to the fabric, which makes it so versatile. 

Featuring “Wind Dance Haze” 

If that wasn’t enough this collection also has the softest ,most lush flannel print called, “Sweet & Charming”. This print says lounge set all over it! Where are my sewing Mama’s out there? How about mom and daughter matching sets? Yes, PLEASE! 

Featuring “Sweet & Charm 

I really can’t get over how amazing AGF’s  2.5 edition binding prints are! I can’t stress enough how fun and easy it makes your projects become and how it elevates your projects to the next level! 2.5 adds a polished professional look and is so versatile and can be used in so many other ways as well. Embellishments, strip piecing projects, straps for bags and garments and so much more. Head over to our Youtube 2.5 Edition Playlist to learn more about this revolutionary product! 

The “Orchard Bound” 2.5 edition offered in this collection has three cute design elements to choose from.  A geometric orange stripe, dancing oranges in peachy shades and playful florals. Which side would you choose to frame your quilty or garment projects? 

Featuring “Orchard Bound” 2.5 edition 

Lets not forget to mention the 14 quilting cottons to choose from to make all those summer outfits, bags and decor! The juicy oranges and peachy hues with pops of lavender adds such a delightful feeling of joy which will radiate through your finished projects! 

Featuring Tangerine Fabrics

Let's not forget about AGF's Fabric Wonders we have  

We love seeing all your beautiful makes, so make sure to use the hashtag #AGFTangerine so we can see all the fun things you create! Wishing you all the best Summer season and to many handmade projects! 

Happy Sewing, 

Melissa

Hello Sewing Friends, 

It's been quite a long time since I posted on the AGF Blog and I'm so happy to be back with you all! For those that don't know me click here to learn a bit more. All you need to know is I am the biggest AGF fan and so happy to be back creating in this beautiful community! 

So, who is craving some Slow Summer days right about now? Living in Minnesota I definitely end up dreaming of the warm days of Summer quite a lot throughout the year!  Summer is coming early with the release of our Slow Summer Lookbook! Picture calm, tranquil days of summer, having a picnic, reading your favorite book at the beach, laying out on your favorite quilt enjoying the pleasant breeze and sounds of nature. Suzy Quilts brings us such a fresh and dreamy collection to sew all our summer essentials and then some. To check out more collections designed by Suzy click here! 

What are you most excited for this Summer? I know my daughter and I will be enjoying planting a garden together, weekends filled with swimming, jumping on the trampoline, and building sandcastles. I love waking up and drinking my coffee or tea outside as the sun comes up before my daughter wakes up for a little me time to prep a sewing project, read my devotionals or just be! 

Let’s take a deep dive into the Lookbook below to find all the fabric and sewing inspiration you will need to get your sewjo started. 

One of my all time favorite things about AGF’s lookbooks are the FREE quilt patterns. They are thoughtfully designed specifically to show off each collection we release. 

Give yourself a bit of a challenge and try giving Radiant Waves FREE Quilt Pattern a go! Made entirely out of drunkard path blocks and arranged in such a way that it imitates the movement of gorgeous waves at sunset! This 86” x 86” stunner will be your go to quilt all Summer long and anytime you are missing those slow paced days of Summer. 

*Featuring our Free Quilt Pattern: Radiant Waves in Slow Summer Fabrics *

The lookbook offers a wide variety of small to larger projects to electrify the imagination, that you will be sure to find something that speaks to you. 

Slow Summer prints come in 12 premium quilting cottons celebrating the soft pastel hues of peach, lavender, sky blue, and mellow green to invoke the dreamlike quality of those long summer days where time itself seems to slow its pace. 

If that wasn’t enough it also showcases our lightweight and flowy rayon substrate and durable yet soft canvas!  Color Blocks Haze Rayon is perfect for all those summer quilts, dresses and comfortable light weight garments to stay cool but looking cute and easily put together! 

Featuring Substrates: Color Blocks Haze in Rayon

Summer Stripe Canvas will be a perfect print for summer home decor and bags! 

*Featuring Summer Stripe in Canvas *


We are passionate about bringing you new fabric collections and sharing our love for all things sewing and are always excited to see what you make with our fabrics! We would love for you to share with us what you make with this collection on social media by using the using #AGFSlowSummerFabrics! 

I look forward to many more blog post to come and sharing my love fabrics and quilting with you! 

Happy Sewing, 

Melissa 

Potager Lookbook is here! Brimming with quilting and sewing inspiration!

Spring blooms in fabric and projects with our must-see Potager Lookbook also known as our fabric project catalog featuring stunning Potager fabrics designed by the talented Sharon Holland, packed with inspiring ideas and projects.

Flip through the lookbook with me and get inspired to create with our fabrics!

Unleash your creativity with our FREE 'Home Grown' quilt pattern and discover DIY project inspiration & ideas from home décor to charming accessories, and stylish apparel—all showcasing the beauty of our premium quilting cotton and versatile substrates. 

*Featuring our Free Quilt Pattern: Home Grown in Potager Fabrics*

In Potager by Sharon Holland, blooming florals, vibrant veggies, and cheerful hens come to life in fresh greens, sunny yellows, and calming blues. Perfect for garden and slow-living enthusiasts—add a touch of cottage charm to your sewing space and projects!

Don’t miss the fabric panel– perfect for making one-of-a-kind handmade creations. The possibilities are endless.

*Featuring ‘Kitchen Garden’ Fabric Panel

Potager includes our 2.5 Edition Binding Fabric, perfect for adding the finishing touch to your quilts and sewing projects. Elevate your creations with a unique accent for a one-of-a-kind look!

*Featuring ‘Organic Bound’ 2.5 Edition Binding Fabric*

Potager includes our 108 Edition Wide back Fabric, designed with an extended width and larger-scale prints, perfect for quilt backs, whole cloth quilts, duvet covers, and larger quilt sizes.

*Featuring ‘Flowers for Mom Porcelain’ 108 Edition Wide Backs*

Potager includes our versatile substrates, from Linen Blend and Flannel—perfect for creating handmade fashion, accessories, and apparel. So many possibilities for your next sewing project!

*Featuring Substrates: Delicate Balance Raw in Linen Blend & Hens and Chicks in Flannel *

We hope our soft, beautiful premium-quality fabrics and project ideas inspire your creativity! Which project is your favorite? And which Potager fabric do you love most? 

Creating with Potager fabrics? We’d love to see! Tag us and use #AGFPotager so we can share your handmade creations! 

Happy Sewing!

Until next time makers, 

-Juana