FRONT PORCH QUILT ALONG

FRONT PORCH QUILT ALONG

Join over 1,300 quilters in the ‘Front Porch’ Quilt Along (QAL) and make your own quilt full of 3D Flying Geese blocks.  The QAL starts Monday, September 27th and goes until Monday, November 1st.

Look below to see what the fabric requirements are, what we will do week by week, and what the prizes are!

FRONT PORCH QUILT ALONG FABRIC REQUIREMENTS

The ‘Front Porch’ quilt pattern makes 2 sizes of quilts:

  1. Baby Size: 36″ x 39″
  2. Throw Size: 54″ x 69″
Front Porch Quilt Fabric Requirements

FRONT PORCH QUILT ALONG TIME LINE

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH – WEEK ONE:

  • Click here for more in depth details on WEEK ONE.
  • PICK YOUR FABRICS.
  • Learn how to pick scrappy fabrics
  • Or buy one of the pre-made quilt kits listed below.
  • I’ll share how I organized my fabrics and picked them – but know that you can use any fabrics you want!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4TH – WEEK TWO:

** ONE WEEK POSTPONED DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY **

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH – WEEK THREE

  • Click here for more in depth details on WEEK THREE.
  • BLOCK CONSTRUCTION.
  • This is the fun part! Learn how to make 3D flying geese.
  • This part of the quilt process was extremely addicting and fun for me, I hope it will be for you, too!
  • If you haven’t enjoyed making flying geese blocks before, you will now.  At least that was true for me!
  • I’ll teach you how to trim your blocks.
  • Get perfect points with each block – I kid you not!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH – WEEK FOUR:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST- WEEK FIVE:

  • QUILTING.
  • I’ll share tips on quilting your quilt top.
  • Each person who is signed up for the QAL will receive a discount from the quilter who quilted my amazing quilt top.  Yay!  Thank you Jill Johnson of J Coterie!

PRIZES

One of the funnest parts of a Quilt Along are the prizes!

Here is a list of prizes for each week:

WEEK ONEKismet Fat Quarter Bundle – Fabric by Sharon Holland for Art Gallery Fabrics. 

WEEK TWOA Gretchen Quinn Pottery Mug of your choice.  See mugs HERE

WEEK THREEThree months free access to the Quilters Candy Membership. Already a member? You will get reimbursed for 3 future months. 

WEEK FOURFree Long Arm Edge to Edge Quilting by Jill of J Coterie. She’s AMAZING, y’all!  She also will share a 15% discount for all participants, as well.

WEEK FIVE  – GRAND PRIZE! Free Baby Lock Jubilant Sewing Machine.

POSTING PHOTOS AND ENTERING FOR PRIZES

To enter to win prizes each week:

  • Post a photo of your progress on Instagram.
  • Make sure your account is PUBLIC.  Otherwise I can’t see your post.
  • Use the hashtags #QuiltersCandy #FrontPorchQuilt and #FrontPorchQAL
  • That’s it!  I will announce winners on this page each Monday when we start the new week.

QUILT KITS

QUILT KITS

Pick from one of these curated Quilt Kits.  I reached out to a handful of specific shops who I knew would make beautiful kits for this quilt.  There’s only a handful of each, so if you love one grab it quick!

PIPER AUTUMN FABRICS – CLICK HERE

This one of a kind bundle has 37 fat quarters.

MOTHER DAUGHTER QUILTING- CLICK HERE

With the holidays just around the corner, Mother Daugher Quilting created a Holiday Themed bundle. 

Front Porch Quilt Holiday Version

SOUTHERN CHARM QUILTS – CLICK HERE

Front Porch Quilt Kit curated by Melanie of Souther Charm Quilts. 12 Fat Quarters for the Triangle Pieces.

LIZA TAYLOR HANDMADE – CLICK HERE

Liza makes the most stunning bundles.  This one is made of Art Gallery Fabrics and Cotton and Steel, and includes 37 Fat Quarters.

 

COTTONEER – CLICK HERE

This scrappy quilt kit pairs the Front Porch Quilt Pattern by Quilter’s Candy with a gorgeous mix of Art Gallery Fabrics, featuring low volume prints, and a sunset of color!  You can find the Front Porch Pattern directly from Quilter’s Candy on September 20th.  This kit makes a throw size quilt at 54″ x 69″.
Kit includes:
 

Background: 14 Fat Quarters

Triangle Pieces: 12 Half yards

THE GREY FINCH COMPANY – CLICK HERE

This kit includes all fabric needed to complete a 54” x 69” throw size quilt top of the Front Porch Quilt pattern by Quilters Candy. The kit includes 14 fat quarters of low volume prints for the background and 23 fat quarters of prints for the design. Two fat quarters of Add It Up are from Ruby Star Society and 35 fat quarters of fabric are from Art Gallery Fabrics. 

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