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This is me Hi there! My name is Sarah Fielke, and this is my blog. I'm a quilter, a teacher, a fabric designer and an author. My eighth book, Down the Rabbit Hole, is available now from your participating quilt shop, or signed copies from my website. My third fabric collection for Windham Fabrics, Word Play, is available now. My 80 weight applique thread collection, Word Play, and my hand quilting collection for Aurifil Threads is available now. You may also know me as co-author of the popular Material Obsession books, available from my website along with all my books and fabric ranges. I am available for teaching worldwide and am now taking bookings for Australia and internationally from July 2019 onwards. Contact me at sarah@sarahfielke.com I would love to hear from you. My Online Shop Buy My Books Little Quilts BOOKS ERRATA PAGE Hand Quilted with Love Quilting: From Little Things Material Obsession Two: Shared Inspiration Material Obsession Book One Upcoming Events Take my Craftsy Class! Learn from me any time of the day or night by taking my classes, Big Techniques From Small Scraps, and NEW class Word Play at www.craftsy.com Sarah is available for teaching both within Australia and internationally. If you are interested having Sarah teach for you during any of her scheduled tours or at other times, please email sarah@sarahfielke.com for information. Upcoming Teaching Venues: *Quiltcon Pasadena, USA, February 22-25 2018 * Bay Quilters, VIC, April 2018 *The Strawberry Thief, WA, August 2018 * AQS Paducah, USA, September 2018 * Tour of UK and The Netherlands - November 2018 * Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Oregon USA, July 2019 My Fabric Collections My 3rd fabric collection for Windham Fabrics, USA, "Word Play", available now from patchwork shops My Books Down the Rabbit Hole, my eighth book, is available NOW. Also see www.sarahfielke.com for 7 previous books, Material Obsession One, Material Obsession Two, Quilting From Little Things, Hand Quilted With Love, Little Quilts and Old Quilts New Life and Happy Days. Acrylic templates for quilt patterns, PDF patterns, fabric packs, notions and my collection of threads exclusively for Aurifil, available for shipping worldwide. Block of the Month (exclusively from Sarah) details also available at website. 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There are two quilts this year, Simple Folk: And The Grasshopper: You can find all the details, costs and what's included at the Sarah Fielke BOM website . Hurry- Simple Folk begins January 31, and The Grasshopper begins February 28. Posted at 08:19 AM in Bock of the Month | Permalink | Comments (0) Tuesday, September 05, 2017 Modern Quilt Show Australia Bookings Open now! Yep! I'm teaching at the Modern Quilt Show in Sydney, November 3-5. Bookings are open just this morning, so hop over and see what it's all about. To book for my classes you can use these links: For Needleturn Applique, making my I've Got Sunshine quilt: www.trybooking.com/RXCU For Hand Quilting: Morning session - www.trybooking.com/RXCS Afternoon session - www.trybooking.com/RXEZ And for Improv Lettering - www.trybooking.com/RXCU Relevant kits and patterns for all the classes will be available soon at my website under "MQSA Classes" in the navigation bar of the shop. Don't forget to enter the code quoted on your class documents so that you aren't charged shipping - I will being your orders to class. See you there! xxx Posted at 12:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Tuesday, August 08, 2017 Freedom Quilt! Howdy all! My Freedom Quilt pattern is in this month's Homespun magazine, and to celebrate I'm giving you a coupon for 25% off my word Play class at Craftsy.com! Just click this link and you will be taken to the class and the discount, the code is valid until September 8 2017. Enjoy! http://craftsy.me/2l6fxBY Posted at 12:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Tuesday, February 14, 2017 The Quilt Show! I did a fun interview with Alex Anderson for The Quilt Show when I was in Sisters last - its just gone live and you can watch it here! FYI I come in at about 43 mins, but the first part is all about wool applique and it is CUTE. :) http://thequiltshow.com/watch/show-list/video/latest/2004-into-the-woods-we-go-embroidery-with-whimsy-in-stitches?artist_coupon=20020212 Posted at 11:31 AM in Class Quilts , Life I'm Living | Permalink | Comments (0) Thursday, November 10, 2016 Kaffe Competition Winner The magic number generation thingo has done it's work, and the winner of the fat quarter bundle is comment number 36.... Alison Smallacombe! And the winner of the jelly roll is comment number 82..... Sandra Fletcher! Congratulations on your win peeps, please email me with your addresses to sarah@sarahfielke.com before November 16. If I haven't heard from you by then the prizes will be redrawn. Thanks and congrats! Happy stitching xx Posted at 09:55 AM in Giveaways | Permalink | Comments (1) Friday, November 04, 2016 Kaffe Fassett Artisan Blog Tour Anyone who has any of my books will know how much I love Kaffe's fabric! His big blowsy florals in saturated colours have been one of my favourite things ever since I first saw them, many years ago now. It was really exciting for me when Free Spirit sent me his new collection and I saw this new direction he's headed off in. Of course there are his beautiful signature florals and some really really amazing spots, but it was the batiks, ikats and woven checks that really caught my attention. When it came time to start stitching with this collection I had a little look back through the blog tour as I wanted to show you something a different than everyone else! I noticed that no one had done any applique so that being my thing.... I was ::supposed:: to be working with the blue colour way but I couldn't resist the sunny yellows for my background.... sorry Nancy ;) I will admit that because of the hand work I didn't get a chance to quilt it, I hope you'll forgive me! That gives me another chance to post when it's quilted though, right? The pattern is adapted from the Smile, Darn Ya quilt from my latest book, Old Quilts New Life. Its a fantastic way to showcase a lot of prints at once, and especially that wonderful floral in the centre. All the pinks and yellows really blended beautifully together to make the background sing, and I love the direction the zig zag gives the petals! I love sunflowers, they're so cheery and friendly. Well I'm the last stop on this Artisan journey, so I hope you've all enjoyed your amazing travels through the beautiful things everyone has made - and maybe you won a prize along the way? If you didn't, here's one last chance to win a beautiful bundle or jelly roll of Kaffe Fassett fabric. Comment on THIS post and tell me your favourite flower One entry only per reader Two winners will be selected by random number generator on Wednesday, November 9, 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. Winners have 7 days to respond and after t...