Paradiso — Fairytale Dress and A Giveaway!

We're getting excited as we near the ship date for my upcoming fabric line for Moda Fabrics, Paradiso! Some projects have already been popping up and when we spotted this one, we knew we had to share it with you.

Becca DuVal created a dreamy storybook dress for her adorable daughter, Kaelyn, using a few of the prints from Paradiso. She also did the styling and photography and, well, the photos speak for themselves. **Beware, there is so much cute ahead it's almost unbearable!**

Photos © Becca DuVal

See what I mean?! So many thanks to Becca for her creativity, skill and hard work. And for her beautiful little princess, Kaelyn!

Link to

PARADISO collection by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics
Pattern: "Annabelle" by Violette Field Threads

Fabrics used by Becca for her daughter's dress and cape:
Bodice front, front lining, back and back lining: 3/8 yard of Paradiso 27200-25

Skirt chevron middle: ¼ yard of Paradiso by Moda 27200-25

Straps: 1 yard of 27205-15

Skirt chevron top and bottom: 1 yard of 27205-15

Skirt top and bottom: 1 yard of 27204-15

Lining: 1.33 yards of 27203-21

Here's the giveaway part!

We're thrilled to be giving away 1 jelly roll of Paradiso (yardage will be shipping to stores in March!)
 and also 1 free PDF pattern of your choice from our shop

Two ways to enter (you can do one or both):
1. Leave 1 brief comment here on which of the 3 quilt patterns for sale on shopkatespain.com you'd prefer to use for a "Paradiso" project and why
2. Twitter once about this giveaway, include in your tweet these 2 hashtags #ParadisoFabric and #ShowMetheModa

DEADLINE TO ENTER:11:59 PM ET February 18th.
**Thank you all so much for entering! Comments are closed and we'll announce the winner tomorrow!**

P.S.: If you happen to have some Horizon scraps lying around and don't know what to do with them, you might consider tossing them in with Paradiso. They'll blend beautifully!

Paradiso Peeks & Photo Caption Contest

Hi everyone! I've been busily getting ready for Quilt Market and wanted to share some photos of my new fabric collection, Paradiso, with you. It will be shipping to stores in March 2015. If you're a shop owner and will be in Houston, please come by the Moda booth #1744 to say hello and to see the collection in person. I'd love to share it with you!

The colors range from hibiscus pinks and coral to lagoon blues and aqua. New for me is a darker charcoal grey (almost but not quite black) that i really love! Here are a couple more photos:

The other wonderful thing is that this line will coordinate beautifully with Horizon to create a perfect tropical paradise. Can't wait to see what you dream up. Actually...now that i'm thinking about it...how about we have a fun giveaway! Just leave a caption for the photo of Franny below and she will pick a winner on October 14th. We'll help her send a layer cake of Horizon annnnd a charm pack of Paradiso off to the lucky winner!

 Have a beautiful weekend!

xo,

kate

Moda Love Blog Tour — Winners!

Hope you enjoyed following along for the Moda Love Blog Tour! I loved getting to know my fellow designers even more. It was really interesting to see the same quilt pattern made in a wide variety of fabrics. They all looked so different!

And thank you all so much for your terrific ideas on the binding for my quilt. After weighing several options, i decided to go with this:

Many of you suggested this one and i think you were right! It adds just a touch of color and lets the focal design of the quilt sparkle. Also, if you're like me and are too eager to get a quilt finished by hand-binding it, i found a wonderful tutorial for machine binding over on Allison's blog, Cluck Cluck Sew. I hadn't tried it this way, and it was really easy to follow. 

I'm happy to announce 5 randomly selected winners who will receive a pre-cut of Horizon. Congratulations!

FAT EIGHTH BUNDLE

The Rx quilter

My Verna quilt was accepted for the MQX show in Springfield Illinois this month. I still can't believe Verna was your first line, I just love it! I love all precuts but would love to win a fat 8th of Horizon to make a petal quilt...the sea glass colors are amazing. I suggest binding with either a blue or turquoise print? RxQuilter 

JELLY ROLL

Sandra

I just love your cats. My boyfriend and I have 2 cats, 2 mini donkeys, 2 border collies and 4 ducks. That is quite a handful but you just gotta love them all. I totally love blue. Just such an amazing color. So, the color blue that you used for the center of the quilt would be the color to use to bind it. Would indeed enhance your quilt. I have followed your blog for a long time and admire you so much. Your fabric line Horizon is definitely on my list. Thank you for being a part of the Moda Love Blog Hop and the chance to win my favorite, the Horizon Jelly Roll. Sandi Timmons sandit1@sbcglobal.net

LAYER CAKE

OhioLori

LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVE Your Quilt!! Love this fabric line too!! I would bind it in Aqua...just seems right shade to me! :) I love Layer Cakes, Charms & cool lil' Mini Charms too!

CHARM PACK

Southern Gal

Beautiful colors in your quilt. I love the beach! This line of fabric perfectly reflects your love of the ocean. Of all the precuts you listed, I'd have to say a charm pack is my favorite, but only because I haven't tried a layer cake! Thanks for the chance!

MINI-CHARM 

Jean MN

I love the mini charms and this pattern is perfect! My guild has a raffle for 12x12 mini quilts and I'm going to make a few of these for the raffle! I love pre-cuts as they lend themselves to being able to whip up a quilt in no time. I like the idea of a white, off-white, or cream binding so that the awesome blues show up!

If you're one of the winners, please e-mail me at info(at)katespain(dot)com with your mailing address and we'll get your prize off to you!

And you know how it goes around here. As soon as one fabric collection is released, there is another on the horizon *wink*. Next up, Paradiso. This collection has a tropical vibe and will go beautifully with Horizon! More to come on this, soon.

Have a beautiful weekend!

xo,

kate