I am so excited to announce that I have a new pattern – Moorish Pyramids available via my Craftsy store. It will be free for a limited time during the month of July.
Castle of the Moors in Sintra, Lisbon, is one of the most inspiring architectural buildings, I have ever seen. This quilt was inspired by the pyramid shapes and how the shadows are cast on the entrance way.
Originally, this is one of my quilt design a day designs. Art Gallery Fabrics provided me the opportunity to make this using the new line Imprint by Katarina Roccella. 
The quilt measures 60 x 60″ finished. There are a lot of options to make this quilt your own by using different color palettes, color placement and your own quilt design. This finished quilt used straight line quilting with some angled lines, highlighting the pyramid shapes using Aurifil 50wt.
The quilt pattern can easily be modified to make a smaller or larger quilt by reducing the overall block size.
You can see other projects using Imprint, including this one, in the Look book that came out today.
[Photo Credit: Art Gallery Fabrics]
Give-away – CLOSED
WINNER: #7 Janet Moilanen – Congratulations Janet, I will send you an email shortly.
To celebrate the pattern release, I am giving away one Fat Quarter Shop Tokyo FQ Bundle featuring Pure Elements by Art Gallery Fabrics (I might sneak in some other AGF scraps that I have).
Open until July 19th 6pm EST, to enter just leave a comment:
- Letting me know what colors you would like to make the quilt in
- If you are a follower, leave another comment letting me know how you follow.
Good Luck, enjoy the pattern.
Factotum of Arts 
1. Great pattern – I’d love to make it in reds and oranges!
2. email follower
3. Love the pattern. I think I would do it all in shades of blue. Thanks for the great giveaway and chance to win. (debbie at wowilikethat dot com)
4. Congrats – the quilt is lovely! Such a great design – I would like to make in navy, coral and greys – Thanks!
5. I follow w/ Bloglovn!
6. Oh I love this! I have been hoarding Friedlander’s Botanics- I think I now have a reason to cut into it. Thank you for sharing your talent!
7. I follow you via email & I also have you bookmarked so I can visit your site anytime I need inspiration – which is often! :>)
8. Blues and yellow would be pretty!
9. I follow on Bloglovin.
10. Lime green and purple might be fun. Great pattern
11. This is a beautiful quilt. Teal and gray are my go to colors right now but I do find myself drooling over jewel tone too.
12. I follow via Bloglovin
13. Congratulations on a beautiful quilt and pattern release! I really dig yellow, white, and grey as a color palette and I think it would work really well with this pattern.
14. I follow you on Bloglovin, Facebook, Instagram… 🙂
15. Oooh, I would love this in fuschia, orange, and gray!
16. I follow you on Bloglovin!
17. Thanks Michelle! Maybe blush and mint? Or blush and mustard? Pink is the brain!
18. I really enjoy seeing all your designs and would make this quilt in orange yellow and pink with a touch of something else for pizzazz!
19. Love the pattern – I’d try it out in patriotic colors. Thanks.
20. I’m a follower via Bloglovin’. Thanks again.
21. Blues and whites…I need a ‘masculine’ quilt.
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23. FOLLOW>BLOG LOVIN’ !
24. HELLO, love your quilt! I think I’d select Aqua’s+Gray’s ! Thank you for a neat giveaway!
25. I think this would make a great masculine quilt so I would use earth tones to make it look outdoorsy.
26. Michelle, thanks so much for the free pattern–it’s gorgeous! I’d try making it in turquoise, purple, gray and navy.
27. I discovered you a few months ago on a blog hop (so glad I did) and follow you via email.
28. reds, black and greys. Love the pattern. Thanks for the giveaway.
29. I follow on bloglovin
30. Love your quilt – your color choices make me think of warm sun and late afternoon shadows. At the moment I am really loving the combo of aqua, raspberry, Navy, lime and orange. Sounds gross right but they look great together
31. I follow you via Bloglovin
32. I would like to try navy, teal & lime!
33. Email follower! 🙂
34. Great pattern. I’d do the pattern in creams and whites and yellows with dark grey for the shadows.
35. I would make your lovely pattern in grey, purple and pink.
36. I follow you on Instagram (and QDAD😊)
37. Thank you for the free pattern…I love it! I will make it in a light gray, steel gray, gold and a bit of bold red to match my daughter’s loft apartment. She’d love it and I’ll love making it!
38. I am a blog follower of yours on Bloglovin’!
39. Orange, grey, black and teal. Your quilt is simply stunning. Thank you for the inspiration.
40. I follow via e-mail.
41. I think I would make this in purple, aqua and gray. I just downloaded the pattern – Thank you!
42. What a great pattern! I love the colours you have used but would also love a girly version in pink, teal, mustard and grey 🙂
43. I follow on Bloglovin!
44. I follow via WordPress Reader.
45. Like the architectural aspects of the design- green Aqua grey and navy are my faves
46. I follow via bloglovin.
47. What colors? Maybe gray and a deep gold to start…
48. I love seeing #QDAD patterns brought to life. I’d love to make the pattern in orange, teal, navy and mint. Thanks for hosting a giveaway!
49. I am going to make it with some richly deep batik scraps I have, using yellows to be the bits of highlights in the designs! I love following your blog – I do this through email. Thank you so much for the free pattern. Just what I needed!
50. Dark gray, light gray, citron and white. Or maybe light gray, dark gray, purple and white. So hard to choose! Thanks for the chance to win! shopgirl 7232 at yahoo dot com