It’s time for a little arctic FUN!

*Designed with the P&B Textiles Wild Waters Collection by Dawn Gerety - and Alaskan Artist*

I’m thrilled to announce another pattern to our portfolio!

Arctic Wild was designed with Dawn Gerety, an Alaskan artist’s Wild Water’s collection for P&B Textiles, at the forefront of my mind.

The collection caught my heart with its interpretation of Alaska in gorgeous, bold colors. The design made highlighting the panels and the overall walrus fabric easy. With a little tweaking suggestions from the fabric manufacturer, the pattern you see is the result.

Thankfully, the shops here in Alaska can use this collection of fabrics and the pattern (both designed by local artists) to create kits for their upcoming tourist season.

I’m thrilled to be able to aid my quilting community this way and hope to keep doing so.

It’s a quick and easy pattern! Trust me! I cut the blocks in a couple of hours in one afternoon and put together the rest of the quilt the next day. Quilting will be another week or so, but the top is DONE!!

Better than all that are the testers! They are just the best!

Here are the Arctic Wild Pattern Testers

This quilt by Cheri Bono showcases fabric’s representing the great state of IOWA! I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard wonderful things! My favorite is how she pulled out the gorgeous turquoise color and that striped border - WOW! Amazing work for your Arctic Wild quilt, Cheri! Thank you!

Cheri can be found on instagram @cheriquilts

Debbie Fletcher went with this adorable alphabet fabric for her Arctic Wild quilt. This is just so darn CUTE! I can’t stop saying it! Super adorable, Debbie! Thank you!

Find Debbie on Instagram at @soda.pop.quilts

Oh. My. Gosh. Dominique Egbers created this citrus-themed Arctic Wild quilt. I love the vibrancy of it! I have to admit that I think of these fabrics for kitchens, and I rarely have used them for anything other than aprons and curtains. BUT this! This is fantastic! Thank you, Dominique!

Dominique is on Instagram at @Downhomeurban

Karen Hupp pulled some great fabrics from her stash for her Arctic Wild creation. Isn’t ‘Grace’ lovely in this quilt! I’m glad this quilt pattern has proven to be a cool stash buster. Love your work, Karen! Thank you!

Find Karen on Instagram at @from_karens_kitchen

Kate Gariepy pulled out some adorable cat fabrics for her Arctic Wild quilt. I mean, SOOOO adorable! The little kitties are highlighted so well in their blocks that I’m in awe. Beautiful work, Kate!

Rachel Fields decided the collection the pattern was designed for was just too sweet to pass up! But that wasn’t all - she went into overdrive by making two more! Be sure to check out that ombre fabric on the largest quilt. It’s perfect! As always, you do amazing work. Thanks so much, Rachel!

Sherri Warner went from an elegant Christmas-themed quilt to the cutest flower quilt! Doesn’t that green inner border look like grass for the outer flowers to plan their roots into? I love them both, Sherri! Thank you!

Stasi Wilson created her Arctic Wild with some lovely ‘Tula’ fabrics! It is just gorgeous! The flowers are so summer-y and the pinks and purples put me in mind of Easter! Beautiful work, Stasi! Thank you so much!

Find Stasi on Instagram at @TennesseeQuiltRetreats

Testers are such a great part of quilt pattern making. I like the testing part more than any other part of the work. Well…the designing part is pretty great!

I love seeing how the original thought in my head can be transformed in so many ways.

These testers proved this quilt is easy and quick to make, and they’ve shown how simple it is to grow or shrink this design.

I not only created the one at the top of this page with the Wild Waters collection the pattern was designed for, but I also couldn’t resist using Rachel Rossi’s Bee Haven collection. Way too much FUN!

I think it might be time to fit in some retail therapy. Maybe pick up the other fabric shown below by Deane Beesley?

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Thanks so much!

Carolyn