by Heidi Boyd
Delivers in September 2015.
Heidi Boyd, artist, craft book author, and designer of hand stitching kits, has created Forest Frolics, her first collection for Red Rooster. Heidi tells us, "The collection was inspired by our life in the Maine woods where we often see deer and fox tracks and listen to chickadees chattering overhead. The panel features 6 animal paintings: kissing foxes, a doe and fawn resting in a wildflower meadow, brown bear cub and mother eating blueberries, bunnies hiding under ferns, hedgehogs rubbing noses, and a watchful owl family on a high pine bough. Playful chickadees balancing on bittersweet adorn the top and bottom of the panel. Companion prints include a scenic forest print, foxes, chickadees, wood grains, mini ferns, a handwritten forest tale, and colorful pops of red-capped mushrooms. The twig-framed hexagon print features a variety of animals that are ideal for an 'eye spy' quilt."
The collection is wonderful for kids' quilts, pillowcases, pillows, book totes, backpacks, and play and nap mats. There will also be a digital machine embroidery collection by OESD to complement the Forest Frolics collection for even more creative possibilities. Check out Heidi's Whimsy Kits for soft felties, Whimsy Stitches, and Embroidered Whimsy Tea Towel Kits at www.heidiboyd.com.
June Pease has designed a fun quilt with the Forest Frolics panel and coordinates. You'll love the way she uses the coordinates to represent the sky, earth, and the forest where these cute critters play! Extra patterns will be free to download at www.redroosterfabrics.com when the collection ships.