Come join the Woodland and Arctic Fox families as they join together
on an epic and imaginative, back-country adventure!
Today is Riley Blake Designs Virtual Quilt Market, and the Forest Friends Back Country Adventure Fabric Collection is scheduled to go LIVE at 10:45amMT on the RBD Virtual Quilt Market Facebook Group.
You can watch the video on the Bee Sew Inspired YouTube Chanel HERE through the link above.
Here are a taste of some of the prints in this collection! There are (4) colorways! Make sure to check out Riley Blake Designs to see all the SKUs and projects inside this fabric collection!
Are you ready for an Adventure?
The Foxes go on an adventure of make-believe. They camp, they hike, the make some smores. The get dressed in their cozy, knitted sweater vests, and wrap themselves with scarves.
They enjoy the heat of the glowing campfire and sleep under the stars. On their family hike, they hear the crunch of the leaves under their feet, and take in the fresh air and changing colors of the Autumn woods.
Come join us as we take an imaginative adventure with the Fox Family through the back-country woods!
Join the
Sweater Season Quilt-Along
#sweaterseasonQAL kicks off in January 2023
Shops can order the Sweater Season boxed kit, or simply purchase the pattern and yardages to create their own kits.
Pre-order the Sweater Season Boxed Kit for your shops here.
As Forest Friends - Back Country Adventure ships October 2022, the Sweater Season boxed kit makes for a perfect holiday gift!!!
Grab one for yourself and one for a friend!
The knitted Argyle prints and the Knit prints in this collection make this quilt easy to piece with so much texture! The Sweater Season Quilt Pattern features all (4) color ways of these adorable knitted prints!
Then join us in January 2023 for a FUN, video/blog Quilt-Along!!! Make sure to subscribe to the Bee Sew Inspired YouTube Channel HERE.
This QAL is fully supported, with tips and tricks and all the organization you will need, to just relax and enjoy all the cozy sewing. The Sweater Season QAL kicks off on January 18, 2023!
Have fun sewing up this playful, row quilt pattern, just in time for Sweater Season! The Sweater Season Quilt Pattern finishes at 75” x 92” and is all traditionally pieced with blocks that are simple and easy to sew up! This is a wonderful pattern to showcase your favorite prints in the hat, scarf, sweater and mitten blocks! Shown here featuring the Argyle and Knitted prints from the Forest Friends – Back Country Adventure fabric by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake Designs. Come wrap up in the knitted vibe in this quilt pattern.
This Winter Clothesline Bench Pillow is a wonderful accompaniment to the Sweater Season Pattern. It is available in BOTH a sewing and machine embroidery pattern versions!
Shops can preorder the Winter Clothesline Bench Pillow in either the Sewing Version or Machine Embroidery Version HERE.
Forest Friends Doll Panels:
Use the Forest Friends Doll Panels to create beautiful, high-quality, modern rag dolls. Each Doll panel makes (1) 15” Fox Doll, (1) 8” Fox Child Doll and the following accessories: removable Doll vest and scarves, mini doll quilt for the child fox, (2-sided) Trail Map, stuffed fox and tree for forest play, and (3) camp badges.
Collect all (4) Forest Friends Doll Panels and mix and match clothing and accessories to create a wonderful, dramatic play center!
Use the doll panels for other fun projects such as quilt patterns (P177-TRAIL MAP QUILT PATTERN) (P177-BACK COUNTRY QUILT PATTERN), pillow patterns (P177 WINTER CLOTHESLINE BENCH PILLOW PATTERN Sewing or Machine Embroidery versions) and more!
Don’t forget to complete the set with the matching Doll Tent & Sleeping Bag panel and Child Sleeping Bag panel project as well!
The complete instructions for the Forest Friends Doll Panels are a FREE download on the Bee Sew Inspired website available in October 2022.
Forest Friends Doll Panel Sew-Along
November 9 Week 1: Preparation and Cutting
November 16 Week 2: Sewing the Dolls
November 23 Week 3: Sewing the Clothing & Accessories
November 30 Week 4: Stuffing & Finishing Touches
Use the Hashtag #ForestFriendsFabric
Join the Sew-Along, learn tips and tricks to Doll Making with the ease of Panels, and empower the next generation at the same time! Will you be making Donation Dolls this Holiday season?
Forest Friends Camping Panels:
Build your child’s imagination with a wonderful and simple, homemade,3D Doll / Toy Tent! This is the perfect resting place for the Fox Doll Panel Back-Country Adventure! Make the whole sleepover set (Doll, Tent and Child’s Sleeping Bag), for your child’s next camping adventure or sleepover at Grandma’s house!!!
This panels includes outer tent and sleeping bag panels plus a stuffed campfire, smores and a fox friend! Option to use additional yardage to line the sleeping bag and tent. The tent is supported with firm stabilizer.
The complete instructions for the Forest Friends Doll Tent and Sleeping Bag Camping Panel are a FREE download on the Bee Sew Inspired website available in October 2022.
Forest Friends Sleeping Bag Panels:
Take the child in your life, on a magical, woodland, dream adventure. Bring comfort and fun to a sleepover with the Fox Sleeping Bag panel to turn a quilted sleeping bag into a fox character! The fox head becomes the stuffed pillow and the child will sleep inside of the fox body sleeping bag.
This panel includes (2) sizes of Fox Sleeping Masks (child size and toddler size), the Fox Pillow (front and back) and stuffed feet and tail to really bring the sleeping bag to life! Use the additional Fur yardage in this collection to make a matching, quilted, body sleeping bag.
The complete instructions for this Forest Friends Quilted Sleeping Bag are a FREE download on the Bee Sew Inspired website available in October 2022.
Fox Cub Quilt Pattern
Cover your little one in gentle protection and strength with this adorable, traditionally pieced, Fox Cub Quilt. From the cute little Fox in socks to the tip of the tail. This Fox Cub Crib Quilt is sure to add some style to any nursery, wall hanging or even back of the couch throw decor! This quilt finishes at a great size of 55” x 55”.
“Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart, and strong enough to live the life you have always imagined.”
-William Joseph Slim
Don’t forget to pick up a Fox Doll Panel set to make a matching toy! What a wonderful gift set that would be!
Shown here in (2) colorways Woodland or Arctic featuring Forest Friends – Back Country Adventure fabric by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake Designs.
Trail Map Quilt Pattern
Do you want to go for a hike on a scenic trail? Follow the applique/embroidered paw prints on the pathway of this quilt as you travel along the trail through the story of this quilt pattern!
Combining traditional piecing with raw-edge applique to achieve this adventurous design. Pass by the trail sign, forest, fussy cut map print and open fields on your way to the cabin! The Trail Map Quilt pattern is 68” x 72” and is designed to tell the story of a backcountry adventure! This pattern features fabrics and panels from the Forest Friends – Back Country Adventure fabric by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake Designs. Cuddle up under this quilt in an adventure of your imagination.
Back Country Quilt Pattern
Let’s go on an adventure deep into the Back Country and see what we can see!
The Back Country Quilt Pattern is a wonderful way to bring the outdoors inside! The forest trees are traditionally pieced and have simple and fun assembly instructions. Replace one tree block (anywhere on the quilt) with a raw-edge applique fox! What an adorable surprise in the backcountry! This Back Country quilt finishes at 72” x 84” and features fabrics and panel from the Forest Friends – Back Country Adventure fabric by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake Designs. Choose between the Woodland or Arctic colorways. Can’t you just smell the great outdoors already?
Tracking Quilt Pattern
Have you ever wondered what animal has gone before you on the trail you are hiking? The Tracking Quilt is perfect quilt to make for the animal lovers, hikers, outdoor lovers and hunters in your life! It is a modern, simple and an enjoyable sew with all traditional piecing and stitch and flip techniques. The Tracking quilt finishes at 69” x 69” and features fabrics from the Forest Friends – Back Country Adventure fabric by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake Designs. A great accent quilt with a nod to trail signs and choosing which trail to hike on next!!! You might not be able to make just one of these quilts!
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