Cultivating Exciting Projects with the GO! Tractor Die

We can hardly contain our excitement that the GO! Tractor is here as February’s Die to Try™ - meaning that it’s only around for one month or while supplies last and it’s only available from AccuQuilt or your local AccuQuilt retailer!

This is no ordinary tractor either! This die features 7 different shapes to create a picture-perfect tractor to embellish all kinds of projects for young and old alike. These detailed shapes would be time-consuming and difficult to cut by hand, but with the die you can cut up to 4 layers of fused cotton at a time!

But hold on, the cutting fun doesn’t stop with cotton, because GO! dies are designed to cut a wide variety of materials, including denim, felt, flannel, wool, craft foam and cork. This die is great for using scraps of all those materials, too.

The GO! Tractor is designed to play well with others to help you create some farm-fresh designs! It teams up perfectly with the GO! Farm Animal Medley, the GO! Pickup Truck and the GO! Camper to name a few.

So, let’s head to the barn and see the fun, inspiring free patterns available to go with this die.

Wall Decor

What wall wouldn’t look just a little bit better with the GO! Tractor Baby Wall Hanging on it? I love the combination of the barns with the tractors so much, I just may make one of these for myself! If green isn’t your preferred tractor color, check out GO! Quilt and re-imagine the pattern with yellow, blue, red or any other color for your tractors!

Reading Time

If there’s one thing we hope little ones love, it’s reading! Help them cultivate that love of reading time by making it a little more special with the GO! Tractor Book Pocket Pillow. This shows how well the GO! Tractor teams up with the GO! Camper, and it would make a great gift with a favorite book (or 2) tucked into the pocket.

A Classic - With a Twist!

Here’s the GO! Home Grown Throw Quilt, boasting the look of a traditional Irish Chain quilt with the little “twist” of adding in some tractors! As complicated as it looks, this is great pattern for anyone who can sew a ¼” seam!

Quilt-As-You Go Fun

With a June Tailor Savvy Stripes Lap Quilt kit, you can easily make the adorable GO! Farm Stripe Throw Quilt. Add your own fabric and shapes cut from the GO! Tractor and GO! Farm Animals Medley dies to create a precious quilt.

Finishing Touches

Since GO! Appliqué dies are designed for fusible appliqué, you can finish the shapes any way you would like, from decorative stitches to raw edge appliqué with straight stitches just inside the edges of each shape to quilting over top, but if you have an embroidery machine, we have some great options!

First, AccuQuilt has basic outline embroidery available in your choice of satin, blanket or motif stitches as free downloads you can use, a great added value. But, if you’re looking for something a bit more detailed, there are some fantastic options available for purchase and download. Here are just a few:

Free, downloadable embroidery in blanket, motif and satin stitches.

You’re sure to dream up dozens of other uses for this fun die – like creating party decorations, embellishing clothing like T-shirts or denim jackets, or setting a farm-friendly table with a table runner and placemats. But remember, you need to “harvest” one of these dies before they’re gone!