FarmQuest General Store #42 AFCG theme starting 7 Aug 2026 + #41 brags

 Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

August 7- September 25, 2026 is competition #42**. 

**Second session for the time length expanded 6-7 weeks!!

Theme is always Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Think about rural/remote outdoor kinds of settings and acti-

vities: mountains and hills, meadows, campgrounds, farms/

ranches, petting zoos, farmers markets/roadside produce sales,

forest animals, ponds, etc.

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  FQGS Design Team delivered their AFCG topic inspiration

projects for #42:

DT Granmargaret:

digital card featuring autumn season on the farm

 

and

DT Zowie:

altered tag featuring a young girl holding a basket of eggs

and

DT/owner Becca S #1:

autumn season nature & wildlife focus "for every occasion"

+

project #2: 

autumn season nature with rabbit

+

project #2: 

gardening farmer's market stall

Thanks FQGS design team for this wonderful assortment of AFCG themed creations! 

(anything farm and/or country [rural/outdoors] goes theme)

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skip over the #41 brags section to participate #42

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Top Shelf Brag Picks from #41

#41 ran from June 7 until July 25, 2026.

There were 14 submissions by 8 artisans.

Top Shelf Pick 3:

entry #5  by Indy/Debbie O :

and

entry #10  by Lily B :

and

entry #14  by Scrappy Horses/Katrina :

Thank you so much for a delightful assortment of farm and rural outdoor topics that were delivered to FQGS during #41. 

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Participating during #42

August 7, 2026- September 25, 2026

**new expanded time session

***each participant can now submit 7 AFCG-themed projects!

*use the  Inlinkz tool to submit your AFCG creations: 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

FarmQuest General Store #41 challenge w AFCG theme + #40 top shelf brag picks

  Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

June 7- July 25, 2026 is competition #41**. 

Starting with this session, the time length will be expanded to 6-7 weeks!!

Theme is always Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Think about rural/remote outdoor kinds of settings and activities: mountains and hills, campgrounds, farms/ranches, petting zoos, farmers markets/roadside produce sales, forest animals, ponds, etc.

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Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #40 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3).

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  FQGS Design Team delivered their AFCG topic inspiration projects for #41:

WELCOME:

 DT Zowie's afcg theme #1: 

altered book cover w/ cow

and

afcg theme #2:

 journal pages w/ chicken/eggs  & sheep 

and

DT Granmargaret's afcg theme:

 farmer w/ his tractor, barn...

and

DT/owner Becca S afcg theme:

farmhouse inside & outside collage

Thanks FQGS design team for this wonderful assortment of AFCG themed creations! 

(anything farm and/or country (rural/outdoors) goes theme)

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skip over the #40 brags section to participate #41

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Top Shelf Brag Picks from #40

#40 ran from May 7 until June 5, 2026.

There were 5 submissions by 4 artisans.

Top Shelf Pick 3:

entry #1 by Jose:

and

entry #3 by Pinky:

and

entry #5 Elizabeth:

Thank you so much for a delightful assortment of farm and rural outdoor topics that were delivered to FQGS during #40. 

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Participating during #41

June 7, 2026- July 25, 2026

**new expanded time session

***each participant can now submit 7 AFCG-themed projects!

*use the  Inlinkz tool to submit your AFCG creations:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

FarmQuest General Store #37 challenge with AFCG theme topics + #36 brags

   Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

February 7- March 5, 2025 is competition #37. 

Theme is always Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Think about rural/remote outdoor kinds of settings and activities: mountains and hills, campgrounds, farms/ranches, petting zoos, farmers markets/roadside produce sales, forest animals, ponds, hayrides, tractor rides, meadows, raking leaves, building a snowman, etc.

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Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #36 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3), and a Tip-Top Shelf Winner/Guest DT Invite.

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  FQGS Design Team delivered their AFCG topic inspiration projects for #37:

** DT Call is located at the end of this post**

DT/owner Becca's AFCG choice #1:

{AFCG elements: farmers market, old farm truck }

 and

AFCG choice #2: 

{AFCG elements: mountains}

and

AFCG choice #3: 

{AFCG elements: mountains, compass}

PLUS

GUEST DT invite honoree: Scrappy Horses (Katrina)!

her blog's homepage: https://scrappyhorses.blogspot.com/

a bit about her: loves horses, loves music, loves her family, loves crafting and

 experimenting with new mediums

her project: Farm Country Flower Girl

Lovely! The homespun textiles are charming accents for this country girl 

carrying her flowers!

and her badge:

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**NOTE = skip over the brags for the link-up section to participate

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PLUS

BRAGGING RIGHTS Notice from #36 

from January 7- February 5, 2026

Congrats to these 4 artisans:  Zowie, Brenda, Deanne & Ellie!

 We're loving the variety and thrilled our 7 FQGS entries by 5 artisans embraced the broadness of rural topics we want to see! Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artisans who took time to create and deliver projects to the store!

 3 Top Shelf Picks (honorable mentions) = 

in order by entry =

entry #1 by Brenda :

 and

entry #3 by Deanne:

 and

entry #6 by Ellie: 

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PLUS

Congrats to Tip-Top Shelf Guest DT invite honoree for upcoming #38 challenge

is entry #2 by Zowie)! 

email owner/DT Becca S if you'd like to accept the Guest DT invite

questbybecca@gmail.com for March 7, 2026.

and this is your badge to copy/paste to your blog:

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PARTICIPATION: 

* February 7- March 5, 2026

* each participant can enter 1-5 AFCG theme projects

* bragging rights are possible: Top Shelf Picks, a Tip-Top Winner with Guest DT invite honoree if more than 4 artisans participate

FarmQuest General Store #37

Inlinkz tool address:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/b539790e48bd4c309a17e5e5b942292e

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See ya soon at the country store!

FarmQuest General Store Challenges blog

DT/owner Becca

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DT CALL

If interested in becoming a design team (DT) member of FQGS/FarmQuest General Store and it's offset challenge sessions with 'anything farm and/or country goes' theme topics, 

please put "FQGS design team" in the subject line of your email message to

owner Becca S =

questbybecca@gmail.com

FarmQuest General Store Challenge #36 Anything Farm and or Country Goes Theme + #35 brags

   Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

January 7- February 5, 2026 is competition #36. 

Theme is Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Think about rural/remote outdoor kinds of settings and activities: mountains and hills, campgrounds, farms/ranches, petting zoos, farmers markets/roadside produce sales, forest animals, ponds, etc.

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Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #35 bragging rights Top Shelf Picks (3) and a Top Shelf Winner/Guest DT Invite.

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  FQGS Designer/owner delivered her AFCG topic inspiration projects for #36:

**DT Call is located towards the end of this post**

DT/owner Becca's AFCG choice #1:

{AFCG elements: horses, fair ribbon}

 and

AFCG choice #2: 

{AFCG elements: snowy mountain ski lodge & skiing sports items}

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PLUS

GUEST DT invite honoree: !

her blog's homepage: 

about 

her project:

badge:

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FQGS #36 date and theme badge

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**NOTE = skip over the brags for the link-up section to participate

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BRAGGING RIGHTS Notice from #35 

from December 7, 2025- January 5, 2026

Congrats to these 4 artisans: Katrina, Sigrid, Pauline C and Deanne!

 We're loving the variety and thrilled our 6 FQGS entries embraced the broadness of rural topics we want to see! Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artisans who took time to create and deliver projects to the store!

Congrats to Guest DT invite honoree for upcoming #37 challenge for February 7, 2026

is entry # by ! 

email owner/DT Becca S if you'd like to accept the Guest DT invite

questbybecca@gmail.com by January 31, 2026.

Top Shelf Winner entry #2 Scrappy Horses/Katrina:

outdoors winter horse & rider photo! 

and this is your badge to copy/paste to your blog:

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PLUS

3 Top Shelf Picks honorable mentions = 

in order by entry =

entry #1 by Sigrid : squirrel, snail, leaves

and

entry #4 by Pauline C : festive mice

and

entry #5 by Deanne : festive pig

So much rural country charm with these artisan projects!

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DT Call or Short-term DT

I need at least 2 or more to help out long-term to create 1 AFCG theme DT project for each challenge time period. 

Email me/Becca S with a subject line FQGS long-term DT

questbybecca@gmail.com

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PARTICIPATION: 

* January 7- February 5, 2026

* each participant can enter 1-5 AFCG theme projects

* bragging rights are possible: Top Shelf Picks, a Random Winner with Guest DT invite honoree

FarmQuest General Store #36

Inlinkz tool address:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/2bf241f8539340afa59d2dd27b516e2a

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See ya soon at the country store!

FarmQuest General Store Challenges blog

DT/owner Becca

Special note:

(DT member Nana Connie decided to officially leave the team in early December 2025. We wish her the best to enjoy her retirement years. If you have interest in being a design team member, please send a FQGS subject inquiry email to= questbybecca@gmail.com)