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Charlotte’s Spooky Garden

August 1, 2023 by Amanda 2 Comments

Today begins the Charlottte’s Spooky Garden sew along! Each week we are focusing on a different portion of the quit!

The original pattern, Charlotte’s Garden, uses Leafy Keen fabric which I love.

I wrote special cutting instructions for the Halloween version.

Click HERE for the pattern link.

Click the link HERE for the Halloween cutting instructions.

I love the Halloween version! Join me on Instagram for sewing tips each week as we make this quilt in August!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Halloween

Mod Valentine Quilt Pattern

February 15, 2023 by Amanda 2 Comments

The Mod Meow cats are back and with a valentine flair!

This fun feline Valentine Quilt measures 72″ square and the blocks measure 16″. This pattern is 2 1/2″ x WOF strip friendly!

The pattern includes all the cat images for appliqué. I used Heat n Bond Lite and machine appliquéd the cats.

You can purchase the pattern in my Etsy shop by clicking HERE.

It’s 100% Mufasa approved

Filed Under: FEATURED, Heat n Bond, Mod Meow, quilt, Riley Blake, Valentine's Day

The Plant Life quilt is finished!! I am loving it so much. I designed this quilt about a year and a half ago when I was submitting the proposal for my Leafy Keen fabric collection with Riley Blake Designs. For 18 months this quilt has been at the back of my mind and now finally its real!

Each plant has a name and each plant is made up of the same size half square triangles.

It may seem like a lot of triangles but they go fast and before you know it you are assembling plant blocks!

You can purchase the pattern in my Etsy shop by clicking HERE.

I used fabrics from Leafy Keen, my newest fabric collection by Riley Blake Designs. The collection is hitting stores October 2022!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Leafy Keen, quilt, Riley Blake

4-Patch Charm Quilt

July 16, 2022 by Amanda 4 Comments

I love buying precuts – especially 5″ squares. I love all the different patterns using precut – but sometimes I just want something easy where I can just sew the squares together.

The precut squares I used are from the Carnaby Collection by Liberty Fabrics for Riley Blake Designs. You can use any collection or even scraps!

This pattern lets you sew the 5″ squares together without having to trim or square up. You can make it totally scrappy and random. The sashing adds interest and spacing to accent the fabrics you’ve chosen!

The finished quilt is 73″ x 86″ which makes it the perfect size for a throw quilt. I like to use simpler quilts for “cuddling” – watching movies or taking to sports or the beach.

Here’s the fabric requirements:

120 squares 5” x 5” in a variety of colors or 15 strips 5” x WOF cut into 120 5″ squares

¼ yard dark blue fabric for Plus Blocks

½ yard red fabric for sashing

2 ½ yards white fabric

1 ¼ yard floral border fabric

¾ yard binding fabric

6 yards quilt backing

The pattern is available in my Etsy shop as a PDF.

I hope you love it!!

Filed Under: FEATURED, quilt, Riley Blake

RBD Block Challenge 2022

March 15, 2022 by Amanda 20 Comments

It’s my turn for the Riley Blake Designs Block Challenge! I’ve designed a fun block for you! Have you been following along? Every week a new block pattern is released.

My block is called the Lynx block and it uses an easy piece method so it sews up fast!

I used Mod Meow to make my block and Mufasa oversaw the whole process. He put is paw print of approval on it!

Here is a link to all the info for the blocks and the mystery quilt.

Here is a link to all the You Tube videos from the past blocks.

Have fun sewing along and make sure to tag me on Instagram!!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Mod Meow, Riley Blake

Scrappy Charm Christmas Version

December 13, 2021 by Amanda 3 Comments

I try and make at least one new Christmas quilt every year. One of my favorite things about decorating is getting out all the Christmas quilts I’ve made over the years!

I used my Scrappy Charm quilt pattern and used all my Christmas fabric scraps and made this fun throw quilt! So essentially you can make this with what’s in your stash! The scrappier the happier!!!

The quilt measures 64″ square but you could easily add more rows to make it larger. I put plaid flannel on the back so it’s super cozy!

You can find the pattern in PDF of Paper in my Etsy shop!

Filed Under: Christmas, FEATURED, quilt

Quilts and More

December 13, 2021 by Amanda 23 Comments

Make sure to pick up a copy of the Winter 2022 Quilts & More magazine!!!!!

I am super excited to be a Scrap Lab designer! If you don’t know what that is, Quilts & More sends a curated bundle of fabric and then a sewing prompt and the Scrap Lab designers design a project for publication! This issue we received a beautiful bundle by Riley Blake Designs and I was asked to make a table runner.

My runner was inspired by the lovely florals in the fabric collection Primrose Hill by Melanie Collette of Hello Melly Designs. You can get all the patterns for the wallhanging, the pillows and the table runner in the Winter 2022 edition which is on sale right now!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Riley Blake Tagged With: all people quilt

Bird Ornaments

December 13, 2021 by Amanda 3 Comments

I love making handmade ornaments to give as Christmas gifts. This year I sewed up some Christmas bird ornaments!

You will love how fast they come together – go ahead sew a whole flock!!!

You can download the pattern by clicking HERE.

For the instructions watch this little video tutorial!

Filed Under: birds, Christmas, FEATURED

Follow the Bluebird

October 22, 2021 by Amanda 17 Comments

Riley Blake Designs has just released a new fabric collection called Hush Hush. It is made up of 21 different low volume fabrics created and designed by 21 different designers! This collection is a must for your low volume stash!

Of course my fabric involves cats! Ella and I worked on this print together and came up with a sweet drawing of a kitty surrounded by little hand drawn hearts. I love it so much!

Riley Blake Designes has released 3 bluebird quilt block designs and challenged the designers to create a project using the Hush Hush collection and a bluebird. So fun right? You can find all the info and the patterns HERE.

You can make a paper pieced or traditional pieced bluebird or an appliqué one. I choose the appliqué method since the quilt involves some appliqué. And I always use Heat n Bond Lite and machine appliqué in a straight stitch repeated a few times – I like fast!

My project of course involved cats! Because you can’t have birds without cats!

I used my Mod Meow quilt pattern and made only 1 of the cat posts in the pattern. I appliquéd 3 kitties from the Mod Meow fabric panel and 1 little bluebird at the top. I love it so much! For the background fabric I used my print from the Hush Hush collection and the pink hearts match the Mod Meow pink so purrrrfectly!

If you want to make a single cat post quilt like I did here are a few things to know – I shortened the “post” part a few inches since it didn’t have to fit next to anything. I added an inner low volume border cut 2.5″ wide, a teal middle border cut 2″ wide, and a low volume outer border cut 2.5″ wide. Then I used blue binding cut on the bias. You can find the Mod Meow pattern in my Etsy shop in PDF or paper. The cat panel is sold seperately.

Seriously this make me smile every time I walk by it!

Mufasa totally approves. He prefers the quilt as a table runner instead of a wall hanging so he can lay on it – it’s a cat thing 🙂

Filed Under: appliqué, birds, black cat, cat, FEATURED, Heat n Bond, Mod Meow, Riley Blake

Self Pawtrait Softie

August 28, 2021 by Amanda 24 Comments

If you know me you know I love cats! So when my friend Pam from Pammie Jane wrote a sewing book all about cats I had to get my paws on it! You will love every project in her book – from quilts to zipper pouches to pillows – there is something for every cat lover! And her photography is amazing!!

I made this fun little kitty softie and I love the creativity of adding a Dresden Plate to the side of the cat! Brilliant!

I made my kitty with Mod Meow fabrics and Riley Blake charcoal linen. I was thinking this kitty would be super cute in black velvet and halloween colors for the Dresden Plate!

Mufasa is thrilled to have another cat around the house!

I just keep thinking how cute these kitties would be for all seasons and holidays! What if you turned the Dresden Plate into a sunflower!! So many fun paw-sibilities!!

Make sure to check out all the other bloggers who made projects from Pam’s Purr-fect Patchwork book!

Leave a comment here to be entered to win a free e-copy of the book!! Plus every stop on the blog tour has a giveaway for an eBook, so you have LOTS of chances to win. AND there’s a grand prize giveaway for a physical copy of the book, a #catsonquilts button, and a ton of goodies from sponsors. To enter the grand prize giveaway you just need to leave a comment at every stop on the blog tour.