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Meowy Christmas Quilt Pattern

November 22, 2016 by Amanda 1 Comment

I’m so excited to announce the release of my latest pattern!! It’s called Meowy Christmas and you can purchase it in my Etsy shop for instant download. I fell in love with this retro feeling Christmas cat print from Michael Miller. It was the inspiration for this quilt! The colors are so nostalgic – red, pink, green and mint green! There are 12 blocks that measure 12″. The finished quilt is 52″ x 65″ which is the purrrrfect size to cuddle up with and watch Christmas movies! Even if you are not a cat lover (gasp) this quilt is a great way to use large prints or theme prints.

This quilt even inspired Mufasa to get into the spirit of Christmas! Doesn’t he look thrilled!!

I love the quilt border! It has 12 bows that are appliqued on. This is seriously my new favorite quilt! I hope you love it too!!!

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Moonlight Path Quilt Tutorial

November 10, 2016 by Amanda 3 Comments

I am super excited to share this pattern with you! The inspiration for this quilt came when I saw this cat fabric called The Highlands from Michael Miller on the Fat Quarter Shop website! Yes those are cats with antlers!!!!

I’m so in love with it!!!!! I selected 22 prints to coordinate with this sweet little fabric to create the Moonlight Path Fat Quarter Bundle that is available from Fat Quarter Shop!

Aren’t these colors fabulous together! To make this throw-size quilt top you only need this fat quarter bundle and nothing else!! (There is enough fabric left over if you want to make a scrappy binding too!)

The fat quarter bundle has a perfect blend of darks, lights, and mids. You don’t have to add any additional yardage!!

I love all the shades of blue with a few gray prints – I am a blue girl – can you tell! If you look closely there are a few fussy cut cat blocks hidden in the quilt. After all, they were the inspiration 🙂

Let’s get started!!

all seams 1/4″

We will only be using 2 1/2″ strips for the blocks.

Each dark print 2 1/2″ strip will be enough for one block. You need 50 dark strips for the 50 blocks.

Each light print 2 1/2″ strip will be enough for (2) blocks. You need 25 light print strips.

Each medium print 2 1/2″ strip will be enough for (2) blocks. You need 25 medium print strips.

Once the strips are cut, sew the light and medium strips together lengthwise. Press toward the dark. Sub-cut into 2 1/2″ increments. Cut the dark strips in 4 1/2″ increments. The above picture shows everything you need for one block.

Sew the strip set to the dark rectangle as pictured above. You will have (4) of these units per block.

Continue sewing in this manner until all the strips are sewn into these units.

The pieced units will be sewn as pictured above, like a 4-patch. I pressed the seams alternately as much as I could for easy matching.

Now you have a finished block! Continue sewing all the units together to form 50 blocks.

I love how they each turned out!!!

Cat Blocks

You will need to make 6 additional fussy-cut cat blocks to mix in.

Fussy cut the cat fabric in 4 1/2″ squares. Cut 6.

Cut (24) light 2 1/2″ squares.

Cut (24) medium 2 1/2″ squares.

Cut (24) dark 2 1/2″ squares.

Lay them out according to the photo below:

Sew the top and bottom rows together. Sew the sides together, press, then sew to the sides of the cat square. Finally sew the top and bottom rows to the center cat unit, matching seams. Press.

I love the cat block! It wouldn’t be a quilt unless there was a little theme print in it!!! Of course you could omit the cat blocks and just make 56 of the original blocks.

Lay the quilt out 7 blocks across and 8 rows down. I had to play around with my blocks so they didn’t create an unwanted pattern. It’s tricky to look random 🙂 Sew the blocks together pressing seams alternately with each row. Sew the rows together pinning at every seam intersection. Quilt, bind, love!

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Heartland Fabric Blog Tour and Quilt Tutorial

November 10, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I’m thrilled to be a part of Pat Bravo’s Art Gallery Fabrics H eårtland Blog Tour!!! And a special thanks to Amy from During Quiet Time for putting it all together!! These amazing fabrics were so much fun to play with. When they arrived in the mail I may have squealed!!!

I love how these fabrics look all together and I knew I wanted each fabric to have an equal part in my quilt and not single any one out. I love the over all look of them blended together. I decided to use my Sizzix tumbler die. This quilt is just as easy as sewing squares together, but has an entirely different look with the tumbler shape. I also did not place each fabric individually in the quilt. I wanted a truly random look – and that’s just what I got! Also, using the tumbler die makes each seam match up perfectly!!!

To make this quilt you need a stack of fat quarters or yardage of Heartland fabric and the Sizzix Bigz L Tumbler die. I used 19 different fabrics.

Cut your fabric into 5 1/4″ strips.

Lay the fabric strips on the Sizzix Tumbler die. I layered up to 6 at a time!

Die cut each strip and then move the strip down, rotating it, and continue die cutting. This way you have hardly any waste.

Such a fun little stack! You need a total of 256 tumblers.

Once you have all the tumblers die cut, mix them up in a bag and grab and go! They will be sewn together in an alternating manner.

Place the tumblers right side together, there should be 1/4″ overhang at the top and the bottom. Sew along the edge using a 1/4″ seam.

This is how it looks with the seam.

Continue sewing tumblers together in rows of 16 (you can totally change up the dimensions). You will need 15 rows. Press each of the seams of the rows alternating so the seams look like this:

Sew the rows together and press. Mufasa loves the quilt!!!!!

I like to quilt the quilt without squaring up the edges. After quilting, square up the edges with a rotary cutter and bind. Here’s the rest of the schedule so you don’t miss a thing:

Wednesday, November 9 ~ Jade/Stitch mischief
Thursday, November 10 ~ Amanda/Jedi Craft Girl
Friday, November 11 ~ Kari/Craft happy
Monday, November 14 ~ Stephanie/Spontaneous Threads
Tuesday, November 15 ~ Christopher/The Tattooed Quilter
Wednesday, November 16 ~ Kerry/kid giddy
Thursday, November 17 ~ Nichole/Wildboho
Friday, November 18 ~ Krista/poppyprint

Find Pat @PatBravoDesign on Instagram, and see the hashtags #PatBravoDesign,
#HeartlandFabrics, and #ArtGalleryFabrics.

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Spooky Town Wall Quilt

October 21, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I love the adorable artwork panels by Cori Dantini for Blend Fabrics! This line is called Spooky Town. It seems each season Cori comes out with beautiful new designs! I came up with this fun way to add borders and create a wall hanging! This tutorial can also be adjusted to fit other panels of fabric .

Let’s get started:

Fabric Requirements:

1 panel

1/3 yard white fabric

1/4 yard black print

fat quarters or scraps for each of the 6 pinwheels

1/4 yard binding

1 yard back

Cut the panel so it measures 13.5″ x 23.5″

Make 6 pinwheels. Each pinwheel is made up of (4) 3″ half square triangles (HST). You can choose any method you like – I always use my Sizzix to cut the HST – they come out so perfect! You will need 24 triangles of orange and 24 triangles of white.

Sew the orange and white triangles together. Press seams open. You don’t have to square up with the Sizzix either!

Lay out four HST and sew together as a 4-patch, pressing seams open each time. You will have 6 pinwheels measuring 5.5″ square.

To make the strip sets, cut (4) 1.75″ x WOF of the white. Cut (2) 3″xWOF of the black. Sew the white strips on both sides of the black strip. Make 2 strip sets. Press toward the dark. Cut the strip sets in (4) units of 9″ and (2) units of 13.5″.

Sew the 9″ units onto both sides of a pinwheel. Make 2 of these side units.

Sew a pinwheel onto the ends of both 13.5″ strip set unit. Press. Below is a diagram with the measurements.

Sew the side units on first. Press open. Sew the top and bottom units on next. Press open.

Now it’s ready to quilt and bind! You will love having this to hang in your house! I made one for me and one for my sister 🙂

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Filed Under: Blend Fabrics, FEATURED, Halloween, quilt

Quilt Binding on the Bias

October 17, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I LOVE striped quilt binding cut on the bias! In fact, this is always my first choice when making quilt binding!! I recently received a question from a reader who asked to explain an easy way to make striped bias cut quilt binding. Here is my answer in a simple step by step. There are fancy and tricky ways out there that show you how to cut binding strips on the bias. I stick to my old-fashion method 🙂

My mother-in-law, who is a seasoned quilter, explained that traditionally quilt binding was always cut on the bias and was single fold. The reason being that when you cut fabric on the bias it won’t unravel as if you cut it along the grain. That way the quilt binding only needed to have one layer because the bias cut would hold up to wear and washing. Now days it seems we all cut 2 1/2″ strips and fold in half and it doesn’t matter which way the fabric is cut.

I like to look for fabric that is printed on the bias. This is the best invention because you get the bias striped look, you don’t need as much fabric, and the cutting is easier!

With bias striped printed fabric you only need to cut it at 2 1/2″ increments!!

Most striped fabric is not printed on the bias so you need to follow this method:

First you want to have at least a half yard of fabric to begin with. A yard is better because you get nice long strips, but if you only have 1/2 yard it will still work. Don’t lay your fabric like this:

Instead you open the fabric and fold it at a 45 degree angle. Line up the fold along the bottom of your cutting mat.

Take the extra fabric at the top and fold it directly down:

Choose a nice spot in the center and line up the ruler. Make your first cut.

Then proceed to cut at 2 1/2″increments until you have the desired amount of strips.

Line up the strips perpendicular angle. Match up the stripes:

Sew from intersection to intersection:

Trim off the excess, 1/4″ away from the seam. Press the seam open.

Perfect bias striped binding!!! Press in half lengthwise and sew on your quilt as you normally would.

You can apply the same technique to gingham and plaid!

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Timber Quilt Pattern from Fat Quarter Shop

October 5, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I’m so excited to be a part of the Fat Quarter Shop Timber Quilt Blog Tour! This amazing pattern is available for free download (click HERE ) From Fat Quarter Shop! You will love how easy it is to follow and how amazing it looks when it’s all put together!

I choose Tapestry by Art Gallery Fabrics. There is a cat in one of the prints!! screen-shot-2016-10-05-at-1-15-15-pm

Mufasa and I go all settle in and began cutting. Oh what fun!

The blocks are super fun to put gether!

I love that this pattern goes quickly because you can chain piece! Here is what chain piecing looks like at my house!

And before you know it the blocks are finished! These colors and prints just sing!!

There are 20 total blocks that make up the quilt.

I can’t decide which color set I like best!

Before we could finish the quilt – someone pooped out 🙂

These colors look amazing together!!

I absolutely love how this pattern came together! I would totally make it again!! I love the one bright orange row and that it is slightly off center – as if I tried to do that!!!

Now it’s time for you to make one!! You will LOVE it!!!

These fabulous ladies also made a Timber Quilt! Check out their blogs to see their versions!!!

Tina from Emily Ann’s Kloset

Melissa from Happy Quilting

Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl

Melanie from Mostly Crafty

Natalia from Piece N’ Quilt

Megan from Quilt Story

Heather from Quilt Story

Afton from Quilting Mod

Erin from Why Not Sew

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Ghost Windows Wallhanging Quilt

October 4, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I love sewing with traditional orange and black fabrics – don’t you! This little quilt measures 24″ square and is perfect to hang on a wall or put on a table. All you need is a little yardage and the Sizzix Ghost Die and you’re set! I love that each of the ghosts have their own personality!! All seams 1/4″.

First press the Heat n Bond Ultra onto the wrong side of the off-white solid fabric. I choose Ultra because it requires no-sewing. I didn’t want to spend time sewing around each ghost!

Die cut 9 sets of ghosts. Make sure to die cut ghosts going both ways to give more variety to the quilt. Cut (9) 4 1/2″ solid black squares for the ghost windows.

Peel off the backing of the ghosts and position them as desired.

For the 9 blocks, cut 5 orange fabrics and 4 low volume fabrics according to the above dimensions. Sew the side portions on, press, then add the top and bottom pieces.

Make sure to rotate the ghost windows are in a different loceation, it makes the quilt look a little more random. Sew the blocks together in rows, press, and sew the rows together. Press.

Spray baste, quilt, and bind!

I really love these cute little Sizzix ghosts!!!!!

I have the perfect spot to hang it!!

Supplies:

1/4 yard off-white fabric

1/4 yard solid black fabric

5 fat quarters or quarter yard cuts orange print

4 fat quarters or quarter yard cuts low volume black print

1/4 yard binding

1 yard backing

Heat n Bond Ulatra

Sizzix Fabi

Sizzix Ghost die

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Windy Girls Quilt Tutorial- Wistful Winds Blog Tour

October 4, 2016 by Amanda 8 Comments

I’m super excited to be apart of Shari Butler of Doohicky Designs’ Whistful Winds Blog Tour! I met Shari at Quilt Market in May and I was introduced to her Wistful Winds fabric line. Shari is the nicest person ever and her designs are so sweet! As soon as I saw this fabric I new I had to make something for Sally.

So I set out plans to sew her a dress. I had 4 different prints of yardage which was what the dress required. Then, Sally told me she did not want a dress and that she had too many dresses as it was. She asked if I would make her a quilt and I did a little happy dance in my head 🙂 Sewing clothes stresses me out and quilting makes me happy!

And so I set out to design a quilt that only uses 4 different fabrics – because that’s all I had! I love how it turned out and Sally is thrilled!

Mufasa got to test it out for a few minutes before Sally got a hold of it.

Here’s how you can make this quilt:

Finished Quilt 48″ x 60″ – perfect for a little girl

Block Size 12″

All seams 1/4″

Press toward the dark side when possible

Fabric Requirements:

2/3 yard orange girl fabric

3/4 yard small dot fabric

1 yard blue floral

1 yard white floral

1/2 yard binding

3 yards backing

Cut (4) 4 1/2″ x WOF strips orange girl fabric

Cut (8) 2 1/2″ x WOF strips white dots

Cut (3) 4 1/2″ x WOF Blue on blue floral

Cut (3) 6 1/2″ x WOF Blue on Blue floral

Cut (3) 4 1/2″ x WOF White floral

Cut (3) 6 1/2″ x WOF white floral

Sew the white dot strips to the orange girl strips lengthwise. Press seams. Make 4 of these strip sets.

Subcut stripsets into 8 1/2″ increments yielding 8 1/2″ squares. You should have 20.

Sew a white floral 4 1/2″ strip to a blue floral 4 1/2″ strip. Make 3 of these strip sets. Press.

Cut at 2 1/2″ increments. Cut 40

Sew a 6 1/2″ blue floral strip to a 6 1/2″ white floral strip. Press. Make 3 of these strip sets.

Cut at 2 1/2″ increments. Cut 40.

Lay out 10 blocks this way.

Lay out 10 blocks this way – notice the center block rotates.

Sew the top and bottom units, press. Sew the side units, press. You will have 20 total blocks.

Lay out the quilt as pictured above. Notice each row alternates center square direction. Sew blocks together in rows, matching seams. Sew rows together.

Baste, quilt, bind.

This is such a great pattern to whip up for a gift. You could omit 3 blocks and it would be a perfect baby quilt size.

I love the fun pattern this quilt creates by using only 4 fabrics. A scrappy version with lots of different fabrics would also be fun!

I’m thinking this is my new favorite throw quilt pattern! It might even be doable for Christmas gifts!
Someone is pretty happy!! It’s not everyday your mom sews a quilt just for YOU!!!!

Mufasa looks a touch jealous!

Check out these amazing designers and the awesome projects they’ve created using Wistful Winds by Riley Blake Designs!

October 3rd:
Amy Sinibaldi – www.nanaCompany.typepad.com
Kristyne Czepuryk – www.prettybyhand.com

October 4th:
Amanda Niederhauser – www.jedicraftgirl.com
Amy Smart – www.diaryofaquilter.com

October 5th:
Meagan Taylor/Kristi Jones – www.meagsandme.com
Christine Cook – www.stitchingrevival.com

October 6th:
Elea Lutz – www.elealutzdesign.com
Jodie Carleton – www.vintagericrac.blogspot.com

October 7th:
Sedef Imer – www.downgrapevinelane.com
Jina Barney – jinabarneydesignz.com

October 10th:
Elizabeth Evans – www.simplesimonandco.com
Kimberly Bourne – www.mainstreetmarketdesigns.com

October 11th:
Jemima Flendt – www.tiedwitharibbon.com
Nadra Ridgeway – www.ellisandhiggs.com
Amy Chappel – www.amerooniedesigns.blogspot.com

October 12th:
Katie Skoog – www.thesimplelifecompany.com
Amber Johnson – www.alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com
Gwen Sager – www.tillalili.blogspot.com

October 13th:
Angie Wilson – www.gnomeangel.com
Clare Horsman – www.claresplaceblog.blogspot.com
Deanna Wall – www.stitchesquilting.com

October 14th:
Melissa Mortenson – polkadotchair.com
Jessica Stewart – www.izzyandivydesigns.com
Shari Butler – www.doohikeydesigns.com/blog/

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Mid Century Modern Remix Quilt featuring Knock on Wood

September 16, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I am so excited about Deena Rutter’s latest line of fabric called Knock on Wood! It is the perfect collection of fabric for the boys in your life!!!!! I have always been a fan of Deena’s designs and I was happy to meet her at Quilt Market in May! Andy from A Bright Corner, myself, and Deena 🙂

I think you’re going to like this quilt pattern! It’s very liberating in that you don’t have to lay out blocks or arrange fabrics.

You grab and go! Knock on Wood is perfectly balanced with light, medium, and dark fabrics and they are the most scrumptious prints!!

You can download a the PDF pattern here 🙂

The pattern uses 2 1/2″ strips.

Mufasa was very helpful in handing me the strips to sew.

The quilt is made up of 9 large blocks that are 20″. These large blocks are really a 4-patch of smaller blocks. You rotate each block so the center section forms a patchy center. It’s super random – and I love it!!

It’s a little crazy and a little funky and a little retro!!!

The fabrics are so amazing that anything you sew with them is going to turn out awesome!!

The shed in my backyard and the quilt totally match….hahaha!!!

At 60″ square it makes a great throw size. You could add 3 more large blocks on the bottom if you wanted it to fit a twin bed. I have loved seeing what all these talented ladies have made with this amazing fabric! I have some scraps leftover and can’t wait to make something else!!!

Monday, 9/12 Deena Rutter

Tuesday, 9/13 Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter

Wednesday, 9/14 Dara Tomasson, Stitched Quilting Co.

Thursday, 9/15 Jina Barney, Jina Barney Designz

Friday, 9/16 Amanda Niederhauser, Jedi Craft Girl

Saturday, 9/17 Deena Rutter

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October Stars Quilt Pattern

September 15, 2016 by Amanda Leave a Comment

It’s almost October and I can’t get enough Orange & Black sewing! I love traditional Halloween colors! Meet October Stars, my newest quilt pattern! It’s available in my Etsy shop and I love everything about this quilt!