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Riley Blake Blog Tour {Baby Play Mat Tutorial with Matching Zipper Pouch}

June 4, 2014 by Amanda 23 Comments

I am so excited to be participating in the Riley Blake Designs Quilted Cotton Blog Hop.

6/10 – Nancy Zieman

6/12 – The Sassy Quilter

6/17 – Just Let Me Quilt

6/19 – Simple Simon & Co.

6/24 – Haberdashery Fun

6/26 – Sew We Quilt

7/1 – Jina Barney Designz

7/3 – Leigh Laurel Studios

7/8 – Riley Blake Designs

Today is my day for the blog hop so WELCOME and thanks for stopping by! I can’t tell you how in love I am with Riley Blake’s new quilted cottons. They come in a variety of patterns and colors. I choose the black chevron which has polka dots on the reverse side. I love giving hand made baby gifts but sometimes it gets a little challenging to create a new quilt from scratch for every baby gift; as much as my heart wants to. The quilted cottons are perfect for sewing for baby: I appliquéd some flowers, added extra wide binding and it’s an adorable play mat or changing mat or quilt for baby.

I also used what was left of the quilted cotton to make a diaper change zipper pouch. It holds all the essentials: diapers, wipes, sanitizer, etc. Continue reading for the instructions….

Supplies:

1 yard Riley Blake Quilted Cotton

6 fat quarters flower appliqué fabric

3/4 yard fabric for wide binding

Therm O Web Spray n Bond basting spray.

Download the flower patterns HERE (for large flower, you will have to enlarge on your computer – it measures about 10.5″ across)

Cut the quilted cotton 35″ x WOF (Of course you can cut whatever size you want)

Cut the 3 sizes of flower and flower centers out to make the pattern.

Pin the pattern pieces to the fabric and cut out.

Spray the Spray n Bond to the wrong side of the fabric appliqué pieces and place on the quilt. It is a bit of a challenge to appliqué on such a large piece of fabric – there was some pushing and pulling involved. I found it easier to spray baste the flowers after finishing sewing the one before.

Stitch around each flower and flower center 2 times using black thread.

To make the extra wide binding…. cut 4 strips 5″ x WOF. Sew together and press in half. Continue as you would with regular binding, only line up the raw edge of the binding 1″ from the edge of the quilt like this:

I machine sewed the binding so it would hold up nice in the wash. I am hoping this will be used more as a changing mat or crawling mat so it will be getting laundered often! I love how it turned out! This could easily be changed up for a boy – the navy and white chevron would be cute with anchors or fish!!

Of course I needed to sew a matching zipper pouch. I like the idea of having all the diaper change stuff in one handy pouch. I used one of my favorite tutorials from my good friend Jennifer. I changed the measurements from 9″x11″ to 8″x11″. The rest of the tutorial is exactly the same.

Cut (2) quilted cotton pieces 8″ x 11″

Cut (2) lining fabric pieces 8″ x 11″

Applique the smallest flower from the quilt pattern above to the side of one of the quilted cotton pieces. Then follow the rest of the tutorial.

I need one of these for myself!!

They make such a darling set! I can’t wait to give this to my friend who is expecting her very first baby!!

Thanks for stopping by! I can’t wait to see all the projects on this fun Blog Tour!!

Filed Under: appliqué, FEATURED, gift, Heat n Bond, patterns, quilt, Riley Blake, sewing, tutorial, zipper pouch

Riley Blake Union Jack Quilt Tutorial

April 22, 2014 by 3 Comments

Cheers! I am so excited to be participating in Riley Blake’s Union Jack Blog Hop! I am in love with the fun colors of this Union Jack panel! My friend, Karen, loves all things British: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, the Royal Family, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Fish ‘n Chips, Beef Wellington, The Cure & Adele….her husband served a mission in England, AND here is Harper, their adorable baby girl with a trendy British name! Harper is the cutest baby ever and this quilt is for her.

This quilt is the perfect size for a wallhanging or baby quilt

Finished quilt 38.5″ x 30.5″

Here’s how you can make your own “Harper Girl” quilt.

Supplies:

1 Union Jack print

assorted jelly roll strips of prints and white – or yardage to cut strips

Heat n Bond Lite Printable sheets

batting

1 yard backing fabric

1/3 yard binding

Cut the white fabric and assorted prints into 2.5″ strips x WOF

I used 1 strip of each of the 8 colors, cut 16 white strips

Now cut each WOF strip in half

Sew into strip sets of (5) total. I just picked random colors and didn’t try and lay out the pattern. Make 3 sets with white beginning and ending and 3 sets with prints beginning and ending as pictured:

Press toward the prints.

Cut the strip sets into 2.5″ sub sets:

Make 2 piles: one with the white on the outside and one with the patterned fabric on the outside:

Now comes the fun part – grab and sew! Once again, I didn’t try and lay out a pattern, I just grabbed 2 strip sets and sewed together. Make sure the intersections of the seams sandwich together nicely.

Make 9 of these blocks: 5 blocks with patterned corners, 4 blocks with white corners.

Fussy cut one of the Union Jack blocks, leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance around the print.

Find a font you like and print it in reverse on one of these Heat n Bond EZ print sheets – you could also use a silhouette, but I am not that advanced!

Cut out the letters and peel off the backing paper. Cut a piece of white fabric 9.25″ wide (the width of the Union Jack) x 19.5″ Place the letters and iron in place. Straight stitch around each letter twice.

Sew the Union Jack to the white fabric.

Lay out your blocks in this pattern: 2 rows of 3 blocks, then the Union Jack strip, then 1 row of 3 blocks. Square up the white fabric if there is a little excess on the end.

Quilt as desired

Filed Under: gift, quilt, Riley Blake, Therm O Web, tutorial, tutorials

Gracie Girl Quilt Tutorial

March 12, 2014 by 3 Comments

These Gracie Girl fabrics from Riley Blake are the cutest! I created this quilt to give to a dear friend who recently adopted a baby girl. The quilt should really be called “Harper Girl” because that is the sweet baby’s name. She is a doll. The tutorial can be found on the Riley Blake Website. It’s a super fun pattern and I love how it shows off the wonderful fabrics!

Filed Under: quilt, Riley Blake, tutorial

Mommy & Me Aprons

March 4, 2014 by Amanda 4 Comments

Sally has been begging me for a half-apron for quite some time. I fell in love with the Remember fabric line designed by Carina Gardner, who I had the privilege of meeting at Sewing Summit! Her Riley Blake Fabrics are so beautiful. I love the vintage feel of this fabric line – it’s perfect to go in my vintage-inspired kitchen. The aprons are pretty simple to make. Here’s what you need:

Supplies:
3/4 yard main fabric
1 yard stripe fabric
1/4 yard pink fabric
1/4 yard pocket fabric
2 yards wide lace
2 yards medium lace
2 yards small lace

For Adult Apron:

Cut main fabric 13.5″ x 36″

Cut stripe fabric 3″ x 36″

Cut pink fabric 4.5″ x 36

For Child Apron:

Cut main fabric 9.5″ x 30″

Cut stripe fabric 2.5″ x 30″

Cut pink fabric 3″ x 30″

Sew the strip sets together using 1/4″ seams in this order. Zig zag each seam to prevent fraying.

Press seams in one direction.

Fold pink raw edge (hem) under 1/4″ and sew.

Lay the wide lace with right sides together along the hem. Sew along the edge of the lace about 1/4″ depending on the lace pattern.

Fold under and press. Top stitch in place.

Next place the medium and small lace along the seams of the fabric strips. Top stitch in place.

To finish the sides, fold raw edges in 1/4″ and sew, then fold in 1/4″ again. Back stitch at the start and stop. This should also secure the raw edge of the lace and keep it from fraying.

Prepare the pocket…cut:

Adult pocket: 8.5″x 6.5″

Child pocket 6.5″ x 5.5″

Fold the top edge in 1/4″ and sew.

Press sides in 1/4″ and bottom 1/4″. Fold the top down about 2.5″ or to your liking.

It should look like this:

Pin the pocket into place. Of course you can sew 2 pockets or change up the shape. I am right handed so I put the pocket on the right side of the apron. Pin in place and topstitch leaving the top open.

Prepare the waistband:

Adult apron cut (2) 5″ x WOF and (1) 5″ x 21″
Child apron cut (2) 4″ x 38″ and (1) 4″ x 18″ – you can adjust the length depending on how long you want the ties.

The idea is to have a waistband portion (the shorter piece) in the center and two ties (the longer pieces) on each side.

Sew the waist band pieces end to end with the shortest piece in the center. Press seams open.

Sew a 1/4″ gathering stitch along the top of the aprons. Pull up threads to gather.

Lay the gathered piece along the waistband piece like this – making sure to align centers. Notice right sides are together.

Pin into place. Sew just this portion sewing over the gathering stitch.

Press the entire waistband under 1/4″ – all the way around, like this:

Fold the waistband over so folded edges align.

Pin into place. I leave my pins in and turn the apron over and sew using the front of the waistband as my guide. That way the front of the apron looks perfect. The seam catches the back of the waistband just fine. Continue sewing the entire way around the waistband with a 1/8″ seam.

Done!!

I think they are so cute!! We’ve already made a batch of orange rolls today!!

Filed Under: apron, kitchen, Riley Blake, sewing, tutorial

Lost and Found 2 Placemat Tutorial

January 14, 2014 by 3 Comments

Today my placemat tutorial is being featured over at Riley Blake Designs. It is featuring the Lost and Found 2 line of fabric that is absolutely delicious! It is the perfect mix of vintage and trendy! I am so thrilled to finally have placemats for my new table! They are super easy to make and finish!

I wanted to show off the fabrics so I kept the design pretty simple. I love the feeling the crochet lace adds!

Filed Under: decorating, quilt, Riley Blake, sewing, tutorial

Totally Boy Crazy Quilt Riley Blake Tutorial

September 30, 2013 by 1 Comment

My quilt pattern is on the Riley Blake Cutting Corners Blog today! I had so much fun making this quilt. The Boy Crazy line is soooo cute!!! I love the retro cars, rocket ships, and submarines in the theme print. This fabric is great for little boys AND big boys!

I couldn’t resist doing a little appliqué. You gotta love the yellow submarine!

With the leftover scraps I made a few zipper pouches, because I always need more zipper pouches! This one is for my son to keep in his backpack. It holds his Epi-Pen, inhaler, and tissues. (Poor guy)

This one is for me. I am a big Beatles fan 🙂

Filed Under: quilt, Riley Blake, tutorial, tutorials

Quilted Composition Book Cover

July 15, 2013 by 2 Comments

Today I am sharing my tutorial for these quilted composition book covers over at Riley Blake Designs Cutting Corners! These book covers are so much fun to make. They are perfect for gifts. I use one for my journal, one for my sewing journal, one to carry with me to take notes or jot down ideas in. My children each have one as well. Don’t you love this fabric line? It’s called Ashbury Heights. You’re going to want to make one 🙂