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All You Need is Love {and a cat} Quilt Pattern

February 1, 2020 by Amanda 5 Comments

I am so excited it’s finally February! January is soooooo long! Getting out all my heart quilts helps me feel happy during a long and dreary January. Each year I write a new heart themed pattern and here is 2020’s!!!

I’m so in love with it! I was designing the quilt pattern with 25 Churn Dash blocks and hearts for the center when I realized this quilt NEEDS a little feline! So in the bottom corner is an optional kitty cat block! The quilt pattern is available for PDF instant download in my Etsy Shop.

The fabrics are so delightful! I love the pink, blue, gold, coral combination. The fabric line is called Petals and Pots by Riley Blake Design. For the white background I used Riley Blake Blossom white on white – which I am super in love with!!!

The quilt pattern is written for fat quarters and you get 2 quilt blocks per fat quarter.

Also, I used an easy piece method which means you only have to cut squares and no cutting triangles!

I can totally see this quilt in Halloween colors and only cats!

I hope you love this quilt and it brings a little brightness to winter time.

Mufasa loved modeling this quilt! He’s so good, he just sits there and doesn’t try to run away.

Look at his tail wrapped over his paws 🙂

Filed Under: #kittyquilter, cat, FEATURED, quilt, Riley Blake, Valentine's Day

Merry and Bright Quilt Pattern

December 18, 2019 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I’m so happy to be releasing this pattern BEFORE Christmas! I got home from Quilt Market in October and was completely inspired! I had this idea to create a new Christmas quilt with lots of fun vintage colors. I knew I wanted deer in the quilt. I played around with some ideas and then created this! I love that it is whimsical and vintage feeling. It was fun to make a quilt with pinks, reds, greens, and aquas! All my favorites!

The quilt measures 68″ x 77″ which means its a great throw quilt size! I think I might hang mine 🙂

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

The patterns is written in sections: the tree, the larges star, the deer blocks, the small sawtooth blocks, and the twirl star blocks. This makes it easy to do a quilt along or work on sections.

The deer appliqué is done with Heat n Bond Lite and then a straight stitch around the deer.

The star blocks are fun because you can use fabrics from your stash and make it super scrappy!

The Merry and Bright letters I totally cheated! It’s December after all – no time for tedious work! I used Heat n Bond Ultra for the letters which is a little heavier and stiffer than the Lite. Since the letters were thin I was willing to use the Ultra because that meant no sewing around each letter to secure! The all over quilting helps the appliqué blend right into the quilt! So if you’re afraid of letters don’t be!

I had the quilt quilted with an all over swirl and holly design and I’m super thrilled at how it turned out!!! I love it so much!!

Filed Under: Christmas, FEATURED, quilt, Riley Blake, Therm O Web

Perfect Party Mini Quilt

March 20, 2019 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I’m super excited to be part of Penny Rose Fabrics Perfect Party Blog tour! This new fabric line is called Perfect Party and is designed Lindsay Wilkes.

I love the vintage inspired motifs of this fabric – cats, bunnies, ducks, birds!! What’ s not to love! I wish Sally was younger so I could make her the cutest dress in the world out of these fabrics!

These fabrics just happen to match my vintagy kitchen and family room so I decided to sew a little mini quilt. Of course I love the cats the most so I fussy cut a cat from the panel print.

The cat is purrrrfect for the center of the star. I used a block from my October Stars Quilt Pattern and then added a 3″ border.

It’s so cheerful and springy!!! This would also make a cut pillow!

I have a little table that it will fit nicely on!

Mufasa was not appreciating being left out of the picture, so he choose to sit front and center! What a ham!!!

I know you will love these adorable fabrics – I can’t wait to sew a few more items!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Penny Rose Fabrics, quilt, Riley Blake

Dawn Patrol Beach Quilt Featuring Off Shore 2

February 20, 2019 by Amanda 1 Comment

I am a California girl, born and raised which means I love the beach!!! I am so excited that Deena Rutter has a second version of her Off Shore surf fabric by Riley Blake Designs! I love the vintage beach vibe of these fabrics and the casual color tones. I designed this quilt as throw quilt that is perfect to take to the beach!

The fabrics have fun surf scenes, surf boards, VW busses, and plaids. I designed this quilt to use with theme print fabrics which I am always drawn to. I designed this quilt with the first Off Shore fabric line a few years ago. I love that these two quilts coordinate!

Some of the prints are similar to the first version of this fabric line and there are also several new prints! You could easily mix them together!

Seriously the fabrics are so amazing!

The finished quilt measures 59″ x 68″ which is exactly the right width for a minky backing!

You can purchase the PDF quilt pattern in my Etsy shop for instant download. This pattern is versatile enough to use with any theme print fabrics you love.

I can’t wait to get this quilted! It’s going to be amazing! I am so ready for summer!!!

You need at least 10 fat quarters of theme prints, I suggest using about 15 for a nice variety. The theme prints are also repeated in the pieced border.

Go put on some Beach Boys tunes and get sewing!!!!

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I Heart Pandas Quilt

January 31, 2019 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I was at Pine Needles quilt shop in December and I found this turquoise panda bear fabric by Michael Miller. I knew it would be perfect for my Panda loving almost 11 year old Sally! I wanted to keep this quilt super easy and have it mostly about the pandas! So I made this quilt (in a day) using 4 fabrics! It’s the perfect size for a throw quilt and I will be giving it Sally for her birthday!

I wrote up a little pattern for it and you can download it by clicking HERE. This is such a great quilt because you can easily switch out the theme fabric to anything you or your child loves! Change the color also! What a fun birthday quilt!!

It really sews up easy with with only 4 fabrics you don’t have worry about color placement or design! I bought some black minky and am sending it off to be quilted this week! It’s going to be so snugglly!

Mufasa approved!

Filed Under: FEATURED, quilt, Riley Blake

Purrmaids Mini Quilt

January 25, 2019 by Amanda 4 Comments

My friend Melissa from Polka Dot Chair has the most adorable mermaid fabric line! It’s called Let’s Be Mermaids from Riley Blake Designs!

The colors are pink, teal, green, navy and periwinkle! Such a fun variety!!

I knew I wanted to put a little kitty cat spin on the mermaid fabric because, well, I LOVE cats!!

So I came up with this fun little quilt! It will be hanging in my quilt room soon!!!

Here’s how you make it:

Download instructions HERE

Download Appliqué Pattern Here

For the letters, I used may Sizzix alphabet die. I fused Heat n Bond Lite to the wrong side of the navy fabric.

Then die cut each letter, peeled off the backing paper.

I heat set them into place and stitched around the letters. I stitched around each of the shapes 2 times in navy thread and I sewed the whiskers with the machine as well. Of course you can hand appliqué if you want 🙂

Once the appliqué is finished and the quilt is put together you can have fun quilting it!

I’m actually super in love with it! It makes me smile!!

Mufasa loves it too!

Filed Under: FEATURED, mini quilt, quilt, Riley Blake

Vintage Keepsake Valentine Garland

January 16, 2019 by Amanda 2 Comments

My darling friend Bev from Flaming Toes has a new fabric line out with Riley Blake Designs called Vintage Keepsakes! The fabric has a wonderful vintage – whimsical feel! I love decorating with these colors and so I knew I wanted to make something to hang in my kitchen! (The colors match perfect with my collection of vintage Pyrex!)

I came up with this fun little heart garland. It’s a quick project that you can make in an afternoon! Yay!

I choose the pink, aqua, and gray fabrics from the collection. Let’s get started!
Supplies:

Fat quarters of a variety of fabrics

Fiber Fill

Buttons

Yarn Pom Poms

Bakers Twine

Large Needle

Cut a 5″ heart out of paper to be your pattern. Using pinking shears, cut out 9 sets of hearts.

Pin each set together, wrong sides together. Sew 1/4″ around the heart, leaving a 2″ opening along one side.

Lightly stuff the hearts with fiber fill and sew the opening closed.

Sew a button in the center of each heart. Wouldn’t be cute to have a basket of these? When friends came over you could give them a heart!

I made my own pom poms with yarn, but you can use purchased ones if you like. Measure the bakers twine the length you want and then add a little extra. Using a large needle, thread the hearts and pom poms onto the bakers twine in the desired order. Tie lace in between each heart and pom pom.

It’s hard to capture the entire garland because it’s so long! Here’s a little section 🙂

I made mine long enough to hang in my kitchen window. It looks so cute with my vintage dishes and hankies!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Riley Blake, Valentine's Day

Hesketh House by Liberty Fabrics Mini Quilt

January 15, 2019 by Amanda Leave a Comment

I love Liberty fabrics!!!!

I love everything British! British cars, British bands, British history, British dramas, British accents, and this amazing fabric that is coming out from Liberty Fabrics called “Hesketh House”. It screams British countryside!!

And do you want to hear some AMAZING news??? Riley Blake will be carrying Liberty Quilting Cottons and they are the official distributor of Liberty Cotton in the US!!!!! Seriously, I’m so excited! The fabrics are a lovely quilting cotton weight, not “lawn” weight. These fabrics will be arriving in stores in March!!!!! I got to play around with this fun bunch of blue from Hesketh! I wish I had yards and yards – I’m thinking vintage dress pattern!!

I sewed this fun little quilt using my “Fresh Eggs” Five Fat Quarter Fun pattern (which is a free PDF download, click link.) I had 10 fat eights to work with and it was just enough!

I used a grayish tone of some quilters linen for the background – it’s very texture-y which plays nice with the soft florals!

Here’s what you need to make this quilt:

10 fat eights (5 dark, 4 lighter and 1 for sashing squares

1 1/2 yards of background fabric, binding fabric

1 yard backing fabric

I followed the instructions from the Fresh Eggs pattern, only using a fat eights instead of fat quarters. I also used background fabric for the sashing as well. The rest is the same as the pattern. It was really fun to sew! You can also check out my IG highlights for some tips on making the half square triangles in this quilt.

I quilted it with loops which turned out pretty cute!

It feels so English Garden-y!

Of course it is Mufasa approved!!!

Filed Under: FEATURED, quilt, Riley Blake

Fabric Postcard Tutorial Featuring Hello Sweetheart by Riley Blake Designs

December 7, 2018 by Amanda 3 Comments

I love this adorable valentine inspired fabric called Hello Sweetheart by Riley Blake Designs! Seriously the cutest valentine fabric ever!!!

I was so inspired by the clever little valentines that I wanted to turn them into actual valentines you can mail! These are super easy and would be fun for your kids to help make!

Supplies:

Hello Sweetheart valentine panel by Riley Blake Designs

4″ x 6″ pieces coordinating fabric

Heat n Bond heavy weight fusible stabilizer

Spray n Bond basing spray

Paper postcard (see download link)

Thread

Using scissors, cut out the valentines you want to use. There are so many cute ones!!!

Cut each background fabric 4″ x 6″

I had fun mixing and matching the valentines with the background fabric. This is what I choose.

Using Spray n Bond basting spray, spray the wrong side of the valentine and position it on the 4″x 6″ fabric. Sew around the valentine.

Cut (2) 4″ x 6″ pieces of Heat n Bond heavy weight fusible stabilizer. You will use 2 pieces per postcard.

Fuse the first stabilizer to the wrong side of the fabric postcard. Let cool. Then fuse a second piece. Let cool.

Download the postcard template by clicking here. Cut on the gray line – it should measure 4″ x 6″.

They are so cute!

Once they are all stabilized, spray a little basting spray on the wrong side of the stabilizer and position the paper postcard. This is to hold it in place while sewing.

Now that the postcard is assembled, you may need to trim up the edges if the stabilizer of paper are showing. Using a zigzag stitch, sew around the postcard 2 times, sewing near or off the edge.

Now start writing notes to the people you love!!!

Filed Under: FEATURED, Riley Blake, sewing, Therm O Web, tutorial, Valentine's Day

Red, White & Denim {Free Quilt Pattern}

October 4, 2018 by Amanda 3 Comments

I love red and white quilts and I love this new fabric line by Carina Gardner called So Ruby!!! I have known Carina for a few years and she is the most delightful person and such a talented designer! I love this new fabric line because you get red and white prints all in one fabric collection!!! I knew I wanted to pair it with Riley Blake’s new denim look fabric called “Shabby”. So I created this fast and fun quilt pattern that is perfect for a picnic or a soccer game!