October brings some of our favorite things: cooler weather, sweater season, leaves changing color and our personal favorite – pumpkin! We’ve been devouring everything pumpkin flavored as fast as we can. Today we’re taking a break from our pumpkin food binge to share our favorite decor ideas. We’ve collected our favorites from around Pinterest and compiled them…
Doohikey Designs Wistful Winds Blog Tour begins today!
Shari Butler of Doohikey Designs has her Wistful Winds blog tour starting today. Shari said this collection was created, ”With a playful and vintage inspired feel, this collection was created to be enjoyed by everyone of all ages. The colors were curated carefully to create a happy, yet soft color palette to be enjoyed…
Cozy Christmas Sew Along Block 8
We’re on the Block Eight of Lori Holt’s Cozy Christmas Sew Along. It’s a cup of cocoa with marshmallows! She uses binding in this block. Let’s take a closer look at how it’s done. Lori uses a 1/4” bias binding maker to create the cup handle. The bias tool makes it so much…
Sue Daley United States Teaching Tour!
The Queen of English Paper Piecing is demonstrating her easy methods for creating beautiful hand pieced results. Sue Daley kicks off her Teaching Tour in the October 7th at Missouri Star Quilt Co.! You can purchase your tickets for the event here. Use code RILEYBLAKE and receive $10 off! American Quilting in Orem, Utah…
Project Design Team Wednesday ~ Tupelo Shorts
Hi Riley Blake readers! I’m Melissa from Sew Like My Mom and I’m excited to be sharing this great free pattern with you all today! I love yoga waistbands on bottoms, but it usually requires fabric with some sort of lycra to retain the shape and stay in place. I was able to create the same thing…
Project Design Team Wednesday ~ How to Make a Lanyard
Hello! It’s Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots again! I am so excited to be here today to show you how to make a crazy quick project…a lanyard!!! My kids wear IDs at their school and they wanted a lanyard to hang it around their neck as opposed to clipping the ID to their clothes…well, momma to…
Cozy Christmas Sew Along – Week Six Block Six
It’s week six of the Cozy Christmas Sew Along with Lori Holt of A Bee In My Bonnet! So that means Block Six– The Stocking! Here’s the block in progress…. And, here’s our version! If you are following along, you’ll have a lovely holiday quilt finished in November! There’s still time to join us and catch up….
Project Design Team Wednesday ~ DIY Giant Dolls
Hello, Marissa here from Rae Gun Ramblings and my all time favorite things to sew are DIY costumes. So it was totally inevitable that I would want to make costumes for See Kate Sew’s Giant Doll Fabric Dolls. If you haven’t seen this panel fabric yet let me just put it out there and say…
Cozy Christmas Sew Along – Week Five
It’s Week Five of the Cozy Christmas Sew Along with Lori Holt of A Bee In My Bonnet. It’s time for a snowman! There’s a little embroidery involved in giving this snowman his personality. There are so many ways to use these block outside of the wonderful quilt. The candy cane binding on the pillow…
Project Design Team Wednesday ~ Pixie Noel Georgia Vintage Dress
Isn’t this fabric just the cutest?!? I’m in love with the Pixie Noel fabric collection by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs. I always adore all of Tasha’s designs, but this one just has my heart with all these sweet winter and Christmas illustrations. When I was asked to create something with this fabric line,…