As the deadline for submissions to the Modern Quilt Guild’s 2018 Riley Blake Designs Fabric Challenge passed this week, project photos poured in to Twitter and Instagram! We love seeing the skill and creativity coming from quilters of all skill levels and from all walks of life! Participants of the challenge were given a list…
Jingle Jangle Flannel All the Way!
Who doesn’t love soft, cozy flannel in everything from blankets to pajamas? Did you know flannel is also great for clothing? I love using it for shirts, jacket linings, and even dresses! Christopher Thompson’s “Jingle Jangle” flannel fabric line, with it’s fantastically quirky cool Santas and reindeer, has been calling my name. I knew right…
Did you see this yesterday?
There are a lot of projects using Riley Blake Designs fabrics posting this week. Here’s what was posted yesterday. Bev of Flamingo Toes created one whale of a project, and included a tutorial on how to make her Nautical Whale Baby Quilt. She used By the Sea designed by Dani Mogstad Go check it out on her blog….
Enchanted Blog Tour Wrap Up
Dodi Poulsen’s Enchanted Blog Tour has come to an end, but that doesn’t mean the inspiration has to end! Let’s take a look at all of the darling projects from this tour. Little Londyn created adorable dresses and animal dolls. Jedi Craft Girl shared her splendid Preppy Plaid Bag and Quilt Tutorial. Then there was the…
What Is This RBD60 Giveaway?
Are you wondering what all these prize boxes floating around the country are all about? Â Let us fill you in! We are counting down the days to Spring Quilt Market with our #RBD60 Giveaways! We’ll be giving away prize boxes each week leading up to Spring Quilt Market on May 20th. The prize boxes have a retail…
Where’s Riley Blake Today?
We have soooo much going on this week and we are excited to share it all with you! We hope you are having fun following along with the Wonderland and Vintage Kitchen Blog Tours. Today we will be sharing pictures from these blog tours plus more fun happenings! To start things off, we wanted to…
Vintage Kitchen and Wonderland Tuesday Eye Candy!
We have so many great things to share with you this week as we have two Blog Tours and two Sew Alongs in full swing! Amy Smart decided to combine the whimsy of the Vintage Kitchen Blog Tour with Lori Holt’s Bloom Sew Along to come up with these fabulous quilt blocks! We just LOVE…
Friday Finds – Wonderland & Vintage Kitchen Blog Tours!
Whew! It has been a week FILLED with beautiful projects and creativity as we celebrate two brand new fabric collections: Vintage Kitchen by Andrea Muller and Wonderland by Melissa Mortenson. Starting things off, Lina from Herzenssachen, shared this dress and bag she made with Andrea’s Vintage Kitchen fabrics. Lina provides a link to the dress…
Friday Finds – INSTAGRAM Feature!
Happy Friday everyone! Today, we’re taking a look at what’s happening on Instagram! Instagram is one of the best places to find projects people are making with Riley Blake fabrics. Everyone from fabric designers, manufacturers, bloggers and everyday sewists love to share pictures of their projects. Use #iloverileyblake and #rileyblakedesigns to quickly generate your Riley…
Bustles and Corsets and Bloomers, Oh My!
Fashion was not easy in the mid-19th century, and it was not for the faint of heart (although fainting was not uncommon). Movies like Mrs. Brown, The Age of Innocence or Gone With the Wind all have beautiful examples of the fashions of the day. In the painting above by Franz Winterhalter, Princess Eugenie and…