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…
Introducing ~ Anorina, Erin, Sharon and Sharon!
We have some BIG NEWS! We’ve added four new members to our Penny Rose Fabrics Project Design Team! Please welcome Anorina Morris, Erin Cox, Sharon Burgess and Sharon Yeager to the team! We’d like to introduce you to these lovely ladies. Anorina Morris I live in Australia, just south of Sydney in a sleepy seaside…
Announcing the RBD Stitch n’ Kitchen Blog Tour!
Stay tuned for 25 days of Holiday Sewing, Recipes and Inspiration! We have a fantastic line-up of talented bloggers ready to share their favorite sewing tutorials with you. And as a big Christmas bonus, they are also sharing their very favorite holiday recipe! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to follow along! Follow along…
Happy Thanksgiving: Showing Our Gratitude
Did you know that Thanksgiving is the only national holiday dedicated to gratitude? This year, Riley Blake Designs decided to show our gratitude by partnering with Quilts of Valor in honoring our local veterans with handmade quilts. After recently becoming an American citizen, our own Jina Barney was looking for ways to show her…
Shelfie Tuesday: Offshore
Happy #shelfietuesday! We couldn’t wait to share this new arrival to our shelves – Offshore, designed by Deena Rutter, is scheduled to arrive in stores in January. The little sailboats and surfboards and lobsters all have us dreaming of sandy beaches and saltwater. So how about you? What’s on your shelf? Share your shelfies…
Shelfie Tuesday: Behind the Cuteness
It’s #shelfietuesday again and I bet you didn’t think we’d get this real! In the spirit of exposing our shelves, we decided to do just that – keep it real – and we’re proud of it! Behind all of the Riley Blake cuteness are many hard working men and women who keep our warehouse…
Lulabelle Blog Tour
We are so excited to be part of the Lulabelle Blog Tour today! Lulabelle is Dodi Poulson’s latest fabric collection. It boasts an eclectic modern yet feminine style. Dodi manages to bring bold and soft colors together into one delicious palette. For the blog tour, I decided to make two quilt blocks using the Weather Vane block…
Let’s Talk Wheels 2 with Deena Rutter
Back by popular demand is the super bright and fun Wheels 2 collection! Designed by the amazing Deena Rutter, Wheels 2 is in stores and ready to be sewn up into all kinds of cute projects for little transportation enthusiasts. This collection is available in Cream, Blue and Gray colorways, although all three colorways cross…
Hand Stitched Quilts & A History of the Quilting Bee
Hand quilting in groups called a ‘’Quilting’’ or a ‘’Quilting Bee’’ started in the late 19th century in America. It has a romanticized history of ladies from the community gathering to help each other complete quilts. The children would play together while the sewing was being done, and there was sometimes a meal prepared to…