In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Riley Blake Designs applauds and recognizes the amazing talent of Hispanic and Hispanic American designers who have inspired quilters, sewists and makers worldwide. We celebrate RBD designers who have imbued their collections with the beauty of their culture, as well as family traditions and memories. Kathy Cano-Murillo, The…
Riley Blake Face Mask Tutorials!
Riley Blake Designs is concerned about our community and in an effort to support all of the amazing sewists out there who are creating face masks, we have compiled several of our favorite tutorials for you! With all of the information floating around, you may be confused as to whether you should be sewing cloth…
One Million Pillowcase Challenge!
American Patchwork & Quilting is excited to announce that the One Million Pillowcase Challenge has surpassed 900,000 pillowcases donated to local charities – 907,763 to be exact! Pillowcases have provided comfort to hospitalized kids, homeless families, residents of shelters, survivors of natural disasters, hospice patients, veterans, and many more. That’s 907,763 people who have received…
National Sewing Month MACHINE GIVEAWAY!!
We are ending National Sewing month with a BANG by giving one lucky winner a brand new sewing machine! We have partnered up with Baby Lock to giveaway one of their Jubilant sewing machines and a bundle of RBD Basics! The Jubilant is ideal for a variety of sewing projects like quilt piecing, smaller home…
Garden of Quilts Highlight – Modern Quilt Guild Finalists
Another fun highlight at the Garden of Quilts event was getting to see in person the creativity and talent displayed by the Modern Quilt Guild Finalists! While the winning quilt had to be whisked off to another destination, we took this opportunity to photograph and share the other nine prize winning quilts with you. Our…
Garden of Quilts Highlight – Quilts from the UK
The Garden of Quilts event at Thanksgiving Point was a HUGE success! We had so much fun meeting quilters and friends from around the world. Admiring and appreciating the creativity and work of other makers is the best part of being part of the quilting community. Today we want to share several quilts displayed at…
Garden of Quilts 2019 Schedule + Announcements
Garden of Quilts is THIS WEEKEND and we couldn’t be more excited! We can’t wait to mingle with you, learn a ton, and soak in all of the beauty of the famous Ashton Gardens! Just a few quick highlights: Be sure to pay a visit to our Make and Donate Tent to make projects for…
It’s National Serger Month!
April is National Serger Month! What a perfect opportunity to get to know your serger a little better, remember why you love it so, and create something awesome with it! Sergers are a valuable tool when sewing knits and clothing. When sewing with woven fabrics, a serger gives the seams a neat, professional finish and…
Modern Quilt Guild Fabric Challenge!
It’s time for the Modern Quilt Guild Fabric Challenge! Get those creative juices flowing and show off those skills you’ve been fine tuning all year. This year, the MQG has collaborated with Riley Blake designer, Christopher Thompson, to curate this fabulous little bundle of fabrics that you must use to create your very own modern…
Mod Bee- A Virtual Quilting Conference
Today we are so excited to talk about Mod Bee! Mod Bee is a 3 day online quilting conference with courses and classes taught over live video every two hours which means… you can stay in your sweats and quilt at your leisure! During Mod Bee our very own Cindy Cloward will be hosting a…