Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton Project Tour

Solid color fabrics from Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cottons are one of my favorite things to sew with. The fabrics in this RBD Basics collection come in so many colors, making it easy to find just the right shade to blend with any project. I like the distinction between the colors, especially in my applique designs. They are 100 per cent cotton, too! This time I went for a pieced block quilt with no applique...shocking, isn't it! 

Rippling Effects

42" x 60" lap quilt

"Rippling Effects" used six different Confetti Cotton fabrics: Storm, Oxford Blue, Chive, Curry, Licorice, and Le Creme.  I love the way these colors worked together! 

Look at some of the incredible colors of Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cottons...wow!

You can make your own "Rippling Effects" blocks with these directions:

SEWING INSTRUCTIONS: All seams are sewn 1/4” unless otherwise noted.

 

Center Blocks – Make 40 of the same block following the directions below:

On the wrong side of fabric, draw a line diagonally across 3 ½” x 3 ½” Storm squares, 3 ½” x 3 ½” Chive squares, 2 ½” x 2 ½” Oxford Blue squares, and 2 ½” x 2 ½” Black squares.

 

With right sides together, place 3½” x 3½” Storm square in top left corner of 3 ½” x 6 ½” cream rectangle. Sew along line. Trim 1/4” from sewn diagonal seam and press towards the corner. With right sides together, place a 2 ½” x 2 ½” Oxford Blue Square in the lower right corner. Sew along line. Trim 1/4” from sewn diagonal seam and press towards the corner. Repeat to make 40 rectangles.

With right sides together, place 3½” x 3½” Chive square in top right corner of 3 ½” x 6 ½” Curry rectangle. Sew along line. Trim 1/4” from sewn diagonal seam and press towards the corner. With right sides together, place a 2 ½” x 2 ½” black square in the lower left corner. Sew along line. Trim 1/4” from sewn diagonal seam and press towards the corner. Repeat to make 40 rectangles.

With right sides together, sew sections together as shown below. Repeat to make 40 blocks. Press seams down on 20 blocks and press seams up on the other 20 blocks. This will help when matching and nesting seams.

With right sides together, sew blocks into eight rows of five blocks. Press seams of four rows to the left and seams of four rows to the right. This will help when matching and nesting seams.

With right sides together, sew rows together as shown below; match and nest seams. Press seams down.

You can find the entire "Rippling Effects" PDF instructions HERE.

The blocks can be rotated to make different quilt designs:

The quilting was done by Ginger at Sew Sassy Longarm.

Check out more projects using RBD Confetti Cottons on their blog HERE.

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Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cottons In Steampunk Bird

I had a bit of fun with Steampunk using Riley Blake Designs' Confetti Cottons.

This rolling bird is made totally with Confetti Cottons!
The solid colors were easy to incorporate into this design.

"Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cottons solid fabric is a premium quilting cotton that has a soft

 hand. Use it in your traditional or modern quilts, or on their own for a contemporary quilt style."

Steampunk Rolling Bird
Measures 42" x 52"

So many gorgeous Confetti Cotton fabrics went into this rolling bird!

A few of the beautiful colors I used:

Confetti Cottons Daffodil

Confetti Cottons Crayola Brussel Sproutlet

Confetti Cottons Beach

Confetti Cottons Crayola Cast Iron

Confetti Cottons Crayola Inchworm

Confetti Cottons Crayola Right-On-Red

The variety of colors seems endless...you'll love them!

You can find the pattern for Steampunk Rolling Bird in my Etsy Store HERE.

One of my favorite products for making my applique quilts is
Heat n Bond's EZ Print Lite Sheets. Just run the applique designs through an
inkjet printer and they are ready to iron to your fabrics. So easy!

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