Just Let Me Quilt: Riley Blake

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

In Our Garden Block Of Month #15 And #16

It's the first of the month and time for another

In Our Garden Block!

These blocks were designed by Pat from Life In The Scrapatch...I love them!

Lucky me to get to test them early.

I've been using fabrics by Riley Blake and totally enjoy

sewing with all the beautiful colors and designs.

My applique block #15

The wheelbarrow looks so cute with the pumpkins!

My pieced block #16

Here's the schedule for all the blocks:

February
Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy

You can find Amy's Block #1 and Block #2 HERE.

March
Carol – Just Let Me Quilt

You can find my Block #3 and Block #4 HERE.

April

Doris – Quilting Queen Online

You can find Doris' Block #5 and Block #6 HERE.

May

Carla – Creatin’ in the Sticks

You can find Carla's Block #7 and Block #8 HERE.

June

Susan – Super Mom No Cape

You can find Susan's Block #9 and Block #10 HERE.

July

Joan – Moosestash Quilting

You can find Joan's Block #11 and Block #12 HERE.

August

Kris – Kris Loves Fabric

You can find Kris' Block #13 and Block #14 HERE.

September
Pat – Life in the Scrapatch

You can find Pat's Block #15 and Block #16 HERE.

October

Vicki – More Stars in Comanche

November
Lana – It Seams to be Sew

December
Jan - Sew and Sow Farm

January

Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy– Final Blocks and wrap up

There's a Facebook page, too!

Share your blocks and/or see what everyone else is making.

CLICK HERE

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Desert Bloom Blog Hop With Amanda Herring

Amanda Herring from The Quilted Fish has a new and amazing fabric line called Desert Bloom.

Love it (and that cute Amanda Herring, too!)

Amanda and Riley Blake Designs gathered several of us together to get creative with this
gorgeous fabric. You can check out all the fabrics in the Desert Bloom line HERE.

A Dresden Bloom Quilt

Quilted Works did the beautiful quilting on this...love it!

You can't see it, but there is cuddly white minky on the back

I love all the birds on her fabric, so I embroidered one in the middle of the Dresden.

A sweet apron for the dolly in the other Desert Bloom color...the pattern is Simplicity #1240...

...and one for this cute girl!

Thanks, Miss Ellie, for being my apron model!

Thanks, Riley Blake Designs and Amanda, for letting me sew with this sweet fabric!

Oh, and look at this cute "Thank You" from Amanda...the cookie was delicious, by-the-way.
Thank you. Amanda, for this sweet package and for letting me sew with your fabric!

You can find Riley Blake Designs and Amanda Herring on Instagram:
@rileyblakedesigns
@amandaherringdesigns

Look who else is sewing with Desert Bloom:

June 6

June 7

June 8

June 9

June 10

June 13

June 14

June 15

June 16

June 17

June 18

Friday, January 15, 2016

Some Valentine Quilt Sewing Happening Here

With the Nuts About ? Blog Hop coming soon, I've been busy creating ideas in my head

and finally sewing something together. I can tell you it will be a Valentine quilt, but I can't tell

you what I'm nuts about or show you what I'm sewing for the hop. Not until February 5th anyway.

Besides, I'm nuts about too many things to list them all here!

I can show you a little snippet, though.

I'm using First Crush by Sweetwater for Moda fabrics. Such fun fabrics!

I bought them at Quilted Works...one of my favorite local stores.

Appliqueing those hearts with Therm-O-Web's Heat N Bond Lite adhesive

was just the best ever. I love how the back peels off so easy!

I've also started gathering fabrics for In My Garden Blog Hop. I'll be using fabrics

from the Riley Blake basics. I'm going with some funky colors for this project. Fun!

As for the weather...

We had about 10 flakes of snow here (okay, maybe a few more) but nothing stuck to the ground.

Guess I won't be building a snowman today so I'll go sew. Sounds good to me!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Riley Blake Flannel Exhibition Giveaway

Riley Blake will be having a giveaway on their Facebook page on

their last day of the Flannel Expedition Blog Tour. It's three flannel fat quarter bundles!

Check it out!

HERE

9/5 Riley Blake Designs - Flannel Play Dress

9/9 Quiltscapes - Pajama Pants & Pillow

9/12 Fishsticks Designs - Reversible Button Bibs

9/19 The Stitching Scientist - Toddler Nightgown

9/23 Sassy Quilter - Patchwork Dog Bed

9/26 Simple Simon & Co. - Flannel Pajamas

9/30 Fabric Mutt - Seat Cushion

10/3 Just Let Me Quilt - Nightgown & Quilted Cape

10/7 Jedi Craft Girl - Baby Blanket & Burpers

10/10 Rose and Odin - Christmas Pillowcase

10/14 Sew We Quilt - Newborn Nightgown

10/17 Haberdashery Fun - HST Baby Blanket

10/21 Leigh Laurel Studios - Personalized Pet Bed

10/24 Riley Blake Designs - Chenille Baby Blanket & Pillow

10/28 Flannel Queen - City Gym Shorts in Flannel

10/31 Lucy Blaire - The Cora Dress

11/4 Riley Blake Designs Final Post + Giveaway

I made this for the blog tour...

Thursday, October 2, 2014

RBD Flannel Exhibition Blog Tour...My Day!

Riley Blake Designs has come out with some of the most gorgeous flannel and what

better way to show it off than to have a Flannel Exhibition Blog Tour.

You're going to love all the designs they have available!

My mom made nightgowns for all her daughters and granddaughters almost every Christmas.

They were amazing and loved by all of us! There was ribbing at the wrist and a zipper front.

I wish my mom had some of the beautiful flannels by Riley Blake to sew with...

she would have gone nuts over the quality and designs!

My nightgown isn't at all like my mom's, but this one is better suited for the hot weather around here.

I chose the Girl Crazy floral blue flannel...

...and the Girl Crazy dots blue flannel for my nightgown.

It has an underskirt lining and the polka dot flannel makes a great accent as ruffles.

My mom also made heavy-duty quilted fabric bathrobes for all of us and we'd wear them until they
were tattered and worn. I went for a simpler robe by creating one in the form of a hooded cape
using a basic design that I found at Simon and Company (her cape has a collar, mine has a hood).
Her directions are perfect, easy to understand, so there's no need for me to be reinventing the pattern.

It kind of has a Little Red Riding Hood look to it, only in blue.

I made my cape 20" long, but followed the directions about measuring and folding fabric in quarters.
I cut one piece of the fabric, one piece for lining, and one piece of batting (to make it cozy and warm.)

I cut down 2.5" for the neckline just like Simon and Company instructed.

I made a shape like this for the hood (real scientific pattern, isn't it!)
I added a little tab and used Velcro for the closure...the button was just for looks.

My cape was going to be made of flannel, which I thought I ordered from Lady Luck Fabrics,
but when my package arrived in the mail it had the luscious Girl Crazy design in regular fabric.
Whoops!
I was actually excited about my error, because it is so cool that this fabric comes in both
flannel and cotton! I added some RBD yellow gingham for the lining, some polka dot flannel
to keep it soft around the face, and then quilted it with straight lines to keep it all together.

I used this pattern to create my nightgown (it's really a dress,) but changed it up a bit, of course!

I added six inches to lengthen it and folded the ruffle over so I wouldn't have to narrow hem it.

McCall's M6065