Pretty Quilts and Patterns
It’s Bughouse time!! This quilt pattern was designed several months ago, but I wanted to release it alongside my new fabric line, Flutter and Shine for Riley Blake Designs. When I was designing and placing all those smaller squares, it made me think of a chessboard, which then led me to research on chess terms… […]
With the release of my new fabric line, Flutter and Shine for Riley Blake Designs, I thought I’d start sprinkling in some new project tutorials on the blog! This first one, a one-block mini quilt, uses three piecing techniques: Half-Square Triangles (HSTs), Quarter-Square Triangles (QSTs), and Snowball corners, that are wonderful to have in the […]
I know I’m a pattern designer and I am all about following instructions for quilts, but sometimes you just need a simple explanation on how to make a quilt. Patchwork? Yep, just lots of squares. Coin quilts? Just lots of rectangles! Easy peasy. The same can be said about Herringbone quilts! I worked up a […]
I’ve had this Prairie Picnic pattern on paper for what seems like forever, and when Fox Farm by Melissa Mortensen for Riley Blake Designs came out I knew those tiny florals needed to be in my quilt. Then, since it had a bit of a Little House on the Prairie vibe already going, I threw […]
Last year, I had the opportunity to contribute a pattern in the Quilter’s Candy Box, a subscription box service that delivers all sorts of delicious fabric and quilting goodies each month. I knew that the recipients would be quilters of all different levels, so I designed a beginner-level quilt pattern that would be fun for […]