Pretty Quilts and Patterns
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 […]
Once upon a time, I designed some fun gum wrappers for a Teacher Appreciate gift, but the gum I made them were totally gone at the store! So, what does one do when faced with this predicament? Well, one makes new gum wrappers 🙂 To make these, gather some Wrigley’s Extra gum packages (15 pieces) […]
Hi friends! I know we already discussed how I don’t do a lot of Valentine decorating, but I have more Free decorations to share 🙂 🙂 Looks like I’m changing my ways! This Freebie comes in the form of a quilt pattern… in 2 sizes! What?? My Free quilt patterns are usually one size only, […]
I have an interesting relationship with Valentine’s Day. I think the decorations are usually cheesy, but I was always a huge fan of the class Valentine party, or heart sugar cookies… yum! I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by people who regularly show their love and who I can shower with hugs or kisses […]
Having lived in Arizona for the majority of my life, I can say that Autumn… isn’t really a thing around here. In fact, it is still over 100 degrees for the next few weeks, and it is already September! So, we like to do “pretend fall” and decorate with faux colored leaves and plastic pumpkins […]