Warm Wishes Fabric Today we are excited to give you a sneak peek of our first Christmas fabric line as part of Riley Blake Designs Virtual Quilt Market. The line is called Warm Wishes and will be released in July 2021. (This summer!) We love the holiday season...the sights, the sounds, the smells, the traditions, and the atmosphere. But what we love most is the time we get to spend together as families. Building snowmen, drinking hot chocolate, making wassail, and ... View the Post
Bloom and Grow Fabric
Bloom and Grow Fabric by Simple Simon and Company for Riley Blake Designs Today we are excited to share our newest fabric line "Bloom and Grow" that is currently available in stores! Growing up both Elizabeth and I read and reread “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We were enamored with the tale of young Mary seeking “a bit of earth” to tend and in the process discovering not only a secret garden but also the joy and power that comes with the love of family and ... View the Post
Meet Modern Farmhouse Fabrics
Modern Farmhouse Fabrics are here...and we couldn't be more excited! As busy moms of growing families in this modern world, that at times seems so loud, complicated, and contentious, life can sometimes seem hectic. Often we think back to a time that is filled with idyllic images of simplicity...families gathered around the dinner table eating a home cooked meal or enjoying the sunset out on the front porch after the chores are finished...the life led on a country farmhouse from days gone ... View the Post
Christmas in July 2019 Week #1: Using Fabric Scraps to Make Gift Wrap Ribbons
Welcome to Christmas in July! I have wanted to do a Christmas in July series FOREVER but I kept thinking can we do a Christmas in July series during Skirting the Issue? And last month, as I was thinking about this I thought...WHY NOT?!? (After all both are about giving.) So here we are and I couldn't be happier! Today we are starting with something I did last year for Christmas and am planning to do again this year...and that is.... Using my fabric scraps to create all the ... View the Post
Starting at Square One Quilt Pattern (sewn up in Shine Bright)
I love this quilt pattern. It is our Starting at Square One Quilt Pattern and a few months back I used it to make this toddler quilt using our Shine Bright fabric. The quilt itself finishes up at 50" by 50" which is the size that I love for lap quilts but is also the perfect size for my 7 year old to use for, what we call them at our house, a "couch quilt". However, this particular quilt was made for a brand new arrival and should make a great floor quilt for the sweet ... View the Post
Azure Skies Tiny Flowers & A Doll
As we were in the process of designing Azure Skies it was important to us to keep the same feeling as "Four Corners" (which this was a follow up line to) with it's simple patterns, geometric prints, and southwestern flavor....however, because this was the follow up to the first line we had ever released we wanted to try something new. So we added our first ever floral! And not just one but two different florals! And these florals were inspired by a combination of a few different ... View the Post