Do you have an antique quilt or a vintage quilt that you are trying to preserve? Here are 12 helpful tips and tricks for how to store vintage quilts that have special meaning in your life. 12 Tips for How to Store Vintage Quilts Never store your vintage quilts in an airtight container. Fabrics actually need to breathe and air tight containers can actually make the quilts smell over time. This includes plastic containers and plastic bags. They will end up doing more damage to a vintage ... View the Post
The Patchwork Heart Quilt Pattern
The Patchwork Heart Quilt Pattern Today we are excited to finally release our Patchwork Heart Quilt Pattern. This pattern has been finished since last spring...and has been sewn up several times since...but I had forgotten about it until I was cleaning out my sewing room the other day and ran across the original. So this morning my husband and I took it on a ride in the chilly morning air and snapped some pictures of it on the hill near our home. It looked so bright and ... View the Post
Grandfather’s Lap Quilt Pattern
Grandfather's Lap Quilt Pattern For years now we have had requests for our Grandfather's Lap Quilt Tutorial to be turned into an actual PDF Pattern...and we finally did that! So today we are excited to officially release our "Grandfather's Lap Quilt" Pattern! Finishing up at only 48” x 48” inches this quilt is large enough to cover a lap but small enough to be portable...as well as avoiding being heavy or cumbersome! The quilt was designed especially for adults to use while ... View the Post
Around the Block Quilt in Blues
We have been making quilts around here for gifts...and this quilt is a special graduation quilt for my niece that my mom and I sewed back in May and June. She requested a blue quilt so we used fat quarters to stitch up an "Around the Block" quilt in all different shades of Riley Blake fabrics in blues. Here are some of the fabrics used...and I love all the different shades together. The Around the Block Quilt Pattern is made for beginners to advanced quilters and uses fat quarters ... View the Post
How to Make a Snowball Quilt Block
How to Make a Snowball Quilt Block As part of our Christmas in July party, to celebrate the release of our "Warm Wishes" fabric line with Riley Blake Designs, we thought it would be fun to share with you how to make one of our favorite winter themed quilt blocks...the Snowball Quilt Block! Snowball Quilt Blocks are easy to make and so versatile to use paired with other quilt blocks to make darling quilt top patterns! For example we use a snowball quilt block in our Picnic Quilt ... View the Post
Warm Wishes Christmas Panel
Warm Wishes Christmas Panel Today we are excited to share with you the Christmas Panel from our Warm Wishes line created for Riley Blake Designs. The panel, wishing you a merry Christmas, is the largest panel we have ever designed! It is 54" wide and 64" long!!! Which means it can be quilted up to create a beautiful throw with or without a border! In the photo above a I added a simple 5" to the panel using one of my favorite prints from Warm Wishes and a some left over scraps ... View the Post
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