Ahhhhhh!!! Look at this quilt! I love, love, love it!!! This quilt has been on my list of makes for soooo long. It feels wonderful to have this finished. The pattern is called Legendary, which is the perfect name for it. Seeing Bigfoot on a quilt makes me smile and laugh. It stirs my imagination. As I drove up Mount Lemmon (here in Tucson, AZ) to take photos of this quilt, I envisioned Bigfoot frolicking through the forest and peeking out over the rocks. The fabric I used makes this quilt even more spectacular. It is called Lumberjack Aaron. In ...
read moreAhhhhhh!!! Look at this quilt! I love, love, love it!!! This quilt has been on my list of makes for soooo long. It feels wonderful to have this finished. The pattern is called Legendary, which is the perfect name for it. Seeing Bigfoot on a quilt makes me smile and laugh. It stirs my imagination. As I drove up Mount Lemmon (here in Tucson, AZ) to take photos of this quilt, I envisioned Bigfoot frolicking through the forest and peeking out over the rocks. The fabric I used makes this quilt even more spectacular. It is called Lumberjack Aaron. In ...
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This month I have been following the yellow brick road and it has taken me to Oz. This nostalgic collection features characters like Toto, the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, the Tin Man, witches, flying monkeys, and of course Dorothy. I love everything Jill Howarth creates. Her drawings are absolutely beautiful. These fabrics have yellows, pinks, hints of reds, teals, blues, greens, and black. My favorite color of all are the pops of metallic silver. I am such a fan of this collection called Dorothy’s Journey created for Riley Blake Designs.
I wanted just a little bit of the whole line ...
read moreIt’s that time of the year again, the sweet spot. A time when you can start a Halloween quilt and have plenty of time to finish it before the holiday is here. I love Halloween and all the things that come with it! I actually have a special basket where I store all my Halloween fabrics. This quilt will be the third Halloween quilt I have made (click here to see more Halloween projects), but that does not include Day of the Dead quilts. Yeah, I REALLY love Halloween fabrics. It might have something to do with the fact ...
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B U N T I N G M A K I N G
with the
Costume Makers Ball
Bunting Panel
from
makes this project so quick,
so easy,
and so FUN!
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Of course there are several ways that you can use this bunting panel.
I chose the no sew approach for a super quick finish.
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For this you will need:
• One Costume Makers Ball bunting panel – 24″ x 43″
• Backing fabric – approximately 22″ x 43″
• Black 3/4″ wide gross grain ribbon, approximately 10 yards
• A medium weight, double sided fusible web product – approximately 22″ x 43 ...
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Hello everyone!
We’re back from our two big events and eager to share.
First up is our big,
SCARY BOOK!
Featuring,
COSTUME MAKERS BALL
fabric by me, J. Wecker Frisch
from Riley Blake Designs
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So many of you have asked if this fun fall project was a pattern so, we decided to share the easy process here!
I pretty much made this up as I went along and it was truly so easy. I’m still learning on the sewing front so, if you see anything that can be improved on, I’m interested to hear from you. Of ...
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All right, all right!! It is week two of the Mod City Center Quilt Along. This week is the week to prepare your fabric the way you prefer. Some options are prewashing, ironing with water and ironing with starch. Currently, my process is starching and ironing both sides of my fabric. I hang them over my quilt rack to dry completely before I cut into it. I really like how this firms up the fabric a bit. Tell me how you prepare your fabric in your Instagram progress photo using #MCCQAcutting; I would love to hear about it. I usually ...
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Welcome back to Lori Holt’s farm with Farm Girl Vintage 2! Lori has rounded up 45 unique 6″ and 12″ quilt blocks, inspired by her rural roots. She has also designed 13 new projects in this book, including quilts, pillows, a pincushion, and of course a fantastic new sampler quilt! As always, quilters can mix and match quilt blocks from Lori’s previous books, so they can piece together endless possibilities.
A few weeks ago a few of us from the It’s Sew Emma team and Lilly went to Lori’s cozy cottage for the Farm Girl Vintage ...
read moreNow that Quilt Market is passed and my new fabric line has been announced, I can start sharing some of the quilts from the new book that had to stay under wraps until market. I will start with the quilts made from my fabric and my next post will be quilts made from other new lines announced at market.
So, just to review, the new fabric line is called Wildflower Boutique. Here are the prints in the line:
The line will also have 3 Fat Quarter panels, for those that want a scrappier quilt. You can see the prints from ...
read moreReveal time! Today I get to share more about my new fabric line, Wildflower Boutique. But before I do that, I need to announce the winners of the new book.
The first winner is Kristi Castanette
The second winner is Kay McCaffery
Please contact me at hmulder@wecnet.com with your shipping information and I will get them sent off right away. For those of you that didn’t win, please ask for the book at your local quilt shop or you can order it from us here.
Back to my new fabric preview –
I’m happy to announce that ...
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It’s true,
Costume Makers Ball
is available NOW!
Just delivered to your favorite quilt shop,
And have we been plenty busy making,
Whew!!!
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Here is some of the fun we have had with our latest ‘Art to Applique’ designs.
We used Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton basics with Costume Makers Ball, to achieve the perfect blend for these projects.
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“Classic Jacs”
was translated from the art in one of my classic Halloween collections. It is a vintage inspired, quick and easy fused appliqué design.
Did I mention FUN to make?!! Perfect for Trick or Treat ...
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I have been so delighted while creating this Linen Table Runner. It excites me because I have never made anything like it. This is my first time piecing with linen, second time using only solid fabrics, and I have never used a color palette like this before. These soft pastel linen fabrics have a subtle yet distinct difference to them. I am so happy with how this Spring Linen Table Runner turned out.
The fabrics are all Riley Blake Designs. They are a 55% Linen / 45% Cotton blend and that makes them perfect to make a light quilt or a ...
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Something that I cannot believe is that through all of my years of quilting, I have never made a Fourth of July quilt. It has been on my list of things to do. My Aunt Dourthy has star quilt that I adore!! I have always wanted to create something like it. Actually I bought a pattern with stars and stripes many years ago. Somehow the project has been pushed aside. But let me tell you, when I saw this line of red, white, and blues, I was inspired to create something fun and I knew that it had to be ...
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We recently had the wonderful opportunity to have one of our very close quilty friends, Christopher Thompson aka The Tattooed Quilter (@the_tattooed_quilter), come visit the Fat Quarter Shop and make some video tutorials with us! Today, we are sharing the videos where Christopher shows us his newest fabric collections, Blossom, and beginner-friendly tutorials on some more advanced quilting techniques such as applique and foundation paper piecing.
Christopher’s newest basics collection, Blossom for Riley Blake Fabrics, is here! This collection comes in 40 different colors, from pastels to saturated colors (and a dash of metallics), and is so ...
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Who says pincushions have to look like tomatoes!? The sky’s the limit when it comes to these little patchwork pinnies. Carrie Nelson brings us a delightful selection of 40 patchwork pincushions in her book, Pin Pals. She visited the Fat Quarter Shop studio to film a few videos showing us how she assembles and personalizes each one of these little patchwork gems, and how you, too, can play with these tiny tuffets and make them your own.
40 Patchwork Pinnies, Poppets and Pincushions with Pizzazz (Martingale)
These pincushions are quick to stitch and so ...
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We recently had the wonderful opportunity to have one of our very close quilty friends, Christopher Thompson, aka The Tattooed Quilter (@the_tattooed_quilter), come visit the Fat Quarter Shop and make some video tutorials with us! Today, we are sharing the video tutorials where Christopher shows us tips and tricks on how to photo your project, organize your quilting space, and ways to machine quilt and bind your projects.
You’ve made your project: hooray! Now it’s time to photo it for social media but the question is how. If you’ve checked out Christopher ...
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Growing up in my family, Easter was always one of the best holidays! When I was younger, my parents’ friends would host a wonderful backyard brunch after church. We would all eat delicious food, the children would hunt for eggs, and the event would end with a water balloon fight. My sister took over this holiday brunch so I have so enjoyed watching my nieces and nephews trample through the yard searching for eggs. This month, I received a few cuts of soft pastel linens from Riley Blake Designs, and my mind started spinning with all of the projects I ...
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