Riley Blake Designs Blog: Recent Blog Articles

Sprocket Pincushion

20 Jan 2012

We love Fridays...welcome to this week's pincushion club. Visit Cutting Corners College and learn how to make this Sprocket Pincushion, brought to you by Amy Chappell.

If you have been sewing any length of time then you know Nancy Zieman. She is an icon in the fabric industry. I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy this past fall and enjoyed visiting with her and talking about our industry. She is a wealth of knowledge. She sent me this sweet little package of items that she has created with Clover....(no the sewing machine was not included)

Nancy asked me to be a part of her blog tour that started on January 3rd. Click here and visit Nancy's website and see the complete list of the ... ...read more

Project Design Team

16 Jan 2012

Who loves to blog, loves fabric and loves to create ......

We have been keeping our Project Design Team under wraps, but now you get to meet these 11 amazing ladies. They will be sharing Riley Blake projects here, every Wednesday. Prepare to be inspired February 8th. Say hello to: Becky Vandenberg- www.ucreatewithkids.com/ Liz and Elizabeth- www.simplesimonandco.com/ Maureen Cracknell- www.maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/ Melissa Mortenson- www.polkadotchair.com/ Heather Jones- www.oliveandollie.com/ Lindsay Wilkes- www.thecottagehome.blogspot.com/ Jennifer Hadfield- www.tatertosandjello.com/ Madame Samm- www.sewiquiltnow.com/ Char Coester- www.crapivemade.com/ Tam Bennett- www ... ...read more

Today's Pincushion

13 Jan 2012

Have you seen today's pincushion tutorial? Our own Deena Rutter has designed this matryoshka doll pincushion using her fabric line So Sophie. Join the club every Friday. Click here to view tutorial.

Beach cruising in Germany

13 Jan 2012

The Om beach cruiser bike finally made it to Germany and we wanted to share a picture of Joanna and her new bike.

Joanna is the lucky winner of this bike by popular vote for her pillow entry in our Home Decor contest held in last year. Congrats again. Enjoy! ...read more

Ribbon Embellishments

12 Jan 2012

I love ribbon and feel like you can you never have enough. Our next tutorial shows some great tips on how to use your ribbons. Visit Cutting Corners College and get some ideas from Jackie White on using your ribbon as an embellishment for clothing.

Pillow Perfect

11 Jan 2012

Always wanted to learn how to sew a pillow.....it is easy with Deonn Stott's step by step instructions. She uses Dainty Blossoms by Carina Gardner, this fabric line is set to arrive next week. We love the jumbo brown pom poms, but finishing the pillow with binding is a great idea too. Visit http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/cutting-corners/2012/01/10/quilted-pillow/ to see the details and watch for Deonn's video next week that will demonstrate binding basics.

Thanks Deonn! ...read more

Gifts from the heart

09 Jan 2012

When you work on a quilt, you put a little of your heart in the project. I wanted to show the quilt I made for my husband this past Christmas. He has been waiting patiently for a fabric line that he could call his own... Back Country by The Paper Loft, (an outdoor range with moose, trees and more) was released this past summer and this is the fabric he wanted for his quilt. No pink in this fabric... manly browns, greens with a small amount of gold tones. I made this quilt with flannel by request and for the ... ...read more

Cruise Winner

06 Jan 2012

Winner of the Cruise in our Riley Blake Cruisin with Riley Blake Contest is (drum roll please)...... Annabel Jones of Australia

Winner was chosen by Random number generator. Annabel entered this Quite Contrary skirt in our Apparel contest last spring. Congrats Annabel, we will be sending you an email with contact information on the cruise. Are you on pins and needles waiting for our first Pincushion tutorial...wait no longer. Welcome to our 2012 Pincushion club, this is our first pincushion tutorial. "Pins and Needles" Flower Pincushion Bracelet Tutorial By: Cute Quilt Patterns Visit Cutting Corners College to find out ... ...read more

Laminate craft portfolio

04 Jan 2012

Did you see last week's tutorial on Cutting Corners college? Hoo's Busy portable portfolio is a perfect way for children to orgainize their art supplies in a take and go bag. Plus Kristi McDonough uses easy to clean laminates.

Great idea Kristi, thanks! This friday we will post our first pincushion tutorial for our 2012 pincushion club. Stop by on Friday and be a part of the club! ...read more

New Year New Fabrics!

02 Jan 2012

Happy New Year! Before we move forward we want to reflect back and thank everyone that entered our contests in 2011. We know you put a lot of time and effort into your projects and we wanted to "Thank You" and let you know how much we loved seeing what you created. Our last give-away of 2011 will be awarded in 2012. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator from all qualifying project submissions (Apparel, Quilts, Home Decor and Open Entry). Winner will be announced on January 6th. What is happening in 2012 ...Riley Blake's Pincushion ... ...read more