Riley Blake Designs Blog: Recent Blog Articles

Penny Lane, quilts and more

21 Jan 2011

Penny Lane arrived yesterday. All pre-orders will be shipped on Monday. Here is our free Quilt pattern that uses Penny Lane fabrics. Instructions for the pattern can be found and downloaded under notions on the main page of our website. Pirouette Free Project Cover

Speaking of patterns.... We have a new tutorial on Cutting Corners College that uses ALL Star fabrics. Brought to you by The Sprout Store, it is a quilt that works up quick and easy. If you have never made a quilt before, this is a great pattern to get you started. Also, Buttons are coming....check out our landing page ... ...read more

A little bit about Doodlebug

18 Jan 2011

With the release of Feeling Groovy a few weeks ago, we thought now would be a good time to introduce you to Doodlebug designs. Doodlebug designs is owned by Cynthea Sandoval. We met Cynthea a little over 8 months ago and fell in love with the look and feel of her company. She is a hands on owner that is as sweet as her designs. Here is how Cynthea got started in paper... It all started when owner, Cynthea needed just the right paper for her sisters baby shower invitations, and just couldn't find what she was looking for ... ...read more

Laminate News

12 Jan 2011

Laminate is coming sooner than later. Our first line of laminate was scheduled to arrive in May, with Lila Tueller's line Lola's posies. However, our sales reps were getting restless because they wanted samples of laminate to show at their sales appointments now not in May. Sugar and Spice just happened to be in production at the factory when we called... so we had yardage made for our sales reps plus a little more for us to sell. We received the samples today and they are gorgeous. The colors are fantastic (Thanks Amanda) and the laminate is so ... ...read more

Are you Feeling Groovy?

11 Jan 2011

We are............"Feeling Groovy" arrived at our warehouse, yesterday. We will begin shipping orders today. ...read more

Happy New Year!

04 Jan 2011

Happy New Year! We are excited about 2011 and wish everyone a year with health and happiness. We have much to be grateful for. I really love this time of year. A time of giving, a time of reflection. I think we all meet people on occasion that open our eyes, inspire and motivate us to do good. I meet such a person a couple of years back named "Liz". She is a beautiful person inside and out and taught me what it means to help others. Liz visits refugee families that have recently relocated to our area. Many of ... ...read more

hooty hoot

23 Dec 2010

Hooty Hoot Wonky Block Quilt is our last tutorial of the year, designed by Heather Jones of Olive and Ollie. Hooty_62 (Medium)

Love the Wonky blocks. We displayed this quilt at Quilt market and so many people commented on it. Now we have posted the tutorial with detailed instructions. Thanks Heather! Thanks for a great year we look forward to 2011. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Riley Blake Designs! ...read more

Need a last minute gift idea?

16 Dec 2010

Our latest Cutting Corners tutorial would make a great stocking stuffer. Traci Gibson gives easy instructions for this Keychain Wristlet using Quite Contrary fabric. key chain picture (Large)

Great idea Traci. Thanks! ...read more

Quilt Market 2010

15 Dec 2010

I know it is December and Quilt Market has long past, but finally I have a moment to post pictures of the show. We have said it before and we will say it again, we love seeing old friends at market and meeting new ones. littles-qm (Large)

Here is Jon and Anne Little from Sew and Save peeking through the round window. I could not resist taking their picture as they were waiting for the doors to open. And our booth was right in front of the entrance. We have known Jon and Anne for a very long time. They used to ... ...read more

Lila Tueller

24 Nov 2010

The fashionable Lila Tueller always brings great color and design to fabric. Lila is our featured artist of the month. Her latest line Isabella, is her first line with Riley Blake Designs. I wanted everyone to get to know Lila a little better so I asked her a few questions about her beginnings, inspirations and late night treats and this is what she had to say.... I started painting young because I had two older siblings who were accomplished artists by the time I was maybe 3 or 4, so I was always getting into their art supplies. But mostly ... ...read more

Sweet Divinity

23 Nov 2010

Sweet Divinity flannel just arrived and all pre-orders have been shipped. ...read more

Sweet Divinity Quilt

15 Nov 2010

We have so much to share with so little time. Market was fantastic... seeing our customers face to face is always a treat (and winning an award for our booth was not bad either). We ate too many truffles and too much mexican food, if you can really eat too much mexican food and too many truffles. We will be posting pictures of market over the next few days. Anyhoo, I am way behind on tutorials so I wanted to post our latest tutorial today. It is called "Pocket full of Pinwheels" by KarrieLyne of FreckledWhimsy.com. and it uses ... ...read more

Amanda Herring

21 Oct 2010

If you have been one of our blog readers for a while you would have noticed that we are highlighting each of our fabric designers close to when their fabric line arrives. Amanda Herring, of The Quilted Fish is this weeks featured artist. And her long awaited line, Sweet Divinity, arrived in stores last week. amanda (360x567)

I ask each of our designers what kind of interview/highlight they would like me to present... and I loved Amanda's idea: 10 things I like to use when I sew 1. Basting spray 2. Really good thread 3. Ribbon and trims 4. Buttons ... ...read more