Yesterday I pulled fabric for a fun new quilty project.

That's my very favorite part when I start a new quilt…

the colors and style of the fabric set the tone of the finished product.

For this one I wanted some colorful and happy prints 

with a medium to large scale….

and of course with a vintage vibe:)

Because today is my turn on the 

Vintage Vibe blog tour!

Vintage Vibe is the first book by my

super cute friend Amber Johnson

and its a super cute book!!!

One of the quilts inside 

the pages of this fun book is called

" Lovely "

and that's the one I'm going to make!

Isn't it sweet???

It's a happy banner/bunting quilt which is 

perfect for a vintage celebration.

Amber's pattern is layer cake friendly

and I chose to use my Millie's Closet fabric

and my Vintage Happy white with green print

for the background.

I love how the colors and styles of both collections go together.

I always keep that in mind as

 I'm designing each of the

Bee in my Bonnet fabric collections…

because I like to use them all together 

like one super big…

super happy …

super vintagey fabric collection!!!

Amber used ricrac in her

 quilt to join the banner together.

I think I'll use 

several colors for mine.

The Riley Blake Ric Racs 

from thier

 Sew Together 

notions are perfect:)

Amber also appliquéd a few hearts

 on some of the pennants

and I'll be using red hearts appliquéd

 on coordinating solids for mine.

For me…

the "Lovely" quilt has

 kind of a 

birthday celebration vibe...

And with the addition of

 red hearts

 it could totally be 

a birthday/valentine

quilt as well…

which is what I was going for

 because

my birthday is 2 days 

after valentines day and so 

when I was a girl…

my mom always decorated 

all of my birthday parties

with a valentine theme

 and I have always loved that!!!

Click Here

to go visit Amber 

and to see more of the projects

in her beautiful book.

I promise that you will 

want to add it 

to your quilty library!

Have a quilty kind of day…

xx

Lori

Have Yourself a Quilty Little Christmas - an Instagram Sew Along !!!

I thought I would tell you about 

something fun that I'm doing on

 Instagram.

It's a little Christmas quilt

 sew along using my book

Quilty Fun as our manual.

Basically what I did is

 just grab a bunch of fabrics

 from my stash and added a

 few Christmas prints in as well…

and started sewing blocks from

Quilty Fun that work

 perfectly for Christmas!

I've introduced and will introduce

 a few new blocks 

that I have designed 

especially for this sew along

 that are not in the book. 

 I have cutting and tutorials

 on my Instagram feed for those blocks.

For those who are new to 

Instagram…

or haven't joined yet…

Please do!

You just need to quickly

 create an Instagram account

and then

you can join up

 with us and sew along:)

If you need help…

ask your kids!!!

It's super easy and fun:)

If you want to make new blocks 

designed by me like 

"Mr. Cookie" shown below 

joining up is how you

 access my Instagram tutorial.

You can find me on Instagram by

 clicking here

or on the the link above

 on the right side of my blog or...

Just type in my user name 

on the Instagram search bar…

(my user name is beelori1)

and follow me by simply 

clicking on the word 

FOLLOW

 Once you are following me…

 you will see every time that I post or

 add another block to the sew along.

When you do find me…

this is what my 

profile page looks like.

Let me tell you how to

 find my tutorials 

from my profile page.

 I have a picture on my 

profile page that 

represents each post.

All you have to do is scroll down

 and you will see all 

of my pictures that I have posted.

The very first post 

is at the bottom…

and my very latest post

 is at the top left 

which you can see 

is my "Vintagey Ornament"

 block for the sew along.

When you see a photo 

that you would like to 

know more about,

 simply click or touch that photo 

and that post will pop right up 

along with all of my instructions

 as well as everyone 

else's comments and questions

 about that particular post.

Another thing that is fun 

about the sew along is

 seeing everyone else's pictures 

of their blocks all in one place.

When anyone posts a block 

they have sewn for the 

sew along they add

 #haveyourselfaquiltylittlechristmas

to their post.

What this does is add their photo

 along with their post 

onto the same page as 

all of the others who 

have used the same # 

with that title.

You can scroll down and

 look at them all

 for inspiration and even 

click onto their picture 

to bring up their post 

to read more about it.

It's a lot of fun and

 there is a huge supportive 

quilting community there:)

If you don't already have 

a copy of my book

that we are using

for the sew along

you can get one 

here in my etsy shop.

Have a quilty kind of day 

and I hope to see you

 on Instagram!

xx

Lori

Flower Patch - my Latest Fabric Collection!

My latest fabric collection

"Flower Patch"

is here and available 

in your local quilt shop or

your favorite online quilt shop.

Flower Patch is my 

eighth collection for

Riley Blake Designs

I love being a Riley Blake Designer!!!

Flower Patch was inspired by my Dad…

who taught me how to grow beautiful things in my garden.

And by my Mom…

who sewed my dresses when I was a girl

(and for my sisters as well)

And let me choose my own fabrics.

I always chose flowers…dots and checks.

The prints in Flower Patch

 have a definite vintage vibe

which is what I love:)

There are 33 prints in the collection…

including the 3 Fat Quarter panels

that I am so happy about!!

I have a new pattern to be released next week...

It's called "Bee Happy!"

And of course there is a Queen Bee quilt pattern included:)

Now that the days are getting colder…

and the skies are getting darker…

I'm so glad that I have Flower Patch 

to play with and brighten up my studio!! 

And speaking of my studio…

Remember when I did this tutorial for my 

Scrappy Crossroads?

Well last week I was in 

Just Sew Quilt Shop

in Highland, Utah

and they have made a Scrappy Crossroads quilt 

using my Flower Patch collection:)

I love it!

(they have kits available)

They also used Sweet Mint solid for the background.

Have you checked out all of the

 Riley Blake Solids?

They have an amazing selection…

 and Sweet Mint is fast becoming a favorite!

I also will be doing a Flower Patch tutorial

about this project that I have up on my design wall.

As I have been sewing with Flower Patch…

I have been cutting all of the leftovers 

and making a scrappy Flower Patch quilt for my bed!!

So stay tuned…

there's more fun projects to come using

 Flower Patch…

I hope you have as much fun with it as I do!!!

Have a quilty kind of day...

xx

Lori

PS. I'm loving the projects using

 Flower Patch that I am seeing on

Instagram 

under the #flowerpatchfabric

These are just a few…

go over to instagram 

and check them out!

(my user name is @beelori1)

Proven Fact:

Flower Patch plays well with

 all of my other fabric collections

and works for all seasons!!!

Tom Turkey Placemat for the Thanksgiving Kiddie Table!!!-Free Tutorial for the Tom Turkey Block-YaY!!! ...

So this is what I made 

for my cutie pie

 grand daughter Sophie

using my 

Tom Turkey 

Quilt Block Tutorial

It's a placemat for 

the Thanksgiving "kiddie" table:)

YaY!

After making the block…

I simply used my 

Blue Plate Special 

pattern to make it into a placemat:)

I plan on making a placemat for her to use 

on every holiday using my pattern.

The pattern is easily converted using any 12" block:)

And anytime in the month of November

when Sophie comes for a visit...

She will find her placemat on the table 

to use for meals or even a snack!

Do you have some kiddo's in your family who need

a Tom Turkey on their Thanksgiving Table?

Fun Fun Fun:)

Gobble! Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving from me to you:)

xx

Lori