Tilt O' Whirl....a crazy fun ride!!!...

Meet my Tilt O' Whirl quilt.

Each block of swirling circles looks like

 the top view of a Tilt O' Whirl....

my very favorite ride!!!

This quilt will have you playing with circles once again.

 Are you getting tired of playing with circles?

Oh!!! I hope not!!!

 As for me...I just love circle blocks...

always have...

always will.

I even put more circles on the borders:)

I used light gray for the sashings...

 with red posts...

 and a red yo-yo in the center.

The blocks are easy to assemble...

4 patch backgrounds and 4 easy corner triangles each.

All of the circles are easy to sew using the pellon method.

And once again each circle in this quilt are sewn from the circles in 

these 3 prints from

 Polka Dot Stitches

Also included are the patterns and directions to make this

 bunting/banner in 2 sizes. 

The small bunting is made 

with the circles from the 3 prints also... 

And the larger bunting is made with 5" squares.

I think both sizes look cute together...

don't you?

I showed the larger bunting at quilt market but

 I didn't show the small because 

I ran out of time and didn't get it made:(

I hung the large one on the monkey bars in my back yard 

for a photo or two the morning before it 

flew on a plane to Houston:)

I liked the way it looked outside too...

and I'm sure I'll be hanging these banners inside and out!

Tilt O'Whirl

45" x 45"

by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet

You can use my new Circle Rulers to make the banner ...but they aren't necessary.

For those of you who have been asking about my rulers...they are coming very soon!

We are just awaiting the shipment so that they can be packaged and shipped out.

They will be available online, or at your LQS or in my new Etsy.

Let me know what you think about my newest pattern Tilt O' Whirl....

does it make you want to ride?

Have a quilty kind of day my friends:)

xx

Lori 

Polka Dot Posies - A New Pattern!!!...

This morning I am introducing another new pattern...yay!!!

 "Polka Dot Posies"

 I love basket quilts and

 I have designed many and made several over the years...

and I just had to do another one with my latest line...

Polka Dot Stitches

Because this line celebrates embroidery...

I was inspired by the many vintage embroidery patterns with baskets of flowers.

Take a look at my quilty version...

9 baskets...each holding a polka dot posy...

and a posy block in each intersection:-)

The baskets are are rotary cut and machine pieced...

using my easy corner triangle method that you all know so well by now!

The sashings are cut from a 

Polka Dot Stitches Rolie Polie with

 1 1/2" "words" strips in the middle.

(at Riley Blake, we call 2 1/2" strips Rolie Polie's and 

we call the 5" and 10" pre-cut squares "stackers")

The border consists of 5" squares and

 "words" in gray for the easy corner triangles...

The posy block consists of a pieced background including the stem...

And the posie and leaves are sewn with a 

super easy machine appliquéd method...

and at the center of each posy is a yo-yo!

The circle and yo-yo pillow pattern is also included...

As well as the instructions for the basket pillow.

Both pillows are made from leftover bits from making the quilt:-)

All posies and leaves are cut from these 3 designer cloth circles in my 

Polka Dot Stitches line...

the circles are 2 1/2" round in real size.

I used all of the circles for flowers and yo-yo's...

I used the gray and green designer cloth for the leaves.

Each circle on the cloth consists of a print from the line on a 

smaller scale and in different colors...

 I even included some designs from my

 Sew Cherry line in a smaller scale too!

Polka Dot Posies

60" x 60"

by Lori Holt

of

Bee in my Bonnet

The pillows are fun and the quilt is a nice size for a wallhanging...

a lap quilt...a crib quilt...

or folded on the back of a sofa or chair.

(I always layer lots of quilts in each room of my cottage 

for a cozy quilty home...and I'm sure you do too!)

 I used 5 solid colors to make the baskets.

2 of the solid's that I used are Jade (green) and Daisy (yellow)...

and are not included in my

 Polka Dot Stitches line but go with it very nicely because I like to use the same pantones in all of my lines.

(included in Polka Dot Stitches are the red, aqua and pewter gray)

As you know...I always use solids in my quilt designs. 

I love the way that they go with the prints and give the eye a rest....don't you?

For those of you who have been asking...

here is a list of the

Riley Blake Solids 

in the order of my photo...

that I have used with

 ALL of my fabric lines so far;

Clean White C100-01

Lt. Gray C100-05

Pewter Gray C100-12

Teddy Bear C100-22

Waterfall C100-33

(not much difference between these 

two aqua's so either will work)

Bear Lake C100-34

Ocean Blue C100-36

Jade C100-43

Green C100-44

Pepper C100-51

Daisy C100-62

Beehive C100-63

Peony C100-82

Hot Pink C100-85

I hope you find this list helpful.

I have been thinking about offering a 

Fat Quarter bundle of these

"Bee in my Bonnet"

solids in my new etsy shop

"Busy Bee Inc."

 so that you can use them when playing with any of my fabric and patterns...

please let me know what you think?

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that you will have a quilty kind of day!!!

xx

Lori