My Happy Place Quilt made with Piece and Plenty Fabric

 

I'm excited to share my latest project made with the new fabric line from Lori Holt – “Piece and Plenty” for Riley Blake Design.

The fabric collection consists of vintage inspired florals, geometric prints and a lovely text print. 

I thought my Vintage Dresses Pattern & Vintage Sewing Machine pattern made into "My Happy Place Quilt " would be a perfect match.

The blocks are offset with an Irish chain pattern with a thread spool center. I love the way it turned out!

The pattern is in the works and will be available in 2025, but you can find my Vintage Sewing Machine and Vintage Dresses patterns in my Etsy shop.

Find the Sewing Machine Pattern [HERE]

Find the Vintage Dresses Pattern [HERE]

I hope you make a project with “Piece and Plenty” fabric!

Happy Sewing!

Charise : )

"Take Heart" Ruffle Accessories

 

Today I am thrilled to share the new fabric line from J Wecker Frisch - "Take Heart" for Riley Blake Designs..

The fabric line consists of adorable vintage valentine card themed prints as well as a beautiful floral, text and geometric prints

In keeping with the Valentine theme, I made a sweet ruffle pouch and purse with my Fussy Cut Heart Pattern as the center piece.

Fussy Cut Heart Pattern

The Zipper pouch features one of my favorite images from the “The Heart Patch Panel” surrounded by the “Red Heart Cross” Print. The pouch is quilted with simple hearts in keeping with the theme of the fabrics.

Ruffle Zipper Pouch Pattern

The Ruffle purse also features the “Fussy Cut Heart” pattern with a fussy cut center also from the “Take Heart Patch Panel”. I love how the Pink Floral works so perfectly with the Fussy Cut Hearts.

The Ruffle Purse is the perfect project bag complete with a zipper closure. I used the Diamond Heart Cross Print for the second side of the pouch.

Ruffle Purse Pattern

I hope you make a project with Take Heart Fabric!

Happy Sewing : )

Charise

Home Sweet Home Fabric

 

I had the pleasure to make a project with the new line of fabric - Home Sweet Home by Elea Lutz for Poppie Cotton.  

It is such an adorable line of fabric!  

You will find florals, a text print (I love a good text print!) strawberry, cottage and bird prints.

The prints were just the perfect scale for the cottage which measures just 6" square. The cottage is a Foundation paper piecing pattern that is part of my new "Cottage Pillow" pattern.

My New "Cottage Pillow" was the perfect pattern to use all the adorable images in "Chore Time" print.  The adorable little animals are doing all their chores from sweeping, baking and sleeping, which you can see in all the little windows : ) 

I hope you choose to make a project with "Home Sweet Home"!

Happy Sewing

xo

Charise 

Calico Cowgirl "Leather and Lace Purse"

Hi!  I'm so happy to be able to share the project I made with the new line of fabric from Poppie Cotton - Calico Cowgirls designed by Lori Woods. 

The line is happy and vibrant with deep jewel tones.  I decided to use my Free Curved Tote Bag Pattern as a starting point to create the "Leather and Lace Purse".

The prints are so beautiful so I decided to create outside pockets with 3 1/2" squares of my favorite prints.

The Pocket panel is embellished with a vintage lace square set on the diagonal with a center button.

I added lace trim at the top of the pocket which I think adds such a nice, vintage touch.

I wanted to have the option of wearing this bag as a cross body bag, so I added 1/2" tabs and D rings to the side seams so I could add a shoulder strap.

I just happened to have the leather in my stash for the handles.  They are 3/4" x 18" stitched onto the bag with heavy duty thread.

If you are interested in some leather sewing tips -  I have a tutorial [HERE]

Here are a few resources for leather:

Joann.com for leather straps and remnant bags - I cut my straps from leather remnants

Tandy Leather  - Search for Leather remnants or Leather Strips

The cute little button and flowers hanging from the D-Ring tab were a free gift with purchase from Sunny Day Supply.

Please tag your photos on social media with the hashtags:

#CalicoCowgirls #CalicoCowgirlsFabric #PoppieCotton

Happy Sewing!

Charise : )

Apple Wristlet in Vintage Charm Fabric

Hi!  Today I'm sharing a project I made with the new fabric from Dani Mogstad called Vintage Charm from at Riley Blake Designs.

 I absolutely adore this fabric line!

It consists of beautiful florals, dots, a text print, and my favorite - The apple print.   You can see it in the leaf.

Keeping with the apple theme, I made my Apple Wristlet which you can find in my Etsy shop – Charise Creates. Kassidy Bee Ginghams in color Coral was the perfect print for the body of the wristlet and the strap. 

I love a pink and red project!

 The lining is the gorgeous Floral in color white.

I love the Heart zipper.  You can find it at Sunny Day Supply.

I’m looking forward to making another project with the sweet hexagons. I just love the apple print!

Be sure to share your projects made with Vintage Charm with the following hashtags. I love to see what you make!

#VintageCharmFabric #ILoveRileyBlake #RileyBlakeDesigns

Happy Sewing! 

Charise

Playtime 30's Fabric - "Retro Gadgets" zipper pouches

  

Playtime 30's is a new collection from Riley Blake Designs designed by Lindsay Wilkes of The Cottage Mama.

The collection is vintage feedback inspired with adorable floral and geometric patterns.

Keeping with the vintage theme,  I made two different zipper bags with my "Retro Gadgets" pattern.

The Princess phone is featured on my Home Sweet Home Pouch.

 The Back of the pouch features the cute Cheater patchwork print.

The selvage is absolutely adorable and features little chicks.  I made a loop for the outside of the pouch.

I've been wanting to make a camera bag and this fabric line paired with the Vintage Camera was the perfect combo!

The Bears print was perfect for the lens of the camera : )

There are three patterns in the Retro Gadget pattern set including the vintage scale.

You can find the Retro Gadgets pattern, and the Home Sweet Home zipper pouch pattern 

in my Etsy shop Charise Creates - [HERE]

Be sure to tag your photos on social media with the hashtags:

#Playtime30sFabric #RileyBlakeDesigns #ILoveRileyBlake

Happy Sewing!

xo

Charise

Market Day Apple Tote

 

Amy Jordan of Amy J. Delightful has done it again!  She has designed the most adorable fabric line for Poppie Cotton  - "Market Day".

The line includes an adorable Matryoshka Nesting Dolls print,  a bunting print and lots of sweet florals.  I chose a project that would best highlight the fabrics.  The Apple tote is a pattern I designed for the book "Playful Little Paper Pieced Projects" which you can find on Amazon.

The handles are from Everything Mary

The original Tote has a Kite block as the focal point, but I decided to swap it out for my new Apple Paper Pieced Pattern.  I used the nesting dolls print for the apple center.  I love how it turned out!

You can find the pattern in my ETSY shop - Charise Creates.

I added a fun little apple label that was a gift with purchase from Sunny Day Supply.

Be sure to tag your Market Day fabrics projects with the following hashtags:  ( I love to see what you make)!

#PoppieCotton #PoppieCottonFabric #ILovePoppieCotton #MarketDayFabric #MarketDayFabricTour

Happy Sewing!

xo

Charise