Summer Skies and Fireflies - Posy Purse and Citrus Pouch

 

Today I am sharing my latest projects – my Citrus Pouch and Posy Purse, with the new line of fabric “Summer Skies and Fireflies” designed by Gracey Larson of Burlap and Blossoms

As described by Gracey- “This collection was inspired by nostalgic, warm, summer afternoons where cares seem to melt away and life feels simple. I wanted to design a fabric collection that would represent the simple things that stay the same in an ever-changing world: feelings of home, the sun coming up every morning, and fireflies dancing when the crickets start to sing at dusk. “

I absolutely love this line of fabric. The prints are adorable and the colors are the most yummy shades that are reminiscent of the colors of sorbet! These fabrics are pure sunshine!

What better project than a citrus pouch that showcase all the beautiful prints?

I chose a palette of lemon yellow, pink grapefruit, and lime green to make a trio of my Citrus Pouch. They are so sweet and summer!

Gingham zippers can be found at Sunny Day Supply. I love how they coordinate with the fabrics.

Find the Citrus Pouch HERE

The Posy Purse is a new version of my Modern Hexagon Purse that I created a decade ago! I used a Summery combination of yellow and turquoise which is the epitome of Summer – blue skies and sunshine! An appliquéd hexagon was used for the fun little flower center.

The Posy Purse is a fun make and a perfect sized purse or small tote to carry all your essentials. Instruction are included for making you own handles!

Find the Posy Purse pattern HERE

I hope you choose to make a project with “Summer Skies and Fireflies”. Be sure to tag your makes on social media with the hashtags:

#ILoveRileyBlake #RileyBlakeDesigns #SummerSkiesandFirefliesFabric

Happy Sewing!

Charise

Granny's Sewing Room Fabric

I had the pleasure of working with the new line of fabric from Poppie Cotton - Granny's Sewing Room designed by Sherri McCulley.

The fabric line includes beautiful florals and fun sewing themed fabrics in soft pinks, yellow and turquoise. 

The fabric seemed a perfect match for my Dress Boutique pattern.  

I created a new, larger version which includes larger blocks for the dresses, sewing machine and iron.    The new pattern is in the works but I do have some of the individual blocks available.

The Dress Pattern shown above can be found in my Vintage Dresses pattern HERE

  The sewing machine pattern is modeled after my precious 1964 White Singer Featherweight sewing machine.

I love the fussy cut detail on the spool!

The Vintage Featherweight Sewing machine pattern can be found HERE

The iron is modeled after a vintage iron I have in my collection.

You find a similar pattern HERE

 

This new dress pattern is coming soon!

I hope you make a project with Granny's Sewing Room Fabric.

Please be sure to tag your photos on social media with the hastags:

#PoppieCotton #GrannysSewingRoomFabric

Happy Sewing!

Charise

Ice Cream Cone Zipper Pouch and Curvy Basket in Bee Basics

Hi!  Today I'm sharing my makes with the adorable Basics fabrics - Bee Vintage, Bee Dots and Bee Ginghams designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs.

 

Riley Blake has so many adorable Basics Fabrics! I had fun choosing some for my newest pattern – my Ice Cream Cone Zipper Pouch. The pattern comes in two sizes. The pattern is an Advanced Beginner / Intermediate pattern that you can make in a day

Find the Ice Cream Cone Zipper Pouch Pattern HERE

 I also made a basket to hold goodies in my sewing room. Having cute organizing solutions in my sewing room is a must!

The basket was made with Bee Vintage’s Cheater print. The cheater print is adorable, and if you want to make this project quickly it is the perfect choice! No piecing required! 

I used Riley 1/8″ gingham for the piping and bias trim which coordinates perfectly with the Bee Vintage Cheater Print.

Find the Curvy Basket Pattern HERE   

    The Ice Cream Cone pouch is so much fun to make! Choosing fabrics is my favorite part of the project. I used the following fabrics for the smaller cones pictured:

Bee Basics Fabrics:

Left- Ice Cream Fabric is Bee Vintage Nettie Cottage (the cone fabric is no longer available but Bee Ginghams Cassidy Tea Dye is a great substitute!)

Right – Ice Cream Fabric is Bee Vintage Lizzie Beehive and the Cone fabric is Bee Ginghams Cassidy Tea Dye                

For the large Ice Cream Cone in the center, I used Bee Vintage Mable Frosting for the ice cream, for the scallops I used Bee Ginghams Kassidy Coral, and for the cone I used Bee Dots Verona Cider.

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Bee basics are so much fun to work with thus so incredibly versatile. I love to see what you make so be sure to tag your photos on social media with the hashtags:

#ILoveRileyBlake #RileyBlakedesigns #BeeBasicsFabric

Happy Sewing!

xo

Charise

Rosy Cheeks Quilt

 

Rosy Cheeks is a sweet and sunny collection from Poppie Cotton designed by Lori Woods.

It is one of my favorites that Poppie Cotton has released. 

The prints are absolutely adorable including florals, a tea cup print, and that adorable girl print.

I wanted to  highlight the prints,  so I designed a simple quilt that showcases each print.  

The cornerstones are 3" hearts and the quilt is an easy piecing project.

The Cornerstone Quilt will be available soon!

The scalloped binding seemed perfect for such a whimsical quilt!  I used a tutorial at Diaryofaquilter.com - "How to calculate a scalloped quilt border"

The stunning quilting is by Ashley @Henhousequilting

I hope you choose to make a project with "Rosy Cheeks"!

Be sure to tag your "Rosy Cheeks" projects with the hashatags - 

#RosyCheeksFabric #RosyCheeksFabricTour #PoppieCottonFabric #PoppieCotton #LovePoppieCotton

Happy Sewing!

Charise : )

Cloudburst Rainy Day Purse and Gathered Zipper Pouch

 

 

Hi! Today I'm sharing the purses I made with the adorable new line of fabric “Cloudburst” from Jillily Studios.

The prints are a brilliant combination of umbrellas, rain clouds, florals and a cherry print for added cuteness.

I decided to make two different projects – a purse and a zipper pouch : )

The Rainy Day Purse was designed for Stitch magazine. Stitch magazine no longer exists but you can purchase the pattern on the Sew Daily website.

The umbrella features my favorite print from the line – The umbrella print. The raindrops and umbrella prints make the perfect border for the umbrella border.

The shell of the purse highlights the adorable rain cloud print in blue. The outside pocket is the perfect size for a compact umbrella or your phone and features a sweet gathered top.

I added a loop and d-ring and hung a fun cherry zipper pull which I purchased from Rose Garden Patchwork.

The sweet little pouch features the cherry trio from my book Super Cute Paper Piecing.

I added ric rac trim for a little extra cuteness!

The gathered pouch is the perfect mix of romantic and sweet. It is a great choice if you have a special print or small quilt block to feature.

                      Gathered Pouch

Super Cute Paper Piecing Book

I loved making projects with “Cloudburst”. I hope you do too!

Happy Sewing! 

Charise

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Florette Quilt with Sunsetridge Fabric

 

I'm so excited to share the project I made with the new line on fabric designed by Minki Kim - Sunsetridge.

Sunsetridge is a gorgeous fabric line with cute sewing themed prints as well as florals, dots and ginghams.

I chose to make a quilt with my new pattern - The Florette Quilt. The flowers are made with the pinks and yellow prints with a pretty green sashing and binding.

 Click for the Florette Quilt Pattern

The flower blocks are pieced using curved piecing and appliquéd centers. The perfect quilt for mastering a new technique!

I chose to use multiple prints for a scrappy background which gives the quilt a bit of whimsy.

I look forward to seeing your projects made with Sunsetridge fabric

Happy Sewing!