These fabric flowers are so fun and easy to make. I have used them on my mini Bakeshop Aprons and many other things. My 7 year old can make them and she loves it. Here are the quick and easy steps! What You'll Need to make the Fabric Flowers: Material (12 in x 3 in strip) These fabrics are from Riley Blake Designs (Love the happy colors!) You can cut your fabric longer for more ruffles:), Thread & needle, and something for the center, (jewels or buttons) Step 1: Cut a 12 x 3 in strip … [Read more...] about Easy Ruffle Fabric Flowers
Easiest Strip Quilt-Part 2-Block & Quilt Assembly
PART 1 of this post RIGHT HERE: If you are just coming upon this post, now, look for the link above and see PART 1 of this post where I explained: quilt basics fabrics to use and amount where to find the patterns shown (RILEY BLAKE OF COURSE) below is the fabric chart if you missed it on the last post Quilt Block Assembly: Even though the pictures have great explanations, there are a couple tips you can use. YES that is glue stick. It's Elmer's Washable WHITE … [Read more...] about Easiest Strip Quilt-Part 2-Block & Quilt Assembly
Easiest Strip Quilt for DOLLS-Part 1-Prep
I'm so excited to share this post mainly since I have wanted to make a quilt of sorts for a long time. I finally had the excuse to make one with RILEY BLAKE FABRICS and for even more fun, check out the Riley Blake Fabric Fest in Las Vegas, NV in September where we will be teaching a class. Anyhow, Riley Blake has THE CUTEST selection of fabrics so it was hard to pick. It's a good thing I picked the quilt that requires many colors and patterns because I got to use most of my very … [Read more...] about Easiest Strip Quilt for DOLLS-Part 1-Prep
Baby Party Dress with Riley Blake Designs
We've recently joined the Riley Blake Designs Project Design Team and this is the first project I made for their blog. A few months ago we added a little dolly to our family! It has been fun to have a baby girl to dress up after the jeans of tees 2 boys. I fell in love with the colors of the Millie's Closet line, with the very girly red with purses and the coordinating blue. It had something to make each of my kids happy! Finding a baby dress pattern that was what I wanted was a lot … [Read more...] about Baby Party Dress with Riley Blake Designs
How to Ombre
Here's a short tutorial on how to dye fabric with the popular ombre effect. I took these pictures for a tutorial back in May and just realized I never posted it while I was ombre-ing a baby gift this weekend. So here's how to ombre and I'll be back to share my ombre project with you soon! I used 100% cotton and a box of Rit dye to achieve the ombre. First step: Add equal parts dye to three buckets and some salt, maybe a tablespoon to each bucket to help set the dye. Then add different … [Read more...] about How to Ombre
