Friendship Quilt Along - Loyal Mini Quilt/Pillow- Tutorial

Happy Friday! We are already on week 7 of the Friendship Quilt Along with Amanda Herring. Today is the Loyal Block, which features flying geese ( I love them)! I'm sewing with Amanda's latest fabric collection - Hello Lovely! 

Once I finished my Loyal Blocks- I sewed them together and added some Riley Blake Linen (how did I not know about Riley Blake Linen before???) to make a Loyal Mini Quilt/Pillow.

Supplies to make your own Loyal Mini Quilt/Pillow 18.5" x 18.5"
1. Hello Lovely Gray Floral Yardage - 1/2 yard

2. Hello Lovely Aqua Bouquet Yardage - 1/2 yard

3. Hello Lovely Gray Geometric Yardage - 1/4 yard

4. Riley Blake Linen - Light Gray - 1/2 yard

5. Aurifil Thread - Dove

6. Friendship Quilt Pattern - Loyal Block

Mini Tutorial on making your Loyal Mini Quilt/ Pillow

Hello Lovely Blog Tour with Amanda Herring and Riley Blake Designs

I am so excited to be part of the Hello Lovely Fabric Blog Tour with Amanda Herring and Riley Blake Designs. When Amanda first shared sneaks of her newest fabric collection,  Hello Lovely- I knew I had to have it! I love the colors and floral prints....this collection just makes me so happy!

I have been wanting to sew Quilty Love's Triangle Hexies Quilt and the Hello Lovely fabric is just perfect for it! I am loving all those triangles...plus no Y-seams!!!

Supplies:

Hello Lovely Fat Quarter Bundle

Riley Blake White Solid - 1 yard

Riley Blake Gray Solid - 2.5 yards

Quilty Love Pattern-  Triangle Hexies

Look at all these lovely triangles...

Sewn together!!! Hint- make sure you have a true 1/4" seam- if you use a scant seam then you might loose your points.

All quilted....my go to.... stippling!!! 

I am seriously loving this quilt sooooo much!!! Thank you Amanda to having me be part of the Hello Lovely Blog Tour! I am absolutely loving your Hello Lovely Fabric collection! Thank you Riley Blake for sending me the beautiful fabrics to sew with!

Have a great day and happy sewing!

Be sure to follow me on Instagram @mellierc and here on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more sewing fun!

Melanie

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Geranium Dress with Flora and Fawn

I sewed another dress for my little one! She loves flowers and pink so it is perfect! Plus this fabric has me all heart eyes!

I love the sweet floral print from Amanda Herring's Flora and Fawn collection mixed with Riley Blake Gingham! Mixing prints for clothing is one of my favorites to do.  I also used my favorite Geranium Dress Pattern with Expansion Pack by Made by Rae- it is my "go to" dress pattern. 

My little one loves to help me sew. She even picked out the cutest flower buttons for the dress back, she was disappointed that I didn't sew them to the dress front ;).

Supplies:

1. Flora and Fawn by Amanda Herring

2. Riley Blake Medium Gingham

3. Geranium Dress Pattern with Expansion Pack

4. Aurifil thread

I finished the dress just in time for Easter! We both love it ;) 

I sure love being on Amanda Herring's Creative Team! Her fabric is my style and I love it so much! I  received my fabric for her new Hello Lovely Collection and it is AMAZING! I wonder if I can request a bolt of each print???  I'm so excited to start sewing up my project for the Hello Lovely Blog Tour with Amanda and Riley Blake Designs!!!!

Have a great day!!!

Melanie

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Flora and Fawn Range Backpack

I love backpacks! I love how they hold so many items plus I can be hands free....yay!!! I've been using my North Face Backpack from college (I can't believe it has lasted so long!).....so it was time for a new back pack! I knew I wanted to use the gorgeous fawn fabric from Flora and Fawn by Amanda Herring with Riley Blake Designs. Those sweet deer and flowers have me all heart eyes!

Deciding on the best backpack pattern for me took some time. I wanted a full size back that was functional plus looked great too! I love Noodlehead's patterns so I thought her Range Backpack would be perfect....and it was!!! 

When I opened up the 20 page pattern (eek)- I freaked out a bit and thought do I really want to sew a 20 page pattern???  I am so glad did because the reason why the pattern is quite long is that she explains EVERY step with words and diagrams....which was sooooooo helpful! I love how clearly written and easy to follow the pattern was! Success!

Making your Range Backpack

1. Flora & Fawn Gray Flora Deer Yardage - 1 yard (to allow for fussy cutting)

2. Flora & Fawn Gray Flora Weave - 3 yards (lining, bottom, straps)

3. Range Backpack pattern by Noodlehead  (pattern includes recommendations for interfacing, zipper, and hardware).

I took soooooo many pictures of my backpack because it was a gorgeous sunny day and I LOVE it! So sit back and relax ;)

I was so excited that I was able to line up the deer for the pockets and side panels of the bag! Fussy cutting for the win!!!!

Flora and Fawn Mini Quilt

I'm so excited to be part of Amanda Herring's Creative Team...I love her Flora and Fawn Fabric! For February our theme is Home. I chose to make a Flora and Fawn Mini Suburbs Quilt. I just love these sweet little deer and knew they would be perfect for fussy cutting...one of my favorite sewing techniques! 

I am loving Flora and Fawn fabric designed by Amanda Herring for Riley Blake Designs....it is just gorgeous! Keep on reading if you want to make your own mini quilt!