Rose Petal iPad Mini Clutch

My iPad mini needed a cute carrying clutch and I had just a little bit of left over fabric from my Rose Petal bundle and some cute pink polka dot bias trim from Fort Worth Fabric Studio that would be perfect!  I had a few hours to sew on Saturday, which was just enough time to sew myself a new clutch! I just love it!

Since I was using left over fabric...my clutch is reversible too ;) I also added a wrist strap so I would be less likely to drop it!

Back of clutch

I even added a pocket to the inside.....

I love being able to complete a project in one day and start using it right away!!! I think these clutches will be perfect for Christmas gifts! 

Supplies I used:

• Rose Petal Friday Bundle Batch at Fort Worth Fabric Studio - just a few bundles are left
• Pink Polka Dot Bias Trim- with crochet edge
• Fusible Fleece - to line exterior fabric
• Pellon Shapeflex SF101- to line lining fabric

Tutorial:

Lindsey at Fort Worth Fabric Studio has a fabulous tutorial (here) on making your own pouches/clutches. Mine is sized between the Large and Medium Pouches.

I love my new iPad mini clutch! It's perfect! Plus now when I carry it, I'm not worried about dropping it!

Be sure to follow me on Instagram @mellierc for more sewing fun!

Have a great day!

Melanie

Rose Petal Friday Bundle Batch with Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Happy Friday! I'm excited to share my Rose Petal Pillows 

with this week's Friday Bundle Batch at Fort Worth Fabric Studio!!! I always enjoy sewing pillows because new pillows are an affordable way to update the style of your home!  

I just love this super sweet rose fabric with soft pinks and gray! This week the Friday Bundle Batch features Free Spirit's Charlotte Fabric by Tanya Whelan...she designs the best floral fabrics!

Does this pattern look familiar??? I used the same block pattern for my Home is Where the Haunt is table runner! I love a good versatile pattern! The pattern is Blossom Tablerunner in Tablerunner Bliss.  ...I just changed the pattern a bit to become pillows! Keep Reading on how to sew your own matching pillows 16" x 16" using the Rose Petal Friday Bundle Batch!

Home is Where the Haunt Is Table Runner with Fort Worth Fabric Bundle

This week's Friday Bundle Batch at Fort Worth Fabric Studio: Home is Where the Haunt Is...is perfect for fall! When I saw this week's bundle had all of my favorites: Flowers, Swiss Dots, and Stripes for binding plus in classic colors...I knew it would make a Fall-tastic Table Runner! I chose a pattern from Sherri Falls's new book: Table Runner Bliss to make my new Home is Where the Haunt Is table runner! 

Table Runner Supplies - Home is Where the Haunt Is Fat Quarter Bundle, Table Runner Bliss Book, and perfect match Aurifil thread 2311.

Ready to make your own Home is Where the Haunt Is Table Runner - finished size 16.25" x 51.5". 

Hello Beautiful Tote with Fort Worth Fabric Studio

I just love love love the Hello Beautiful Friday Bundle Batch from Fort Worth Fabric Studio! I used every last bit of my bundle to make the Posy Pocket tote and 3 matchings lace zipper pouches using Lindsey Weight's free patterns (which are sooooo easy to follow....don't let zippers scare you!) at Fort Worth Fabric Studio.

The bundle features the On Trend fabric collection by Riley Blake and I just love the prints plus they are metallic too!

You'll receive 1 Fat Quarter of each:

1. On Trend Notecards Raspberry - Riley Blake
2. Wonderland Two Pink Cards - Riley Blake
3. Garden Girl Damask Mint - Riley Blake
4. On Trend Hexie Dot White - Riley Blake
5. Kimberbell Pink Doodles - Maywood Studio
6. On Trend Main Print White - Riley Blake
7. Metro Living Gold Metallic Rings - Robert Kaufman
8. Rustic Elegance White Mini Floral - Riley Blake

Ready to make your own Hello Beautiful Tote....It is even two sided so you can have different looks :)

Supplies for Tote

1. Hello Beautiful Fat Quarter Bundle or choose half yard bundle size if you prefer the same fabric for front and back of tote.
2. Moda Grunge Hits the Spot Vanilla - 1/2 yard for bag lining. 
3. Posy Pocket Tote Pattern by Lindsey Weight- FREE at Fort Worth Fabric Studio 
4. Pellon SF101 Interfacing - 3.5 yards
5. Pellon Fusible Fleece - 0.5 yard
6. (2) 9" zippers - I used handbag zippers as they have a bigger zipper pull
7. Aurifil Thread
8. Polka Dot Scissors- because they are too cute!

Persimmon Punch - bonus project

Today I want to share a bonus project from my Persimmon Punch Friday Bundle Batch from last week! I had just a few 2.5" squares left over....so I thought I needed a matching hot pad/pot holder to match my table runner!

A quick mini- tutorial.  Project finishes at a 10.5" square.

1. Cut out twenty five 2.5" squares total

- 5 squares - Strawberry Moon Petit Henna Garden Meadow 

- 4 squares - Sewing School Text Green

- 16 squares- a mix of: Basically Low Typewriter Text Gray, Moda Grunge Vanilla,Grunge Hits the Spot White Paper

Persimmon Punch Table Runner with Forth Worth Fabric Studio

I'm excited to share my Cottage Charm Table Runner with Persimmon Punch Friday Bundle Batch at Fort Worth Fabric Studio. I just loved sewing with this week's Friday Bundle Batch. The Cottage Charm Table Runner (available in the Sew This and That book) is such a fun and quick pattern to sew! I was able to sew the entire table runner including the binding and backing with the fat quarter bundle and a bit of Moda Grunge Vanilla (optional). I love being able to use every bit of my bundles. Plus I was able to save a few 2.5" squares for an extra bonus project that I will share next week ;).

The Persimmon Punch Friday Bundle Batch features Moda's Hazelwood with some Moda Grunge mixed in! It is such a lovely combination!

You'll receive 1 Fat Quarter of each:

1. Hazelwood Peonies Cloud - Moda
2. Just Color Red - Studio E
3. Basically Low Typewriter Text Gray - Red Rooster
4. Pixies Square Dot Blender Lime - Ink & Arrow
5. Grunge Hits the Spot White Paper - Moda
6. Strawberry Moon Petit Henna Garden Meadow - Michael Miller
7. Hazelwood Leaves Persimmon - Moda
8. Sewing School Text Green - Ella Blue

Ready to make your Persimmon Punch Table Runner-
Supplies

1. Persimmon Punch Fat Quarter Bundle

2. Moda Grunge - Vanilla - 1/4 yard

3. Sew This and That Book by Sherri Falls- Cottage Charm Table Runner on page 6

4. Aurifil Natural White Thread

5. 22" x 56" piece of batting

Cutting Fabric - You will need the book for the cutting measurements

Book color: Fabric from bundle

1. Light Squares: Basically Low Typewriter Text Gray and Moda Grunge Vanilla

2. Mint-green squares: Strawberry Moon Petit Henna Garden Meadow

3. Pink squares: Sewing School Text Green

4. Yellow squares: Grunge Hits the Spot White Paper

5. Coral squares: Hazelwood Leaves Persimmon

6. Mint Green Floral: Hazelwood Peonies Cloud

7. Binding:Pixies Square Dot Blender Lime (I cut mine 2.25" x 21" as I thought I needed 8 strips, but (7) 2.5" x 21" strips would've worked just fine as you only need 7 strips) 

Piecing- 

Follow pattern directions in book, but omit the appliqué.

Backing:

I chose to piece my backing by using my left over pieces from my fat quarter bundle! I love to use my entire bundle!  Plus it makes the project reversible.

Finishing and Quilting- 

I chose to free motion stipple using Aurifil natural white (perfect match) to quilt my table runner

A bit about the Sew This and That book

I love purchasing books as they are a great value! Fort Worth Fabric has the Sew This and That book on sale for $16.95...which means you get 13 patterns for only a little over a $1 per pattern! So much more affordable then $8-$12 for a single pattern! 

Here are a few of the projects I have made from this book (also with previous Friday Bundle Batches from Fort Worth Fabric Studio).  Two of the pillows are actually a table runner pattern, but I chose to sew one block instead of 3. 

Thank you again to Fort Worth Fabric Studio for having me sew this project with the adorable Persimmon Punch Fat Quarter Bundle!!! Be sure to grab your bundle here before it sells out. Sew This and That Book available here too! 

Be sure to tag your projects on social media with #sewingwithfwfabricstudio and @fwfabricstudio and me @mellierc so I can see them!

Happy Friday!!!

Melanie

Garden Party Star Quilt in Blue with Fort Worth Fabric Studio

This week is the lovely Garden Party in Blue Friday Bundle Batch with Fort Worth Fabric Studio! I just love all those blue fabrics together! Does this quilt look familiar???? It's the matching one to the Garden Party in Pink Bundle!

This Star Quilt Tutorial is my favorite as it uses the entire 8 fat quarters plus one yard of background fabric to make the quilt top and scrappy binding for a lap size quilt!!!! Keep reading for the Star Quilt Tutorial. 

Garden Party Fat Quarter Bundle in Blue

You'll receive 1 Fat Quarter of each:

1. La Dee Da Navy Bloom - Michael Miller
2. Maze Spa - Robert Kaufman
3. Dainty Darling Squares Aqua - Riley Blake
4. Maze Navy - Robert Kaufman
5. Sewing School Text Blue - Ella Blue
6. Dainty Darling Diamond Aqua - Riley Blake
7. Swiss Dots Navy with White Dots - Riley Blake
8. Marble Swirls Turquoise - Moda

Tutorial for Garden Party Star Quilt (53" x 53")

Supplies

1. Garden Party Fat Quarter Bundle in blue

2. Riley Blake Swiss Dot Navy- 1 yard (1.5 yard if cutting oops) -Riley Blake Swiss Dots is my favorite background fabric...it is always the right choice :)

3. Flutter & Float by Ana Davis for Blend Fabrics in Blue- 3.5 yards- This is the perfect backing for this quilt!

4. Aurifil thread

Cutting -Be careful cutting as you will use almost the entire fat quarter. 

Star Points - 4 Fat Quarters  (cut from each fat quarter):

(1) 12" Square - cut on diagonal to make 2 triangles

(2) 4.5" x 11.5" Rectangles

(2) 2.5 x 18" Binding 

*Hint for cutting for fat quarters. Cut (1) 12" x 21" rectangle. Then subcut the (1) 12" square. This will leave you with (1) 9" x 12" rectangle- subcut into (2) 4.5" x 11.5"rectangles. 

Star Center - 4 Fat Quarters (cut from each fat quarter):

(1) 11.5" square

(2) 4.5" x 11.5" Rectangles

(2) 2.5 x 18" Binding 

Background - Riley Blake Swiss Dots in Navy

(4) 12" Squares- cut on diagonal to make 2 triangles from each square (total of 8)

(4) 11.5" Squares

Corner 4-patches

(16) 2.5" squares (I cut these from my binding strips above)

Sewing

1. Sew (1) Star Point Triangle to (1) Background triangle to create a 11.5" half-square triangle. Make 8 total.

2. Sew (4) four-patch blocks to create corner blocks

3. Layout squares as shown below and sew together.

4. Quilt. I chose to stipple-meander my quilt. I "might" be addicted to stippling....I just can't stop! :)

5.  Bind. I just love a scrappy binding! Plus the backing matches perfectly!!!

A bit more about the backing fabric: Flutter & Float Flower Crown Blue by Blend Fabrics

This fabric is a perfect match for your quilt. This fabric is perfect for seam matching as the pattern repeat is small so minimal fabric waste!!! I will definitely do this again!

Thank you again to Fort Worth Fabric Studio for having me sew this quilt with this fabulous Garden Party Fat Quarter Bundle!!! Be sure to grab your bundle here before it sells out. This quilt is also for another fabulous teacher! My boys have had wonderful teachers this year!

Tag your projects on social media with #sewingwithfwfabricstudio and @fwfabricstudio and me @mellierc

Happy Friday!!!

Melanie

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Garden Party Star Quilt with Fort Worth Fabric Studio

This week is the lovely Garden Party Friday Bundle Batch with Fort Worth Fabric Studio! I just love all those pink fabrics together! This Star Quilt Tutorial is my favorite as it uses the entire 8 fat quarters plus one yard of background fabric to make the quilt top and scrappy binding for a lap size quilt!!!! Keep reading for the Star Quilt Tutorial.

Garden Party Fat Quarter Bundle in Pink

You'll receive 1 Fat Quarter of each:

1. Dainty Darling Pink Squares - Riley Blake
2. Finger Painted Flowers Pink Dots - Windham
3. Sew & Sew Floral Garden Strawberry/Whipped Cream - Moda
4. Marble Swirls Raspberry - Moda
5. Sevenberry Classiques Mini Baby Pink Hearts - Robert kaufman
6. Wonderland Two Floral Pink - Riley Blake
7. Sevenberry Petite Dots Hot Pink - Robert Kaufman
8. Carousel Tonal Pink Flowers - P&B Textiles

Tutorial for Garden Party Star Quilt (53" x 53")

Supplies

1. Garden Party Fat Quarter Bundle

2. Riley Blake Swiss Dot Pink- 1 yard (1.5 yard if cutting oops) -Riley Blake Swiss Dots is my favorite background fabric...it is always the right choice :)

3. Flutter & Float by Ana Davis for Blend Fabrics in Pink - 3.5 yards- This is the perfect backing for this quilt!

4. Aurifil thread

Cutting -Be careful cutting as you will use almost the entire fat quarter. 

Star Points - 4 Fat Quarters  (cut from each fat quarter):

(1) 12" Square - cut on diagonal to make 2 triangles

(2) 4.5" x 11.5" Rectangles

(2) 2.5 x 18" Binding 

*Hint for cutting for fat quarters. Cut (1) 12" x 21" rectangle. Then subcut the (1) 12" square. This will leave you with (1) 9" x 12" rectangle- subcut into (2) 4.5" x 11.5"rectangles. 

Star Center - 4 Fat Quarters (cut from each fat quarter):

(1) 11.5" square

(2) 4.5" x 11.5" Rectangles

(2) 2.5 x 18" Binding 

Background - Riley Blake Swiss Dots in Pink

(4) 12" Squares- cut on diagonal to make 2 triangles from each square (total of 8)

(4) 11.5" Squares

Corner 4-patches

(16) 2.5" squares (I cut these from my binding strips above)

Sewing

1. Sew (1) Star Point Triangle to (1) Background triangle to create a 11.5" half-square triangle. Make 8 total.

2. Sew (4) four-patch blocks to create corner blocks

3. Layout squares as shown below and sew together.

4. Quilt. I chose to stipple-meander my quilt. I "might" be addicted to stippling....I just can't stop! :)

5.  Bind. I just love a scrappy binding! Plus the backing matches perfectly!!!

A bit more about the backing fabric: Flutter & Float Flower Crown Pink by Blend Fabrics

This fabric is a perfect match for your quilt. I even tried something new...matching up the pattern for the backing seam! This fabric is perfect for seam matching as the pattern repeat is small so not much fabric waste!!! I will definitely do this again!

The color is a off in this picture, but the seam almost hidden :) 

I just love this Garden Party Star Quilt!!! I'm so excited to give this quilt to a very special teacher!!!

Thank you again to Fort Worth Fabric Studio for having me sew this quilt with this fabulous Garden Party Fat Quarter Bundle!!! Be sure to grab your bundle here before it sells out. Tag your projects on social media with #sewingwithfwfabricstudio and @fwfabricstudio and me @mellierc

Happy Friday!!!

Melanie