Today I want to share a quilt that is kind of special to me!

I made it at the end of 2025, but just barely finished the binding.

This is my Lulu quilt pattern, which is based on an antique quilt I once saw.

I designed it in 2016 and have made a few Lulu quilts since then.

It may just be one of the simplest patterns I've designed.  It's perfect if you need a quick make!

It comes with 2 size options - lap and twin.  This is the lap size.

It finishes at 48" x 64".

It's Jelly Roll (or 2-1/2" strip friendly).

The reason why this particular quilt is so special to me is that it's made with

fabrics that I designed!  I had a lot of partial 2-1/2" strips and scraps

leftover from other projects so it felt good to put them to use.

99% of the fabrics are from my two collections with Riley Blake Designs,

Feels Like Home and Honey Locust.  It's fun to see how well both of the collections

work together.  I think there are also a few pieces in it that I designed for

one or two of the Hush Hush (low volume) collections for Riley Blake.

I backed the quilt in the main print from Honey Locust called Gigi's Garden in the color Blush.

The binding is from Feels Like Home.  It's called Alpine Meadow in the color Rose.

Jen Ostler in Highland, Utah, quilted it for me.  This time, I let her pick the panto

which was a fun surprise!  I don't do that very often, haha.  But I love Jen, and I trusted her

to pick something I would like.  And she did not disappoint!   This panto is called Chip by Leisha Farnsworth, and I like that it added some curve to this very square/rectangular quilt.

Of course, I added one of my favorite labels from Ever Emblem.  They're so easy to sew into the binding so I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts!  I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels.

If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their

basic cotton labels and customize it from there.  I machine stitch my binding

down around it because it's hard to hand stitch through it).

I hand-bound the rest of the binding to the back of the quilt and that was nice to slow down for a bit.

Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy that process.

I love that this has a bit of a scrappy look to it.  Please don't be afraid to mix fabric

collections and use what you have!  It makes a quilt unique and oh, so charming, don't you think?!

This pattern is so versatile.  It will be great for any age, occasion, gender, and colorway!

If you would like to make your own Lulu quilt,

you can grab the paper pattern HERE.

Or the PDF pattern HERE.

I'd love to hear what you think about this very simple quilt!

Thanks for stopping by!

Flora's Baskets (Scrappy Version) - Finished Quilt

 In March of 2023, I shared details about a new quilt I was starting - a scrappy version of my

Flora's Basket quilt.  Click HERE to check out that post where I share the inspiration behind the pattern + the cutting instructions for making your own Flora's Basket blocks.  You really should check it out, not only for the cutting instructions but the antique quilt that inspired my pattern - is gorgeous!

Wow.  Has it really been 3 years since I started this quilt?  Some quilts just take time, I guess.

Well today I want to share the details of the finished quilt.  I'm really happy

with the way it turned out.  I like it a lot better than the original version as these colors

are more ME.  And the low-volume background is just so fun.

I made blocks here and there over the last couple of years and then really made some headway

on the sashing units, laying it all out, and then sewing it all together this past summer.

It was a true labor of love as there were a lot of pieces in this queen-size quilt.

Plus, scrappy quilts just take longer to cut out, to assemble, etc.

The dusty rose sashing fabric just makes me happy!

And then I backed it in some of my fabric from my Feels Like Home

collection with Riley Blake Designs.  I thought it matched really well and always

feels good to use up something in your stash.

Jen Ostler in Highland, Utah, quilted it with the Double Orange Peel pantograph by the Quilting Mill.

I love how it turned out!  Jen always does a fantastic job!

I bought plenty of the pink sashing fabric to bind the quilt with too!

I thought bringing that color out to the edge would tie everything together nicely!

The original Flora's Baskets pattern requires some yardage + 10" squares for the top of the baskets.

Doing a scrappy low-volume background on this version was a great way to use up scraps!

I think I only had to buy a few browns (for the baskets), the low-volume border fabric, and the pink sashing/binding fabric for this quilt.  Everything else was from my stash!

The pattern comes with instructions for 3 different quilt sizes - lap, twin, and queen.

I have been making a lot of queen-size quilts these last few years as I feel like they're

so useful and fun to display on my kid's beds (which are sometimes used for guests).

A little sneak peek of the hand-binding on the back of the quilt...

I love to hand-stitch my binding down when time permits.

I feel like I've finally gotten good at machine binding, though,

so that wins out sometimes when I have a lot going on.

I'm not sure what inspired this color palette, but I love the sweet, springy vibe.

Yellows, pinks, and aquas (with a little bit of navy and brown, so it's not too sticky-sweet, haha).

So many pictures, it's hard to not post them all!

I love low-volume fabrics that are subtle.  There's a range, like with most things.

Some are "quiet", and some are "loud".  I tend to gravitate to the quiet ones,

as not to distract from the main subject.

Well, that's it for today.  I hope you enjoyed this quilt.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

If you'd like to grab the Flora's Baskets paper pattern, click HERE.

If you'd like to grab the Flora's Baskets PDF pattern, click HERE.

And as a reminder, you can click HERE for the cutting instructions for the scrappy block.

And you can check out my original Flora's Basket quilt HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vintage Valentine in Confetti Cotton Solids

I really meant to post about my original Vintage Valentine quilt before Valentine's Day!  Such a bummer that I totally spaced that!!!   Is anyone still working on heart quilts?  I'm about to start a winter/Christmas quilt...so maybe!?! 

I designed this new pattern for a few reasons...

1.) I wanted a timeless (somewhat easy) heart pattern for myself and others.  I've designed a few heart quilts over the years and seem to always be chasing the "perfect" heart quilt pattern.  Mine are all so different, though, so I guess it just depends on what speaks to you.  I'll link to all of them at the end of this post.

2.) I wanted a heart pattern that was easy to kit up for shop owners (it's fat eighth/fat quarter friendly).  The great thing about this pattern, though, is that you can also use 10" squares or your stash for the hearts.

3.) I wanted to push myself to use solids since I don't use them very often!  This keeps the costs down for all of us - shop owners and quilters alike!

Riley Blake Designs donated the fabrics for this quilt - THANK YOU, Riley Blake Designs!

Can I tell you how much I love the feel and selection of their Confetti Cotton Solids?

They now have over 300 colors to choose from!  

Here are the colors I used for my throw-size quilt:

Pink Dogwood (pink background)

Pewter (tan sashing and binding)

 Riley Burgandy, Riley Fuchsia, Riley Hot Pink, Boysenberry, and Hibiscus (hearts)

Note: For the full-size cover quilt mockup, I used the addition of Magenta and Rose.

The skill level on this pattern is "confident beginner". 

I think the hardest part (or the part that takes the longest is making and squaring up the sashing units).

But it's not too bad if you chain piece everything!

Jen Ostler in Highland, UT. quilted it for me.  You know she is my fave!  She trims my quilts, ties them up with a bow, and attaches a little chocolate to the receipt.  On top of being an AMAZING long arm quilter!  She really is the best!

I had Jen use the Knit 1 Purl 2 pantograph by Natalie Gorman on this quilt to add some sweet, curvy texture to this (otherwise angular) quilt.  I like the thread color to match my background color, so she went with a light pink thread color that matched perfectly!

Here is the little heart she added to the quilting (her signature move!)

Makes for a fun game of hide-and-seek!

Per usual, I added one of the simple labels I get from Ever Emblem.  They're so easy to sew into the binding so I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts!  I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels.  If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their basic cotton labels and customize it from there.  I machine stitch my binding down around it because it's hard to hand stitch through it (but then I usually hand stitch the rest of my binding down to the back of my quilt).

This time, I machine-bound my quilt, though.  One of my biggest tips when machine binding a quilt is to match the color of the top thread and bobbin thread to the side of the quilt where they will appear.  It hides a lot of potential flaws!

I had some of the Pink Dogwood background fabric leftover so I decided to use it on the back of the quilt as well.  Note to self, use more Riley Blake Confetti Cotton Solids as quilt backs!  It's cheaper than buying printed fabric and it shows the quilting so well!

So what do you think?  Are you team "solids" or team "prints"?

I am usually team "prints" but I like how the hearts and quilting really pop on the solids!

Vintage Valentine includes instructions for 4 quilt sizes - crib, throw, full, and queen.

Like I said before, this is the throw-size quilt.

If you'd like to see a queen-size version in prints, click HERE.

I'd love to hear what you think about this quilt!  I really enjoyed making

this version with Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton Solids!

If you'd like to grab the Vintage Valentine paper pattern, click HERE. 

If you'd like the Vintage Valentine PDF pattern, click HERE.

My other heart quilt patterns:

Always & Forever (1" finished squares)

Cherish (scalloped border)

With Love (hearts & plaid)

They're all available as both paper and PDF patterns.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hanging Fabric Hearts Tutorial

Looking for a way to use the scraps of batting you've been saving from past quilt projects?  Or the little pieces of ribbon you've collected over the years because they were just too pretty to throw away?  Do you LOVE fabric and have a bunch of scraps lying around?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I have a tutorial for you!

Hanging Fabric Hearts!  They're festive, easy, quick, and fun to make!

Plus, they're a great way to put your scraps to good use!  

I (along with several employees of the quilt shop I work at - Maker's & Co. in American Fork, Utah) made a bunch of hanging hearts to warm up the store for January and February!

We also wanted to show our appreciation to our awesome customers for 

supporting us in the first few months we've been open!

I'll be sharing a simple photo tutorial below or you can go to the end of this post for a printable PDF.

NOTES: 

Use two different pink or two different red fabrics for each heart.  For a pink heart, use

pink thread.  For a red heart, use red thread.  You can get about 8-10 hearts from two 

¼ yard cuts of fabric (less with certain directional fabrics).

To make these Hanging Fabric Hearts, you will need:

- HEART TEMPLATES

- Red and pink fabric scraps (1” bigger than the heart templates)

- Thin batting scraps (1” bigger than the heart templates)

- Coordinating ribbon or lace (optional)

- Red and pink thread + invisible thread or fishing line for hanging

- Frixion pen, straight pins or 505 Temporary Adhesive Spray for Fabric, sewing machine, iron, scalloped pinking shears, needle, and heavy spray starch

- Clear packing tape, push pins, or removable poster mounting putty for hanging 

1. Cut out the paper HEART TEMPLATES.

2. Use a Frixion pen to trace a heart onto the right side of a pink or red piece of fabric.

NOTE: The Frixion pen's ink disappears with heat.

3. Lay a coordinating piece of pink or red fabric on your work surface, right side down.

Then lay a piece of thin batting on top of it.

Then lay the fabric with the traced heart on top of the batting, right side up.

4. Follow the directions on the 505 Temporary Adhesive Spray

or use straight pins to baste the 3 layers together.  I tried it both ways.

I thought pinning worked just fine, but if you find your fabric is puckering or shifting,

you could try pinning more, using the spray, or using a walking foot.

The spray is a little bit messy, so use a plastic bag or cardboard to cover your

workspace if you try it.  It definitely bastes everything together, well!

5. Stitch on the drawn lines around the heart with a simple straight stitch.  (If you’re adding ribbon or lace, center the top edge of the ribbon/lace at the base of the “valley” of the heart.  Start and end your stitches at the bottom edge of the ribbon/lace to secure it in place.  I use a piece that is 3-4 inches wider than my heart.)  Avoid the ribbon/lace when sewing around the heart.

6.  Remove the straight pins, if used.

7. Starch both sides of the heart with spray starch and set with a hot iron.

This will stiffen up the heart so it stays flat while hanging and will remove the traced lines.

8. If using ribbon/lace, tie the two ends into a knot.  Trim as desired.

9. Use scalloped pinking shears to cut out the heart 1/8” away from the stitches.

Be careful to avoid the ribbon/lace.

10. Thread a long piece of invisible thread or fishing line through the heart at the base of the “valley” (through the stitches, right above the ribbon/lace).  Attach the two ends of the thread/fishing line to the ceiling with tape, putty, or stick a push pin into the ceiling and tie a knot around that (that's what we did!)

You could also hang these as a garland on one long piece of ribbon or twine.

I think they would be super cute on a mantle or staircase banister!

We even hung some on the porch outside the shop!

I hope you found some inspiration here today!  Please let me know

if you decide to use this tutorial.

Click HERE for the printable PDF tutorial.

Click HERE for the Heart templates.

Vintage Valentine Quilt

 I have a new pattern to share with you guys today!

I've been working on it for a couple of months now and it's finally ready to share!

And oh, I hope you love it as much as I do!  Let me introduce...Vintage Valentine!

Vintage Valentine is a timeless heart pattern that is fat eighth/fat quarter friendly

and comes with instructions for 4 different quilt sizes!  I have actually been working on

two different versions (the lighter, cover quilt version in Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton

Solids which you can see HERE) and a darker version that I'll be sharing today.  

I fell in love with these prints while working at my new job

(a cute little fabric shop that just opened in American Fork, Utah!

It's called Maker's & Co.  It's such a fun store; you should come visit!)

I thought the dark magenta fabric would really make the heart fabrics pop!

It's got a subtle print on it so it's got some interest, but doesn't take away from the hearts.

I made 56 hearts for a queen-size quilt!

And then...this is where the magic happens...the sashing!

High contrast for a big impact!

And once I got the quilt top made, it was off to my longarm quilter for some beautiful quilting.

Jen Ostler in Highland, Utah quilted it with the Almost Plaid panto by

The Quilting Mill.  I'm really happy with how it turned out.  I was being pretty

indecisive about which panto to use, but I kept coming back to this one because

I thought it worked so well with the design of the sashing.

I usually like my thread color to blend with my background fabric as much as possible

so I knew this quilt would be tricky because there is so much contrast between the

dark and light fabrics.  After some debate about different thread color options,

I decided to just use the magenta color.  There's so much of it that I knew it would blend

on most of the quilt and that I was going to have to be okay with it popping

on the cream fabric.  I think it turned out great though.  Thanks Jen!

As many of you know, Jen always hides a little object in the quilting

for a fun game of hide and seek.  This time, she quilted a little heart into the design,

which was perfect!  I found it when I was sewing the binding on.

Once I got the binding sewn to the front, I sewed one of the personalized quilt labels that I get from Ever Emblem onto the back.  They're so easy to attach, I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts!  I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels.  If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their basic cotton labels and customize it from there.  I always machine stitch my binding down around the labels because it's hard to hand stitch through them.  But this time, I continued with the machine binding all the way around the quilt because I was in a hurry to get it done!  It's going to be on display at Maker's & Co soon (where we'll be selling the pattern and kits!)

I love how this quilt has more of a "sophisticated" look,

which is perfect for my daughter's room (she's 20).  

I just wish I had some big magenta euro shams to really complete the look.

Maybe with ruffles!?!  How cute would that be?  Maybe someday I'll get to that project!

As I said before, this pattern is fat eighth and fat quarter friendly.

But I think it would be awesome to make the hearts even scrappier.

You could use 10" squares or just fabrics from your stash

to make all of the hearts different.

One last photo...

Thank you to my boys for helping me get an outdoor shot!

It's not every day that I get two good-looking, tall men to help me with my job!

Well, that's it!  My new pattern, Vintage Valentine!

I'd love to hear what you think.  Please leave a comment below if you feel so inclined.

Vintage Valentine is available as a paper pattern HERE or a PDF pattern HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today!