Picnic Florals Granny Purse & A Patchwork Coaster Tutorial

 Today I am sharing a few projects I made with the new fabric line from My Mind’s Eye, “Picnic Florals”. It is such a sunny, fun fabric line. Just what I need this time of year! I absolutely love the pink and yellow color way. The prints include an adorable strawberry print, gorgeous florals, and a lovely gingham and stripe.

The “Granny Purse” is a sweet hobo style bag. It has a cute little gathered pocket on one side. I added a custom covered button and loop closure. The purse is roomy with an inside pocket. Perfect for the market or for your portable knitting or sewing project.

The opposite side of the bag has a patch pocket. I trimmed the pocket with a sweet lace trim.

Find the Granny Purse here

This collection just had to be made into a cute patchwork project. I love having a collection of coasters. 

I made this sweet 9 patch coaster and you can too! 

Sometimes it is nice to make a quick project and this coaster is just that project. 

It is a free pattern on my blog!

Find the Coaster Pattern here

If you make a project with “Picnic Florals” be sure to tag your photos on social media with the following hashtags:

#PicnicFloralFabric #ILoveRileyBlake #RileyBlakeDesigns

I love to see what you make!

Happy Sewing!

xo

Charise

Purse Clasp Book Sew Along

I am a sucker for a good sew along.  Even though I know I shouldn't start any new projects I could not resist the Purse Clasp Book Sew Along Hosted by Elise and Emelie

The Sew Along runs for four weeks starting February 19th and you can find all the details [HERE]

I purchased the book a while ago and this was just the push I needed to make some clasp purses.

I have made 'sew in' clasp purses but never the glue in type.  It was a lot easier than I thought. 

This Strawberry purse in tiny at just 2 1/4" tall.  

I used the strawberry pattern from my book Super Cute Paper Piecing.

The back of the purse uses a print from the 30's collection by Atsuko Matsuyama.

The red gingham is Carolina gingham from Robert Kaufmann Fabrics.

I made two nine patch blocks that will also become a clasp purse.

The instruction to make at the block can be found [HERE]

I also make this tiny dress with the pattern from my book "Super Cute Paper Piecing" for another clasp purse.

The original pattern was reduced to 45%.

The back of the purse will have that adorable Suzuko Koseki Fashion Print.

If you are on Instagram, be sure to tag your pics of any clasp purses you make with the hashtag #purseclaspbooksal

Happy Sewing

xo

Charise  

Work in Progress Wednesday ~ Scrappy Nine Patch Quilt

Happy Wednesday to you : )

Over the Holiday I was inspired to start a new quilt - My Scrappy Nine Patch.  

I had scraps left over from some log cabin blocks I was working on for the Scrappy Log Cabin Quilt along on Instagram and thought this would be the perfect use for them!

It was fun to go through my smallest scraps and pull anything that was bigger than 2" square.

Not all pieces came from the scrap bin....some of my favorite blocks are fussy cut squares from favorite fabrics.

Be sure to see all the lovely works in progress over at Freshly Pieced! 

xo

Charise