Gears - Crayola Colors Of Kindness - A Twist on Using Panels

 Hi Makers! 

 I am here today to share with a fun modification of my Gears quilt that I made using the newest Crayola licensed collection, Colors of Kindness. It is a wonderfully whimsical inspiring collection filled with inspiration sayings, darling graphics and bright and cheery colors. It's a collection full of the inspiration we all love when a box of any Crayola product is place in front of us even as adult as it brings back memories of when we were a child.

The Colors of Kindness includes three panels in the collection. I used two of the panels in the modified Gears Quilt.

 

I used the Kindness Cards panel to cut up and use as the center of the Gears blocks. I attempted two different methods of dissecting the the panel.

The first method, I used an 8.5-inch ruler and attempted to fussy cut a grouping of four kindness cards together to use as the center section of the block.

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To quote Dan Fogelberg from the song, "Changing Horses", Changing horses in the middle of a stream get you wet... That's what happened to me. I just wasn't thrilled with the way it looked and felt as if to much fabric was being wasted and the blocks were not lining up as I wanted. Therefore, I decided to very carefully cut apart the individual kindness cards. The quilt is going to be used as a nap quilt for the almost two year old this fall at daycare and she's not particulate about there being two different centers to the blocks. She just like to snuggle with quilts (all the quilts, at the same time - LOL).

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This was a tad tricky and took patience, but I think the finished blocks were well worth the extra time. I then used 1.5-inch strips to sew together the cards to create a 8.5-inch center for each block. A little window into kindness.

I made each block using the various Colors of Kindness Dots and the center block using Colors of Kindness Crayons.

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The large Throw Kindness Around Like Confetti Panel with various colors of RBD basics became the back of the quilt. The remaining Dots became a scrappy and colorful binding.

If you'd like to make your own version of the Colors of Kindness Gears quilt, pick up the collection from your favorite quilt shops and the Gears pattern from my Etsy Shop.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or on Pinterest.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo 

Box of Hearts with Farmhouse Summer

 I have a fun remake of my Box of Hearts quilt pattern. The hearts have been super sized and the half square triangles on the corners have been eliminated for this version. The quilt was made using Farmhouse Summer by Echo Park for Riley Blake Designs. 

Farmhouse Summer is filled with summer blooms in red, pink, denim, white, and gold. The panel is full of wonderful images and sayings and reminds me of hanging out with friends and family on my parents screened in back porch. 

I chose to have the hearts in my version to face in various directions so that when we are snuggling with the quilt nobody feels like they have the upside down side – LOL!

I worked the panel into the backing of the quilt because those memories are so special. Bonus this make the quilt a reversible quilt.

If you’d like to make your own version of the Box of Hearts Quilt using Farmhouse Summer, the pattern is available in my Etsy shop. Also, grab Farmhouse Summer from your favorite quilt shop and don’t forget to get the panel to add a little something extra to the back.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches, my blog Neverlandstitches, or on Pinterest.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo

Jo's & Zoey's Pumpkin Farms

 Hi Makers!

I have two different version's of pumpkin patterns, Jo's Pumpkin Farm and Zoey's to share with you. 

The Jo's Pumpkin Farm was made using Kitty Love Candy designed by Lori Woods for Poppie Cotton.  This fabric collection is so whimsical and sweet.  It's absolutely perfect! 

The original pattern features two different types of pumpkins.  One group is striped and the other group is one solid piece of fabric.  It is a great pattern to use a fat quarter bundle of your favorite fall fabric collection. This version of Jo's Pumpkin Farm is available now in my Etsy Shop. 

Then I created a Zoey's Pumpkin Farm using Bev McCullough of Flamingo Toes for Riley Blake, newest collection, Haunted Adventure. 

I created a border around the solid piece of fabric pumpkins, tweaked their stems, and created a third block to add to the collection of the Pumpkin Farm with a pumpkin inside the churn dash block.  The pattern with the new modifications with be available in my Etsy. 

Haunted Adventure is the perfect collection for the campers in your life who love Halloween, too. The Collections is filled with pumpkins, campers decorated for Halloween, pick up trucks with quilt blocks, crows, cats, spider webs and spiders, flamingos skeletons, pennants, stars, and stripes. All these prints are done in a beautiful color palette of gray, orange, black, butterscotch, silver, green, white, and jade.

I decided to work with the greens, oranges, beehive, rainforest, white and black to create two different types of framed pumpkins and alternating backgrounds. I think that it is the perfect throw to bring camping in early fall or for sitting by the fire pit this fall in the yard.

I quilted the both quilt myself on my Q’Nique 15R.

If you’d like to make your own version of the either of the  Pumpkin Farm patterns they are both available in my Etsy shop.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or on Pinterest.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo 

RBD - At First Sight - Project Tour Plaid Stars Quilt

 Hi Makers!

I am so happy to share with you this very soft and romantic project, Plaid Stars Quilt.  

The quilt was created using the stunning new collection by Dani Mogstad, At First Sight. This romantic collection has a color palette of seafoam, blush, cream, pine, black, and coral. The fabric prints include florals, gemstone hearts, vines, strips, plaid, blossoms, and circles.

I chose to use the seafoam, blush, coral, pine, cream and a little pop of black.  

Using the dark and light versions of various prints created an interesting plaid affect with stars intermixed in the plaid and White Sparkler cotton as the background. The quilt was backed with some baby pink kisses.

If you’s like to make your own version of Plaid Stars, the pattern is available in my Etsy shop. Plaid Stars makes for a fun quilt to snuggle with your favorite person.

This busy grandma is off to snuggle with my version of this quilt, my favorite two month old and two year old girls. Here's hoping the two year old will take a nap before mommy and daddy get home.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or on Pinterest .

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Happy Thanks Giving to you and your if you are in the States!!

Lisa Jo Girodat

Riley Blake Project Tour - Wildwood Wander and StarMazed

 

Hi Makers! Is Lisa Jo of Neverlandstiches back to share with you an interesting new quilt made with a stunning new collection by Katherine Lenius, Wildwood Wander.

Wildwood Wander is a fabric collection based on a walk through nature and the little treasures you might find along your walk such as rocks, seeds, leaves, birds, wildflowers and mushrooms. The rich color palette consists of cream, blue, taupe, green, taffy, peach, navy, and rose. To me, this collection and palette is a fun new twist on a wonderful new autumn collection.

 

StarMazed is an interesting new quilt pattern, which creates a maze through the prints of Wildwood Wander to the sawtooth stars made using Marsala Dapple Dot. Marsala Dapple Dot was also used to back the quilt and bind it. I also used both Bee Cross Stitch On Cloud Pebble along with Blossom Tone-On-Tone Cream as background fabrics to give the quilt some additional depth. If you's like to make your own version of StarMazed, the pattern is available in my Etsy shop. StarMazed makes for a fun quilt to snuggle with your favorite person little or big to see if you can make your way from top to bottom of the maze. 

I am off to snuggle my version of this quilt and my favorite one year old and see if she will take a nap before mommy and daddy get home from work.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo 

Riley Blake Blog Tour - Emma - Quadrille Dance Quilt

 Hi Makers!

I am excited to share with you a new quilt made with a lovely new fabric collection. Emma was designed by Rachel Erickson of Citrus & Mint Designs The collection was inspired by the move Emma which was inspired by the novel by Jane Austen. This wonderful collection is a celebration of all this Jane Austen with fancy balls, walks in the garden, Georgian Era decor and stunning empire-wasted gowns. This inspired floral prints, swallows, ditzy prints with a sprinkle of tiny flowers, couples dancing, houses, and birdcages. These prints are done in dreamy color palette of honey, cream, mint, rose, pink and yellow.

The Quadrille Dance Quilt was inspired by the ballroom dance of the era in which Emma takes place. The dance was fashionable in ballrooms during the 1800’s for four couples to dance in square formation. It was actually the predecessor of the American Square Dance. The blocks attempt to mimic the movements of the couples as they dance. Placed together it’s as if you are on the balcony of the ballroom watching all the groups of couple dance.

I chose to use the house ditzy, main and birdcage prints in mint, rose, cream and pink. To give the quilt some added dimension fr the ballroom floor I used Vintage White Kisses as the background fabric and borders with Shades in Tutu. In addition to make this quilt ready to snuggle under during the winter months and watch a Jane Austen inspired movie I used two layers of batting.

The Quadrille Dance Quilt is available in my Etsy Shop if you’d like to make your own version.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or my blog Neverlandstitches.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo 

Riley Blake Project Tour - Halloween Whimsy and Wrangie's Halloween Adventure

 Hi Makers!

I am back again to share with you a fun and mischievous new quilt series. The first in the series features the whimsical new collection by Teresa Kogot, Halloween Whimsy.  

The collection, Halloween Whimsy is all about the mischievous spirit of Halloween with witches, cats, pumpkins, stars, stripes, and crows. The color palette of green, black, parchment and of course orange are perfect for any fun spooky project. All of these bewitching prints made for the perfect fabric collection to introduce this new little mischievous guy named Wrangie.

As Wrangie is riding though the pumpkin patch on a beautiful fall day, he causing all the pumpkins and leaves to go twirling and whirling about. The pumpkins riding inside Wrangie are even bouncing all around as well.

The quilt pattern is perfect to highlight the various whimsical prints in the collection as each pumpkin and leaf features multiple prints.

Wrangie's Halloween Adventure will be available soon in my Etsy Shop, if you’d like to make a version for yourself or someone special in your life.

Here's a little fun with Wrangie and The Grace Company's Q'Nique 15R along with Quiters Creative Touch 5...

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or my blog Neverlandstitches.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo Girodat

  

Riley Blake Blog Tour - On The Wind - Box Kites Quilt

Hi Makers! It's Lisa Jo from Neverlandstitches, back again to share a new memory and quilt with you. March always makes me think of going with my dad to buy a kite at the toy store next to my grandfather's Pharmacy, assembling it and then flying it on our street. The trees were much smaller then as the neighborhood was new at the time. This memory was the inspiration for the quilt pattern, Box Kites, and  Jill Finley of Jillily Studio's new collection On The Wind is perfect for this quilt.

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One the Wind features beautiful denims, greens, yellows, corals, blushes, and whites. The prints are kites, children playing, the wind blowing, dandelions, pinwheels, paper air planes, and argyle.

I decided that I would feature the wind, pinwheels, kites and dandelions for the binding. I absolutely adore how these fabrics look. It makes me want to take my grands to the store to get kites, but them together and then go to the neighborhood park and fly the kites.

Pre-machine binding being sewn on, here's a peak at the fun Bee's Crossstich fabric I selected to use to back the quilt. Also, a close up of the fun quilting, which almost looks like kites.

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The pattern for Box Kites is available in my Etsy Shop, if you'd like to make a version for yourself or someone special in your life.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or my blog Neverlandstitches.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo

RBD Project Tour - Buttermilk Homestead - Shadow Stars

 

I was fortunate enough to be able to use Stacy West's new collection, Buttermilk Homestead for my newest quilt pattern, Shadow Stars.

Stacy West's new collection, Buttermilk Homestead, will be available soon at your favorite quilt shops. The collection is all about a cozy homestead. The collection includes a a bucolic landscape panel which shows the best of country life. The color palette of the collection is earthy with shades of midnight, ginger, hickory and goldenrod.

I choose to use midnight, hickory and goldenrod along with a Confetti Cotton background of Vanilla.

I think it turned out very reminiscent of a collection that might be used about the same time frame as that family heirloom of a hand caned and carved rocking chair from the mid 1800's. 

Shadow Stars quilt pattern is an interesting pattern as it looks as if the main star has a shadow outlined in midnight. The is currently available in my Etsy shop.

In order to give you a different point of view, here's Shadow Stars done in Red Hot by Riley Blake Designs. 

For more inspiration follow me on Instagram @neverlandstiches or my blog, Neverlandstitches.

Until next time, I hope you alway find something around you that inspires creativity...

Lisa Jo Girodat