Posted on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 by Deanna

Its a Baby Girl Arrow Quilt with Cricut

Baby Arrow Quilt Tutorial & Pattern with Cricut

It’s a Baby Girl Arrow Quilt with Cricut

We’re on the eve of expecting our first grandchild! Soooooo…. I just had to make a Baby Girl Arrow Quilt!

First step: Shopping with Mom to three quilt stores! I loved learning Ashley’s vision for Baby Ellie’s nursery!

What could be more fun than shopping with my daughter in law for fabric! I loved how Ashley selected fabrics from different designers and brands combining a real delicate touch of peaches, pinks, eucalyptus greens and whites. Photo by Sally June Photography find her on Instagram!

Second step: Pick Ashley’s brain to design a quilt that matches the style she envisions! Ashley likes the shape of diamonds that then transition into arrow…. Soooo off to Cricut Design Space I go!

Step Three: Playing around with diamonds to make arrows for a quilt in Cricut Design Space! The Cricut Design Space Quilt file is free here:

Step Four: Can you see the vision? But wait…. we skipped a step – Let’s go back to cut the diamonds out with the Cricut Rotary Blade for Baby Ellie!

You could say I “Cricut” cut Ashley’s seven most favorite fabrics in the shape of diamonds for Baby Ellie. Quilting with Cricut to welcome Baby Ellie into the world! She is coming really soon – in fact due in 4 days! Thank goodness this Cricut cuts fabric fast and accurate! Accurate is important to try to stitch theses diamonds together quickly! Love using the tiny rotary cutting blade in the Cricut cutting machine. See additional step by step Cricut Design Space layout images below.

You can see by placing together two diamond shaped fabrics on point it looks like an arrow head.

For the design of this quilt we are offsetting the Arrow Head Quilt Blocks with background polka dot fabric. The background fabric will subtly help the arrow heads to pop from the quilt design.

It may not feel right but you have to separate the arrow heads and sew together the diamond blocks in a long row. After stitching two long rows you can then put the arrow heads back together.

Sew together two offset diamonds for an Arrow Baby Quilt. Do you see the little 1/4 inch “dog ears” that allow you to sew them into a straight line?

Take your squares over to your sewing machine to stitch together for your Baby Arrow Quilt. I love keeping my Cricut Maker next to my sewing machine! It cuts fabric out as I sew it together!

Sewing together long rows of diamonds for a Baby Arrow Quilt!

Piece the rest of the quilt top together! You will have five rows of arrows horizontally and 10 rows of arrows vertically.

Now time to brain storm how to quilt the quilt! What suggestions do you have? This is the rocking swivling reclining chair to comfort baby in Ellie’s nursery! After stitching together this quilt top, it’s time to quilt the layers! Ohhhhh… I can’t wait to see this baby girl with my son Nick and his beautiful wife Ashley! It’s going to be a brand new family! I think I spy some darling baby shoes on the dresser waiting paitently for a Baby Ellie!

New baby shoes made with the Cricut! I can’t believe I might be able to put cobbler on my crafting ability list! This is a Simplicity Pattern available in Cricut Design Space. I can’t wait to share how I made these shoes!

I also made a darling baby onesie using another Simplicity Pattern in Cricut Design Space! Ohhhh the power of the Cricut Rotary Blade, fabric, felt and wonder under! I feel like a super hero with the ease of the Cricut! I don’t think I would have ever tried to make a pair of shoes without the handy Cricut next to my sewing machine! My partner in creativity!

Baby Onesie made with the Cricut Rotary Blade with Simplicity Pattern in Cricut Design Space. Accented the white baby onesie with roses.

Subscribe to Sttitches Quilting -Deanna Wall to get all the upcoming tips on these projects! Follow Stitches Quilting -Deanna Wall for Live Videos on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube Tutorials! I’m SEW excited to be sewing things for Baby Ellie and have tons of new projects coming for you along with all the details of our Boho Floral Baby Shower I hosted with lots of Cricut Creations to decorate the nursery and have some fun at the baby shower!

Quilting with Cricut: Additional Tips and Tricks for Cricut Design Space and the Baby Arrow Quilt:

Change all your cutting mats from the default 12 x 12 size to 12 x 24 inch size.

After you open the Baby Arrow Quilt in Cricut Design Space, click on the three small dots in the left hand corner of the diamond. Select “Move to Another Mat”.

Select which mat you want to move the diamond to. You can arrange 8 diamonds on one 12 x 24 inch Fabric Grip Mat.

Now you only have to cut a 9 x 22 inch piece of fabric to cut 8 diamonds. That’s just half a fat quarter or work with a 1/4 yard of fabric on each mat. Pretty convenient eh?

Quilting with Cricut

It’s amazing how you can use Cricut Design Space basic shapes to design quilts. Using Cricut Deisgn Space is FREE – all you do is create a free account with an email address. You can access it on your computer, laptop, smart phone or iPad. It was easy to design the Baby Arrow Quilt and then color and arrange the quilt blocks as a vision board. Try it out and let me know what you think! It’s a great way to experiment using Cricut Design Space intuitive features. Quilting is easy to do – especially with the Cricut cutting out your fabric. It’s usually just straight lines.

I have lots of free tutorials on how to use the Cricut on my website and social media channels along with free patterns with SVG files.

I’ll post pictures of Baby Ellie as soon as she arrives! Along with pictures of the quilted quilt and all the other goodies I’m making! Can’t wait to share with all of YOU! Any suggestions?

Join our Facebook Cricut Maker Quilt & Sew Group! I’d love to see what you are making and be inspired by you! I’m also available to ask any quilting or sewing questions using Cricut!

Happy Stitching!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

Posted on February 12, 2019October 31, 2020 by Deanna

Fuel Quilt Block – Live Well Live Strong Quilt

Fuel Your Body & Mind with Adequate Sleep, Food, Water & Positive Environment

How could adequate fuel for your body spark joy? Let’s talk about it!

The Fuel Quilt Block is the first week on our Live Well Live Strong Quilt Sew Along! It is so exciting to finally be here with all of you on this journey!

How we fuel our bodies makes a difference in how we feel. The half square triangle in this block is simple like the principle of adequately fueling our bodies. It’s easy to get distracted in life; we need to slow down and think about what we put in our bodies so we can do what we want to do.

Garbage in garbage out right… certainly affects how we feel and how are bodies work. But… let’s not think about the negative… Let’s fill our lives with things that spark joy!

Now here is just a simple green pepper. What is in your refrigerator and pantry? Are they full of things that would give you adequate energy? A green pepper may not ordinarily spark a lot of joy but if I close my eyes and think about smelling then nibbling on a crisp cold slice of a green pepper things I might feel a bit differently. Imagine the nutrients and how this green pepper is going to fuel my body. I can look at consuming this green pepper a little differently if I consider the benefits right? You may have a different relationship with green peppers. I don’t ordinarily crave green peppers but this imaginary can be used with anything we can fuel our bodies with. I envision my body stronger after enjoying that delicious green pepper. I envision a better me.

Use the Fuel Live Well Live Strong Quilt worksheet to provoke thoughts. On the Fuel Worksheet, jot down items on the quilt block triangles that would ideally fuel your body. Then on the gray scaled square, jot down things that do not ideally fuel your body. This is your personal worksheet and you shouldn’t have comparisons to anyone else. This is about you and an aide to help us become our best selves.

The next time you go grocery shopping look at what is in your basket. Will it bring to your body or family what is truly needed? Remember fueling your body isn’t just about food. What about water? sleep? circulation? breathing?

I have a sweet son with special needs. Every time we visited one of his doctors, the first question she had for us was, “How is he sleeping?”. His doctor wouldn’t treat anything without first fixing sleep. Lack of sleep has been used as a torture method. Lack of adequate sleep can impair us to be our best selves.

What about water? Our bodies are 80% water. Are we drinking enough water? I’m not and need to improve. To make water consumption easier for me, I carry around a water bottle filled with ice so I can sip throughout the day. I’m grateful grateful for the opportunity this week to focus on my water input.

Fuel Possible Challenges could include:

1. Drink 8 or X glasses of water
2. Eat a fruit & vegetable each day
3. Organize balanced meals & snacks
4. Get 8 or X hours of sleep
5. Improve sleep patterns

Customize your own personal challenge to fuel your body adequately. I might get motivated to clean my refrigerator and pantry! Take tiny steps towards a good thing and reward yourself with a quiet moment closing your eyes to feel good about yourself including your body & mind.

Share a photo of your completed Fuel Quilt Block on Facebook or Instagram. On Instagram share your photo and use the hashtag #livewelllivestrongquilt and tag me @stitchesquilting. On Facebook join the Everyone Can Quilt Group and share your photo in there with the #livewelllivestrongquilt. If you purchased the LWLS Quilt Workshop & Course then there is a private Facebook group to share your photo in.

If you feel comfortable share a photo that represents a positive step in the Fuel Challenge. Let’s inspire each other! I think I’ll share a photo of 8 safety pin representing 8 glasses of water I drank with some clothespins representing how many fruits and vegetables I’ve enjoyed this week!

Remember this is just about you and possibly lifting each other to a better space. The Live Well Live Strong Quilt is not about negative vibes. Be kind and positive with yourself. Be as generous to yourself as you are to others. Share your thoughts by emailing me or posting on social media. All of you truly inspire me to be a better person and even the smallest of your comments encourages me to be my best person possible.

Next week’s block is all about Leisure! If you haven’t yet, purchase your Live Well Live Strong Quilt Pattern!

Many happy wishes for a week filled with adequate fuel. Live Well Live Strong! XOXO!

Learn more about the LWLS Sew Along

Next Week is the Leisure pinwheel quilt block week & worksheet!

Posted on January 23, 2019January 24, 2019 by Deanna

Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial Free Pattern

EASY FREE Pattern Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial and Video

Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial Free Pattern

Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial Free Pattern is finally available! I’m EXCITED to share this!

FIRST THOUGH… ! I will be an instructor in Hawaii on the Big Island at Quilting on the Beach February 2 – 9, 2019! I will be teaching the Live Well Live Strong Quilt all day February 4th! I hope you can come and enjoy the spirit of quilting in Hawaii along with numerous other classes offered! If you can’t join me in Hawaii, we will have a virtual sew along around the globe that will start February 1, so purchase and download your pattern NOW!

The Quilting on the Beach features six days of classes (with multiple offerings to choose from each day), quilting-themed bus tours, evening events and lectures, a luau, a quilt show, a Show and Tell Dinner, and more. Our retreats are always “a-la-carte” so that you can customize your quilting experience in Kona, Hawaii. Imagine – enjoying incredible quilting classes and more in paradise!!!

Have you been curious about Hawaiian Quilting? Let me share a few things that I have learned!

Quilting was introduced to the Hawaiian people in the 1820’s when missionaries visited the island. It was at this time that Cotton fabric was introduced to the Hawaiian people.

Hawaiian natives used their customs and nature to inspire their quilt designs. Quilts tended to have symmetrical medallion centers that would be appliqued from a whole cloth to a background of a whole cloth. Solid bright fabrics are very traditional as the quilt shown above with the red and white.

You can see how the nature is reflected in their applique patterns & designs.

Hawaii inspires me all the way from the nature, culture and quilting. Here I am enjoying a Hawaiian sunset while reading about Hawaiian quilting. Think of Hawaiian Quilting as a folded paper snowflake that will last forever and become an heirloom.

You can see supplies I used to make a Hawaiian Applique Throw Pillow in the photo above. I recommend starting with a small project when learning the applique technique. Above you will see Gingher scissors that are necessary to cut through 8 layers of fabric accurately at once. A stapler can be used to hold your fabric layers securely together. Pencil and the 1/8 pattern is used to trace the pattern to the fabric. Of course an iron and pins are needed too. Optionally, we used Sue Daley Glue too. Download your free pattern HERE. Print off the triangular shaped pattern and cut it out.

You will be working with 16 inch squares of fabric. A red one for the top of the quilted pillow applique and white 16 inch square for the background of the pillow. The pattern we are using is a 1/8 quilt pattern. We will fold our white and red fabric into 1/8ths. We fold our background fabric so we have confidence we are laying out our red fabric correctly.

We fold our red fabric into a 1/8th triangle. The pattern that we printed off is now cut out and possibly traced to a thicker piece of cardstock. Using a pencil trace the design to the fabric paying attention to the fold lines. You can pin or staple your fabric together in preparation to cut out with very sharp scissors. We are using Gingher Scissors for this project as it will maintain a good consistent cut through all folded eight layers of the fabric. We are using Sue Daley glue to apply our fabrics together.

Unfold your cut out design, then pin or glue to the white background fabric leaving a space to turn your applique edge.

You will learn a tremendous amount of information from Karen (that runs Quilting on the Beach Retreat) at the BRAND NEW Hawaiian Quilt Museum!

To learn how needle turn hand applique used to finish your Hawaiian quilt block watch this live video below for additional instructions.

Aloha! and Lots of Love! Please join me in Hawaii! I would love to play with all of YOU!

Posted on December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 by Deanna

Easy Pillowcase Tutorial & Pattern UPDATED

Easy Pillowcase Tutorial & Pattern UPDATED

Cut Your Fabrics

Press Your Fabric

Layer your Easy Pillowcase in a PBJ then stitch it as a burrito!

Pull your excess Pillowcase fabric from you burrito.

Stitch around your pillowcase with wrong sides together to make your French Seam.

Carefully press your pillowcase again for your final stitch!

Enjoy your PILLOWCASE!

Posted on December 5, 2018May 4, 2020 by Deanna

EASY No Binding Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Cut your fabric for your EASY No Binding Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad. There are two different hot pad size to select from. There is a Wide Short Version or a Thin Long Version. It is up to YOU! Doesn’t it feel good to have possibilities?

Make the Handles for your EASY No Binding Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Quilt the handles of your EASY no binding Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Layer then Quilt the Base of your Easy No Binding Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Position and Layer your handles to the quilted base of your EASY Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad.

LEAVE a three inch opening as you stitch around the edges of your EASY no binding method quilted cookie sheet Hot Pad.

Turn inside out through your 3 inch opening your EASY no binding Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Stitch a finishing stitch along the sides.

Posted on December 1, 2018February 8, 2019 by Deanna

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Tutorial

Make your very own practical Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad for getting large items out of your oven.

Download your Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Pattern HERE

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Pattern Page 1 Cover

Material Needed and Cutting Instructions for your Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Page 2 Cut Your Fabric

Stitch your fabrics together and quilt your handles for your Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Page 3 Stitch Your Handles

Quilt the Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Handles with matchstick quilting

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Page 4 Add Batting Quilt

Layer your fabrics together for the 11 x 26 inch rectangle section of your Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Page 5 Layer the Hot Pad

Add your handles to your Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad and then bind your Hot Pad

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Page 6 Add Your Handles

Be sure to follow Stitches Quilting for additional patterns and tutorials

Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Pattern Video &Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad Pattern Video & Blog Post Instructions Blog Post Instructions

One of our next pattern coming out in March 2019 will be the cross back long Apron! The Quilted Cookie Sheet Hot Pad is great for getting large items out of the oven. The Hot Pad is versatile in being a trivet or table decor too.

Be sure to join our Everyone Can Quilt Group to share pictures of what you make! What fabric combinations would you use for your hot pad?

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Posted on November 28, 2018May 21, 2021 by Deanna

Curved Soup Bowl Hot Pad Cozy Tutorial

Curved Soup Bowl Hot Pad Cozy Tutorial

Download your PATTERN HERE!

Let’s make some Curved Soup Bowl Hot Pad Cozies! Are you ready!

Let’s get our 10 inch square cut! Easy Peasy!

Stitch your “X” on your fabric and batting!

Draw those tapered lines! I am a sharpie marker girl! You can you any pen you want.

Stitch those marked tapered line and trim.

Find a curved item you would like your bowl shaped as and mark one side of the bowl cozy.

Stitch on your curved line leaving a 2 inch opening to turn your bowl inside out.

Be sure to Download your FREE Pattern for the Curved Soup Bowl Hot Pad Cozy

Show us what you make by following us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube Social Media. Lots more patterns and giveaways coming your way!

Join our Everyone Can Quilt Facebook Group to share pictures of what you make and ask questions!

Happy Stitching – Can’t wait to see you ONLINE!

Posted on November 21, 2018November 29, 2018 by Deanna

DIY Handmade Holiday Gifts Tutorial

Make your own DIY HANDMADE HOLIDAY GIFT TUTORIALS for friends and family

DIY Handmade Holiday Gifts Tutorial

Making Handmade Holiday Gifts makes me excited for Holidays! Creating Holiday gifts with the Cricut Maker just gives a professional look and cut!

Soup Bowl Cozy – fabric sewing

Curved edges on the quilted cozy soup bowls softens their look. They are so handy to make a set and stack on top of each other.

For the free Curved Soup Bowl Cozies subscribe below! Nest together and stitch on the blue line!

Materials needed: 2 - 10 inch fabric squares AND 2 - 10 inch pieces of batting. {Use all cotton materials for a microwave safe version. Increase insulation by adding a layer of Pellon Insul-fleece available in the Stitches Quilting online store! )

Or.... have the Cricut Maker in Cricut cut out exact dimensions for you from this FREE Cricut Community file! hmmmmm... so many possibilities.

Especially fun for making a bunch of these soup bowl cosies as a DIY handmade holiday gift for neighbors, friends or family!

If you don't cut out your soup fabric bowls on the Cricut Maker then use this handy guide from a 10 inch squares of fabric!

Stitch an "X" on each 10 inch fabric square with a piece of batting behind it.
After stitching your "X" fold your fabric square in half. Using a ruler, mark two dots 1 inch from the fold and 2 inches from the top of the batting side. Draw a line meeting the two dots.
Repeat this step on all four sides of your fabric squares. This will be a stitching line to taper your bowl. Remember one inch from the fold and two inches from the top.
Stitch on the diagonal lines you drew on the batting side.
Trim the excess fabric.
Curve your square corners with a bowl to mark your stitching line. Use a bowl to trace the edges of your quilted 10 inch squares or download your pattern here!
Nest your tapered bowls together with right sides together.
Stitch on your blue curved lines with right sides together on the straight edge of the curve.
Leave a two inch opening on the "straightest" edge of the curve.
Trim the excess fabric from the blue stitching line.
Turn inside out through the opening.
Top stitch the opening closed then all the way around the top of the Hot Pad Soup Bowl Cozy
Enjoy your Rounded Soup Bowl Cozy Hot Pad with some hot soup or gift this awesome Handmade Soup Bowl Cozy!

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE Soup Bowl Hot Pad Cozy Tutorial!

Ruffled Buffalo Plaid Hot Pad Hand Mitt - Cricut Simplicity Sewing Pattern

Love the trendy ruffled edge for the wrist on this Handmade DIY Buffalo Plaid Hot Pad Gift.

Check out the Simplicity Hot Pad Pattern available in Cricut Design Space.

Buffalo Plaid Fabric can be purchased from Stitches Quilting online fabric store CLICK HERE.

EASY Square Hotpads Layered - fabric sewing

Materials Needed: Easy to make square hot pad made from 6 - 10 inch square pieces of fabric and 2 - 10 inch square pieces of batting.

Can you see the order of the fabrics laid out? Start with a white or muslin square that will not be seen. Stack your batting 10 inch layer and add a Pellon Insul-fleece Layer for heat resistance if you would like. Layer with a red square of buffalo plaid fabric and then layer 4 Folded in half 10 inch squares overlapping staggered on top with the raw edges facing outwards.

2. Let's review the top layer. Fold four 10 inch squares into a rectangle.

3. Match the two red buffalo folded 10 inch fabric squares side to side with folded edges matching each other in the center and raw edges to the outside.

4. Overlap, weave and stagger the two black and white folded 10 inch fabric squares through the red buffalo squares in a pattern like closing a cardboard box.

5. Stack all your layers in order and stitch around all four sides of the Hot Pad.

6. Peek through your four weaved top layers to turn inside out! Voila and no need to close!

Let Us Sew Wooden Snowflake - Cricut Iron On & Wood Cutting

Check out your local dollar store for raw wooden items to paint. This wooden snowflake is easy to cut out with your Cricut Maker and the knife blade. Quickly access this Cricut black iron-on cut file for free in the Cricut Community Design Space! I love using iron-on with my wood projects! It looks seamless and beyond professional! Wouldn't a "sewy or quilty" friend love this snowflake?

I love using the Cricut Easy Press 2 when ironing on the wood as I can select the perfect temperature and time! Click here to access the online Cricut Interactive Guide to determine the perfect temperature and time to apply your iron on.

Farmhouse Christmas Canning Jar - vinyl

The "Farmhouse Christmas" vinyl cut file is free with Cricut Design Space Access Account. The white vinyl is striking against this homemade canned jar of salsa. Talk about the perfect holiday gift to crack open and smell garden grown tomatoes! The canning jar buffalo plaid fabric accents the charm perfectly. You can cut out all your fabric circles on a Cricut Maker with the Rotary Cutting Blade.

Compare the two photos above! The white vinyl just pops the charm on this DIY Handmade Holiday Gift. I cut the white vinyl and used clear transfer tape to apply the vinyl on the glass jar.

Tree Ball Jar Sipping Cup - vinyl

Apply green Christmas Tree vinyl on a clear ball jar with a striped straw for some extra holiday fun!

Fabric Gift Baskets - fabric sewing

Did you know Cricut Design Space has preloaded Simplicity sewing patterns? The complete instructions for the pattern are loaded for you to access digitally or print off for convenience. These fabric baskets are made by cutting out rectangular squares of fabric and medium weight stabilizer on the Cricut Maker with your rotary blade.

After stitching these together, it felt awesome to add the black metal grommets with a little bit of hammering. The beauty of these fabric baskets is that you use the metal grommets to fold the baskets outwards to make a larger box or inwards for a smaller box. Happy boxing baskets!

Farmhouse Holiday Tee Towels - iron on

I love the variety of tee towels you can find nowadays! It is as slick as can be to cut out with gold an iron on pine cone element for a holiday accent. The pinecone is available for free in the Cricut Design Space Access Account.

The pick up truck silhouette is available in Cricut Community to access here! I drove them in a row and applied them on the tee towel with the Cricut Easy Press 2 using the perfect time and temperature settings.

Printed Iron On sheets are fun to use for DIY Handmade Holiday Gifts! I love the variety of printed iron on materials available at my local craft store on online purchase.

Using the Cricut Easy Press Interactive Quick Reference Guide online, I ironed on the Gold Pine Cone at 340 degrees for 30 seconds in the cricut Easy Press Mat. It felt like precision with a polished finished gift!

Holly Jolly Classic Mugs - vinyl

There is nothing as classy as some Holly Jolly goodness on these dollar store mugs. The simple black and white is very trendy

Cut out the vinyl on your Cricut and apply with ease to your mugs using transfer tape!

Farmhouse Sew Wooden Signage - iron on knife blade wood

The Cricut Design Space Community file is available here! I LOVE the combination of materials here with the wood and metal. The buffalo plaid printed iron on rocks this sign!

Cutting out the wooden sewing machine using your Knife Blade with the Cricut Maker is phenomenal! I used the same digital file to cut out the iron on!

Embroidery Hoop Decor - iron on project

Embroidery Hoop Decor is all the rage now! Red plaid Buffalo fabric makes this project sing with your favorite images to cut out! But imagine the possibilities of all sizes for wall decor to Christmas tree ornaments!

Holiday Quilted Throw Pillow - Sewing Fabric

A quilted holiday pillow is lots of fun with the Christmas fabrics from Stitches Quilting! Simple is classy and clean with 16 - 5 inch squares sewn together. The red quilted stitching a half inch from the seams makes all the difference with this snuggly pillow. Want to make handmade pom poms that fit perfectly for your project? Be sure to sign up for the Stitches Quilting newsletter to get our next published post with all the details.

Learn how to make this Quilted Tribal Holiday Throw HERE!

Please share ideas for more Handmade DIY Holiday gifts below! Tag me in your Facebook, Instagram or Twitter posts so I can see what you are making. You inspire me!

Join our Cricut Maker Quilt & Sew Facebook Group and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to follow live instructional videos on these projects with giveaways too!

Happy Holiday Sewing!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all sincerely mine.

Posted on September 15, 2018June 24, 2019 by Deanna

Live Well Live Strong Quilt Sew Along

Live Well Live Strong Quilt Sew Along

I’m bursting at the seams – excited to introduce the Live Well Live Strong Quilt Sew Along. The Live Well Live Strong Quilt is all about Women’s Health & Wellness! This quilt is a reflection of my growth as I have stitched & quilted through the years. I wanted to share this with all of YOU! Are you ready to meet new quilters, work on new skills or just stitch together something with meaning! Then you have found the right place.

You will find 26 blocks in this quilt with 26 different meanings of Health and Wellness! The Live Well Live Strong Quilt with be a 6 month sew along with us making a block each week! Live Videos will assist in the creation of the blocks along with blog posts talking about the topic. I will send you email reminders about each block with information about the block topic. AND there will be LOTS of prizes to win along the way!

Get the details on the Live Well Live Strong Pattern HERE!

Get the details about the Live Well Live Strong Fabric kit HERE!

Each week we will post a photo of our block to inspire each other! (Remember PRIZES… that is how you can win prizes!) AND for an extra special challenge you can post a photo of working on one of the topics…. MORE prizes to earn! For example the week we work on the “Fuel” Quilt Block, you can post of picture of a glass of water and a comment that you tried to drink 8 glasses of water! Won’t this be fun and inspiring as we encourage each other!

I’m SEW excited to announce the Live Well Live Strong Quilt Pattern & Sew Along! I’ve put my heart and soul into this quilt! This Women’s Health & Wellness pattern is available for purchase!!!

Each of the 26 Blocks has an unique meaning of health & wellness! Live Well Live Strong is designed to be a 6 Month Sew Along or stand alone quilt. This will be a continuous Sew Along that you can pick up anytime along the way! The first sew along will start February 1st, 2019 but you can jump in any week too!

Quilt Blocks include Shine, Hope, Choice, Belong, Boundaries, Freedom, Self-care, Balance, Self Reliant, Movement, Fuel, Love, Calm, Safety, Power, Routine, Content, Genuine, Strength, Growth, Mindful, Freedom, Industry, Accept, Leisure and Heal.

Quilting has been common thread throughout my lifetime. What about you? I’ve grown as I have stitched through the years making many quilts with meaning. It was time to create a quilt celebrating how Quilting has sustained who I am and who I still hope to become. Part of that includes all of you and the lovely friendships we have built through SewAlongs or just admiring & caring for each other & our creativity!

Follow Deanna on Facebook at Stitches Qulting – Deanna Wall and join the Everyone Can Quilt Facebook Group so you can share your weekly blocks to keep everyone motivated.

If you are on Instagram Follow Deanna at Stitches Quilting and use the hashtag #LiveWellLiveStrongQuilt to share your weekly blocks! Be sure to follow this hashtag as then you will see everything that is being posted and get to know lots of other quilters.

This will be a fun journey to do together, please join in on the fun so we all get to know each other and there will be LOTS of prizes too!

What block would you look forward to make? Any ideas you have for challenges can we work on as we make each block?

Let me know what you think of this quilt! I definitely feel like I’m throwing all of myself out there for this one!

PS -I’m celebrating this with lots and lots of giveaways in the next couple weeks! Stay tuned and turn on @StitchesQuilting post notifications. It’s going to be a party over on the Blog, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube!

With many stitches are many thoughts!

Learn more about the LWLS Sew Along

Fuel Half Square Triangle Quilt Block Week & Worksheets

Leisure Pinwheel Quilt Block Week & Worksheets

Mindful Hourglass Quilt Block Week & Worksheets

Next Week Positive Plus Sign Quilt Block Week & Worksheet coming soon!

Posted on August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 by Deanna

Sew Together & Finish Your Cricut Riley Blake Quilt Kit

Steps & Tips to Finish Any Quilt featuring the Cricut Riley Blake Quilt Kit Example

Sew Together & Finish Your Cricut Riley Blake Quilt Kit

Sew Together & Finish Your Cricut Riley Blake Quilt Kit! Trying to support you in having no UFO’s (Unfinished Projects)! I really want to give you all the tools to complete your quilt!

This Tribal Throw Quilt is so COZY that I made myself some hot cocoa and lite the fireplace! It was so cozy that my Cavalier Spaniel, Lady, had to come snuggle too!

Here is the video all about finishing the Tribal Throw from Facebook! I’m sorry it went a bit fuzzy, as I was streaming live to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. I will need to re-shoot this video…

Here is a photo of the finished Tribal Throw Quilt with the long arm quilting I did. Check out the original version, because I had plenty of fabric from the kit to make more blocks and eliminate the borders. The black binding is hard to see in this image. Don’t you think the Pine trees close to my home was the perfect place to snap a picture of the finished quilt? Click the image or link below to view the Tribal Throw Quilt Pattern in Cricut’s Design Space.

Let’s break down the different aspects of making/finishing the Tribal Throw Quilt.

Check out all the extra fabric that was left over from the Cricut Riley Blake Quilt Kit. You can count on me making more holiday projects with this left over fabric. If the Cricut Comfort & Joy Quilt Kits are all sold out, I will buy additional bolts that you can purchase some by the yard for future holiday projects. I’m think of hot pads, table runners, stockings and MORE! I’m ready to make lots of holiday gifts this year. Hmmmm… Do you have any ideas of things to make? Click the image or link below to view the Comfort & Joy Quilt Kits on Cricut’s website.

Riley BlakeÂ® Comfort and Joy Throw Size Quilt Kit

First of all everyone is asking where they can find the pattern for the Tribal Throw Quilt. You can find the Tribal Throw Quilt in Cricut’s Design Space. Cricut Design Space is kind of like Pinterest where you can see all the things you can make with a Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore. You can visit Cricut’s Design Space by downloading the APP on a Smart Phone or iPad. OR you can browse Cricut’s Design Space on you laptop or desktop computer.

After your quilt top is sewn together, it is important to think about how you want to quilt your quilt. You can watch more of my live videos to see me explaining the process. You guys actually helped me decide! Someone on live video suggested I quilt all of the white spaces in the quilt so the “tribal” quilt block pattern would really shine. I love to use a light cucumber shade of green sometimes when stitching on top of white fabric. If you lay a single thread from the cone on the white fabric you will see it blend and disappear. I might have preferred a dark green background but with long arm quilting the top thread and bobbin thread need to be the same color. Subsequently, I selected the lighter background of fabric for my backing knowing that I wanted to quilt the white spaces with a lighter thread. How do you select your threads and backings? In this picture you can notice the black binding. I just love the black binding framing the Tribal quilt with no borders.

I couldn’t resist making more Tribal Quilt Blocks with the accenting hour glass quilt blocks. I eliminated the borders but can you notice the shift in colors in the Hour Glass Blocks from deep red, to black and green. I love that this quilt is more than what the eye initially beholds. What do you see?

I will add a download that will summarize tips and tricks sewing together triangles in quilt blocks! Stay posted or sign up for the newsletter! Coming very very soon! I just LOVE how the Cricut Maker cuts all these triangles out so perfectly! Each quilt block in the Tribal Quilt is 7.5 inches finished.

There have been LOTS of questions about how much items are and where you can purchase them. Visit Cricut’s website and you can browse all their amazing products… Yes, I’m a Quilter, but also a gadget girl and love how intuitive Cricut is with everything they make! Cricut’s engineers and product managers just keep thinking of incredible things to make for us! I know most of them as I have taught around the country for Cricut.

The Cricut Tribal Quilt has been a three part series. Click the images below to review Part One and Part Two of the Tribal Quilt Series!

Be sure to join the Everyone Can Quilt Facebook Group or on Instagram tag me @StitchesQuilting or use the #stitchesquilting so I can see everything you are making! I love the quilty community as we all come together and share! Can’t wait to see what you create! Let’s follow each other! You can turn on notification to my social media so when I go live you will be notified.

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Ask any questions or thoughts you may have share below, I’ll be right back to answer them!

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