My newest book, PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND, is ready for pre-sale from Amazon. I don't even have a copy of it yet…that's how new it is!

PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND

This book has something for everyone. I have designed 2 images for each month of the year… that means you will be getting 24 paper pieced block patterns, plus the patterns for 7 different projects. All blocks fit in all patterns in this book, as well as all of the projects in my previous 5 books.

TWO GNOMES

These 2 adorable Gnomes are the images for March. Here I have used them together in a pillow. Pillow pattern is included, as are all of the projects I show you in this post.

TWO PATRIOTIC PUPS

These 2 July puppies are shown in MINI QUILTS that work great on wire quilt stands, or even as wall hangings.

ACORN AND SQUIRREL

Lots of customers have been asking me for a Squirrel pattern, so I am including him in this book. These September POTHOLDERS can also be used as MINI QUILTS.

TURKEY 1

Here are 2 TURKEYS that would look great in your home for November!

DOGGIE BABY BIBS

Start whipping up some early Christmas gifts with these stinkin' cute December dog blocks. So easy…you could make these in a day!

OCTOPUS AND CRAB

This BABY BLANKET whips together in no time. Use any 3 cute blocks of your choice and you are on your way to an adorable baby gift.

These super easy hand towels could be used in your kitchen or bathroom. Customize them with any 2 images from my book. Wouldn't the Octopus and Crab also work great as bath towels?

As you can see, you are getting LOTS … with 24 paper pieced block patterns, and 7 project patterns! But just for fun, let's add an extra FREE project pattern right here! Attach any of the Mini Quilts to the top of this CALENDAR HOLDER with a strip of Velcro. This will make the Mini Quilts interchangeable.

CALENDAR HOLDER

This Calendar Holder is 15″ wide and 28″ long.

Cut from main fabric: Cut one 15″ x 28″ rectangle. Cut one 15″ x 25″ rectangle for pocket (to be folded in half). Cut two 2 1/2″ x WOF strips for binding.

Cut from muslin: Cut one 15″ x 28″ rectangle for backing.

Cut from fusible fleece: Cut one 15″ x 28″ rectangle for main body. Cut one 15″ x 12 1/2″ for pocket.

Cut from Fast 2 Fuse Interfacing, Heavy: Cut two 2″ x 15″ strips. Cut one 4″ x 15″ strip.

  1. Fuse the fusible fleece to the wrong side of the 15″ x 28″ main body using a pressing cloth. Fuse one of the 2″ x 15″ Fast 2 Fuse strips to the wrong side of the main body, at the top. Fuse the 4″ x 15″ Fast 2 Fuse strip to the center. Pin the muslin to the back of the main body. Top stitch approximately 1/4″ from the edges of all Fast 2 Fuse pieces through all layers, to keep them in place.
  2. Pocket: Fuse the 12 1/2″ x 15″ fusible fleece to the wrong side of the pocket, at the bottom. Fuse the remaining 2″ x 15″ Fast 2 Fuse strip overlapping the top of the fusible fleece. this will give extra strength to the top of the pocket. Fold the remainder of the fabric to the back of the pocket for lining. Top stitch 1/4″ from the edges of the Fast 2 Fuse strip to keep it in place.
  3. Pin the pocket at the bottom of the main body, matching the bottom corners and the raw edges. Prepare the 2 strips of binding. Bind around the 4 sides of the calendar holder, catching the pocket as you stitch.
  4. Hand sew a hanging pocket to the back, or hang as desired.
  5. Slide a piece of cardboard into the pocket, then slide in the calendar. I used a calendar from the Dollar Store, which came with the a piece of cardboard.
  6. Machine stitch a 10″ strip of velcro 1″ from the top of the Calendar holder, on the right side.
  7. Hand stitch a strip of Velcro to the back of any of the Mini Quilts to hang at the top of your Calendar Holder.

My newest book, PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND, has patterns for every month of the year. This book is hot off the press and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.

Here are 2 October blocks from my book made into Mini Quilts…

Mini Quilts

These 2 blocks are some of my many Halloween patterns. Check out what my friends and customers have been creating with some of my other paper pieced Halloween patterns…

Toothy Witch, Glinda the Witch, Frankenstein, and Dracula

This adorable wall hanging was created by Bernadette.

I have lots of different Witch patterns!
Bewitched!

This adorable wall hanging was constructed by Christine. I love the fabrics she chose.

Witchy Feet and Kit Cat

Love, love, love these placemats put together by Leeanne. I would love to have these on my table.

Trick or Treat Bags by Joyce…stinkin' cute!

BOO COLLECTION

What a great table runner by Eva!

GHOSTS and JACK O LANTERN

An awesome table runner by Sharon. Super cute!

Check out my many Autumn patterns on Etsy.

Thanks so much for stopping to visit. I feel so honored to be able to kick off our 2020 It's A Garden Party Row-Along on it's first day! We have the fabulous Marian Pena from Seams To Be Sew to thank for organizing the 54 different quilt bloggers/designers participating this year! And…lots of great FREE STUFF! I am offering not only a super hot Give-away from one of our major sponsors, but also a free paper piecing pattern designed by little ole' me, AND a pattern to create a super cute wall hanging with my row. You will find the incidentals towards the end of this post.

ENJOY TODAY

This year's theme is "GARDEN PARTY". I'm calling my row "ENJOY TODAY", because that sweet snail makes me happy. This is a paper pieced pattern. The finished row measures 9″ high x 18″ wide. My row is comprised of 2 paper pieced FLOWERS that are geared for a paper piecer with intermediate skills, and the SNAIL, which is geared for an easy level. There is a bit of straight stitching with black embroidery floss to create the swirl on the snail's shell. His eyes are made from buttons. You may download the ENJOY TODAY row HERE.

SNAIL BLOCK

Thanks to NORTHCOTT FABRICS for donating the background fabric used in my sample.

I'm using 9020 Northcott by Deborah Edwards, a lovely background fabric, for this project.

I am also offering the pattern for my ENJOY TODAY WALL HANGING free, just this month. Download it now for free, before you forget!

WALL HANGING

The wall hanging measures 21″ wide x 29″ long. I love mine. It is hanging in my laundry room and is a daily reminder to never take life for granted.

These are the rainbow scraps I used to complete the wall hanging. Such fun, bright fabrics! You can use whatever you have in your stash.

Here's your chance to WIN this FREE GIVE-AWAY from our sponsor, MARTELLI NOTIONS.

Martelli Notions is giving away this ROTARY CUTTER AND 5 BLADES. This rotary cutter is a dream! Martelli is constantly upgrading their rotary cutters to make the best thing out there. This cutter even is available in a left handed model. They have been making rotary cutters forever, and you can count on them to have the best technology available.

PLEASE ENTER HERE TO WIN THE MARTELLI ROTARY CUTTER AND BLADES.

Here's another exciting offer…Electric Inc. is offering a 20% discount code off any products except for EQ Academy, during the Row-Along! The code is: GARDENPARTY20. If you have been thinking about ordering any of their products, don't miss this great offer!

Do you enjoy paper piecing Gnomes, Mermaids, Dragons, Unicorns, and other super fun mystical things? You will love my newest book SEW MAGICAL! With 16 super magical images, you will have loads of fun.

This adorable Unicorn pillow is just one of the many magical projects in this book. On WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 at 2:00 pm CST, I will be doing a FaceBook Live demonstration "Paper Piecing the Marney Way". I will be using the SeaHorse block from my SEW MAGICAL book. Join me and maybe even paper piece along! It will be so much more fun if you are there. JOIN C&T PUBLISHING FACEBOOK HERE.

SEAHORSE

Leave a comment and be eligable to win my FREE pattern CUTE CRITTERS. This potholder pattern features 4 of my cutest animals ever! I will announce the winner of the pattern 1 day after the Blog Hop ends.

Please visit all of today's featured designers:

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Blue Heron Quilting
Carolyn Butterfield
Made By Marney
Pumpkin Patch BC
The Devoted Quilter

All Give-away Rules can be found at Seams To Be Sew.

Welcome summer! These BREEZY BUTTERFLIES are just right for some warm weather paper piecing.

BREEZY BUTTERFLY 1
BREEZY BUTTERFLY 2

These patterns are easy enough for beginners, but fun for intermediate paper piecers, too. If you are new to paper piecing, watch some of my free tutorials on my "Video and Tutorials" page.

Please consider subscribing so you can download the FREE BUTTERFLY PATTERNS HERE:

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After subscribing, the Butterfly downloads will be sent directly to your email.

Welcome to our 2019 Once Upon A Story Row-A-Long. A big THANK YOU to Marian Pena and her hours of preparation time organizing this years event.

My featured fairy tale is The Last Unicorn, by Peter Beagle.

The Last Unicorn is a lovely story about a unicorn who dreams big!

Dream Big

This paper pieced unicorn row measures 9″ x 18″. This includes the outer border. The letters "Dream Big" are machine embroidered onto the finished block. But, any word or name could be used. And if machine embroidery is not your thing, a word could be appliqued in the space above the unicorn.

This pattern is NO LONGER FREE, but can be found at UNICORN ON ETSY. The FREE pattern has expired and now is available in MADE BY MARNEY ETSY SHOP.

And now for the GIVE-AWAY! If unicorns are your thing, you will love my new pattern "UNICORN QUILT". You can win this pattern free, just leave a COMMENT below. I would love to hear what your favorite subject matter is for a quilt.

Unicorn Quilt

This quilt is excellent for a beginner. The paper pieced blocks are super easy. The Unicorn is paper pieced, and the flowers and alphabet letters are applique. This is a great quilt to personalize.

Not a paper piecer? Watch my free tutorials: PAPER PIECING TUTORIAL #1 and PAPER PIECING TUTORIAL #2

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Please visit the other bloggers participating today in this Row-A-Long.

I have had requests to share a pattern for the masks I am donating. This pattern was originally found on the Craft Passion website. I give all the credit possible to this site for the original pattern. After making a bunch of the masks, I have tweeked the pattern to be a bit more fitted. Now I am super happy with the fit, and it is a very easy pattern to assemble.

I've already sewn over 150 face masks to give-away to friends and family. This is not a medical mask, but a mask to use for home, grocery shopping, etc. However, it is very easy to adapt this pattern to add a pocket on the back to hold an N95 filter.

Download the FACE MASK PATTERN HERE. Set your printer at CUSTOM 100%. Make sure the little box on the pattern measures 1 inch square.

  1. Cut 2 main fabric pieces, 2 lining pieces, and 2 fusible interfacing pieces. I use the same interfacing used for T-shirt quilts. The interfacing is optional.
  2. Fuse the interfacing to the back of the 2 main fabric pieces.
  3. Sew the seam at the front of the 2 main pieces, and the front of the 2 lining pieces.

4. Clip the curves on both pieces, then press the seams towards one side. Topstitch 1/8″ from the seam on the Main piece only. I am using white thread so you can see the topstitching.

6. Pin the lining to the main piece, right sides together.

7. Press under 1/4″ along the lining and main fabric pieces, just on one end of the mask. The other end will be sewn shut.

8. Sew all the way around the mask, leaving the one end open for turning.

9. Clip the curve by the nose area.

10. Turn the mask right side out through the turning hole on the side. A turning tool or knitting needle is helpful. Press.

11. Top stitch 1/4″ from the edge.

12. Press under each end on the "FOLD" line shown on the pattern. Place a 9″ piece of Round Cord Elastic under the flap and stitch the flap down. On this mask I am using 2mm elastic, but 1mm also works fine.

13. Tie a knot in the elastic .

14. Pull the knot into the channel created by the fold.

This mask fits an adult female. Men may need a longer elastic. If the mask is too small for a man, increase the size of the pattern by about 1/4″ along the top and sides for a man, decrease 1/4″ for a child's size.

Let's keep everyone safe! Happy mask making.

Great thanks to Carla from "Creatin' in the Sticks" for all her work arranging today's Winter Blues blog hop. Since blue has always been my favorite color, it is a joy to participate in this blog. Please don't forget to leave a comment to participate in my Give Away.

If you are like me, you stave off those winter doldrums by sewing. Let's start with 2 of the paper pieced CARDINAL BLOCKS from my CARDINAL TABLE RUNNER pattern.

I'm using these two cardinals.

I've been wanting to sew some new winter pillows and these blocks will be perfect! My CUTE AND CLEVER FARM AND FOREST ANIMALS book has an adorable 12″ pillow pattern.

See that cute little bunny pillow on the cover of the book? That's the pillow I will be making with my cardinals.

I found this lovely blue sparkly fabric at JoAnn Fabrics.

I love how they turned out! Here they are in my living room. The little red berries are tiny buttons.

This is the CARDINAL WALL HANGING pattern in my ETSY SHOP if you are interested.

I will be GIVING AWAY a digital copy of this pattern to one lucky person who LEAVES A COMMENT BELOW. The winner will be announced the week after the Winter Blues Blog Hop.

Thanks so much for visiting our hop! Please visit the other bloggers participating.

Here is the schedule for the week:

Monday, January 20th
Just Let Me Quilt

Bumbleberry Stitches

QuiltFabrication

Mary Mack Made Mine
VROOMANS QUILTS
Just Because Quilts
Kathleen McMusing

Den syende himmel
Beaquilter
Tuesday, January 21st
Quilted Delights

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Farm Quilter

Homespun Hannah's Blog
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Quilting & Learning: What a Combo
Life in the Scrapatch
PamelaQuilts
Home Sewn By Us
Wednesday, January 22nd
Little Bunny Quilts

For the love of geese

The Joyful Quilter

Ms P Designs USA
Quilt Schmilt
Karen's Korner
Made By Marney
Podunk Pretties
Sunshine in the Attic
Thursday, January 23rd
Websterquilt

Songbird Designs

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Storied Quilts
Patchwork Breeze
Seams To Be Sew
HeARTsCreations

Becky's quilts and adventures

DesertSky Quilting
Friday, January 24th
MooseStashQuilting
Selina Quilts
LimeLeaves Design
Karrin's Crazy World
Sew Many Yarns
Domestic Felicity
DayBrook Designs

Creatin' in the Sticks

Linking this week with:

Quilt Fabrication

It's that time of year…put away the Christmas decorations and let's decorate using items that will be cute until Easter. Penguins work for me!

Penguin with a Stocking Cap
Penguin Wall Hanging

These super sweet penguins wearing a cute collection of different hats make a fun wall hanging or table topper. The penguins are paper pieced, and the flowers are appliqued.

Belly Button Penguins

I call these "Belly Button Penguins". I made mine into potholders, but they would make great mug rugs too!

Belly Button Penguin #1
Belly Button Penguin #2

Have fun paper piecing this super easy Penguin Pillow.

Penguin Pillow

Here is a FREE PENGUIN PATTERN just for you! Just click HERE for the free downloadable pattern to paper piece the Hearty Penguin block below.

HEARTY PENGUIN

This is also a cute block for Valentine's projects.

Thanks for stopping by and please consider SUBSCRIBING to see all of my newest designs.

Linking this week with:

  • Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework
  • Love Laugh Quilt
  • Pretty Piney Quilts
  • Sew Can Do
  • Home Sewn By Us
  • Elm Street Quilts
  • Quilt Fabrication
  • Confessions of a Fabric Addict
  • From Bolt to Beauty
  • Kippi At Home

It's my favorite time of year…I love decorating for Fall.

Fall Garland

I love these paper pieced Jack O Lanterns. They look so cute with my garland and wreath.

Jack O Lantern Table Topper

These jolly pumpkins are fun to sew.

My JACK O LANTERN TABLE TOPPER pattern is fun to make.

Look how cute the pumpkins would look with some of my other Halloween blocks…

My clever customer Sharon added my GHOST BLOCKS with a pumpkin for an adorable table runner!

FREE HALLOWEEN BLOCKS

Visit ETSY to find my FREE HALLOWEEN BLOCKS. Be aware that any item I sell on Etsy I am charged 20 cents, even if they are FREE. Therefore, I have to charge my customers the 20 cents or it would cost me a fortune to list a free pattern 🙁

I'd love to see how you are decorating for Fall!

Linking this week with:

  • Home Sewn By Us
  • Pretty Piney Quilts
  • Love Laugh Quilt
  • Sew Can Do
  • Quilt Fabrication
  • Elm Street Quilts