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I’m trying to get back into the swing of things after having the kids home all summer. I’ve been using my grocery list printable to plan out the week’s meals. What are your go-to dinners?? 🛒 During the school year I tend to want things that can be prepped early and thrown together quickly. ⠀ ⠀ This printable is available on my site - link in profile. ⠀
It’s the first day of school for my 6th and 1st graders and I’m trying something new this year. Instead of always including a brand new lunch note - I laminated some and am going to write a little note each day with a dry erase marker. We’ll see how many make it home vs. end up in the cafeteria trash can. 🏫📚🍎⠀ ⠀ You can find this and many more printables on my site. Link in my bio! ⠀ ⠀
One more scrappy project to share. I made a little lined drawstring bag for my daughter. This came together super fast and brought back all sorts of happy memories of sewing purses in high school. I would search for just the right fabric - I would always have something soo specific in mind and would have the hardest time finding it. My most favorite purse was made out of upholstery fabric that was red with little elephants and I found some matching braided cording for the drawstring/shoulder strap. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #rileyblakedesigns #fabricismyfun #rileyblakefabrics #quilting #quiltingfabric #neverlandfabric
I still love this simple summery pattern and I may love it even more in a new color way. I never feel like I have enough tote bags. My favorite use for a tote bag is to fill it with books. 👜📚 (Also...since our A/C is out and it’s 105 in Texas - I would much rather be on a beach like this little tote bag than here. 🥵😬)⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #mockup #surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #patternobserver #patternobsessed #showyourwork #printandpattern ⠀
A perfectly imperfect quick project - brought to you by my need to use up some scraps of fabric, my youngest finally starting to lose baby teeth AND a need to step away from the computer screen. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Best part is Gavin loves his new tooth fairy pillow and thinks I’m a genius sewer...despite the wonky pocket. 😉⠀ ⠀ #rileyblakedesigns #fabricismyfun #rileyblakefabrics #quilting #quiltingfabric #neverlandfabric ⠀ ⠀
I’m working on finishing up a new collection and recoloring an older collection, so I’m pretty much living at my desk most of the day right now. I would show you my actual desk...except it’s littered in Kleenex and LaCroix cans because I have some sort of summer cold or am in the middle a bad allergy attack. So...enjoy this lovely image and imagine that my desk is pristine, it’s quiet in my house and I’m completely finished with my to do list. This may not be my actual desk BUT it is my actual desktop wallpaper- if you’d like this wallpaper or a new desktop wallpaper every month- you can sign up for my monthly newsletter. 💌 (link to sign up in my profile)⠀
If you missed my newsletter yesterday, you missed a peek at my first ever quilt. I think I forgot to mention in the newsletter that I actually made TWO!! One for my son and one for my daughter. They are far from perfect but I’ve never had so much fun with a sewing project. I’m already planning another quilt. Fabric: Neverland from Riley Blake Designs Quilt Pattern: Fat Quarter Shop Jelly Roll Slice ⠀ #rileyblakedesigns #fabricismyfun #rileyblakefabrics #quilting #quiltingfabric #quiltlove #firstquilt #fatquartershop #neverlandfabric
July flew by - and August completely snuck up on me. Only two weeks till school starts here 😳 and I can’t decide if I’m ready or not. August will be a big month around here...so if you don’t want to miss out on updates - make sure you sign up for my newsletter. 💌

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