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Happy Monday!! It’s a new week and I will be sewing very happily most of the week. I finished this little wall hanging a few weeks ago and I keep forgetting to share. ⠀ ⠀ Fabric: Penny Rose Fabrics - Bluebirds on Roses ⠀ #rileyblakedesigns #fabricismyfun #rileyblakefabrics #quilting #quiltingfabric #quiltlove #pennyrosefabric #miniquilt #bluebirdsonrosesfabric⠀
I finished two mini quilt tops in two days. I stalked the mailbox on Monday waiting for the fabric to arrive...then had the first quilt top cut out and halfway done by 3p. I finished it by noon Tuesday and decided I had enough fabric left to try this super tiny mini. Next up quilting and binding. And...I’m on the lookout for more projects. 🧵 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #rileyblakedesigns #fabricismyfun #rileyblakefabrics #quilting #quiltingfabric #quiltlove #pennyrosefabrics #bluebirdsandrosesfabric ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
True story time - If we were having coffee today, I would tell you that my anxiety has gotten the best of me this month, but I’m trying to take some steps to get it under control. I wish I could say when I feel anxious that art helps BUT it doesn’t. 😔 In fact for me - the more anxious I feel - the WORSE my art gets. And the worse my art gets, the higher my anxiety goes, so instead of trying to power through, I’ve been trying some new things. ⠀ 1. Work out consistently (5 days in a row so far)⠀ 2. Complete some mindless chores around the house while listening to music. (Lizzo and Beyonce are on repeat. Also some random Dolly Parton...because my musical tastes are all over. Ok fine, also some Taylor Swift if I’m being totally honest. 🤷🏼‍♀️)⠀ 3. Instead of laying in bed fretting when I wake up waaay too early, I’ve been getting up, lighting a candle and having coffee while I read. (‭I slept till 5:30 today so... I practically slept the day away. 😂)⠀ ⠀ Hope you have a good day today, and if you are fighting off some anxiety, I’m right there with you. Hang in there!! ❤️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Monthly newsletter subscribers get new lock screens every month PLUS access to a library of all the previous month’s downloads and printables. ⠀ ⠀ Link to sign up in profile! ⠀ #newsletter #printables #digitaldownload #printandpattern #surfacepatterndesign #laurenbrewerdesign #calendar2019 #anxietyproblems #artiststruggles ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
I used my printable notecards to make some chocolate chip cookies just a little cuter. (If that’s possible...there is chocolate, so they don’t really need anything else. 😂) 🍪🍪🍪 ⠀ ⠀ These little notecards were in this month’s newsletter - if you missed out, don’t worry! They are also in my subscriber library!!⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #newsletter #printables #digitaldownload #printandpattern #surfacepatterndesign #laurenbrewerdesign ⠀ ⠀
It’s my birthday today and as a special present to my newsletter subscribers - I just added this pattern to my subscriber library!! 🍓 This project came together super fast. I added it to a flour sack tea towel - that again won’t get used but it looks pretty. 😂 French knots used to be my nemesis when I first learned to embroider but now I love them as evidenced by the number I added to the centers of each little flower. ⠀ ⠀ To get this free pattern and access to my subscriber library - sign up for my monthly newsletter. Link in profile! ⠀ ⠀ #embroidery #embroideryart #embroidered #embroiderydesign #handmade #handstitching #flowerstagram #dmcembroidery #handembroidery #embroiderylove #freepattern
I need to make some phone calls and send a couple of emails, so playing around in photoshop is clearly the best use of my time...right? 🤷🏼‍♀️ ⠀ ⠀ #surfacedesign #surfacepattern #patterndesign #artlicensing #licensing #illustration #pattern #printandpattern #homeoverhouse #surfacepatterndesigner #beautifulspaces #laurenbrewerdesign #repeatpattern
Thank you again to everyone that sent me such sweet messages about my news last week. It was so fun to be able to share my news with the best most encouraging community. I finished this little tea towel (that will never ever be used as a towel - because it’s to pretty to use 😂) awhile ago. ⠀ ⠀ I’m still figuring out the best way to share embroidery designs. If you embroider - do you prefer an outline that gives you the freedom to choose which stitches to use OR do you like more detailed instructions?? 🧵⠀ ⠀ #embroidery #embroideryart #embroidered #embroiderydesign #handmade #handstitching #flowerstagram #dmcembroidery #handembroidery #embroiderylove ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
I’m so thrilled to announce that I am a brand new designer for @rileyblakedesigns !! I have been bursting at the seams to share this news all summer. I have loved fabric and patterns as long as I can remember and this is a dream come true. My very first collection 🍓Strawberry Jam🍓 will arrive in stores April 2020! 🎉 ⠀ ⠀ Strawberry Jam is extra special to me because it was inspired my grandmother. As a little girl, I tried to say grandma, but it came out Jama and as I got older I shortened it to Jam. My Jam and I were two peas in a pod and the older I get the more I appreciate just how special my time with her was. I can’t wait to share more about the collection very soon! ⠀ ⠀ #rileyblakedesigns #rileyblakefabrics #quilting #quiltingfabric #quiltlove #surfacepatterndesigner #surfacepatterndesign

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