Promise Me Fabric Tour

Happy Wednesday and welcome to my first blog post of the new year. I am thrilled to be today's stop on the Promise Me Fabric Tour - thank you so much for stopping by for a visit. Here in Kansas, we started this week off with a giant snow storm, so I am thrilled to be sharing such bright and happy fabrics today! I have some very special projects lined up...all created with the new Promise Me fabric collection designed by Michal Marco for Poppie Cotton. I enjoyed putting on my quilt designer hat and playing with these gorgeous prints. This brand new fabric collection (shipping to quilt shops this month) has a truly wonderful focal fabric with all sorts of gardening tools and accessories, lovely roses, pretty daisies and bees, strawberries, clover (with teeny tiny ladybugs), and florals…all done in a soft, cheerful color palette. These pretty prints make my heart sing!

I knew when I saw these prints (months ago) that they would be great for a pair of pillows, so that was my plan...and I decided to use a couple blocks from my Farmstead Finds quilt pattern. I used my strawberry block and my daisy block to make the pillows, adding a patchwork border and hand-dyed rick rack from Lady Dot Creates to each one. These are definitely going to brighten my front porch this spring!

...and as I do for most Poppie Cotton fabric tours, I created a couple project bags and a pretty little pincushion. I made a large strawberry block project bag - that measures approximately 14" x 14"...and a large patchwork project bag that measures approximately 12" x 14", featuring the focal fabric at the bottom. I added a couple special zipper pulls (isn't the Poppie Cotton Strawberry Pull adorable??). I also used the fabulous roses printed on the fabric selvedge to make tags for the bags. 

After I created the project bags, I foundation paper-pieced a house block (my own design) for a 4" x 6" pincushion. I added a pocket under the window to hold a pair a small scissors...and I used a 1/4" button for a doorknob. I lovingly refer to it as my "Strawberry Cottage" pincushion. Doesn't it make you smile?!

I hope you have enjoyed this stop on the fabric tour and are feeling inspired - thank you for visiting with me today. For more creative projects using the Promise Me fabric collection, visit the Poppie Cotton Blog. If you love this fabric collection, be sure to check out your favorite quilt shop - Promise Me is shipping to shops this month.

I am already working on project ideas for future Poppie Cotton fabric releases - just wait until you see what they have in store for this year! Plus, I will have a new ThermOWeb project tutorial posted next week (on the ThermOWeb blog on Monday)…so, be sure to stop back soon...