Category Archives: Paper pieced Animals

New Patterns for Spring

March 12, 2020baseball pattern, paper piece baseball, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilt blocks, quiltingmaryhertel

Congratulations to Karen Miller, the winner of the Piggy Pillow pattern. Thanks for all of your sweet comments.

Here are some of the new blocks that I worked on this week. All of these images were requested by my lovely customers.

This ANT BLOCK was so much fun to make, I plan to make more insects. I already have butterflies and spiders. Any other suggestions?

The FROGGIE BLOCK is an adaptation of a frog from my FAIRY PRINCESS QUILT pattern.

And for baseball lovers, these fun BASEBALL POTHOLDERS will be perfect! Use your team’s colors to make these potholders work for your favorite baseball team.

Thanks so much for stopping by to “visit” today!

Pig Day and Pig-Give-Away

March 4, 2020give-away, Paper pieced Animals, paper pieced pig, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, pig block, pig quilt, quilt blocks, Quilts with Animalsgive away, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced pig, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, pig quilt, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quiltsmaryhertel

After reading Kathy’s Quilts cute post on “National Pig Day” on March 1(who ever knew?), I realized there must be many more people who have a pig obsession besides me!

Her pig pattern came from Kelli at Seriously I Think It Needs Stitches, where Kelli shares this Pig Block tutorial. This has motivated me to also have a PIG-GIVE-AWAY.

After reading Kathy’s blog about Pig Day, I started thinking about how many times I have created pig related patterns…

“PIG-CASSO”is one of 12 farm animals named after celebrities in the FARMYARD STARS pattern.

After designing the PIG-ABUNGA wall hanging, I had so many requests for that cute pig that it motivated me to create the PIGGY PILLOW.

I also have a pig in my newest book SEW CUTE AND CLEVER FARM AND FOREST ANIMALS.

In honor of National Pig Day, I am giving away 1 free download of my PIGGY PILLOW pattern. All you have to do for a chance to win this download is leave a comment below. The give-away will end next week on Wednesday, March 11.

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A “Trunk Full” of Love For You!

February 4, 2020elephant block, free tutorial, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced heart, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilt blocks, Quilts with Animals, truck pattern, Valentine's Patternseasy quilts, elephant block, foundation quilting, handmade quilts, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quilts, truck patternmaryhertel

I’m sharing some of my favorite patterns that have HEARTS for Valentine’s Day! Enjoy…

The ENOUGH ELEPHANTS pillow and lap quilt are both included in my pattern. These quirky elephants are so easy to paper piece.

This adorable LOAD OF LOVE dump truck would make a super cute pillow for your truck lovers! Those are buttons on the wheels for easy hubcaps. You know I like to keep things easy.

I love my SCALLOPED HEART PILLOW! Designing all the scallops took some time, and I would recommend this project for an intermediate paper piecer. My fond customer Marilyn created this adorable project that I just have to share…

Thanks so much for visiting today. If you are new to paper piecing, consider watching my FREE tutorials. Just click the Tutorial tab at the top of this page.

Linking this week with:

The Winter Blues Blog Hop and Give Away with Marney

January 22, 2020Blog Hop, FREE Patterns, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilting, Quilts with Animalsgive away, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quiltsmaryhertel

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

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Quilt Fabrication

Sew Sweet!

January 9, 2020dog block, dog pattern, Dog Quilts, paper piece dog, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilt blocks, Quilts with Animalspaper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced dogs, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, paperpieceddogs, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quiltsmaryhertel

Some super sweet customers have been sharing photos of adorable projects they have created using my paper piece patterns. I LOVE to see their fun creations.

Bella is a first time paper piecer. She entered her CORGI quilt in her 4H competition and won first place. I love how she repeated the dog blocks in an Andy Warhol Pop Art inspired composition.

Sharon created this awesome neutral colored Dog and Cat quilt. She has incorporated blocks not only from me, but from lots of designers. This makes the quilt very interesting, since it’s not just one designer’s view point.

This is cuteness overload…Lori has made this adorable dog pillow for her sweet dog, Bear.

I am in love with Jennifer’s festive red, white, and blue Chihuahua!

Here’s a photo of Bella, cutest little Labradoodle ever. This is my girl friend’s pet, and she wants a memory pillow of lovely Bella. Sweet Bella is slowly loosing her eyesight.

LABRADOODLE BELLA is my newest dog pattern. Here’s the pillow that I made, too!

And here’s another new dog block to add to my collection of over 65 different dog breeds, the AFGHAN HOUND.

Coming soon is the WINTER BLUES BLOG HOP, a collection of bloggers and artists sharing projects done with the color blue. Can’t wait!

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Sew Can Do
Quilt Fabrication
Home Sewn By Us
My Quilt Infatuation

Cute Penguins…and a FREE PATTERN!

December 30, 2019FREE Patterns, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced heart, Paper Piecing, penguins, quilt blocks, quiltingblock patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced penguin, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, penguin pattern, penguins, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting patternsmaryhertel

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!

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.

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

Have fun paper piecing this super easy 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.

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.

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Virtual Cookie Exchange Blog Hop with Marney

December 4, 2019Blog Hop, Christmas pattern, Christmas patterns, Dog Quilts, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, quilting, Quilts with AnimalsChristmas potholders, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, paperpieceddogs, potholders, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quilts, table runner, table runner patterns, table toppermaryhertel

I am so excited to be part of the 2019 Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt. I hope you will visit the other bloggers and enjoy their many yummy cookie recipes.

I am a paper piece pattern designer from Wisconsin, and I LOVE to create holiday patterns. Last Christmas I designed this HOLIDAY BUDDIES table topper .

I love the Caroler, and thought he needed a caroling partner.

This is my CAROLING DOGGIE.

These CAROLING BUDDIES would make an adorable set of holiday potholders.

Let’s make some cute as can be Christmas cut out cookies to match my new potholders. My cookie recipe collection has been growing over the years. Some of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes were shared by friends and co-workers. The recipe I am sharing with you is for Christmas cut-out cookies and was shared by my secretary at school, Marge. I have always loved these cut outs, and they work especially well for thicker cut outs, which are my favorites! You can click on the title of the cookie to get a downloadable PDF version for your recipe files.

Marge’s Sugar Cookies

1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond flavoring
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar

Mix sugar and butter. Add egg and flavorings, mix thoroughly. Stir dry ingredients together and blend in. Refrigerate 2 hours (I cheat here).

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Divide dough into “manageable” amount to roll on lightly floured surface.

Cut with cookie cutters. Place on lightly greased cookie sheets.

Bake7-8 minutes.

Cool and frost with your favorite frosting. I am going to cheat and buy some canned vanilla frosting.

All paper pieced patterns are available on my Made By Marney ETSY SHOP. CYBER WEEK SALE: Most patterns are 20% off until December 3.

I love to read your comments, so please leave one if you have the time 🙂 Also, consider SUBSCRIBING to my website. Thanks so much for stopping by!

If you haven’t see the previous day’s blogger’s here is the full schedule. It’s not too late to collect all the yummy recipes.

December 2^nd

Creatin’ in the Sticks

December 3^rd

Barb – Hosted by Just Let Me Quilt

Hill Valley Quilter

Little Penguin Quilts

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

December 4^th

Homespun Hannah’s Blog

Beaquilter

Cynthia’s Creating Ark

Life in the Scrapatch

DesertSky Quilting

Sunlight in Winter Quilts

December 5^th

Quilt Doodle Designs

Ridge Top Quilt

Pumpkin Patch Patterns & Quilting
Websterquilt

Bumbleberry Stitches

Kathy’s Kwilts and More

December 6^th

I want to thank Carol for hosting this fun hop and letting me be a part of it.

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Cyber Week at Made By Marney

November 28, 2019Cat quilts, Christmas pattern, Christmas patterns, Dog Quilts, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilting, Quilts with Animalspaper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quiltsmaryhertel

The holiday decorations are ready for the Christmas season. Here are my front door Gnomes…

Many of my patterns are 20% off this week of Thanksgiving. Check out the bargains at ETSY. These are just a few of my fun holiday patterns.

And over 200 more discounted patterns, but only for Cyber Week. 20% off sale ends on December 3.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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Turkey Day is Just Around the Corner…

November 18, 2019paper piece turkey, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilt blocks, Quilts with Animals, turkey block, turkey patternfoundation piecing, foundation quilting, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, quilts, turkey, turkey patternmaryhertel

My friend Marilyn has created the cutest tote and table runner using my TURKEY block. Thanks so much for sharing!

I call these 3 Christmas designs my “Ho Ho Ho Collection”.

I haven’t had time to put these 3 blocks into a table topper or quilt, but I would love some ideas!

The week after Thanksgiving starts the 2019 Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop . Don’t miss it! Collect lots of yummy cookie recipes AND see so many clever Christmas decorating ideas.