Made By Marney

Cooking Up Quilts

Ho, Ho, Ho…Get Ready for Christmas!

November 19, 2018Christmas pattern, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecingchristmas paper piece, Christmas pattern, Christmas patterns, made by marney, mary hertel, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, sewingmaryhertel

You know…it’s right around the corner…CHRISTMAS! And, I have lots of cute holiday designs to show you. This is my HO, HO, HO HOLIDAY COLLECTION, all paper pieced patterns.

Ho, Ho, Ho, Santa. He’s a jolly old soul, with a cute red button nose.

Ho, Ho, Ho Rudolph. I love how Rudolph’s antlers are teeter tottering on top of his head!

Ho, Ho, Ho Elf. This clever fellow is ready for some Christmas action. These blocks all fit into my pillow, potholder, and table runner patterns, as well as into any patterns from my books.

All blocks finish at 7 1/2″x 7 1/2″ square. All patterns can be found on my Etsy or Craftsy shops.

Have a lovely Thanksgiving!

Linking this week with:

Love, Laugh, Quilt

Paper Pieced Turkey Pattern…Gobble, Gobble

November 15, 2018Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Piecing, Quilts with Animalsmade by marney, mary hertel, mary hertel patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper pieced birds, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, sewingmaryhertel

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I’m getting out my meager amount of Turkey Day decorations. For some reason, I don’t have nearly as many November goodies in my stash as I have for Halloween and Christmas.

This googly eyed TURKEY is a fun block to add to a pillow or potholder.

If you are looking for a cute and quick project for Christmas, I just finished this ELFY SHOE block pattern.

One of my sweet customers requested a block that would be similar to my WITCHY PILLOW . Remember, I try to keep all of my blocks the same size, so any block pattern fits into any pattern.You always give me the best ideas!

Congratulations to Nancy, the winner of my Cat’s Meow Quilt pattern. Thanks so much for everyone who participated in the Pick A Pumpkin Blog Hop last week. I loved all the comments, and wish I could have replied to all of them. Thanks so much for all the love you shared!

Linking this week with:

Sew Fresh Quilts

Clever Chameleon

Cooking Up Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Esther’s Quilt Blog

Pick A Pumpkin Blog Hop Day One

November 4, 2018Blog Hop, Cat quilts, FREE Patterns, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Piecing, Quilts with Animalsfree patterns, Halloween blocks, Halloween patterns, Halloween quilt, handmade quilts, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, pattern blocks, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quiltingmaryhertel

Thanks for joining me today for the first day of the PICK A PUMPKIN BLOG HOP, sponsored by Carla Henton from Creatin in the Sticks. I have been working on one of my favorite subjects, paper pieced black cats and pumpkins. Don’t miss my GIVE-AWAY…you’ll find it at the end of this post.

CAT ON A PUMPKIN is an easy block with nice large pieces. Find a lovely orange fabric with some interesting texture for that luscious, fat pumpkin.

CURIOUS CAT has a quizzical expression.

CAT WITH A HAT is wearing a wonky witch hat.

MOONLIGHT CAT glows in the shimmering moonlight.

Use the cats alone as wall hangings or pillows, or put them all together to create a charming quilt. I call this the CAT’S MEOW QUILT.

WIN THIS PATTERN…Leave a comment for a chance to win this paper pieced pattern. Make sure your email is included in the comment so I can contact the winner. Also, make my day by SUBSCRIBING to my website.

Find more fun fall paper pieced projects on my ETSY or CRAFTSY shops.

If you want to learn more about how I design, please read this article about Made By Marney from The Quilt Company.

Visit all of today’s participants in this blog hop:

Monday, November 5th

MooseStash Quilting

QuiltFabrication

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

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Love, Laugh, Quilt

Stitch ALL The Things

Clever Chameleon Quilts

Silly Mama Quilts

Paper Pieced Spider…BOO

October 31, 2018Halloween patterns, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper PiecingHalloween blocks, Halloween patterns, Halloween quilt, Halloween table runner, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced pattern, quilt patterns, quiltingmaryhertel

I couldn’t resist sharing 1 more Halloween paper pieced block…SPIDER.This pattern is designed for an intermediate paper piecer, and would make really cute Halloween potholders or pillows. Consider pairing it with my Spooky Spider block from the BOO Collection.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone!

Watch for the Pick A Pumpkin Blog Hop starting next week! Can’t wait to have some “Pumpkin Fun”. Linking this week with:

Sew Fresh Quilts

Silly Mama Quilts

Clever Chameleon

More FREE Halloween Paper Pieced Blocks

September 10, 2018FREE Patterns, Halloween patterns, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Uncategorizedfree patterns, Halloween blocks, Halloween patterns, Halloween quilt, Halloween table runner, handmade quilts, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing patternsmaryhertel

I want to thank my friends for creating such clever items using my Halloween blocks.

Donna just shared this Halloween quilt. Love it! Some of these 12 blocks are FREE. You can download the free Dracula and Frankenstein right here. Count-Dracula-and-Frankenstein-MERGED.pdf (2138 downloads ) .

FRANKENSTEIN

DRACULA

Shelley created this adorable table topper using 8 of my blocks. I have posted her sweet table topper once before, but couldn’t resist sharing again. She was just getting ready to bind this baby, and put it out for Halloween.

Lynne created this funky table runner. I am enjoying her fabric choices! I’d love to see what you are creating for Halloween.

To see all of my Halloween blocks, visit my Etsy or Craftsy shops.

Linking this week with:

Kathy’s Quilts

Confessons Of A Fabric Addict

Free Motion By the River

My Quilt Infatuation

Scrap Happy

More Woodland Animals

June 18, 2018Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Piecing, Quilts with Animalshandmade quilts, mary hertel, mary hertel patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quiltingmaryhertel

Often, my customers like to substitute different animal blocks in my patterns to get a more unique quilt. Here are 2 new paper pieced blocks that would work well in my Forest Friends quilt pattern.

This friendly Brown Bear is an 8″x 8″ unfinished block. Most of my paper pieced blocks are this size and can be mixed and matched into any of my patterns.

This Fawn would make a cute addition as well. I designed the fawn after finding a newborn fawn curled under a tree in my yard at the cabin. It was resting there for the day, and was later reunited with it’s mother.

So adorable! It laid in this position all day, never moving. Mother deer came in the night to gather her offspring and move on.

It’s always fun to be creative and make your own composition using the animals of your choice. Are there any other woodland animals that you would like to see in this quilt?

Linking this week with:

Clever Chameleon Quilting

Love Laugh Quilt

Farmyard Stars Paper Pieced Quilt

May 13, 2018Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Quilts, Quilts with Animalsmade by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quiltingmaryhertel

Growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin has instilled a life long love of animals. The “Farmyard Stars” quilt was motivated by all my lovely memories of animals and pets that we saw on our farm every day.

I love everything about this design. The animals are bold and bright with whimsical expressions. The black and white border presents a calming, yet quirky frame to the colorful animals. The animal sounds were machine embroidered in the sashing, but could also be satin stitched, appliqued, or skipped altogether.

I have a hard time choosing my favorite animal, but “Demi Moo” the cow is right up near the top. Remember, these are farmyard STARS, so each is named after a celebrity.

Here’s “Kitty Purry” the cat.

“Pig-Casso” the pig…

“Lady Baa Baa” the sheep…

And, another one of my favorites, “Pony Danza” the horse. Love those teeth! I have designed lots of horses, but he is precious.

To see the names of the other animals you will have to check out the pattern at Etsy or Craftsy.

Linking this week with:

Kathy’s Quilts

Love, Laugh, Quilt

Clever Chameleon Quilting

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Silly Mama Quilts

Sew Fresh Quilts

Tish’s Adventures In Wonderland

So Scrappy

Made By Marney’s Newest Designs

April 22, 2018Dog Quilts, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Patriotic Quiltscatsndogs, handmade quilts, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper piecing, quilt block patterns, quilting, sewingmaryhertel

One of my favorite quilt shops, Keep Me In Stitches, is showcasing my latest, newest paper piecing designs now through April 30. Visit Jacqi in Appleton to see samples of my newest creations.

Homeward Bound is a great quilt for Quilts Of Valor projects. It incorporates paper piecing, applique, and piecing all in one project. What a great way to use up red and cream scraps.

I love this paper pieced eagle. He is made from 2 square paper pieced blocks.

3 Cats And 1 Dog With A Bone is one of my newest whimsical table runners. This is so much fun to make! I love a pattern where all the blocks are different.

This dog is goofy but loveable.

I always love a calico cat!

See these projects and more at my Keep Me in Stitches trunk show now through April 30. You will be amazed with all of Jacqi’s adorable fabrics. I never walk out of this shop without a new treasure to add to my stash.

Linking this week with:

Super Scrappy

Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland

More Paper Pieced Water Birds

April 16, 2018Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Quilts, Quilts with Animalshandmade quilts, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced birds, paper pieced pattern, quilt patterns, quilting, sewingmaryhertel

Thanks for all the “water bird” suggestions you shared with me this week. I was inspired to create enough blocks to put together a lap quilt.

This Flamingo will measure 8″ wide by 16 1/2″ high, unfinished. I decided not to limit myself to just birds from the northwoods of Wisconsin. Since I adore flamingos, I had to include 1 in my collection of water birds.

This Heron also measures 8″ wide by 16 1/2″ high, unfinished. I like to have an assortment of block sizes, not all square.

The Pelican measures 8″x 8″ square. We actually get pelicans in Oshkosh during the summer!

Here’s my mock up for the lap quilt. I plan to use a 1 1/2″ wide sashing, but not sure what color fabric to use. Actually, the white isn’t too bad…any suggestions? Do you think I should limit this quilt to ONLY water birds from Wisconsin? I love getting your input 🙂

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Kathy’s Quilts