Category Archives: Quilts with Animals

The Newest Doggie Patterns

July 3, 2024dog block, dog pattern, Dog Quilts, foundation paper piecing, french bulldog block, paper piece, paper piece dog, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, pug block, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animalsdog blocks, dog patterns, dog quilt, dog quilts, foundation piecing, paper piece patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paw pattern, paw print pattern, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patternsmaryhertel

If you have been looking for some new pooch patterns, here you go. My most popular dog pattern is DOGS ONLY…

This popular dog quilt offers 11 block patterns for only $10. If purchased separately, the block patterns would cost $33. Such a good deal to buy the quilt pattern. Since Dogs Only is so popular , I thought it was time to design another quilt based on pooches….

My DOG LOVER QUILT has 12 block patterns and the paw print pattern for the corners. That is 13 block patterns for $15. So much cheaper than buying them separately. I had so much fun designing these cuties! PRESS HERE to watch a video with more details for this quilt.

Here are some of my newest dog blocks; designed by request, but now also available to you.

BRUSSELS GRIFFIN DOG BLOCK PATTERN…$3

MALTI-POO DOG BLOCK PATTERN…$3

PORTUGESE PODENGO PEQUENO DOG BLOCK PATTERN…$3

PUG/FRENCH BULLDOG BLOCK PATTERN…$3

DANDIE DINMONT TERRIER BLOCK PATTERN…$3

DOGGIE PAW PRINT BLOCK PATTERN…$3

PRESS HERE to shop over 100 different breeds. Do you need one that you can’t find? Email me directly at maryannhertel@gmail.com

For the Horse Lover in Your Life…

June 12, 2024farmhouse animals, free pattern, FREE Patterns, horse block, horse pattern, horse quilt, paper piece, paper piece horse, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced horse, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quick & easy quilts, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animalshorse block, horse lover quilt, horse pattern, horse project, horse quilt, paper piece patterns, paper pieced horse, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patternsmaryhertel

Giddy yup! I have 6 new horse paper pieced patterns. Previously all of my horse patterns were close-up face only block patterns, similar to all the horses in HAY GIRL.

HAY GIRL PATTERN

But I’ve been busy creating some full body horse patterns…

Horse Block Pattern #6

For the Horse Lover in Your Life…

Horse Block Pattern #5

Everyone loves horses…

Horse Block Pattern #4

What could be cuter than kissing horses…

Horses Block Pattern #3

Use them for pillows and other projects…

Horse Block Pattern #2

Or use them all to make a quilt…

Horse Block Pattern #1

For all of you horse lover’s, these blocks are enough to make a quilt if repeated. Let me see what you can do with them! Please email finished photos to maryannhertel@gmail.com. I would love to share them on a future post…

All 6 blocks together make a sweet quilt!

This child’s quilt was created by Christina using my FREE HORSE pattern. Although, the pattern is free, Etsy will charge a 20 cent restocking fee. Why can’t anything be JUST FREE!

Free Horse Pattern

I designed this FREE pattern for you horse lovers because I love you!

Anita assembled this gorgeous version in blues and browns, one of my favorite color combos. I would love to see what you can do. I’m also always curious about what images are popular and in the mainstream. I get the best feedback from you, my customers.

Love ya!

Marney

Koala’s Anyone?

February 19, 2024book, Books, butterfly pattern, farmhouse animals, fish blocks, fish patterns, garden gnome, gnome, gnome block, gnome pattern, gnome quilt, Jungle Animal Quilts, Juvenile Quilts, paper piece, paper piece book, paper piece butterfly, paper piece fish, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced gnome, paper pieced gnome block, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, paper piecing book, quick & easy quilts, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilt magazines, quilting, Quilts with Animals, sea turtle, sea turtle pattern, seahorsepaper piece patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing book, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting book, quilting patternsmaryhertel

The Koala quilt from my newest book, HOME SWEET HOME PAPER PIECING, is being featured in Homespun Magazine’s February/March 2024 issue.

This charming little quilt combines paper piecing and applique to create a ” juvenile jungle” for your child. This Koala is one of many adorable animal patterns in the book.

Sea turtles, hedgehogs, monkeys and much more….

I’m in love with this sweet sea turtle. All square blocks measure 8″ x 8″ unfinished, and can be used in every project in this book, as well as my previous 6 books. This means you can be super creative!

There are also rectangular blocks which measure 8″ x 15 1/2″ unfinished, like this cute and clever tote bag…

What a great tote for the beach, or even a diaper bag!

You can find this issue of Homespun to buy from news stands now, or online.

If you are new to paper piecing, HOME SWEET HOME PAPER PIECING has step by step directions to help you on your way to sewing images for lovely quilts, pillows, table runners, and more.

Farmhouse Animals with Flowers

October 6, 2023book, Books, Bunny blocks, cat block, cat pattern, Cat quilts, farmhouse animals, farmhouse table runner, horse pattern, horse quilt, paper piece horse, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced horse, paper pieced pig, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, pattern book, pattern bundle, pig block, pig quilt, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animalsfarm animals, horse block, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper pieced bunny, paper pieced cat, paper pieced horse, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced pig, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilting, quilting patternsmaryhertel

My newest table runner has 4 adorable paper pieced farm animals wearing flower wreaths.

My FARMHOUSE TABLE RUNNER pattern has all 4 animals included and the directions to make the extra long farmhouse ruffle. This table runner has no quilt batting. Instead I used fusible T-shirt interfacing to keep the table runner nice and thin and flexible.

All of the block patterns are also sold separately. BUNNY WITH FLOWERS.

These blocks also make lovely pillows…

Although the pillow directions are not included in the pattern, they are available in my book: SEW CUTE AND CLEVER FARM AND FOREST ANIMALS.

I’m always interested in hearing what paper pieced images you are looking for….please comment below with more ideas for future patterns.

A DOG FOR ALL SEASONS

August 10, 2023beagle, butterfly block, butterfly pattern, dog block, dog pattern, Dog Quilts, french bulldog block, Halloween blocks, Halloween patterns, holiday dog, Juvenile Quilts, labrador, paper piece, paper piece butterfly, paper piece dog, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, pattern bundle, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animals, retriever blockbeagle pattern, dog blocks, french bulldog pattern, labrador pattern, made by marney, paper piece dogs, paper piece patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patterns, retriever patternmaryhertel

Everyone knows how much I love to design animal patterns. Here is my newest paper pieced pattern, A DOG FOR ALL SEASONS.

This adorable pattern includes all 4 blocks, LABRADOR WITH BUTTERFLY (spring); BEAGLE WITH FLOWER (summer); RETRIEVER WITH PUMPKIN (autumn); FRENCH BULLDOG WITH SCARF (winter). Use them to create pillows, potholders, or a lovely table runner for the dog lover in your life. You can keep these projects out all year!

Although they are all super cute, I am partial to this LABRADOR! He’s my fave. All of the block patterns are also available separately.

Which dog is your favorite? Any of these cuties would look super in my DOGS ONLY QUILT, too!

HOME SWEET HOME PAPER PIECING

July 21, 2023book, Books, butterfly block, butterfly pattern, fish blocks, fish patterns, garden gnome, gnome, gnome block, gnome pattern, gnome quilt, Jungle Animal Quilts, Juvenile Quilts, paper piece book, paper piece butterfly, paper piece fish, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced gnome, paper pieced gnome block, Paper Pieced Quilts, paper pieced snail, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, paper piecing book, pattern book, penguins, pillowcase pattern, Pillowcases, quick & easy quilts, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animals, sea turtle, sea turtle pattern, seahorse, snail blockfoundation paper piecing, foundation piecing book, paper piece book, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing book, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting patternsmaryhertel

My newest book, HOME SWEET HOME PAPER PIECING, is ready for you to enjoy.

This book features 17 of my FAVORITE BLOCK PATTERNS, and I want to share them with you. Koalas, monkeys, sea turtles, gnomes, and so much more.

This is just a sampling of the adorable blocks, and there are 10 more!

Remember…all of my blocks will fit not only in the 7 projects in this book, but will also fit into the projects in my past 6 books. That helps you achieve soooo much creativity in your sewing.

Here’s an example…

This super cute HEDGEHOG PILLOWCASE pattern comes with the book, but here is a baby penguin quilt pattern from my SEW CUTE BABY ANIMALS book.

Using this same pattern, I am substituting the Hedgehog blocks instead of the Penguins. How sweet is that! Here is my finished HEDGEHOG BABY QUILT. You will find everything you need to create this baby quilt in my books, as well as a paper piecing tutorial. I am using minky fabric for the background. So soft and cuddly.

Wrap it up with a stuffed hedgehog and you will RULE at the baby shower!

Order your copy of HOME SWEET HOME today!

Sew Cute Baby Animals Book

May 1, 2022book, Books, Bunny blocks, cat block, cat pattern, Cat quilts, dog block, dog pattern, Dog Quilts, Ducky blocks, horse block, horse pattern, horse quilt, Jungle Animal Quilts, paper piece book, paper piece dog, paper piece horse, paper piece pattern, Paper pieced Animals, paper pieced horse, paper pieced pig, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Piecing, pattern book, quick & easy quilts, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animalsbaby animal patterns, baby animals, paper piece baby animals, paper piece book, paper piece patterns, paper piece tutorial, paper pieced, paper pieced animals, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilt patterns, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing, paper piecing book, paper piecing directions, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt blocks, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting book, quilting patterns, quiltsmaryhertel

Is there a special child in your life? Mine too! Actually, quite a few of them, and I love to sew cute gifts for all of them! That’s why I created my newest book, SEW CUTE BABY ANIMALS.

With 17 adorable mix and match baby animal images and 6 fun projects, this book will provide you lots of reasons to be creative.

Patterns for baby quilts, a diaper tote, catch-all container, bib, and burp cloth are all included.

Here are just a few of the cutest baby animals ever…all paper pieced, but using NO buttons for the eyes. Everything is fabric, so no chokeables for baby.

You will find farm animals and pets…

Jungle animals…

And more…

I hope you LOVE this book as much as I do!

Don’t forget that these 17 blocks will fit into the patterns from my other books, as well. SEW CUTE BABY ANIMALS book can be found in my ETSY SHOP today!

Some Holiday Projects

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I am always asking my customers to send photos of the things they create using my patterns. Today I am sharing some of my favorite photos.

This adorable wall hanging was sewn by Carol Cheesman using LUMBERJACK GNOME, SANTA GNOME, and GNOME WITH GIFTS.

Elise Brasseale made these cute little mug rugs using the elf from SEW YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, and GNOME WITH LANTERN.

Crafty Judy Miniclier created this adorable GNOME QUILT, using assorted GNOMES FROM MY SHOP. Beautiful!

These Christmas blocks were shared by Joyce Albers. She is creating a holiday quilt. She used HO HO HO SANTA, CARDINAL, ICE SKATE, and EASY ICE SKATE.

Joyce Olson created this super cute CAMPING QUILT, using a variety of my patterns plus my CAMPING BLOCKS.

Maridee Hargis made my SNOWMAN GNOME block into a potholder.

I just want to kiss this little guy, LABRADOODLE BLOCK. Little mat sewn by Monique Covell.

And my last customer project for today is from Mary Edholm, sewing this sweet UNICORN PILLOW, using my UNICORN BLOCK.

I am making these 3 holiday dogs for some Xmas pillows…HOLIDAY GOLDEN RETRIEVER, HOLIDAY FRENCH BULLDOG, and HOLIDAY DACHSHUND.

Happy sewing!

Pond Critters and other Summery Stuff

June 1, 2021dog block, dog pattern, Dog Quilts, dragonfly, dragonfly block, horse block, horse pattern, horse quilt, paper piece, paper piece baseball, paper piece dog, paper piece horse, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, paper pieced horse, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, pond critters, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animals, retriever block, turtle block, unicorn, unicorn patternmaryhertel

My garden is calling me… and I’m enjoying sunny days in my yard. Here’s my “SucculentTurtle”. I left him out in the snow all winter and about half of the hen and chicks survived the Wisconsin cold.

When a customer asked me to design some “pond creatures”, a turtle was a must.

Paper piecing a fantastic turtle is all about the fabric you can find for the turtle’s shell. I just happened to have this scrap left from a previous project, and it is perfect for a turtle done completely in cool colors. I have no recollection of the fabric company, but if you recognize it, please share with me as I’m sure someone will ask 🙂

My customer specifically wanted a block with a DRAGONFLY and cattails. Here’s the complete collection, sold as a set of 4 paper pieced blocks.

Since these patterns have some small pieces, I would recommend them for an intermediate or experienced paper piecer. The TURTLE is the easiest of the 4.

Here are some of my customers beautiful projects…I’m so proud of them!

This is Terry’s first ever paper piecing project…all the dogs are my patterns except for that cute poodle in the bottom row!

Penny paper pieced all of my horse patterns from HAY GIRL. Penny’s grandaughter will love this gift on her 7th birthday. The large horse in the center is not my pattern… but is gorgeous!

This UNICORN BLOCK is one of my most popular pattern blocks, and Mary made the cutest pillow for her 4 year old grandaughter. Her favorite colors are pink and purple, of course!

Keep emailing your photos! I love seeing what you are creating with my patterns.

Loons

April 22, 2021bird block, paper piece, paper piece bird, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Blocks, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilt block, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animalsbird quilt blocks, birds, paper piece patterns, paper pieced, paper pieced birds, 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

I’m having fun designing new bird patterns…

Finding the right fabrics is always the key. The water fabric is perfect, don’t you agree? And the wonky black and white hashtag makes a super cute loon fabric! LOON ON THE LAKE #2 and LOON ON THE LAKE #3 are both brand new designs.

Here’s a loon I already had in my collection of FOWL FRIENDS. I’m planning to put all 3 of these loons together for a table runner for my cabin. We have a pair of loons that return to our lake in northern Wisconsin every year.