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Paper Pieced Garden Gnome

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I am obsessed with paper pieced gnomes. They are so stinkin’ cute!

This is my newest Gnome pattern: GNOME WITH A BIRD. I call him my “garden gnome”, so he would make a great Spring or Summer project. But he could also be holding a red cardinal for a winter project.

GNOME WITH MUSHROOMS is another cute block. I used this block in a small sofa pillow. His nose could be a button, or made from fabric. I used a small wooden plug (like a carpenter would use) hot glued to the finished block.

This Gnome is in my newest book SEW MAGICAL. It can be pre-ordered from AMAZON, and is expected in June.

This is going to be my cutest book ever! You can see the Gnome Pillow on the cover. He is 1 of 16 magical blocks included in the book.

His nose is made from a stuffed yo-yo. I’m using my Gnome pillow on my bedroom sofa.

GNOME, SWEET, GNOME!

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Under the Sea Paper Pieced Patterns

April 20, 2020fish blocks, fish patterns, paper piece fish, paper piece sea shell, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quilt blocks, quilting, Quilts with Animals, sea shell patternfish quilt blocks, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper pieced fish, 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 designed my newest pattern with my Florida friends in mind. After spending a week with my sister in February in the Villages, Florida, and admiring all of her lovely sea turtle sculptures, I designed a paper pieced version. After adding a few more ideas, I designed this sea lovers dream.

The UNDER THE SEA pattern offers 12 paper pieced blocks with a nautical theme. Customers were requesting sea shell patterns, so of course I went all in and added fish, turtles, and even a lobster.

These are some of my faves!

Thanks for joining me today and allowing me to share how I am spending my time indoors.

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Happy Easter Duckies

April 8, 2020Bunny blocks, Ducky blocks, Easter paper piece, Easter Paper Piecing, Paper pieced Animals, Paper Pieced Quilts, Paper Pieced Table Toppers, Paper Piecing, quiltingEaster Block, Easter paper piecing, Easter patterns, 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, quiltsmaryhertel

I put out my Easter Ducky potholders this month. Love Easter and I love Easter paper piecing!

These Duckies are from my EASTER TABLE RUNNER pattern.

Here are some of my Easter block patterns that sell separately:

Happy Easter Bunny Block and Happy Easter Duckie Block.

PEEPER, this block is part of the table runner pattern.

The majority of my time this month has been devoted to sewing masks for friends and family.

So far I have given away 100 masks, although shortages of elastic has made this project difficult.

Please stay safe and healthy!

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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Leprechaun Gnome

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I just returned from a little Florida get-away with 2 of my siblings.

After a beautiful week of 80 degrees and sunny skies, I returned home to this…

And now it’s back to designing…

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve designed a new Gnome.

The LEPRECHAUN GNOME is a sweet little guy with a nose made from a fabric yoyo. So cute! This newest St. Patty’s block will join my other leprechaun creations:

LUCKY LEPRECHAUN is still one of my favorite St. Patty images. The smoke swirls are very suble, and are created from my free motion quilting.

LEPRECHAUN is another cutie. See even more of my St. Pat’s designs HERE.

Please join me this Saturday at the Winter Quilt Show in West Bend, where I will be vending and lecturing on paper piecing.

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A “Trunk Full” of Love For You!

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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.

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Getting Ready for My Valentine…

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It’s time to dig out my Valentine pillows. I’m looking forward to some chocolate and flowers! Right?

This is a Valentine doggie block I designed in 2019.

This cutie I designed this year…

Wouldn’t these blocks make cute pillows or potholders? I’m going to try to sew them up before Valentine’s Day.

Both patterns can be found in my ETSY SHOP. I’d love to see what you can create using these sweet pups.

The winner of my CARDINAL WALL HANGING pattern is Nancy B. Congrats to her!

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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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Sew Sweet!

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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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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.