Made By Marney

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!

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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!

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Sew Fresh Quilts

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Halloween Candy Sack

August 20, 2018Halloween patterns, magazine patterns, Paper Pieced BlocksHalloween blocks, Halloween patterns, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced pattern, paper piecing, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, sewingmaryhertel

I’m so excited to share my Halloween Candy Sack pattern.

This sweet paper pieced Candy Cane block is the foundation for the super simple sack. You can find the pattern in this month’s issue of McCall’s Quilting magazine. See…my sack is right there in the bottom left corner.

Adorable! How fun it would be to make a Trick or Treat sack for all of your kids. Here are some of my other Halloween Blocks that would work great in this sack…

Bat Block…

Spider Block…

Bewitched Block.

There are loads of other Halloween blocks on my Etsy and Craftsy store.

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Christmas In July Blog Hop, Free Tutorial AND a Give-Away

July 24, 2018Blog Hop, Books, Christmas pattern, free tutorial, Paper Pieced Blocks, Uncategorizedchristmas paper piece, Christmas pattern, Christmas patterns, free tutorials, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper piece patterns, paper pieced animals, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, sew yourself a merry little christmas, sewingmaryhertel

Welcome to the “Christmas In July” Blog Hop. I am offering a FREE tutorial on paper piecing AND a Give-Away at the end of this post.

Thank you to Carol Swift from Just Let Me Quilt for hosting this blog hop. She has worked countless hours to organize this hop. Thank you, Carol!

I am offering a FREE TUTORIAL on 3 tasks…1) How to paper piece a simple block using my Snowman block from my Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas book, 2) How to paper piece a combination block, and 3) How to assemble the Gift Sack pattern in my book.

Paper piecing is simply a “sew by number” technique. You work from a paper pattern, sewing right through the paper and fabric to create the image. It is my FAVORITE way to add an image to a project.

So first, let’s take a look at sewing the simple block. I am including a download of every step in the paper piecing process to complete this Snowman. Click Workshop-Step-by-Step.pptx (697 downloads ) to download the free tutorial.

Also included in the tutorial are 2) How to paper piece a combination block, Polar Bear block.

AND a tutorial on 3) How to assemble the Gift Sack pattern. All of these patterns are found in my Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas book. Available on Made By Marney on Etsy. Also available on Amazon.

One lucky visitor will win a FREE Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas book. To enter the raffle, leave a comment on this post. Make sure your email is included in the comment. Due to the extremely high cost of postage overseas, I am only able to mail this book to a customer from the US. If someone wins from a foreign country, I will download this Christmas pattern to them, instead of the book: Must Be Santa Table Runner/Pillow pattern. Winner will be announced Saturday, July 28.

Please visit all of the wonderful designers and quilters participating in this blog hop:

July 23

Creatin’ in the Sticks

MooseStashQuilting

Lily Patch Quilts

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Melva Loves Scraps

Sew Many Yarns

Cynthia’s Creating Ark

July 24

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Seams To Be Sew

Clever Chameleon Quilting

July 25

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Quilter in Motion

Made By Marney

July 26

Quarter Inch Crafter

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

July 27

Life in the Scrapatch

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Confessions Of A Fabric Addict

Fun Things To Come…

July 12, 2018Blog Hop, FREE Patterns, free tutorial, Paper Pieced Blocks, Uncategorizedchristmas paper piece, Christmas pattern, Christmas patterns, free patterns, free tutorials, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper piecing tutorial, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, sew yourself a merry little christmas, sewingmaryhertel

Watch for 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop starting this Saturday, July 14. Many thanks to Sarah Craig at Confessions Of A Fabric Addict. She has spent countless hours organizing this fun filled event. Visit Sarah for the entire schedule on Saturday, July 14.

Christmas is my favorite holiday for designing. I have created many different paper pieced Santas, but on Tuesday I will be sharing a tutorial on how to paper piece my favorite Santa pattern. Visit each of these 29 designers between July 14-29.

Each designer is offering something fun and exciting for Christmas… perhaps a free tutorial or a pattern. AND…some of us will also be offering GIVE-AWAYS.

I will be giving away 1 free copy of my latest paper piecing book, Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. This book offers 16 adorable paper pieced blocks AND 8 cute holiday projects to use the blocks.

This Polar Bear table topper and gift sack are both included in the book, along with so much more.

Join the fun! My day to post is Tuesday, July 17. I will be including a full schedule on Tuesday. See you then!

Northwoods Paper Piecing

May 30, 2018Uncategorizedmade by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced animals, paper piecing patterns, pattern blocks, quilt patterns, sewing, table runnermaryhertel

Enjoying my mug of chai on the deck. What a lovely view! After spending the weekend at my cabin in northern Wisconsin, I felt excited to share this table runner pattern. I designed it with the northwoods in mind.

This is “At The Cabin” , which measures 16″ wide x 40″ long.

Included in the table runner is a grinning wolf…

a lumbering bear...

a crafty fox…

and a majestic moose…and some trees, of course!

“At The Cabin” is adorning my dining table in my rustic cabin, and always makes me smile.

Visit me at Etsy or Craftsy.

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Adorable Tote Pattern

May 21, 2018Uncategorizedeasy to sew bag, easy to sew tote, floral tote, floral tote bag, made by marney, mary hertel, Mary Hertel pattern, quilt tote, sew a bag, sew a tote, sewing, sewing pattern, tote bag, tote bag patternmaryhertel

Believe it or not, once in a while I design a pattern that has no paper piecing. This tote is one of those patterns. Besides designing patterns, I also work part-time in a local quilt shop. Every year I design a tote pattern that works well with the Wisconsin Shop Hop fabrics. Lots of states offer a yearly shop hop featuring fabric about their state.

The Wisconsin 2018 fabric includes a panel fabric with 6″x 6″ square floral panels (the fabric pictured in the top left corner). I used the panels for the outer pockets.

The Plenty Of Posies Tote features 6 outer pockets and 2 inner pockets. It measures 14″ high, 16″ wide, and 4″ deep. This is a nice generous tote bag size! It is great for going to the market, using for a project bag (sewing or knitting), a beach tote, or an airplane tote(large enough for a lap top).

Here’s a closeup of one of the outer pockets. Each floral panel is a different Wisconsin state flower. This panel fabric could easily be substituted with any floral fabric, but if you want this exact fabric, you can call the shop where I work to order, beginning June 8: Quilt Essentials at (920)230-3680.

The pattern is designed for an easy/intermediate sewing level. It is a great pattern to learn how to sew a tote with a boxed bottom.

This pattern is available on Etsy and Craftsy.

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Sew Fresh Quilts

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Spring Birds

May 1, 2018Uncategorizedbirds, made by marney, mary hertel patterns, paper pieced birds, paper pieced pattern, paper pieced quilts, paper piecing patterns, quilt block patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, sewingmaryhertel

Finally it appears that spring is here. The birds are up early singing and busy building their nests. I have some lovely paper pieced bird patterns to add to your collection.

The Hummingbird is one of my favorite patterns. They are so fascinating to watch.

This Yellow Finch is stunning with it’s gold and black coloring. Finding a fun striped fabric for the wings adds some punch.

The Blue Jay is a bird that I don’t see very often around my hometown of Oshkosh.

The Cardinal is always a lovely addition to any bird collection.

The Parakeet is sweetly looking over its shoulder.

And this colorful Robin completes my collection of paper pieced bird patterns thus far. All of the bird blocks measure 6″x 6″ finished, are super easy, and can be found on my Etsy shop.

This wall hanging was a simple way to incorporate some of the birds into a project.

Would you like to see any other additions to this collection? Just leave a comment!

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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.

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