Here are my latest additions to my paper pieced Gnome collection.
GNOME IN A TRUCK is a combination of my 2 favorite things…red trucks and gnomes! I was so happy with this sweet gnome, that I made his girl friend…
GIRL GNOME‘s braids have small pieces, which makes this an intermediate level pattern.
This GNOME WITH A HEART has been very popular for Valentine’s Day projects. I’m making a sofa pillow. What are you using it for?
Happy Valentines Day … will you be my gnomie?
January is always a tough month for me…getting through 5 weeks of winter can be grueling. I stay in Wisconsin, and take advantage of the snow with some cross country skiing and snow shoeing. AND I decorate with paper pieced snowmen. They can stay in place until Valentine’s Day or beyond, so it’s an easy decorating theme.
These 2 cuties are from my newest book, PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND. With 24 block patterns and lots of cute projects, this book is a good bargain.
I have my SNOWMAN TABLE RUNNER on my dining table this month. And wouldn’t it be adorable with this GNOME SNOWMAN used for the blocks? He has been one of my hottest sellers this month.
Just in time for the Super Bowl, I have a FOOTBALL GNOME!
This block pattern includes an entire applique alphabet for the flag and even numbers. You can customize your FOOTBALL GNOME with any team letters or numbers!
Football Gnomes would make adorable potholders, pillows, or quilts. Here’s a pillowcase pattern that would make your sports lover sleep better…
Is it obvious who I watch on Sundays? Well, I’m not prejudiced, so here are some of the many other football pillowcase patterns that I offer on ETSY.
I can’t show them all here. You’ll have to search my shop on ETSY if you are looking for your favorite team.
If you are looking for more snowman or football paper piecing patterns, and have a great suggestion, please email me at: maryannhertel@gmail.com
I LOVE to hear from you!
Yes, I know…I should be drinking coffee with Bailey’s and putting my feet up for the holidays, but NO…instead I am designing even more Gnomes.
Some of you want Gnomes for every season, so I am adding these new designs to my evergrowing list of gnome paper pieced patterns.
SANTA GNOME works perfectly for the holidays. He has his sack full of toys near by!
REINDEER GNOME is Santa Gnomes best buddy. They will make a cute couple as potholders!
GNOME WITH GIFTS has my sweet gnome juggling packages for his lucky friends.
SNOWMAN GNOME has just been posted on Etsy and is wildly popular! He is a cutie patootie.
ICE SKATING GNOME is one of my personal favorites. This brings back so many great memories of skating in the pond on our farm.
SLEDDING GNOME is having a great time! These are my newest holiday gnome designs. I will save my other new patterns til next time. I have some for Spring, Summer, and Fall.
Have a super holiday!
It’s not too late to sew some christmas magic! Here are some of my newest Christmas paper pieced patterns. Most of these patterns were designed after hearing feedback from my wonderful customers. I appreciate your input and requests!
This Volkswagon Beetle is delivering the Christmas tree. You could use your own photo and put yourself in the driver’s seat in BUG WITH TREE. This pattern is stinkin’ cute!
I designed this holiday potholder set for a Christmas blog last year, but it has been such a popular pattern. CAROLING BUDDIES is a sweet pattern for Christmas and dog lovers everywhere!
My paper pieced ORNAMENTS pattern has TEN ornament designs…
These ornaments are small, and can be put together quickly. Make them for stocking stuffers, or for your own tree. The tiny pom pom braid is hot glued around the finished ornament…so EZ!
After friends asked for more Christmas Gnomes, I designed these 4 new Gnomes…
I’m lovin’ this holiday season…stay safe, stay healthy, stay happy!
This adorable handmade paper pieced DOG QUILT is being offered in an online auction, benefits to go to the Street Dog Foundation.
The quilt was lovingly paper pieced by Janet, using my dog patterns, of course! She donated all of the materials and her time for the Street Dog Foundation’s benefit. It would be great if you would show your support by placing a bid on this lovely quilt in the next 2 weeks, after which bidding will end.
And speaking of dog patterns, here are my 4 newest dogs just in time for the holidays… Holiday Golden Retriever reminds me of my first dog, a lovable Golden.
This Holiday Pug block was inspired by my Pug loving customers. There are so many of them!
The Holiday French Bulldog block would make a super cute pillow for Christmas, or anytime!
The Holiday Dachshund was inspired by a good friend who loves them.
I would love to see what you can create with these new holiday blocks…please share photos! Here are some of my customers latest photo shares…
I am in love with Marilyn’s Doggie Tree Skirt. This tree skirt could be made by substituting my dog blocks for the Christmas blocks in my Christmas Tree Skirt Sampler.
Can you believe this cute as can be rescue quilt created by Gina? Love it!
This is Judy being creative. She took my Pit Bull block pattern and revised it to create an image that looks exactly like her dog. I am so proud of my very talented customers!
Here’s a great version of Doggies in black and white fabrics from Bobbi. Can’t wait to see what you are making from my dog blocks!
Since Gnomes are all the rage this holiday, my customers have been requesting more gnome designs…and I love a challenge!
I LOVE this super cute LUMBERJACK GNOME. I can’t wait to make my paper pieced block into a cozy winter pillow. What will you do with yours?
The only item hotter than gnomes right now are lanterns. This clever little gnome is done in Christmas colors, but doesn’t need to be. The GNOME WITH LANTERN would be adorable all year round.
I like a gnome with braids. MISS GNOME has very cute braids, and she pairs nicely with GNOME WITH A BIRD. These 2 would make a lovely pair of pillows or potholders.
As always, I ‘m open to suggestions…what other gnomes would you like to see designed for the holidays, or for anytime!
I’ve just designed two new witch blocks just in time for Halloween…
This is such an easy pattern…using a striped fabric for Wanda The Witch’s hair makes it look like it has lots of texture. Wanda has such a beautiful wonky nose! Very witchy indeed!
My Goofy Witch has 2 sparkling teeth and a giant wart on her nose. Wouldn’t it be fun to make potholders from these two lovely witches? Which witch is which????
Here are a few more adorable Halloween projects made from my paper pieced witch and cat patterns…
Gayle constructed this wonderful Halloween pillow using my TOOTHY WITCH. I love her fabric choices!
Here is SCAT CAT used in a pillow. See how easy those crazy teeth are using a striped fabric? And what a great border fabric!
Here is the same SKAT CAT pattern. Look how fabrics can change the look of a pattern! The fabrics you choose say something about your personality.
Keep sending me your Halloween photos. I love seeing what you are creating.
My newest book, PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND, has patterns for every month of the year. This book is hot off the press and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.
Here are 2 October blocks from my book made into Mini Quilts…
These 2 blocks are some of my many Halloween patterns. Check out what my friends and customers have been creating with some of my other paper pieced Halloween patterns…
This adorable wall hanging was created by Bernadette.
This adorable wall hanging was constructed by Christine. I love the fabrics she chose.
Love, love, love these placemats put together by Leeanne. I would love to have these on my table.
Trick or Treat Bags by Joyce…stinkin’ cute!
What a great table runner by Eva!
An awesome table runner by Sharon. Super cute!
Check out my many Autumn patterns on Etsy.
Wednesday, September 9, join me on C & T Facebook Live. At 2:00 pm CST I will be demonstrating how to paper piece the SEAHORSE BLOCK from my newest book: SEW MAGICAL. If you want to paper piece along with me, purchase the book now, so you will have a copy of the pattern.
I love this book soooo much…
This is the Seahorse Block that I will be creating on Facebook Live. The book also has visual step by step directions for paper piecing. If we don’t get the entire block done together on Facebook, it will be easy to use the book to finish the block later, on your own. To sew along with me, have some scraps of three different colored fabrics ready, similar to what you see above. For the background fabric, you will need approximately a Fat Eighth of fabric. That’s a piece that is 9″ by 21″. For the fin, a directional fabric is fine, and I will give you some tips as how to add a directional fabric to your paper pieced block.
The directions to make this Seahorse Baby Quilt are also in the Sew Magical book.
Soooo…tune into C&T on Facebook on Wednesday, September 9 at 2 pm CST. Get lots of free tips on paper piecing. Can’t wait to see you there!
I am super excited to share my newest book, SEW MAGICAL. This paper piece book is FANTASTICAL!
The 16 mystical blocks in this book are amazing. I can’t wait to see what you will do with them. Here are some of the things I came up with, and all of the directions for sewing these projects are included in the book.
This adorable lap quilt is so versatile. You can add any of the blocks from the book to create your own masterpiece quilt.
This super sweet Backpack would make the nicest gift for someone you love.
This quilt could be for a baby, or perhaps just someone who loves mermaids!
There are 2 pillow patterns in the book, so any of the blocks can be incorporated into a pillow.
Plus these 5 blocks…
This book is jam packed with fun for all you paper piecers! If you live anywhere near APPLETON, WISCONSIN, please join me on Friday, June 26 for my official SEND OFF for SEW MAGICAL. This Trunk Show is being held at FOX VALLEY QUILT COMPANY, and I will be there to meet you and sign books from 10 am -1 pm. The address is: 1400 W College Ave, Appleton, WI 54914.
There will also be a Quilt Show with 20 of my newest projects. Hope to see you on Friday!
