I’m excited to share a new fabric collection from Riley Blake Designs.
A Little Bit of Sparkle by Zoe Pearn, features stripes, dots, and blinged out florals. The main floral, in black is bold and a tad bit dramatic. Wait, did I just describe myself? Bold and a tad bit dramatic? Haha.
There are a total of 7 prints across 3 color ways. I decided not to work with the entire collection, hand selecting the ones that really stood out to me. You can review the full range here.
My friend, Andy Knowlton’s new book, Fresh Fat Quarter Quilts book arrived the same day as the fabric and one quilt in particular, I knew, would be perfect to highlight the collection.
Venture Out, inspired by the “fear of driving the wrong way on a one way street,” is absolutely relateable. Imagine driving through Manhattan! Haha.
This mini quilt includes 8 Venture Out blocks and one big mistake: there is no sashing between the columns. But instead of calling it a mistake, I’m going to call it a design choice. Yeah, that’s right, a design choice. Haha.
The final outcome is quite striking, isn’t it?
Using my Baby Lock Journey and Aurifil 2021 50 weight thread, I quilted this mini with the serpentine stitch. I used Blossom in Apricot Blush for the binding.
A Little Bit of Sparkle is perfect for just about any project and I stay tuned for another version of Venture Out.
Check out RBD’s blog for more projects featuring this dazzling collection.
cut, sew, repeat…