5 Summer Quick-Sew Tutorials

Take a few hours to sew a useful summer-inspired project! 

We're sharing some of our favorites below, as well as fabric recommendations.

Check out the tutorials by clicking on the project name, head to your local fabric shop, and start sewing!

1. Garden Trivets

Fabric to use: the fresh veggies in our Market Medley collection

2. Polka Dot Pouches

Fabric to use: playful bug prints from the Frolicking Fields collection

3. Walkabout Tote

Fabric to use: Cool modern prints from Simone Bradford's On Your Mark collection

4. Sunglasses Case

Fabric to use: Blue or orange geometric tonal prints from the Mod Tropics collection

5. Melon Mini

Fabric to use: Choose your favorite red and green shades from the Painter's Palette Solids collection

New Pillowcase Designs!

American Patchwork & Quilting has updated the pillowcase designs they offer as part of the One Million Pillowcase Challenge. The current official count is over 772,000 pillowcases made and donated to local charities! We're proud to be a sponsor of this worthy endeavor and love seeing our fabrics transformed into pillowcases given to those in need. 

Here are the newest designs: 

Pillowcase 74: Bowtie Band

featuring My Pet Family fabrics

Photo courtesy AllPeopleQuilt.com

Pillowcase 75: Elephant Band

featuring Frolicking Fields fabrics

Photo courtesy AllPeopleQuilt.com

Learn more about the One Million Pillowcase Challenge, including how you can get involved, here. 

Hello, Summer: New Frolicking Fields fabrics

We're feeling the summer vibe with our Frolicking Fields fabric collection! Gorgeously detailed butterflies, wildflowers and ladybugs, plus a spring green tonal coordinate....warm and sunny days, here we come! 

We used these feminine prints to make a few travel necessities. The Clearly Cute Beauty Cases pattern from Indygo Junction includes instructions to make an insulated Hot Iron Holder and two sizes of vinyl cases. So fun with butterflies! Purchase the pattern here.

Wildflowers and butterflies on a Hot Iron Holder:

This cool vinyl case lets you see what's inside. Perfect for makeup, hair accessories, or even a small sewing project! 

Frolicking Fields isn't all butterflies and ladybugs. it's filled with creepy crawlies as well: crickets, lightning bugs, caterpillars, frogs and bees. 

What can you make with bug prints? Make a drawstring backpack for your favorite explorer, a comfy I-spy quilt for car trips or a pillowcase. Our recommendation: Sew this twist on the classic bugs-in-a-jar quilt by Maria Pate. 

Bugs in a Bottle by Maria Pate; pattern available from The Quilting Company 

See the entire Frolicking Fields collection here and ask for it at your local quilt shop.