I was asked a number of times about where I found the pattern, so I finally wrote one in 2018. We tend to like large quilts since everyone in my family is tall, so I wrote the pattern in two sizes.  The throw version is 56″ x 63″ and the larger quilt is 70″ x 84″.  

Since Sphere was no longer available, I decided to make a scrappy version so you could use any fabrics you like. I made this one in the larger size and my very patient husband held it while I took many, many photos!

One of my quilting buddies, Annie Cook, tested it and made one as a gift. It turned out super cute! She is a wonderful longarm quilter in the St. Louis area if you’re looking for someone! You can see her amazing work on Instagram @aecquilts.

And finally, I had gotten a bundle of Lavish by Katarina Roccella for Art Gallery Fabrics and wanted to do a version where the lights in the lanterns were all different colors rather than just the yellow.  This fabric line is just gorgeous.

I quilted it with loops and stars.

And used this adorable lightening bug fabric to go along with it.

Here they are hanging in St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild quilt shows!

It the first one is now in it’s permanent home with the mom of one of my old friends, who was one of the many, many victims of Hurricane Harvey.

If you’d like to make one yourself, Paper Lanterns is a fun quilt to make and is beginner friendly. You can find it in my Etsy shop! #paperlanternsquilt

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Here is a round up of some Valentine’s Day crafts and treats that caught my eye.

Diy Art

Painting is not really in my wheelhouse but I think these Love Letters from We Lived Happily Ever After are just gorgeous and would love to give them a try.

I’ve always wanted to do one of these string art projects. This one is over at Green Wedding Shoes is really cute!

How about some Scrabble tile inspired coasters from blue I style?

Hand Sewing

I just LOVE these mini hoop hearts by Laurenmakes. They are super simple but striking. I think they are so adorable and they are on the top of my make list right now!

And how cute is this little felt love note hoop by Amy Chappell from Ameroonie Designs at the Polka Dot Chair.

Machine Sewing

I also found a couple of adorable pillows to add to my Valentine pillow collection. First up is this adorable Love You Pillow by Amanda at JediCraftGirl guest blogging at Amy Smart’s Diary of A Quilter.

And how about this cute heart pillow by Anna from Noodlehead guest blogging on U-CreateCrafts.

I don’t really sew plushies but these Love Koi by Sew Desu Ne? on Blueprint are making me rethink that!

I also saw this felt heart table runner at Pottery Barn Kids. This would be so simple and cheap to make and they want $39.00 bucks for it?

I LOVE this one by Center Street Quilts. I might need to make one of these!

Sweet Treats

How about some delicious treats? I love a quick and simple yummy treat and this bark from Lauren at Delish looks amazing.

And who doesn’t love a yummy Rice Krispy treat? These from Midwest Living look so good!

I’ll wrap up this post with these Cookies ‘n Cream Strawberry Cheesecake Bars from Creme de la Crumb look amazing! I think I may be able to get Sam into making these with me!

You can find my treat bag tutorial here.

My Valentine pillow covers sew up quick! You can find the patterns here. They are on sale all through February.

And if you’re looking for a little bigger project, try out this Flying Home pattern. It is 30% off all month long.

I’ve also been meaning to make a Valentine version of my Christmas Cards quilt using some reds and pinks and calling it Love Notes. Can you see it? You can find the pattern here.

I hope these ideas have you inspired! I know I am, and I think I have a few ideas of my own!

Krista

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They are perfect for beginners and advanced sewists alike. They are scrap friendly and you can complete them in just a couple of hours! The patterns are all live in my FourRobbins Etsy shop and are available as an instant PDF download.

This first pattern is the Patchwork Heart Pillow Cover. This one is perfect for using up lots of scraps. Just pick your color palette and start sewing! The patterns include all your cutting and sewing instructions as well as finishing your pillow cover with a hidden zipper and adding binding for a nice, clean finish. You can make them as is for a standard 16×16 pillow or add a border to accommodate larger pillow forms. As for the pillow inserts, I’ve gotten them at Joann Fabrics using a 40% off coupon as well as on Amazon.

Next is XOXO Hugs & Kisses pillow cover. I made this one in reds and blacks but you could really make any of these pillows in other colors to keep around all year or in favorite colors for a bedroom pillow. Hmmm… I just might have to make some in blues for MY bedroom.

Next, is my favorite, Rainbow Heart pillow cover. I love a rainbow! I was thinking of doing some of these in some ombre, with colors or tones that shade into each other. Stay tuned.

I hope you love these fun patterns as much as I loved creating them! You can find them on sale for 20% off their already low price through February 14th! Enjoy!

Last year was rough all around. There was so much fear and pain and frustration and anger and loss with us and all over the world. And so many things changed. We also had a few good things. Tom had both his hips replaced, one in February and one in August. It’s hard to believe watching him now when we walk our dogs that this time a year ago he had difficulty walking to the other room and was living with chronic pain. He worked so hard through his physical therapy and is moving around better than ever. Andi was accepted into and begins the nursing program this semester. Sam started college and is doing really well with school. We got a new puppy, Gracie, who is super energetic and has really gotten us moving!

For me, I went back to school to work toward a career change. It has been exciting and has kept me really busy. I wasn’t able to spend as much time creating as I would have liked last year, but I did manage to make some fun things!

I have a quite a few pillow patterns but these Valentine Pillows are my favorites of the bunch and live on my couch most of the time. You can find the patterns for these pillows here to make some for yourself!

And of course, like all of you, made some masks.

I did some bee blocks for my Sew Bee It quilting bee friends. I sure miss being able to meet with them all in person! I also have a handful I need to catch up on this month!

I joined in with some Sashiko sewalong fun with @surrur_sunday and @amandalovestocreate on Instagram. These coasters are still on my WIP list.

But I did finish a couple cute bags as well!

I made some fun drawstring bags for goodies. They are super quick and so cute. You can find a tutorial and make your own here!

I also made a valentines day version of my Flying Home quilt pattern. I love this pattern and making 8 half-square triangles at a time makes this quilt a very quick make! You can find the pattern 40% off now through Valentines day!

I made a Sew Kind of Wonderful Metro Hoops quilt. The fabrics are Kona white and red cottons and April Rosenthal‘s All Weather Friend. I love how it turned out and I really enjoyed making it. Sew Kind of Wonderful’s pattern instructions were very clear. This quilt was gifted to someone special.

With the left over All Weather Friend fabrics, I made a free pattern by by Happy Zombie called Lawnchair Quilt. I used Essex Linen for the backing fabric. I love how it turned out. It’s one of my favorites. The linen background really makes it.

I also put out a new quilt pattern, Pinwheel Star. My friend and neighbor was nice enough to hold my quilt for some photos. This was also a quick quilt to make. I used white Kona and Mister Domestic‘s Loved to Pieces fabric line. The link above will take you to a digital copy. If you’d like a paper pattern, let me know. This quilt was also gifted to someone special.

I also started working on a large version of Sew Kind of Wonderful’s Metro Rings Quilt for our daughter, Angela. I’m suing a light gray and darker gray Kona cottons and two neutral jelly rolls including a Blueberry Park Neutrals by Karen Lewis.

I did a little home sewing by making some cushions for our patio table. I just kind of winged it with these making upper and lower cushions and adding ties. I used an outdoor fabric to make it last longer.

I also participated/am still participating in a Traveling Quilt Bee. This has been fun. Each person makes a starter block and sets their theme, color, style parameters. Then each person in the been takes a turn and adds to your quilt. This was the first I worked on for my friend Gayle. I added the top, bottom, and sides. Gayle’s quilt parameters had to do with color and styles.

Next was Annie’s quilt. I added the left column and the bottom with the bear paw prints. Annie’s parameters were our interpretations of her travels she had taken.

Finally, I added the top and bottom rows to Marie’s quilt. Marie’s parameters were more classic style blocks and using her Cotton and Steel fabric collection.

I have two more quilts to work on and will share them when I finish!

I also did a little crocheting and finished this Earl Gray Wrap by Two of Wands. Alexandra has some gorgeous knit and crochet patterns.

Finally, I made a quick tree skirt and extra large stockings with some fleece I had on hand. I didn’t really use any patterns. For the skirt, I cut a large circle. I folded it into qurters and cut out a center circle and then cut along the radius I bound all the edges with left over binding from Tom’s quilt from a few years ago.

For the stockings, I taped together some printer paper and then traced a stocking. I cut out the stocking way bigger then the outline and just stitched up wrong side. I folded the top over twice and top stitched and added a wired ribbon for the loop to hang them up.

I also got into a little cake baking and decorating. I have so much to learn but it has been fun. Here are a few of my yummy creations.

Anyway, that’s about it for my creative round up. Now, to finish planning out my projects for this year!

Have a great day!

Krista

I originally designed this quilt for a friend but I had quite a few requests for a pattern so I decided to write it up.  It comes with three sizes: baby/lap size, throw, and large.  With large, easy blocks, this is a super fast quilt to make and perfect for beginners.

I hope you like it! You can find it in my Etsy shop! And for the month of July, it is 40% off!

use #playfulpupsquilt on social media so I can find you.

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It was a pretty exciting experience.  I came up with the design in publisher using some classic quilt blocks and then played around with different fabrics. I had fallen in love with these Baby Jane fabrics by Eric & Julie Comstock for Moda Fabrics
and really wanted to find something to make using the reds and aquas of the line.

Aren’t these pretty? I wish they were still available. I’d love to make another quilt with them!

I did a few versions to test it out my numbers scrappy and in Bonnie & Camille’s April Showers.

Once I knew all my measurements were good and everything was working out, I wrote up my pattern. Then I went ahead and cut into my Baby Jane fabrics and made my quilt from my pattern.

My finished top was so beautiful!

All basted and ready to be quilted!  I like to pin baste.  How about you?  How do you baste?

I free motion quilted it with an all over stipple pattern.  For this quilt, I was using my domestic Janome Memory Craft 4900.  Now, I sew on a Janome Memory Craft 8900.  I can’t tell you how much more I love that larger throat space and the automatic thread cutter.  How did I do without them?

I pieced the back with my leftover fabric and some extra blocks.  I had an embroidery sewing machine at the time so I did a fancy label.  It was a fun machine but at the time, my son needed a new computer and we were tight on extra $ so I sold it to get him his desktop set up.  He has gotten way more use out of his computer than I would have out of the embroidery though so it was worth it!

Next, I got some volunteers to test my pattern.  They all did a great job and were so appreciated!

Zrinka from Owls and Co finished hers and it blew me away. She also took lots of beautiful pictures.  

Her color choices were bright and fun and modern.  I still want to make one like this!

It is the coolest thing to see what people come up with with your patterns!   I also found this one searching the internet one day by Carol M. Clemmons. How pretty!

Since then I made some little version of the blocks and turned them into pin cushions. You can find these in my Shop.

And Star Crossed even got to be in St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild‘s first quilt show!

Want to make one of your own?  You can find the pattern in my Shop in pdf and paper versions. 

I’d love to see yours! Use the hashtag #starcrossedquilt on social media so I can find you.

Have a great day!

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There is really so much going on in it and I could probably come up with so many more things and, in fact, I have a couple in mind. What I really focused on, though, were all the bright colors and the uneven gray tiles on the ground.

It was no surprise to me that my first drawing was symmetrical and a little rigid but I really wanted to step out of my comfort zone so I tried something else and I’m so happy with how it turned out!

If you’d like to make your own, the fabric requirements, cutting instructions, and layout follows. This quilt measures 60″ x 60″.  If you’d like to print the cutting instructions and chart, you can find a printable pdf here.  You can print out a sheet of pattern piece markers here.

Fabric Requirements & Cutting Instructions

Backing: 3-5/8 yards

Batting: Twin Size 72″ x 90″ or 2 yard cut off 90″ wide roll

Binding: 1/2 yard for 2.5″ strips

Quilt Layout

1) Set aside W1, W2, and W14 pieces.

2) Following layout, construct the 5 inner columns as shown.

3) Add W14 sashing pieces in between columns.

4) Add W2 borders and then W1.

5) Quilt as desired.

I’d love to see yours if you make one. Use the hashtag #offthegridquilt so I can find you!

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I’m so excited to show you the gorgeous version of my Crossing Waves pattern that was done by my very talented friend, Paola of Love of Fabrics!  The quilt was made using the brand new In Blue Art Gallery Fabrics by  Katarina Roccella and it turned out amazing!  I just might need to make another!

The original version also featured Art Gallery Fabrics Essentials by Pat Bravo.   I love them both!  It’s amazing how different fabrics can give a quilt such a different look! ​

Want to make your own?  We’d love to see it!  Post on social media using #crossingwavesquilt

You can find this pattern at Etsy.

​Thanks for stopping by!

Krista

And finally landed on this design.

With the one single black Schnauzer going the other way.

The fabrics I used are Authentic by Sweetwater for Moda and the backing, a Kona gray. For the life of me, I cannot find my receipt so I can’t tell you which gray but maybe steel?

I quilted it with an all over pattern with loops and hearts.

I’m so happy with how it turned out and I got a message and photo the other day of it being used and loved, which is always the best!

You can find the pattern in my Etsy Shop so you can make your own.

#playfulpupsquilt #fourrobbinsdesigns

The fabric line I used for my quilt is by Mister Domestic for Art Gallery Fabrics called Loved to Pieces. I’d been saving it for something special and I really love how this quilt turned out. Now, to make another!

You can find the pattern in my Etsy Shop! Show yours off on social media by using #pinwheelstarquilt

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