FOUR ROBBINS – Page 2 – A Handmade Life

Finding My Fun & My Modern with the Riley Blake Challenge Quilt

December 17, 2022

A number of years ago, Riley Blake fabric company had a fabric challenge. They provided quilt quilts with a number of fat quarters free and asked quilters to follow the guidelines to make a quilt or project for their challenge. My Bright Spots quilt came from that fun challenge..

#OneDayMay Beauty Recommendation

May 25, 2022

Smile!!! “Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.”– Rashida Jones “Peace begins with a smile.” — .

#OneDayMay Something I Don’t Usually Share

May 24, 2022

I have been following a month long participation hashtag on Instagram by Laura Tremaine, author of Share Your Stuff, I’ll go First. How it works is basically, each day there is a prompt and .

Four Robbins Beginner Friendly Paper Lanterns Quilt is the Next Fun Quilt to Make!

February 14, 2022

Way back in 2014, I saw an advertisement for some outdoor furniture which had the cutest Japanese paper lanterns. The color palette and layout was so pretty, I thought about it for weeks. I .

Four Robbins Round-Up of Some of the Best Valentine’s Ideas for You to Make this Year

February 11, 2022

For quite a few years, as my kids grew older, I stopped being “festive” during all the holidays besides Christmas. I mean we still celebrated them, just not the same as when the kids .

Polly’s Collage Quilt

February 6, 2022

A few years ago, my Aunt Polly asked me to make her a quilt. She really liked my traveling quilt / collage quilt and wanted one like that.