Purchase Here I can finally reveal something I’ve been working on for the past year. Hexagons Made Easy This is my newest book, releasing with Martingale Press. (!!!!!!) It is full of tips and techniques to make truly hexcellent projects. From Martingale: Create stunning hexagon quilts and so much more–without Y-seams or hand sewing. Sound impossible? Expert quilter Jen Eskridge makes it easy with a quick facing technique, a great alternative to English paper piecing. Learn to use hexagons two ways: appliqu?d onto a background or stitched together without a background for a two-sided quilt. Select from 15 clever projects in a huge variety of sizes, from large quilts to pillows, wall hangings, table runners, pot holders, and more Stitch hexagons easily and accurately by machine; learn a handy way to make hexagons of any size Find patterns for 18 different 15″ x 15″ blocks that showcase hexagons, plus numerous motifs for quilting the designs WANT THE BOOK AND A QUILT KIT FOR THE WALL HANGING ON PAGE 42??? BUY IT HERE FROM REANNALILY DESIGNS. (Buy the book, buy the kit OR buy the book AND kit.) In the next few weeks, I’ll show you more projects from the book and tell you how they came into being. It was a huge joy to work on such a straight-forward technique based book to yield such interesting contemporary results. See a more in-depth review of the book by following this link to Jen’s blog post coverage of title. Shops- This book is also available at United Notions. All books ordered directly from ReannaLily Designs will be signed by Jen Eskridge. Thanks so much for your support! Shipping is $2.95 for standard USPS mail. International orders will be contacted via email for shipping adjustments. Don’t just take my word for it. Check out these reviews: Easy Quilts by Fons and Porter Fall 2013: Australian Homespun July 2013:...
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Love precuts? Love Jelly Rolls? Love cutting your stash into 2 1/2″ strips to save for the perfect patterns? FaveQuilts.com just released a new FREE FEE FREE eBook. It has 9 different Jelly Roll quilt patterns in there. Since this is a compilation-type book, there are all sorts of styles and designers represented. See one of the most popular ReannaLily Designs Patterns, the Batik Braid Quilt, on page 14. I think my favorite quilt in the book is the Striped Chevrons Baby Quilt Tutorial, page 30. It is a design by Erica Jackman from Kitchen Table Quilting. Click here to be magically transported to the download page....
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I cannot thank the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild enough for having me out. That meeting was an absolute blast. The guild members were so friendly and ambitious. The Get Published lecture was first up, then the Hexagons Made Easy Wall Hanging Workshop. The guild meeting was actually moved to a Saturday and to a larger venue to accommodate the workshop. If you follow me on Instagram, reannalilydesigns_jen, you may have already seen a few of these pics. Each of the workshop students received a fabric kit. There’s plenty of fabric in the kit to learn the technique, make the project OR learn the technique and branch off to create something totally unique. The workshoppers embraced that and made some of the most innovative little 30″ square quilts. With their permission- check out some of these cool works-in-progress: We have purple. We have blue. We have floral. We have stripes. …. AND most importantly we have HEXAGONS! Look at ’em go! I cannot wait to see some of the finished mini quilts. Thanks again for having me out! If your guild or shop is interested in the lecture or workshop, please see this link for more information. Have quilts. Will travel. *Fabric used in the kits showcased is by Art Gallery...
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Read MorePhew. Houston was a whirlwind. And it was over a week ago. Quilt Market Hangover for sure. I know loads of blogs and websites are showing you booth pictures, but I thought I’d share photos from the Hexagons Made Easy class (Sunday Oct 27th). The classroom was HUGE. It was wonderful. There were 28 provided sewing machines sponsored by Pfaff. Those were incredible machines. They were so smooth and high-tech. To my delight, the early morning 8am class was sold out. Thank you all for coming out before Quilt Market even opened that Sunday. There were many coffee cups around the room. The students got to choose from two kit fabrics. Grant Park, a more traditional design and color pallet and DayDream, a more bright modern collection. I started the class by saying “There’s a kit at your machine. It is either traditional or modern. If you want to trade, trade now.” It was cool to see people moving and hopping around peacefully. Quilters are pretty committed to their colors. I cannot blame them. The class was very flexible and at the end of it all these wonderful students made all sorts of designs with the provided fabrics. We had table runners, small designs, experiments and innovations. I loved teaching. The class was smooth and I think the students had a good time. I was so happy with the diverse talented group I had. Thank you all for coming out! If you are a quilt shop and would like me to bring the class to your store, send me an email. reannalilydesigns@gmail.com...
Read MoreeReaders A friend asked me if any of my books are on iTunes. I have to say, I’d never thought about that. So I didn’t have an answer for her. After a quick search, I found that I am on iTunes. That got the wheels turning- what about the other e-reader stores? Well – yep. Yep. I’m there. Deploy that Fabric is on every outlet and Learn to Sew Easy Curves is on iTunes, too. WOW. iTunes. Me. Metallica. Cowboy Mouth. Beastie Boys. George Strait. Freakonomics Podcast. We are all there. Of course… those others knew they were in iTunes from the get-go, and well, they are famous and all. Me, welp, I love surprises!!!! Want an eBook? Check them out here: ...
Read MoreAnd the strip quilts are finito. Hooray. Before I show you all the pictures of the quilts, let me first super big huge mega thank the people that rallied to help me make the quilts. Karen Morello, Erica Mitchell and Christine Robbins. The ladies helped piece, quilt and bind these quilts. It was really a great team effort. Thank you thank you thank you! So what’d we make? Military Uniform Quilts Inspired by the book, Deploy That Fabric, we used military uniform fabric and Moda Jelly Rolls to create larger twin size quilts. We made the quilts in the style of the 1600 Quilt Race or Jelly Roll Quilt. Of course, our quilts – in order to be larger than a couch quilt- we used 2 Jelly Rolls + uniform fabric. The last step will be to add a name tape to each quilt for the client. Army Navy Air Force Marines Coast...
Read MoreHow to Sew a Gift for Any Occasion: 12 Easy Do-It-Yourself Gift Ideas? Its here and it is FREE. Yep. FREE. Hooray for this collaborative FREE collection from allfreesewing.com. You’ll find all sorts of quick, easy projects for your next house-warming gift, hostess gift or neighbor gift. The ReannaLily Designs project included in the book is Drink Coasters. Head over to their site to download the FREE pattern collective and while you’re there- holy smokes they have a TON of free projects on their...
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Hexagons Made Easy goes INTERNATIONAL! The book is already distributed internationally, but now it is getting a bit of press down under. That’s right, the magical land of Aus has reviewed Hexagons Made Easy in the Australian Homespun July 2013 issue. And because I know that whole page is hard to see, I did a “zoom in” on this article so you can take a gander at the editorial review of the...
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Magazines are noticing Hexagons Made Easy. Thanks so much for the review, Easy Quilts by Fons and Porter! I love it. ?Thank you thank you thank you. The book is reviewed in the This and That column. I did a “zoom in” so you can read the text, if you...
Read MoreHappy 5th Birthday ReannaLily Designs! #RDBirthdayBlog Today is my favorite day of the Blog Birthday Party. Why? Por que? I have a books and FABRIC for two lucky winners. I know you love fabric as much as I do. I am honored to have MODA provide the honeycomb packs for this blog give away. Couple that with a fancy little book, Hexagons Made Easy, which features these great cut hexagons and you’ve got a smashing bang-up gift right there! How can you get a chance to win one of two copies? Easy-peasey- Simply leave a comment answering the question: Are you a fan of English Paper (hand) Piecing or would you rather stitch by machine? Winners will be chosen at random on Aug 23rd. You’ll need to check back to see if you’ve won. Good Luck! Happy Birthday!! One Book + Hexagon Pack One Book + Hexagon Pack Subscribe to this blog to make sure you don’t miss the big announcement. <<comments are now closed for the...
Read MoreHappy 5th Birthday ReannaLily Designs! #RDBirthdayBlog Well well well- a couple more Birthday Party Gift Days this week. I hope you have entered to win on Tuesday and Wednesday. What do I have for you today? Oh, well, that would be one of two signed copies of Learn To Sew Easy Curves. The book showcases projects that feature appliqued curves made from using a simple facing technique. You’ll have to try it. You can really achieve some interest effects by using facings applied to your circle and curve shapes. How can you get a chance to win one of two copies? Easy-peasey- Simply leave a comment answering the question: Have you tried sewing curves? Winners will be chosen at random on Aug 23rd. You’ll need to check back to see if you’ve won. Good Luck! Happy Birthday!! Subscribe to this blog to make sure you don’t miss the big announcement and tomorrow’s great give away. <<comments are now closed for the...
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