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Hello everybody! Today’s post is sure to especially appeal to those readers who love sewing and quilting, as well as those who enjoy classical paintings. It’s a lovely free sewing pattern designed by Elisabeth Hardy that uses Robert Kaufman fabrics to compose a quilted rug with perspective. With perspective? Yes, because its clever design represents a very flowery window with four panels placed in perspective, so that the blooming motifs framed by them acquire a certain depth.
In addition, this project makes the most of a wonderful panel fabric featuring four flower vase paintings by the famous French impressionist painter, Renoir. Of course, you can find this and many other Robert Kaufman fabrics in our kawaii shop. So to lovers of fine arts, fine fabrics and sewing machines… let’s get to work!
This pattern is very easy to make, as it is recommended for beginners. As you will see in the photos below, it uses strips of fabric and rhombuses to create a beautiful outer purple frame, while the inner frames around the flower vases are in tan tones. The final size of the project is about 91.4cm x 104cm, so it can serve as quilt for a crib or child’s bed, although the pictorial nature of the pattern may also encourage use as wall hanging, like a tapestry or a painting.
Remember that we love to see and share what you do with your talent and our products, both here on the blog, so we encourage you to send us photos of the project once it is finished. We hope you enjoy it!
How stunning is this quilt??
Renoir flower panel fabric by Robert Kaufman
solid mustard yellow Alexander Henry Ghastlies fabric
Cosmo fabric in solid crimson red
solid yellow Cosmo fabric
solid brown-orange Kona fabric Robert Kaufman USA Amber
solid beige fabric by Cosmo
solid cream Cosmo fabric
solid dark brown Kona fabric Robert Kaufman USA Coffee
Birch organic poplin solid brown fabric
We absolutely love the new multicolored batik fabrics from the Patina Handpaints collection by Robert Kaufman that recently arrived in our shop! We found a magnificent sewing project for an artful quilt featuring those same colorful designs so of course, we had to share it with you here! We love that these batik prints look like rainbow fabrics!
Thanks to designer Ariga Mahmoudlou, you can easily sew an impressive quilt with a clever structure of strips and square blocks that makes for a really strong visual effect. Even though it implies quite a lot of pieces, this free sewing project is rated as apt for beginners, and will undoubtedly hone your quilting skills. You just have to be extra careful with all those straight lines!
The finished quilt measures about 140cm x 162.5cm, and would suit any environment that welcomes a good dose of energy and dynamism. The ideal room for such a contrasting quilt would favor neutral light shades, and have just a few strongly colored elements.
These lovely fabrics in the Patina Handpaints collection look a bit like marbled paper, and are a pleasure to look at. If you decide to give this sewing project a go, make sure to send us your photos when it is finished, as we would love to see and share them!
This quilt is GORGEOUS!
turquoise purple Robert Kaufman batik stripe fabric
orange mauve Robert Kaufman batik stripe fabric
rainbow Robert Kaufman batik stripe fabric
Robert Kaufman batik stripe fabric in brown purple
green batik stripe fabric by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman chartreuse batik stripe fabric
Now that days are shorter, and we start missing sunnier times, why not make yourself a lovely quilt to keep you warm during cooler weather? Here is a free sewing pattern for a really sweet quilt featuring some playful bees and other adorable designs! They are so cute that your heart will also warm up while working with them! This fantastic quilt uses world-class Robert Kaufman fabrics. Below, you will find some images of other gorgeous designs of theirs found in our kawaii shop, where loads more are available whether you like animal designs, flowery fabrics, solids, dots and stripes, retro designs…come take a look!
This free pattern is recommended for beginners, so you will manage perfectly with just a bit of sewing and quilting experience. It uses square panels set onto a wonderful background of uniform horizontal strips in a lovely array of pastel colors, mainly turquoise, coral, yellow, blue and white. Once finished, the quilt measures 140cm x 172cm, and would look absolutely great in any young kid’s room. Remember, in our shop, you can also find top quality Gütermann threads in hundreds of beautiful colors, and many other sewing notions you may need for your quilting and sewing projects: scissors, rulers, markers etc.
We’ve included some fabric suggestions in this post to help inspire you! Should you decide to give this quilt a try, please do send us photos of the finished project, as we really love to see what you do with our fabrics!
What an adorable quilt!
Robert Kaufman colorful bee panel fabric
white insect fabric with tossed bees by Robert Kaufman
yellow mini bee fabric by QT Fabrics
Timeless Treasures bee and honey fabric
white fabric with yellow bees by Timeless Treasures
off-white Nakamura colorful berry fabric from Japan
Timeless Treasures mini grid design fabric in black and white
Fortunately, you do not have to own a huge flower garden in order to enjoy all sorts of colorful flowers, as they are made available in endless artistic depictions from paintings to photographs, and of course in gorgeous textile design like Chong-a Hwang fabrics! Today we bring you a multicolored flowery quilt featuring some Timeless Treasures fabrics by this designer, clearly one of our favorites!
Take a look at the images included below, where you will find an image with the link to the FREE flower quilt sewing pattern, as well as some colorful flower fabrics from our kawaii shop (amongst other designs). We have super pretty shapes fabrics to complement the design. Then, there are amazing fabrics featuring different flowers like poppies, anemones, orchids, and tulips in all colors of the rainbow, with a great panel included. This is the central part of the quilt, and it is surrounded by many frames.
There are triple frames in purple and lilac, acting as dividers between the central panel and two large floral frames. The inner one uses only 4 thick strips, while the outer one is made of box-like blocks, which include a floral design in lighter background, and the scattered shapes design mentioned above.
You will need just a little sewing and quilting experience to make this incredibly colorful quilt, so we encourage you to go ahead with the project! Remember to please send us pictures of the finished item, as we love to see and share what our customers do!
How stunning is this quilt??
colorful wild flower fabric with calla lily poppy by Timeless Treasures
black Timeless Treasures fabric with colorful wild flowers
Timeless Treasures white fabric with colorful wild flowers
Timeless Treasures black fabric with colorful squares
Timeless Treasures fabric with colorful abstract plaid pattern
blue and purple marble pattern fabric by Timeless Treasures
lavender fabric with mini grid design by Timeless Treasures
We at our kawaii shop modes4u are paying homage to the season today with a magnificent free sewing pattern that celebrates autumn colors. It is a quilt design by Ariga Mahmoudlou that makes the most out of a gorgeous panel panel fabric by Robert Kaufman featuring a lovely birch copse in all its splendor. This nature fabric will indeed dazzle you with its metallic gold embellishments: check out the images below for a golden close-up!
Birches are slender thin-leaved trees with a delicate appearance, sometimes white-barked like those in the panel. They love boreal and temperate climates, and humans have found a great diversity of uses for their wood, bark and leaves since prehistory. Due to their beauty, especially during autumn, birches are also used for ornamental purposes.
This charming quilt will measure about 107cm x 152cm when finished. The sewing pattern is recommended for beginners, who will have to be extra careful when cutting and assembling the elaborate frames around the birch wood panel, with many little triangles in different shades of brown, red, orange and yellow. If you decide to give it a try, make sure to send us your photos of the finished quilt, as we would love to see and share them! We have included some solid color fabric suggestions as well!
Learn to make this beautiful quilt!
metallic gold fabric with Autumn birch trees by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman Kona cotton fabric light snow cream
Timeless Treasures wine red mini grid design fabric
shimmery solid white Cosmo cotton sheeting fabric
solid mustard yellow Alexander Henry Ghastlies fabric
solid dark olive green fabric by Cosmo
We at modeS4u can’t help but stare and feel thrilled when certain fabric designs come into view. This is what happened when multicolored fabrics from the Patina Handpaints collection by Robert Kaufman arrived in the shop! Now it happens again, as we found a magnificent sewing project for an artful quilt featuring those same colorful designs. Of course, we had to share it with you here!
Thanks to designer Ariga Mahmoudlou, you can easily sew an impressive quilt with a clever structure of strips and square blocks that makes for a really strong visual effect. Even though it implies quite a lot of pieces, this free sewing pattern is rated as suitable for beginners, and will undoubtedly hone your quilting skills. You just have to be extra careful with all those straight lines!
The finished quilt measures about 140cm x 162.5cm, and would suit any environment that welcomes a good dose of energy and dynamism. The ideal bedroom for such a contrasting quilt would favor neutral light shades, and have just a few strongly colored elements.
These lovely fabrics in the Patina Handpaints collection look a bit like marbled paper, and are a pleasure to look at. Check the images below for some close-ups of these gorgeous designs made to look like rainbow fabrics and enjoy! If you decide to give this sewing project a go, make sure to send us your photos when it is finished, we would love to see and share them!
Isn’t this quilt awesome??
orange pink ombre batik stripe fabric by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman blue purple batik stripe fabric
brown purple batik stripe fabric by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman lime green periwinkle batik stripe fabric
turquoise green Robert Kaufman batik stripe fabric
hemp fabric in solid black by Robert Kaufman
At modeS4u we have gorgeous new Christmas fabrics, so you can start to choose your favorites if you are planning on any sewing project for the upcoming holiday season 😉 Feel like making a fabulous quilt for kids? Then do check out this awesome free quilting pattern featuring Robert Kaufman fabrics from the lovely collection Neighborhood Pals!
Designs in this collection revolve around winter woods, so you will find animal patterns with foxes, bears, rabbits, deer, raccoons and owls, as well as an enchanting winter palette. This includes colors like white, light grey and blue, and exquisitely pale green on the lighter side, which are perfectly balanced with stone grey, warm dark yellow, vivid light green and a pinch of orange. All the cute forest creatures are wearing winter clothes and look just adorable! We’ve included some fabrics for you to take a look at if you’d like to give this quilt a try!
The quilt design by Ariga Mahmoudlou is recommended for beginners. It is all about squares and rectangles combined in easy but clever blocks, so it can also work as a great playing mat for many children’s games. The finished quilt measures about 120 x 146cm. If you are not an experienced quilter, this could be a wonderful chance to practice your skills! Should you decide to give this pattern a try, remember to check out our kawaii shop for fabrics and a wide selection of sewing notions, including Gütermann threads in hundreds of colors.
And do not forget to send us pictures of the finished project! We love to see and share what our customers do!
Learn how to make this quilt!
animal town map fabric in white by Robert Kaufman
Christmas fabric in light blue with winter animals by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman light grey Christmas fabric with winter animals
light blue Robert Kaufman fabric with white clouds
solid white fabric Robert Kaufman USA White
cream Alexander Henry fabric Christmas A Sugar Mountain Trail Map
Some flower fabric designs make us feel like there is something magical floating about them! Hyun Joo Lee is one of the designers working for Robert Kaufman fabrics whose Asian-style floral works usually have this effect on us. Some of her gorgeous designs from the series Florentine Garden recently arrived in our kawaii shop, and we find them just stunning!
If you like sewing and Asian style fabrics, like those in the well known Imperial Collection series, here is a treat for you: a free sewing pattern for a quilt, using the absolutely beautiful fabrics by Hyun Joo Lee! Patterns feature different lovely flowers with metallic gold embellishment, and her chosen colors are ivory, turquoise, purple, and blue. We love each and every single one of them! The finished project is a square quilt measuring 157 x 157cm, and will be a magnificent addition to anyone’s bedroom.
This free pattern is recommended for sewing enthusiasts with intermediate skills, and you will be using many different fabric cut shapes arranged to form a central star alternatively surrounded by complex and simple frames. Go for it if you have some quilting experience and are ready to keep on perfecting your abilities! We’ve included some fabrics for you to check out and try in this pattern, plus a solid color fabric suggestion!
And do send us photos when you finish this fabulous quilt: you know there is a kind of magic in sharing what you do, too 😉
You can make this lovely quilt!
metallic gold and cream fabric with blue poppy flowers by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman dark blue and metallic gold poppy flower fabric
sky blue and metallic gold poppy flower fabric by Robert Kaufman
Robert Kaufman metallic gold and cream sakura flower fabric
solid dark marine blue Kona cotton fabric by Robert Kaufman
We are dedicating today’s post to the selection of magnificent Tana Lawn fabrics that we have available for you in our kawaii shop! If you take a look at these gorgeous fabrics, using the link above or checking the images included below, you will see that all of them feature stunning floral prints of exquisite taste and exceptional colors. You could say that this type of design is the hallmark of the brand when talking about Liberty Fabrics, the famous British textile firm that makes Tana Lawn cottons. That’s probably why we like them so much!
Besides vintage floral designs, the extraordinary quality of the material used is the other defining element adding to their tremendous popularity. Originally, the fibers used for Tana Lawn fabrics were discovered in the 1920’s by a savvy Liberty buyer, W. Hayes Dorell, near Lake Tana in Ethiopia (which was the inspiration for the name of the fabrics). The raw cotton fiber material now used is carefully selected, and goes through a complex process of textile transformation before becoming the lustrous fabric known worldwide as Tana Lawn. Its preparation includes enhancing the absorption of dyes, improving handle and luster, providing stability to the fabric finish etc.
Finally, a soft, light, durable and breathable fabric that feels silky to the touch and hangs fabulously is achieved. Tana Lawn fabrics are easy to sew and even easier to wear! Thanks to these wonderful qualities of the material, to the artistic excellence of Liberty prints, and their carefully perfected and demanding process of creation of each fabric, the Tana Lawn cottons truly are a gift to our senses. Have you ever worked with these fabrics? Let us know!
Aren’t these fabrics gorgeous??
We can’t get enough of these beautiful designs!
orange-brown Liberty Fabric Tana Lawn cotton fabric with roses and peonies
Tana Lawn cotton fabric with chrysanthemum flowers by Liberty Fabric
Liberty Fabrics Tana Lawn cotton mini flower fabric in navy blue
Liberty Fabrics Tana Lawn cotton small packed flower fabric
Liberty Fabrics small colorful flower Tana Lawn cotton fabric in light cream
Liberty Fabrics Tana Lawn cotton damask flower fabric
light cream Liberty Fabrics Tana Lawn cotton red roses fabric
navy blue Liberty Fabrics bird and flower Tana Lawn cotton fabric
white Liberty Fabrics Tana Lawn cotton Jacobean flower fabric
Liberty Fabrics Tana Lawn cotton light cream fabric with Jacobean flowers