Bella Blvd Fabric Style

Riley Blake Designs markets our fabrics under Stephanie Hunt as the designer. When purchasing or searching the Riley Blake website it's actually easier & more efficient to find the Bella Blvd fabrics under "Stephanie Hunt" as the artist.

Fabric Crayon Apron, by Tiffany Hood.

I wanted to create something for my daughter using the cute bright pinks of the "Sunny Happy Skies" fabric collection. She loves to join me in my craft room and color and draw while I scrapbook, so I made her a crayon apron that she can wear that will hold her art supplies. She's only 3, but she's an artist in the making :) I made up the pattern as I went, but you could also find a child sized apron pattern and add some divided pockets to the bottom and a ruffle and get the same effect, or you can make a pattern using a paper bag and draw it freehand like I did. When the apron was finished I topped it off with Bella Blvd's darling crochet flowers. I think they work perfectly with fabric!

Supplies:
Sunny Happy Skies 100% cotton fabric: C2730-Pink-Sunny-Main; Sunny Happy Skies 100% cotton fabric: C2732-Pink-Sunny-Floral; Crochet Flowers: Poppy, Juniper, Daisies

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Aqua Clutch, by Kathy Frye.

These fun bags started out the same, but ended up looking totally different! I used fabrics from "Sunny Happy Skies" and "Puppy Park" to make the bags, they co-ordinate so well. Bella Blvd has so many cute buttons, I just grabbed an assortment of sizes and colors and sewed them along a curvy bias strip. On the other clutch, I used fun bloom buttons as the decoration. I wanted the flower to to look a  little fuller, so I used 2 blooms and took the sticky foam off of the backs, removed one button and layered the flower shapes together to make 1 darling flower! Then I sewed it on through the button holes, added some leaves (with fusible web on the backs). I didn't use a specific pattern, but techniques from different bags - there are many great patterns out there, and the sizes can be changed so easily to fit your needs.

Full instructions and a detailed suppy list for the Aqua Clutch can be downloaded HERE.

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Pink Make-up Bag, by Kathy Frye.

This little make-up bag made from the "Sunny Happy Skies" fabric by Bella Blvd would be fun as a gift for anyone! I used the different prints as the "embellishments" using contrasting colors, making a flange, some prairie points and then quilted a few  little flowers on it. It was fun and pretty quick to make. I kind of made it up as I sewed it, using techniques very traditionally used in quilting. 

Full instructions and a detailed suppy list for the Pink Make-up Bag can be downloaded HERE.

Comments

[Julie Tucker-Wolek]

Wowwwwwwwwwwwww!! These are gorgeous!!!!!! I love that adorable apron and the bags are FAB!!!

[Jodi]

I LOVE the kids craft apron!! SO SUPER CUTE... and that bag... WOW!!!!!

[gretchen]

good grief it is great what yall can make with this fun fabric!!

[Kathy Martin]

Oh how I wish I could sew! These projects are adorable and the fabrics so colorful and pretty!:)

[Becky Williams]

You are all so talented! These are incredible, and I LOVE that apron.

[Mendi Yoshikawa]

Such cute projects and wonderful attention to detail! :)

[Laura G.]

I Absolutely LOVE that apron!!!!! I have to make one for my own DD who's almost 3 and a budding artist! Great idea for the pockets! Gotta find me that fabric! :)

[Tammy C.]

Very cute projects! I printed off the instructions for make up bag to sew this weekend, thanks so much!

[letymanuel@yahoo.com]

love it, but where can we get the fabric?

[Mike]

I love all the pouches in her dress that allow her to store her markers and other drawing supply's.

[fabric banners darwin]

Very cool. Ought to learn so much from this one. I want that piece of fabric for my crafting projects at home. Should be a nice addition to my collection of materials to be used. Thanks!