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Sewing Machine Love Sew Along – Finished Quilt

Beverly — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:31:26 +0000

It’s the final week of the Sewing Machine Love Sew Along with Fat Quarter Shop, and we get to show off our finished quilts! I love mine so much. From the sweet spool and hearts to that big sewing machine and colorful patchwork quilt, this has been such a fun project to sew.

I made my quilt with Minki Kim’s Cotton Nook fabrics, and I think they make such a happy quilt! The lovely florals and fresh colors are so sweet together. I’m still thinking I need a real sewing machine in these prints. How cute would that be?!

A Little Extra Cuddle Room

I wanted my quilt to be slightly larger, so I added a 4″ border of the Blush Main print to the pattern. It turned out to be a great throw size! My finished quilt measures 54″ x 66″, which means I can cuddle up under a sewing machine any time I want. Haha!

The border is a simple addition if you’d like a little more room for cozy quilt cuddling, too. I used one of the pink floral prints from Cotton Nook for the backing as well. It makes it so soft and sweet!

Sweet Floral Quilting

For the quilting, I used the Vintage Flowers pantograph from Sew Shabby Quilting. It’s one of my favorites! The sweet florals add lots of movement and such a pretty texture while still letting the quilt design shine. I love how it looks with the Cotton Nook prints.

Sew Your Own Sewing Machine Love Quilt

If you’d like to make your own, the Sewing Machine Love pattern is available from Fat Quarter Shop. You can also look back through my earlier sew along posts to see the spool and hearts, sewing machine, and patchwork sections come together.

(As a side note, how pretty are our Fall trees right now?? I’m loving it!!)

Thank you for sewing along with me! If you’ve been making a Sewing Machine Love quilt, I’d love to see yours. It’s so fun to see how everyone’s fabric choices give their quilts a different personality!

Sewing Machine Love Sew Along – Week 3

Beverly — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:28:00 +0000

We’re on Week 3 of the Sewing Machine Love Sew Along with Fat Quarter Shop, and this week is all about the patchwork! After sewing up our big sewing machine blocks last week, we’re adding the sweetest little quilt to go with them. A quilt with its own quilt? Of course I love it!

This is a super easy section to sew together, but it’s so fun to see all those colorful prints side by side. Sometimes simple patchwork is just the thing to let the fabrics show off, and these sweet squares are doing exactly that!

A Little Patchwork, Lots of Pretty Prints

I’m sewing along with Cotton Nook by Minki Kim, and I had a blast choosing the prints for this section. Between the tiny florals, gingham, polka dots, and darling little apples, there were so many cute combinations to play with. The pinks, greens, blues, and sunny yellows look so sweet together, with those pops of orange adding a little extra cheer.

Choosing where everything would go might have taken me longer than the actual sewing. Please tell me I’m not the only one who rearranges squares and then moves them right back again. Haha!

I love how this patchwork brings even more of the collection into the quilt. It’s such a pretty companion to my floral sewing machine, and I can’t wait to see everything together!

Next Up: The Finished Quilt!

Next week we get to show off our finished quilts! It has been so fun watching this project come together, from the spool and hearts to the sewing machine and now our colorful patchwork.

You can find the Sewing Machine Love pattern at Fat Quarter Shop and the sew along information on the Fat Quarter Shop blog.

Are you sewing along too? I’d love to hear what fabrics you’re using!

Sewing Machine Love Sew Along – Week 2

Beverly — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Our Sewing Machine Love quilt is taking shape, and this week we’re sewing up the sewing machine! We’re taking the hearts and spool from last week and putting them together with the rest of the machine. It’s so fun to see those first little pieces become part of the bigger design!

Though calling this a “block” feels a little funny—it measures 36″ x 40″! This is one big sewing machine, and I’m a bit obsessed with how it turned out.

I’m sewing along with Minki Kim’s Cotton Nook collection, and I love seeing these sweet florals come together. The green and pink are such a pretty combination, and that fussy-cut floral spool makes me smile. Now I’m thinking I need an actual green and pink floral sewing machine. That’s a reasonable addition to the sewing room, right? Haha!

If you’d like to join in, you can find the Sewing Machine Love pattern at Fat Quarter Shop. I can’t wait to see this sweet machine surrounded by patchwork as we keep sewing!