Flamingo Toes

Sewing Machine Love Sew Along – Week 1: Spool and Hearts

Beverly — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:56:33 +0000

Today we’re kicking off a new sew along, and I’m so excited to join in! The Sewing Machine Love Sew Along is hosted by Fat Quarter Shop, and this darling quilt features a large sewing machine and a little patchwork quilt. A quilt celebrating our love of sewing? Yes, please!

We’ll be sewing a section each week over the next few weeks, and I’ll be sharing my progress here as we go. I’m making mine with Minki Kim’s new collection, Cotton Nook. It’s so lovely and fresh, and I think it’s going to be such a sweet fit for this quilt!

A Sweet Start: Spool and Hearts

This week we’re sewing the Spool and Hearts! These little pieces are such a fun way to start, and they already have me excited to see the whole quilt come together.

I fussy cut one of the Cotton Nook florals for the thread spool, and I love how sweet it looks! Fussy cutting is one of my favorite ways to show off a pretty print, and this little spool was the perfect spot for a floral detail. I’m using my Dainty Daisy Vintage Pastels on Cloud as the background – it looks so lovely with the Cotton Nook fabrics.

Come Sew Along!

The Sewing Machine Love pattern is available from Fat Quarter Shop, and you can find the sew along information on the Fat Quarter Shop blog. Gather up your favorite fabrics and join us—it’s always fun to see how different the same quilt can look in everyone’s fabric choices! You can also find the kit for the quilt shown at the top of the post!

Next week we’ll be putting the sewing machine together, and I can’t wait to see it take shape. These little hearts and that floral spool have already won me over!

Boo to You Mystery Quilt Along – Finish

Beverly — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

It’s the final week of the Fat Quarter Shop Boo to You Sew Along, and I’m so excited to show off my finished quilt!

I had such a great time sewing this sweet mystery quilt. Each week brought another playful block—from the Boo banner and Pumpkin Spice Stars to the cutest little ghost—and I love how they all came together in the finished quilt.

For my version, I used prints from my Cozy Autumn fabric collection. Even though the collection has more of a classic fall feel, adding the Dainty Daisy Licorice background gave everything such a fun Halloween spin! The warm oranges, rusts, golds, and soft creams really pop against the black, and I love the scrappy patchwork border around the outside. I used the Melon colorway of the Pumpkins print as the backing to keep in line with the Halloween theme.

I finished the quilt with Dainty Daisy Licorice for the binding as well. It frames the quilt perfectly and ties in beautifully with the background. For the quilting, I chose the Cob Webs pantograph from Sew Shabby Quilting. It looks so sweet against that black background.

This was such a fun quilt to sew, and I love that it feels festive for Halloween while still showing off all those pretty autumn colors. It’s going to be so cute displayed this fall!

All of the free Boo to You quilt patterns are now available from Fat Quarter Shop, so you can still stitch up your own—even if you didn’t sew along with us each week. There’s also a coordinating cross stitch pattern for even more Halloween stitching fun!

Thanks so much for following along with my Boo to You quilt!

Sewcialites 3: Completed Quilt

Beverly — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

My Sewcialites 3 quilt is finished, and I am completely in love with how it turned out! It has been so much fun watching this quilt grow one block at a time, and I love seeing all these gorgeous blocks together at last.

Today, Fat Quarter Shop is releasing the finishing instructions! There are so many creative ways you could arrange and finish these blocks, but I chose to follow the provided layout with one little twist. I added a 3″ border in Stargazer Dainty Daisy to make the quilt a bit larger and give it a pretty finished frame.

The finishing pattern calls for a setting fabric, and I chose the Stardust Dainty Daisy colorway. I love the deep blue against the soft colors in the blocks—it really makes every block stand out and shine! I also added extra squares from Correspondence throughout the setting to continue the scrappy look of the quilt.

For the backing, I used the Correspondence Tan Doily wide back print. I finished everything off with the cloud stripe from Correspondence for the binding, and I love how the different colors in the stripe make it look like a pieced binding. It is such a fun detail!

You can find the Sewcialites 3 finishing pattern at Fat Quarter Shop. It has been such a treat to be part of this sew along, and I couldn’t be happier with my finished quilt!