I was so honored when Amanda Herring from The Quilted Fish invited me to participate in her Desert Bloom Blog Tour. I was very excited to get my hands on this awesome new fabric line that she designed for Riley Blake.
If you know me at all, you know I love all things aqua. It was a no-brainer for me on which fabrics I would select…all the aqua!! I also love making mini quilts because they are quick and instant gratification. Who doesn’t love instant gratification??
I used the white and grey newspaper prints paired with grey hexies. The aqua hexie print is my pop of color for the mini. I really love how the aqua stands out against the white and grey prints. 
I decided to quilt swirls and paisleys in the background areas and wavy lines in the aqua and grey hexie fabrics.
I used the awesome stripe-like prints for the binding, adding little pops of aqua for fun. I decided to utilize the bigger floral print for the backing. I really love how it turned out.
Amanda’s new Desert Bloom fabrics are super fun and amazing. Make sure you check out all the other stops on the tour to see all the different projects.
June 6th
June 7th
Kari Steiger at That’s Sew Kari
Carrie Burnett at Berri Bee Designs
June 8th
Andy Knowlton at A Bright Corner
Allison Dutton at Allison Sews
June 9th
Brenna Turner at Life After Laundry
Vicki Ruebel at Orchid Owl Quilts
June 10th
Jessica Stewart at Snickerdoodle Stew
Carol Swift at Just Let me Quilt
June 13th
Sedef Imer at Down Grapevine Lane
Karen Pratt at Cream Craft Goods
June 14th
Yvonne Fuchs at Quilting Jetgirl
Marissa Fischer at Rae Gun Ramblings
June 15th
Amy Chappell at Ameroonie Designs
Jenny Rodriguez at All Things Belle
June 16th
Sue Daley at Sue Daley Designs
Caroline Press at Trillium Design
June 17th
Melissa Corry at Happy Quilting Melissa
Liz and Elizabeth at Simple Simon
June 18th
Brooke Sellmann at Silly Mama Quilts
Sally Keller at Sally’s Angel Works
A huge thank you to Amanda for inviting me to join in on this fun blog tour celebrating her new line!
Happy quilting!
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This is adorable and beautiful all in one! I love how you put Amanda’s fabrics together!
Of course we like the same fabrics! Cute mini 🙂
Beautiful job my friend.
Very pretty, I love the aqua also!
I love it! When I saw the mini in person I didn’t make the connection that you used Desert Bloom. But now I love it even more!!