-
Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
enjoy. -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
featured
-
-
Category Archives: quilts
New Series: Sewing Lessons
The Polka Dot Chair has a new friend:
Polka Dot Chair meet 710, now 710 meet the Polka Dot Chair. Y’all get along now.
Last month I welcomed a fun new addition to my sewing room. The Bernina 710 (I’m in love with it, but more about that later).
Simple Chevron Quilted Throw
One of the most frequent comments I get is ”I’d like to make a quilt but I don’t know where to start”. With this in mind I designed this simple chevron quilt project. It would be a great place to start if you’ve never made a quilt before. If you are an experienced quilter, it would be a fun way to show off some of your favorite fabrics.
Tone on Tone Applique Dots by Diary of a Quilter
Hello friends! I’m Amy and I write about my adventures with fabric on my blog Diary of a Quilter.
My project today was inspired by Riley Blake’s new collection of tone on tone polka dot fabrics! I’m especially loving that navy on turquoise! And so I created a little mini pieced quilt design that I plan to turn into a pillow for spring.
To get the variety of colored fabrics I used a Riley Blake Stacker – a collection of their light solids. Each “stacker” comes with 20 pre-cut 5″ squares. I needed 32 squares so I used two stackers.
Another Soft n Snuggly Baby Quilt
One of my favorite baby quilts to make is the one from my Soft n Snuggly Baby Quilt tutorial. It pieces together quickly and is a great way to use up some of your scraps. A friend of mine is expecting a new baby girl and I thought it would be the prefect opportunity to make another one of these quilts.
Riley Blake Fabrics Giveaway & Project!
Hello!
Today you can find me over at the Riley Blake Fabrics blog sharing a tutorial to make this simple quilted throw.
I fell in love with the fabrics and decided to make a quilt for my living room, so that we have something to cuddle up with this winter!
I’m also excited to be giving away one Cotton Chevron Fat Quarter Bundle today!
Pink & White Girls Bedroom
We have been in our home long enough that it seems like it’s time to go through and do some “tweaking” to a lot of the rooms. This pink girls bedroom was one of those rooms.
It’s my daughters bedroom. When we moved in we installed what I call “wedding cake” chair rail and crown molding. Then painted her room light and dark pink. She loved it. Now that she’s a bit older it seemed time to transition her room for a slightly older girl. (You can see photos of her room before here).
