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    Home » Quilts

    Come visit me at Quilt Market in St. Louis!

    Updated: May 17, 2017 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 5 Comments

    Safari Party Fabric by Melissa Mortenson for Riley Blake Designs

    I’m packing up the car and headed to St. Louis for International Quilt Market.  I’m very excited to introduce my newest fabric line Safari Party to the “quilting world”.  I’ve been sewing like a mad man for the last 2 months. Throw in a bout of the flu, and a couple of trips and this last few weeks have been absolutely insane.

    The good new for all of you is that I’ve made a dozen or so projects that I’m excited to share tutorials for in the coming months. I’ve got sewing tutorials, craft projects and even a few jewelry DIY’s to share with you.  I’ve also been working diligently on 2 new bag patterns, a quilt pattern and another FREE quilt along!

    A sneak peek of Safari Party Fabrics by Melissa Mortenson for Riley Blake Designs, coming in July 2017

    Safari Party is a fabric line inspired by a trip I took to South Africa a few years ago. While there I fell in love with all of the animals, especially the gentle ones (the lions scared me to death!!).  It was amazing to me how much personality you could observe in each of the animals as we drove around the game reserve. One day a zebra walked up to our safari vehicle and started wagging his tail, just like he was saying “hello”, I could have sworn he was smiling at us.  After that trip, I started sketching elephants and zebras, and it slowly morphed into this new line.

    It is due to hit stores in July. So it’s a bit soon to share too many projects with it, but if you will be at quilt market I wanted to invite you to stop by and say HELLO! I’ll be in the Riley Blake Designs area, and sharing a booth with Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter.  If you’re not going be sure to  follow me on Instagram, I’ll be sharing lots of “insta stories” all weekend, not just of my line but of all the other fun things that are shown at market.

    Safari Party Fabric by Melissa Mortenson for Riley Blake Designs

    If you’d like to see more of the prints in the Safari Party line you can hop over to the Riley Blake website. They have all of the prints up on their website. The line features 8 prints in 3 different color ways. It includes specks of gold (which I LOVE), and I even talked them into printing 2 prints on laminate !! (I ADORE laminate fabric, and can’t wait to show you guys how to sew with it!).

     

    A sneak peek of Safari Party Fabrics by Melissa Mortenson for Riley Blake Designs, coming in July 2017

    If you’re interested in the line, be sure to ask for it at your local quilt shop. In July I’ll be back and share a source list of shops that will carry the line, so you know where to get it. If you’re one of those shops make sure you drop me an email so I can add you to the list!

     

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. erin says

      May 18, 2017 at 6:55 am

      share photos from market! have fun!

      Reply
    2. Carlotta Lee says

      May 18, 2017 at 8:46 am

      I love the Safari Party fabrics!!!!! You have some of the cutest fabrics I have ever seen. The brightness of all the colors & the designs are just sweet. Seeing your quilts & other projects makes me want to get busy on duplicates. God has blessed you with a very creative mind. Thanks for sharing your fabric line & all your projects in your posts.

      Reply
    3. Larain says

      May 18, 2017 at 6:18 pm

      Oh Dear!!!!!

      I will be in St.Louis from Australia but not unti about 16th of June? Looks like I miss out, please take lots of ohotos

      Reply
    4. Traci says

      May 25, 2017 at 2:14 pm

      Just saw a pic of your booth at quilt market with the Safari Party…love! Will there be a pattern available for that beautiful zebra quilt I saw there?

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        May 25, 2017 at 8:52 pm

        Yes, I’m working on the finishing touches now. It will be available in July when the fabric hits stores!

        Reply

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