brenda riddle designs - journal

Grace upon Grace

When finally sitting myself down to write this post, I checked back on the last journal post I did to announce a fabric collection - which was for ...

A little time…

So... looks like I took a wee bit of a break here at the blog. (Almost four months…) I guess I needed a little bit of time. If you follow me on Ins...

Dreaming of Dover

While I’m a little late in doing so - I’m so pleased to introduce my next fabric collection with Moda - called Dover. It’s a little bit amazing -...

Acorn Cottage - Stepping Stones & Mills’ Cabin

Okay… we are at the last two quilts that make up ‘Acorn Cottage’! But as they say, “last - but not least”! The size of these two quilts, ‘Stepping ...

Acorn Cottage - Coventry & A Cuppa

We’re getting close to completing the ‘tour’ of all the quilts in my new book with Martingale, ‘Acorn Cottage’… & today I’m featuring two quilt...

Acorn Cottage - Snowflake Fleurs, Blissful, & Nesting

Another little delay (…life) - but I’ve got more Acorn Cottage quilts to share with you! The first quilts up for today are the Snowflake Fleurs qu...

Acorn Cottage - Hopscotch & Puddin’ Pie

Welcome back to the next few quilts that are included in my upcoming book, ‘Acorn Cottage’! After the little ‘delay’ in my posting in the past fe...

The best laid plans...

Well hello there… seems like I dropped off the planet - right in the middle of my new book posts! Sorry about going quiet for the past week or so…...

Acorn Cottage - Morning Star

(Warning… lots of words… but the story is pretty precious to me.) So this quilt, Morning Star, is the quilt that Martingale chose as the quilt tha...

Acorn Cottage - Pebbles

Simple. Classic. Vintage Inspired. These are my favorite elements in the quilts I love. Pebbles has a classic checkerboard pattern that just calls ...

Acorn Cottage - Estella

When I first saw an Irish Chain quilt, I instantly loved it. Then I discovered that there were variations of the Irish Chain design & I was utt...

Acorn Cottage - Tulip Crosses

Today, I’m going to feature the first quilt (in the order they appear in the book) in my Acorn Cottage book… ‘Tulip Crosses’. When I first saw t...