One Pattern, So Many Possibilities

If you have a little one in your life, then you surely know how quickly they sprout up, just like sweet little flowers in a garden. And, if you sew clothing for children, then you can also appreciate falling in love with a pattern and wanting to make adjustments either for their cute, quirky little preferences, to suit their adorable style or even to keep up with their rapidly growing bodies.

Today I’m featuring a dress pattern from the company Made by Rae – it’s called the Geranium Dress. It’s so sweet, and very versatile which is part of what I love about it. As you can see below, I made it in two different lengths, a dress and a tunic style. The pattern offers so many possibilities like a collar, zippers, sleeves and of course, different lengths.

The pattern also provides for all ranges of sizes, from newborn to toddler to kids sizes. You can just keep sewing different versions in larger sizes and use it over and over again. For the dress length version, I used a cotton from my BREEZE collection. And, for the tunic I used Rayon, also from the BREEZE collection, which has a soft, flowy drape to it.

And this sweet girl is my granddaughter, Sammy. Isn’t she just lovely posing as our model?

This pattern is available for purchase as a PDF download by clicking the button below.

Purchase the pattern here

And now on to this week’s Block for our year-long sew-along… Ready?

FREE QUILT ALONG BLOCKHEADS 2020
BLOCK #21
XOXO

It’s time to introduce this week’s block in our year-long quilt along! If you’re just joining us, we’re so glad you’re here! It’s never too late to join in on the fun – each week we share a free block pattern, and you can go back through the last several weeks to catch up and join us any time. Be sure to check out this post to find out what fabrics you’ll need to create your own unique sampler quilt using free block patterns from Moda designers each week.

And be sure to stop by and visit our thriving Facebook community – it’s where we get to see all the wonderful blocks that are shared and catch glimpses of the sampler quilts that are coming together. Be sure to share yours with us, and you can also share your blocks on Instagram using the hashtags #modablockheads and #modablockheads3.

You can also go back and check out Blockheads 2, our last round of Moda Blockheads. We had so much fun and there were lots of new friendships formed in this wonderful quilting community. This year is turning out to be just as fabulous!

This week brings us Block 21, XOXO from Lissa Alexander, our marketing director at Moda. This block has so many looks and possibilities depending on where you place which fabric, it’s really very versatile and fun. I used Lissa’s original pattern, but you can’t hardly place the original block in mine based on the way I placed the fabrics I used. I can’t wait to see all the unique interpretations of this one!

Free quilt along Blockheads 2020, Block 21: XOXO Fabrics used in the block are from Zen Chic by Moda, SPOTTED and MORE PAPER LOW VOLUMES. — Free quilt along Blockheads 2020, Block 21: XOXO
Fabrics used in the block are from Zen Chic by Moda, SPOTTED and MORE PAPER LOW VOLUMES.

Download Block 21 here

Don't miss the other blockheads involved in this project:

Free quilt along Blockheads 2020, Block 21: XOXO Fabrics used in this block are from Zen Chic by Moda, SPOTTED and MORE PAPER LOW VOLUMES. — Free quilt along Blockheads 2020, Block 21: XOXO
Fabrics used in this block are from Zen Chic by Moda, SPOTTED and MORE PAPER LOW VOLUMES.

Betsy Chutchian
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilt
Janet Clare
Jan Patek
Jen Kingwell
Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree
Jo Morton
Laurie Simpson
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Lissa Alexander of Moda
Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles
Me & My Sister Designs
Robin Pickens
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Stacy Iest Hsu
Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique
Carrie Nelson

Stay tuned… Each week I’ll reveal more of my layout with the next block!

Free quilt along with Moda Blockheads 2020, Block 21: XOXO using the SPOTTED and MORE PAPER LOW VOLUMES fabric collections from Zen Chic.

Do you have any little ones in your life that you sew for? Share with us in the comments below!

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