Shannon Brinkley Studio Blog

A friend of mine owns a bakery, and recently had their first baby! What better gift to give a baker's baby daughter than a cupcake quilt!?

I used vintage sheets for all the prints-- they were so ...

This is the last stop of the Scrappy Bits Applique blog tour! It's been a blast, and thank you to all of you who followed along and entered the giveaways! Thank you also for all your kind words about ...

Yesterday C&T Publishing kicked off the Scrappy Bits Applique Blog Tour! We have a great line up, and I know it will be lots of fun! At each stop, we will be sharing a little more about the book and...

This fellow was a lot of fun to make. I definitely want to make him again and play with the pattern a bit. Perhaps I'll have him top-sizing a boat! He should probably look a bit more menacing, to...

One of the quilt patterns appearing in my upcoming book that I'm most excited about is my Tamed Fox Quilt. The pattern (like all those in the book) includes a pull-out template, step by step inst...

My living room needed a good sprucing up, so I whipped up these quilted geometric throw pillows! I was inspired by the pillows Elizabeth Hartman made a few years ago. I made both of these pillow tops ...

My book, Scrappy Bits Appliqué, is now available for pre-order at a large variety of places (C&T Publishing, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc), and is available for shipping August 1st!

The book takes...

Who says all quilts need a neatly finished edge?      I created this a couple years ago as a Mothers' Day gift for my mother in law. She is part Cherokee and very proud of her hertitage. The design wa...

Who doesn't love dinosaurs, really?      I made this quilt a couple years ago for some sweet friends who were pregnant with their first baby. It didn't actually make it to them until Amos was a few mo...

Over the next few posts, I will be sharing with you some of the quilts that I made before starting my blog.  

 When my cousin was pregnant with her first baby, I wanted to make her something specia...

Well, hello! I have been inexcusably absent. There are lots of new and exciting things in the works for my family and Bottle Tree. For starters, I found out in February that my book proposal has been ...