In the fall of 2020 I had the opportunity to pre-order the quilt book Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns – Third Edition by Barbara Brackman. This is an amazing book that contains over 4000 illustrated quilt block patterns along with their names and some bit of history about the block. It’s a one-stop-shop for quiltRead More
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Have You Joined A Block-of-the-Month (BOM) for 2021?
thought about joining a block-of-the-month program?Read More
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5 Quilting Tutorials With Free Quilt Patterns.
If you’ve read my post “A Little More About Me” then you may remember that I spoke about my quilting being put on pause for several years and then picking it up again. Something I found very helpful was watching youtube tutorial videos and downloading their free quilt patterns. I’d like to share five greatRead More
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Can You Make Perfect Flying Geese Blocks?
How many of you struggle with a certain block or aspect of making a quilt? For some it’s matching up seams. For others it’s sewing the binding, another it’s pressing the seams and for me, it’s making a well pieced flying geese block. I often have to press and steam and starch one of theRead More
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Turning Those Smaller Quilt Scraps Into Scrap Quilts
Do you have an over abundance of fabric scraps? Have you thrown out the small ones because it’s a hassle to cut them down into a useable square? Do you hate to waste fabric? Today I would like to share with you one of the ways I’m turning my smaller scraps into 1 1/2 inchRead More
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12 Christmas Quilt Patterns Free Downloads
With the Christmas season fast approaching, here’s 12 Christmas Quilt Patterns you can grab and make for your holidays. Tree Farm is an adorable quilt that would work great for those coordinating Christmas scraps you’ve had sitting around. Tree Farm Quilt 56 x 64″, pattern by Gina Martin (CLICK for download) I love the colorsRead More
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Accuquilting A Flower Basket
I decided to work with my Accuquilt 12 inch Cube Mix & Match set today and see if I could make a flower basket block. I came up with a large block that finishes at 15 inches. The block is made up of two different sized half square triangles, rectangles and squares. I used scrapsRead More
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Do You Recognize The Shapes?
Are you an AccuQuilt user? Can you recognize what shapes are in a quilt block? I was looking at patterns and quilt blocks on Pinterest today and noticed the block above. The different pieces of the block looked familiar and peaked my interest. I had to run into my sewing room to see if IRead More
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Quick And Easy Quilted Placemats
Can you believe that it’s already September? It’s almost time for me to put my summer placemats away till next season. Let me share this quick and easy to piece placemat. This is what you will need to make four placemats. Center: 4 – 6 1/2 inch squares (I used the 12 inch qube setRead More
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Constructing A Double Wedding Ring Block
Making a double wedding ring quilt has been a dream of mine for over 34 years. My love for the double wedding ring quilt started when a friend of mine pulled out a quilt she had been working on and asked if I wanted to help. She had hand pieced a DWR quilt and wasRead More
