The Accu-Quilt Go people have a new die for their cutting machines: Carpenter's Wheel. They asked me for a little pattern history. I found several variations in The Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns and BlockBase+, different arrangements of diamond shapes and triangles---and triangles combined into squares. I did a little looking around for actual examples. And was surprised to find several versions in the beautiful Prussian blues of the 1840-1860 period. I didn't realize it was that early, but it's simple geometry. Smithsonian Institution https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_556392 Attributed to Jane Winter Price (1818-1899), Maryland about 1849. The International Quilt Museum has a terrific example from 1840-1860. New England origins. https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=36-34-306 The earliest published pattern so far is 1891 in The Prairie Farmer periodical, where they called it Double Star. Patterns were often published after that. Here are some early sources for names. We tend to call it Carpenter's Wheel because Ruth Finley used that name in her 1929 book. Classic North Carolina quilt from their project and the Quilt Index by Fannie Eliza Eason. The triple strip sashing and nine-patch cornerstone is a favorite set there after 1880 or so. Online auction I showed two with borders pieced of the same diamonds cut for the star. Here's another with the same border by Orphah Wilfong from the West Virginia project & the Quilt Index. Now, my first thought in considering making this striking border is "Whoa! That's a lot of diamonds to cut!"--- But that's the point of the Go! machine. It cuts, you sew. Here's how you would shade the blocks. Dark in two corners, medium in the other two. Set side by side you get a secondary pattern where the corners meet. Another border idea from an Indiana Amish quilter and the Quilt Index. Shading With a secondary pattern. You can watch a video of my 5 minute slide show here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEbyUdgiUv0 I begin about 27 minutes into the show so you can drag the red dot to the right and cut straight to MOI!. But watch the whole thing. Pam and Erica will show you how efficiently the Carpenter's Wheel die will cut the pattern.
Designed by Juliah Tiedmann, the Golf Bags and Flags Quilt Pattern from Easy Piecy Quilts is decked out with golf bags, flags, and charming little golf carts- an incessant reminder of what any golfer loves - playing the course! Recommended for confident beginner-level quilters, this design is traditionally pieced, jelly roll-friendly, and even scrap-friendly with step-by-step piecing directions. This pattern includes instructions to create a 72" by 72" quilt. The Golf Bags and Flags Quilt Pattern has detailed instructions and a suggested list of materials.
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I love a simple large scale pattern for novelty fabrics and Starburst from the Missouri Star Quilt Co. is perfect. While the Starburst tutorial uses layer cakes - I choose to make my half square triangles with fabric yardage and the 6" finished square HST Accuquilt die. My graphic skills are a little rustic so please ignore the color scheme and focus only on the diagram: I made my guide with 10 blocks across by 12 rows down. The MSQC tutorial has larger half square triangles, a border and is configured in a square. This is for a bed so I made the 'pattern' into a rectangle and changed the size of the HST. It's really a great pattern to alter both in HST size and dimensions. Making a graph to follow beforehand is very helpful! I did exactly like Jenny said in the video - working in quadrants which was fun and easy to keep track of. It's nice to use bold colors. Bright turquoise minky on the back (to match Captain America), and Aurifil 50wt. black thread for the top. I really wanted those black elongated starbursts to stand out without distraction. Using a smaller 6" finished half square triangle had some nice benefits. I could use yardage, not distort the pattern too much when keeping it to 60" wide - and the best bonus of all ... a 'bigger starburst!" This two tone quilt needed 240 Accuquilt cut HST pieces - 120 black triangles and 120 comic book triangles. If you are making your own half square triangles - here is a good tutorial from Jacquelynne Steves and a wonderful chart on what size to cut your squares. She gives two sizes - one that allows wiggle room and further trimming - love that. If you are making this quilt in two colors you need 60 squares in each color. Using a generous 7.25" square for your half square triangles so you can trim them after sewing - 2.4 yards of each fabric is the math. I would go a bit more generous and get 3 yards but I always err on more than less. The extra can always go towards the binding. Materials: Marvel Retro Comics Covers fabric Wintergreen Aged Solids / Moda Aurifil 50wt. #2600 (Dove) #2692 (black) #1148 (Turquoise) Warm & White batting Dimple Dot Minky in Peacock / Hawthorne Threads Accuquilt Half Square Triangle 6" finished square Thanks to Missouri Star Quilt Co. for the Starburst tutorial Thanks to Jacquelynne Steves for the HST tutorial Size: 60" x 72" March 2018
Earlier this week I shared my latest quilt finish, a Shadow Block Mini Quilt. Today, you can make one, too. One very important thing to...
This block finishes at 12". Rotary cutting and AccuQuilt cutting is shown in the video. Windblown Quilt Block Finished size 12" Rotary Cutting and Piecing Methods Used: 3" finished half square triangles 8 at a time. 3" x 6" finished no waste flying geese 4 at a time AccuQuilt Use GO! Flying Geese 3" x 6" Finished (55456) For fabric requirements, download the quilt pattern below. CREATIVE GRIDS SIMPLE 7/8 RULER DOWNLOAD WINDBLOWN QUILT BLOCK PATTERN Happy quilting Carol
***Updated Pattern*** This is an original fat quarter friendly quilt pattern, no matter how you slice it. Included are the fabric requirements for yardage and fat quaters as well as block placement instructions for the following sizes: throw,lap, twin,queen, and king. This is a very fun quilt to make and you can use any "theme" for your fat quarters you like! The quilter making this traditionally pieced quilt should have some basic experience in rotary cutting and piecing. There are no templates and all shapes are squares, half-square triangles, and rectangles. Directions are clear for both the making and placing of the blocks. We hope you enjoy bringing Psycho Cats into your home! Throw 7 fat quarters,1 3/4 yards background, 56”x56” 3 yards backing,1/3 yard binding Lap 12 fat quarters,2 1/2 yards background, 64”x80” 4 yards backing,1.2yard binding Twin 18 fat quarters, 3 yards background, 72”x80” 5 1/2 yards backing, 1/2 yard binding Queen 30 fat quarters, 4 1/3 yards background, 96”x104” 9 yards backing,5/8 yards binding King 39 fat quarters,5 yards background, 12”x112” 10 yards backing,3/4 yards binding *Errata* Blocks are 8 1/2" square The quilts on the back cover were stash busters long before I wrote the pattern. 15 fat quarters with a cat leftover - 72”x80”.
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Gorgeous Amish Infant Quilt in a perfectly pieced traditional Nine Patch Pattern. Heavily hand quilted and made of unisex solid colored fabrics.
Fall Stars quilt PDF instant download pattern 27" x 27" Our little fall quilt is so fun and fast to make! Makes a great gift! Pattern includes requirements and instructions. Follow us on facebook for updates https://www.facebook.com/myreddoor1 or join our facebook group - MY RED DOOR DESIGNS https://www.facebook.com/groups/myreddoordesigns 2021 No part of this pattern may be reproduced in any form. U.S. Copyright Law 2007
When it comes to optical illusions in quilting, Karen Combs wrote the book (literally). Her most recent book, Celtic Pieced Illusions , in...
Is anyone else obsessed with the Orange Peel design right now? I have been dreaming of Orange Peel wall paper for my dining room, I just free motion quilted an Orange Peel design on my recently finished Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt (pictures coming soon) and I just started this Orange Peel mini quilt last week! I'm obsessed! Obsessed I tell ya! So when my boss at Just Sew asked me if I wanted to be in charge of the mini quilt of the month for August and she handed me the book 101 Fabulous Small Quilts by That Patchwork Place and I spied an Orange Peel quilt in it - I knew I just had to make it! I've always wanted to make one and this was the perfect opportunity. I decided to do a low-volume, scrappy background with bright fabrics for the leaves. I've been loving that combo for a while now so I'm pretty excited about finally doing it. (I had a little helper helping me plan my scrappiness. She's pretty cute, eh?) Because I'm on a deadline (this has to be appliqued, pieced, quilted and bound by the end of the month) I've set a goal to applique 8 leaves (or 1 row) every day. I figure each leaf takes about 10 minutes to applique so it's just over an hour out of my day that I'm dedicating to this project for the next week or so. I'm already half way done and I'm really loving seeing it come together! I've posted more pictures of this project on Instagram. Feel free to follow along if you'd like. My username is gigis_thimble. When I first posted about this project on IG, my friend Jodi Nelson of the blog, Pleasant Home showed some interest in the pattern so I roped her into making an Orange Peel quilt with me. Be sure to stop by her blog if you haven't already. She's posting about her Orange Peel quilt today too! We thought it would be fun to start an Orange Peel Quilt Along but after a little research we found out that Jessica from the blog, Quilty Habit has one going on as we speak! So Jodi and I are just going to sit back and enjoy the Orange Peel Quilt Along ride! We hope you'll join us! Jessica's got great pattern suggestions, applique tutorials, a schedule and there will even be some great prizes given away at the end! You can click HERE for all the details. Since someone on IG asked for it, I am going to do a tutorial on my favorite method of applique (the same method I'm using on this project). So be sure to check back next week if you're interested in that. So...Orange Peel - are you feelin' it? Yes or no? ~ Amber
When I started cutting strips for my last Kaffe Fassett Trip Around the World quilt I cut the strips from the first 8 fabrics at 2.5" instead of 3". I didn't catch my mistake until I sewed those strips together for all 5 stratas. I let them lay on a shelf for over a year until this week. I pulled out my Kaffe 2.5" strip box and looked for options for the rest of the fabrics for the quilt. I ended up pulling yardage to cut the right number of strips. The 8 strips at the left are the ones that were already sewn together. Last night's TV sewing was finishing 2 of the stratas. I think I might look for 2 more fabrics to make it a little larger. While my friends were here I cut the side half triangles for my Australian triangle quilt. I'll take a photo and show it tomorrow before I start sewing it together.
There’s Now a Mrs. Santa, Too! This charming Santa block can be used in so many projects. Instructions are provided for two sizes so go ahead and give your imagination free reign. Blocks of either size can be incorporated in a wall hanging, table topper and larger quilts. They can also decorate the front of …
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Skill Level: Beginner 100% original pattern Downloadable PDF - instantly in your inbox! Includes instructions for a Baby (36" x 48"), Throw (54" x 72"), Bed (90" x 108") Blank coloring page included All patterns assume yardage to be 42″ wide and seam allowances to be a ¼” WOF = width of fabric Fabric requirements can b
This is so exciting ! Every since I started designing quilts I have had the dream of writing a book to share my designs. It has now become a reality, dreams do come true afterall. Being an avid collector of quilting books, always curious about the authors and their methods. I now finally will have a book on my book shelf that is written by me. Take a look at whats inside my book......
Quilts are often made to celebrate milestones—birthdays, births, weddings, and graduations. Angela Clark of APQS Raleigh made this quilt to commemorate her sister’s awesome achievement—receiving her Master of Education degree.
Join me for my three-part Silhoucat Quilt-Along and learn a really nice way to combine some piecing with an easy appliqué.
Pin Wheels Pin Wheels are always a favorite for quilters. As you have experienced, there are often Pin Wheels inside other blocks. This time there are five. This is a super easy block! And a great block to join together in an entire quilt. Cutting Instructions: Cut 4 background print/solid squares measuring 4 1/2" x 4 1/2", set aside Cut 2 print (green) squares measuring 5 3/4" square for the pin wheels Cut 2 print (green) squares measuring 2 7/8" square for the pin wheels Cut 2 print (red) squares measuring 5 3/4" square for the pin wheels Cut 2 print (red) squares measuring 2 7/8" square for the pin wheels Just like you have done before, draw a diagonal line on two of the print (green) 2 7/8" squares. And draw a double diagonal line on two of the large print (green) 5 3/4" squares. Match these prints squares up with the other print (red) squares of the same size. Chain stitch your squares to save time. Stitch a 1/4" seam away from each pencil line on each side. Can you see the 1/4" seam alongside each pencil line? With a rotary cutter and ruler, cut the 2 7/8" squares apart on the diagonal line. Press half-square triangles open with seams towards the darkest print. Trim off dog ears. Half-square triangles should be 2 1/2" square. You will have 4 squares. With rotary cutter and ruler, make a cut vertically through the 5 3/4" square at the center mark. This should be 2 7/8" from the side. Repeat this same cut through the center horizontally. Do not separate squares! I did this in the picture so you could see where to make the cuts. Next cut through the square on the drawn diagonal lines. This should give you 8 half-square triangles. Repeat this process with the other 5 3/4" square for a total of 16 half-square triangles. Press the triangle open, with seams towards the darkest print. Trim of the dog ears. Half-square triangles should be 2 1/2" square. Arrange the 20 half-square triangles into five pin wheels. Sew the half-square triangles together in rows first. Press seams in alternate directions. Nestle seams together and sew the two rows together forming the pin wheel. Pin wheels will measure 4 1/2" square. Form the Pin Wheel block alternating the pin wheels and the print/solid 4 1/2" squares. Sew squares together in 3 rows. For less bulk, press seams towards the plain square. Join the 3 rows. The block will measure 12 1/2". And there you have it..................The Pin Wheels Block Now for the fun Congratulations again to Ansje Winner of a $10 gift certificate to Sisters & Quilters! (This is the 3rd win for Ansje. Winner picked using the Random Number generator!) Sandra's is catching up her blocks. This is her beautiful Bears Paw Block. Love the traditional prints. Leisha's Blueberry Pie Block. Leisha said this was one of her favorite blocks. Mine too! Thanks Leisha for sharing this with us. Jeanenne's Blueberry Pie Block. Another fun combination of prints. We just love seeing all the different colors and prints together. Thanks Jeanenne! Ansje's Blueberry Pie Block is so fun with those Mary Engelbreit prints. Beautiful block. Thanks Ansje! Any more pictures of your blocks. Send them to [email protected] or [email protected]. Thanks to those of you who are sending in your pictures! Happy sewing Pin Wheels this week!
My Flowering Snowball quilt is complete! I loved making every piece of this quilt and am thinking of another one, maybe all in pinks. I saw the idea on the blog, Molly Flanders where Mary showed you how to make templates. I decided I wanted to use acrylic and went that route instead. It made it very easy to cut them out and the piecing was not bad at all as the curves are rather gentle. The blocks are 10" finished in size. It took me a while to machine quilt it because I did't know what I wanted to do. So finally I bit the bullet and just went for it. I did not mark anything because sometimes (for me) it makes it harder, not easier to do. I don't care that the zig zags are not all exactly the same but overall they feel like they are perfect. In the colored sections I did a flower like design that fills it out well. I like my quilts quilted with no big open spots. I changed threads lots of times to make them disappear as much as possible. On the outside edges I changed the design because I was afraid if I did the zig zag it might distort it and make it all rippley. It's not perfect but that doesn't bother me. Another blogger Audrey from Quilty Folk started a sew along last fall. The idea is to make a circle block every day for a year reflecting your mood that day. The circle does not need to be perfect or even a circle. Check Audrey's blog to see what others are doing, there are some great ideas to be found. I started out pretty good and then got caught up in my Zelda quilt and lost some steam. I finished up a few last night to make this into a top and will try and get it quilted this week. My husband has named it "Hamburger Bun". I used some vintage fabrics and as you can see they are all machine appliqued down. some of them fade into the background..... one was a precious fabric that is almost gone! a pieced block I had laying around gathering dust... and a few that were fussy cut. I did use the same template for all that I drew free hand but turned it upside down and wrong side out to make them all a little different. This would also make a fun I-Spy quilt. I can't say these blocks reflected my mood more like what scrap was nearby at the time! Cameron and Jaxon 7 months old I thought you might enjoy seeing how big Cameron and Jaxon are now. This was taken at Easter and they even participated in the Easter egg hunt. They are on the move now, so mom and dad have started a new adventure! Kelly
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Earlier this week I shared my latest quilt finish, a Shadow Block Mini Quilt. Today, you can make one, too. One very important thing to...
