Happy Valentine's Day! Will you be our Valentine? We're sending "hearts" today to several lovely ladies who have finished their Blockheads' quilt tops. This is Robin of Petty Quilt Junction's quilt.  Robin shared this on Instagram - @pettyquiltjunction.  It's quilted and bound! This is Randi's quilt - @randicassellius.  Those red stars are a wonderful finish. And Susanne -

This week it’s my turn to share my block design for Blockheads 2020! Come take a look at Compass Point and be inspired with a few different ways you can use this fun and versatile block.

Because it's Fall - or late-summer and will it ever really be fall here in Dallas? - we're enjoying anything that makes us think of the season. These are Tammy's Blockhead Blocks No. 1 through 28.  She's using a big mix of scraps and pieces in fall colors.  As an Indiana girl, she knows of such things. Juneau!  Alaska.  Is there a fall season in Juneau?  (Enquiring minds want

Can you believe that January is already almost half over with?  That might be a slight exaggeration but it is almost one-third over. Happy Wednesday - Blockheads Edition 45. Double Dutch by Jo Morton.  The quilt block, not the jump-rope game.  Did you ever play that?  I did and while I could keep a really good pace by myself, I always messed up with tandems.  And songs?

Fabulous Fifteen! This week - Jo Morton is sharing one of my favorite blocks, the T-block.  Why is it my favorite?  It's got flying geese and half-triangle squares!  It's also a block that allows for a lot of variation just by changing color and value placement. It also has flying geese and half-triangle squares. That's Tammy's block - it's made with pieces from Gooseberry

It's Blockheads Wednesday and we have a mystery today! This is Tammy's Cat's Cradle block.  We know that the black print is from Betsy Chutchian's Bramblewood collection, the gold is from a Kansas Troubles collection and the background is a mystery.  Can you name that fabric? For my Fig Tree & Co. block, the fabrics are from the Farmhouse and Chestnut Street collections and

This is the penultimate Blockheads post.  You have to know by now that I've been waiting forty-six weeks to use that word. I'm going to miss seeing all the blocks popping up but... hopefully not for long.  Fingers crossed! Starry starry nine-patch... paint your palette gold and dark navy-indigo...

It's September!  Fall!  For some... it's the happiest time of year because Fall marks the return of Pumpkin Spice Lattes.  And of course, a Fall color palette. These are Tammy's blocks - all 27 of them.  As soon as we get a design wall hung in the office, we'll take a picture of them laid out. This is Block 27 ~ Union Variation.  It's from Jo Morton.  Except Tammy made this

Peace & Plenty.  That's the perfect block for this time of year... at least in the non-Canadian Colonies.  While Thanksgiving is celebrated in many countries around the world, it's always the fourth Thursday of November.  Tomorrow. Just for fun - Thanksgiving has been observed on the fourth Thursday in November per federal legislation enacted in 1941.  It has been an annual

Happy Wednesday - its the weekly gathering of the Blockheads! That's them.  And me.  I have a very well-honed skill for staying on the "right side" of cameras. This is Week 5 - Lisa Bongean's week.  Coronation Star - it's gorgeous.  And there are a lot of pieces.  Most of them are small. The block instructions are on Lisa's Blog - CLICK HERE to go to Lisa Bongean's Blog! This

Devil's Claw by Betsy Chutchian To download the pattern for her 6" block  and see her mini  click here . I can't wait t...

Week Nine!  And no, still no big nine-patch block. Our friend Jo calls this block Ohio Star Variation.  To get Jo's block - CLICK HERE. (Since Jo is vacationing in Europe right now, we'll provide the link to the block if there are any blog issues - no matter how well everybody has tried to time the posts for Midnight, the blog platform clocks aren't cooperating.) My Blue

Good morning Blockhead friends! I'm absolutely thrilled to unveil this week's block with you. Say hello to 'Sparkle'! It's going to brighten your day just like the Julia fabric that is shipping to stores now. Get ready to be dazzled!" Download Blockheads 5 Group 2: Block 8 This week I decided to make my block with one

Happy Wednesday!  It's National Cocoa Day!  That calls for Serendipity's Frozen Hot Chocolate! Serendipity in New York City.  If you've never been, it's a lot of fun.  And the Frozen Hot Chocolate is really, really good. It's also National Horse Day. Photo borrowed from Wild Hoofbeats. And it's the birthday of the National Guard.  One-hundred fourteen years! It is also

Kansas Troubles Quilters

We're on the homestretch... or maybe rounding the last turn. This is Double Delight Star - a 3" star inside a 6" star.  Lynne's wonderful Layered Patchwork or Traditionally pieced - the instructions for both are included. The Cream print for the outer star is from Janet Clare's More Hearty Good Wishes, the Gold print used for the inner star is Kansas Troubles' Thistle Farm and

Hello Aunt Dinah! You brought friends. These are just a few of the blocks being made by quilters sewing-along with the Blockheads.  Who knew there were so many happy-to-be-called-a-blockhead folks? Week 3 is upon us and today's block is Four X from Jo Morton.  The instructions for Four X can be found on Jo's Journal. First up, Tammy's Fall Palette block.  It includes Rachel

Betsy's Basket.  A Basket from Betsy. Basket of Triangles - and there are plenty.  Betsy's beautiful Basket can be made with two fabrics or twenty prints and one background.  Or more backgrounds.  It's really a versatile block with a lot of options.  That alone makes it a favorite. To get the pattern for Basket of Triangles - CLICK HERE for Betsy's Blog. Those pieces... the

Kansas Troubles Quilters

Because it's Blockhead Wednesday and since the moon was "blocking" the sun... did you see the eclipse? The caption on this photo reads - the moon transits across the Sun in this picture from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite.  (I found the image here.) I hope that you got to see just a little bit of the eclipse - through NASA-approved glasses, of course.  I didn't