In this post, we have collected some 3-yard quilt patterns you can for your next wonderful, timeless, classic quilt piece.

I finally finished my second take on the circle quilt . This one is a little more vibrant and fun than the first one . I used a Claire B...

Hello all, I'm Kelly from My Quilt Infatuation, and it's my turn to share a tutorial in the Oh, Sew Baby Series! This quilt is one of my favorite go-to quilts to make when I need a fast and fun baby quilt. It's easy to put together, simple to vary, and is fat quarter friendly. That's a win in my book! You'll need at least nine fat quarters for this quilt. Trim your fat quarters to 20.5 inches. Then from each fat quarter, cut four strips, 4.5 x 20.5 inches for a total of 36 strips. You'll only need 35 strips for the quilt. I prefer more fabric variety, so I used more prints. That's totally up to you. As long as you end up with 35 strips, you're good! This quilt really is a snap to put together if you just remember a couple of important "rules." First, one full strip length is equal to five strips sewn together in the opposite direction- This is going to be important to keep the proportions of your quilt correct. Secondly, the quilt will measure 48 inches in width, which equals two full strip lengths, plus two "short sides" by 60 inches, which is three full strip lengths. When I make this pattern, I always like to play around with the layout until I am happy with it, then take a picture. Trust me, the picture can really help if your layout gets messed up. (ahem, pets and children anyone?) I chose to lay my strips out into thirds. Notice that the top third of the quilt has two horizontal strip sets, plus two vertical strips? The other two thirds each only have one horizontal strip set, but seven vertical strips (remember, five vertical strips are equal to the width of one horizontal set). Once you've decided on your layout, just start sewing your strips together in sections! ps- I'm a quilting rebel and I do NOT press this until the very end. Shhh...don't tell the quilt police! Just join your sections together and, voila! Your quilt top is finished! The important thing to remember with this quilt is to have fun with it. I like to think of it as a puzzle, but you get to decide where the pieces go! The result is a modern, random look that appears more difficult than it really is. This quilt is also really easy to modify to suit your size needs. Bohemian Charm is another example of a quilt I've made with this pattern. This one measures 60 x 64 inches, so it is three full strips in width by three full strips, plus one "short side" in length. I did not choose to construct this one in thirds, and it's actually tough to tell where the different sections are, which I love! The finished quilt measures 48 x 60 inches. A perfect size for a baby, but still big enough to be useful for years! I hope that the next time you need a quick baby quilt, you'll give Strip Tango a try, and I hope that you'll hop over and visit me at my blog home, My Quilt Infatuation, for lots of modern quilts, more tutorials, and my weekly link party, Needle and Thread Thursday! I want to thank Kelly for stopping by and sharing this fun quilt pattern with us! Be sure to check out her blog, My Quilt Infatuation to see all of her lovely work!

I’ve told you all that when the new year hits, I’m putting a big focus on tackling my strips boxes. So many of them are overflowing and need attention. Lately I’ve had more scra…

I’m back with another jelly roll quilt pattern! This quilt is super easy to piece and comes together in a flash! It’s perfect for beginning quilters or any quilter who needs a quick finish.

Learn how to make a fidget quilt with our free video and photo tutorial. A fidget quilt is a lap quilt which helps provide stimulation for the fidgeting hands.

Community service is an important part of our Guild. 2023: Our Community Service efforts support both CASA of Collin County and Settler's Ridge senior center. We have kits for quilts that can be completed and returned. 2019: Pick up a quilt to finish at guild meetings! We have several quilts in progress - finish a top, quilt, or bind a part of a project. Projects will be donated to patients receiving chemotherapy at Mckinney hospitals. 2017: Our QuiltCON quilt from February 2017 will be displayed at multiple shops and guilds in the area. We will sell raffle tickets and proceeds will be split between the guild & Samaritan Inn. 2016: Quilts for Pulse/Quilts for Peace: MCKMQG delivered 3 quilts for #quiltsforpulse and 5 quilts for #quiltsforpeace. Thanks to Melissa Eubanks and Lynn Farestad for quilting. Thanks to Christina Lee for binding! These heart quilt projects are now wrapped up and you can see photos on the Dallas and Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild websites. 2015: QuiltCon Charity Quilt Completed & Donated 15 in 15 quilts donated to Alberta's Hope

This tutorial is for making this 8.5 inch block that is repeated across the quilt top. This is my variation of a quilt block that’s been around for ages. The quilt design is mine. I made my quilt …

These are scraps left from Under the Big Top that I made last summer for a great nephew. This is a charity quilt and I also have learned a neat way to sew the binding on entirely by machine. Here is a close up!! These are leftover pieces from the Chevron quilt I made for another great nephew earlier this year. What shall I do?? I am pretty fond of strippy quilts so I started putting pieces in rows, cutting up a few larger pieces and all of a sudden I had a cool finished quilt! I am afraid my binding stretched the edges a little. I like this basket weave pantograph for this quilt, giving it a contemporary feel to go along with the colors. And here is another machine sewn binding! I used the above pattern for the next three quilts. So quick and easy and cool results! Again, leftover fabrics from a quilt I made last year. Isn't it amazing how much fabric is leftover sometimes, even from a kit?! Another machine sewn binding. . . more details. . . and, a pieced back - just happened to have these fabrics in the closet, waiting for a use. This began with a pile of scraps as I was cleaning out my closet and giving fabric away a couple of weeks ago. I began pressing it, cutting it up in rectangles, added some fun polka dots and bright fabrics and all of a sudden I had two more baby quilts made. I used swirls on both of them - one a pantograph and one freehand. The above quilt binding was a bright turquoise. I did buy this cool backing drastically reduced at a quilt shop as I realized the colors were perfect for these quilt tops in the making. Looks like this is the pantograph! Finished with a binding of sunflowers like the back! Back two! Whew, I think I'll take a break and rest!

Quilters often give their time and talents to make quilts for charity. These easy quilts offer instructions for multiple sizes, allowing you to access the correct size for the charity of your choice.

Scrappy Thousand Pyramids, Something Like This? I made a bunch more of my scrappy, strippy equilateral triangles a couple weeks ago, but then I stopped to come up with a plan for them. I'm thinking of a throw size quilt, around 52" x 66", similar to my EQ8 design software rendering shown above. My triangles finish 7 1/2" tall x 8 3/8" wide, so I'll need 50 full pieced triangles, 8 half pieced triangles, and then 50 whole + 8 half alternate triangles in a mix of solids and prints -- not necessarily the prints pictured, mind you, but whatever odds and ends are gleaned from my scrap hoard. The mottled solids that I used in my EQ8 design are mostly the Moda Grunge Basics, which I absolutely love. They remind me of artists' pastels. So much more depth than plain solids, and the variations of shade and intensity within each piece of fabric will enable these better-than-solids to tie all of the colors of my crazy scrap prints together nicely. Moda Grunge Basics Bundle, Available on Etsy (affiliate link) As usual, there are affiliate links in this blog post but the links are here mostly to remind myself of where I found all the cool goodies -- the Etsy seller I'm linking to does custom 5-piece bundles of Moda Grunge Basics, either quarter yards or half yard cuts, and you get to pick which 5 colors go in your bundle. According to the automatic EQ8 yardage calculator, I don't need more than a quarter yard of any one of my solid fabrics for this quilt design, so that's probably the route I'll go. However, I should probably make all of my pieced triangles first before finalizing the coordinating fabrics. In real life, I have a lot more variety in the fabric strips going into these pieced triangles than what I bothered to show in my design rendering. Two In the Morning Is a Good Time For Triangles I'm using my 8" 60 Degree Triangle ruler from Nifty Notions and using the lines printed on my ruler to help keep my seams straight and horizontal with each cut, but any 60 Degree triangle ruler will work for this. I strip piece rough oversized triangle shapes just a bit bigger than my ruler and then trim away the excess. This allows me use up all different scrap sizes and it yields triangles that are completely unique. If you don't mind having multiple identical triangles in your quilt and you're working from a jelly roll or have mostly long strap strips, you could also strip piece long strips and then subcut multiple triangles from each strip set. Behold my cluttered, dysfunctional design wall: Gridlock On My Design Wall! This picture of my design wall was taken at 2 AM, when I should have been sleeping, but I was having too much fun sewing strips together and chopping them up into equilateral triangles. Once I've made all of my triangles I will want to finalize the layout on the design wall, but at the moment the wall is full of: My Jingle BOM quilt, which needs the center medallion trimmed and the borders tweaked and finished so it can be assembled into a quilt top, ready for quilting. My FrankenWhiggish Rose Applique project in the lower right corner, which needs LOTS more applique shapes to be prepped, basted and hand stitched before all nine blocks are done. The Abandoned Skirt Project near the upper right corner, which needs a tricky zipper installation worked out because I decided I need a lining too late in the construction process, and which also needs me to lose another 10 pounds before I'm the size I was when I started making the skirt... That Schumacher drapery fabric memo in the upper right corner is there for no reason at all. I forgot to take it down when I was finished with it. And yet, instead of finishing what needs to be finished with Jingle so I can take it off the wall, I decided to make triangles all night long. Despite having no room to lay them out. ...Meanwhile, I've been carefully removing the foundation papers from my pineapple log cabin blocks, and contemplating the next steps for that project as well. Final Layout for My 36 Pineapple Log Cabin Blocks I am having zero trouble removing the foundation paper, by the way. The secret-for-success is piecing with a very SHORT stitch length (1.5 on my Bernina) and using a LARGE needle (I use a Schmetz size 90/14 Quilting needle for foundation paper piecing). This creates larger needle holes in the paper, spaced closer together, and that makes for excellent perforation. I fold the paper back and forth along the stitching line several times during construction of the block, and once the piecing is done, the paper tears away easier than ripping a check out of your checkbook! Peek-A-Boo! Back Side of Pineapple Block, Freed From Foundation Paper I like to make sure I got every little speck of paper off, too, with no tell-tale remnants to inform the snoopy quilt historians of the future that I "cheated" by using foundation paper piecing. That's my own business -- let them think I have magical skills of precision piecing and measuring!! (As if the Internet, full of blog posts spilling my secrets, wouldn't give me away...) I'll be checking again for stray bits of paper as I join the blocks together at the sewing machine, where I have much better visibility thanks to my trusty Stella Lighting Task Lamp. Soft, Smooshy Quilt Blocks With Paper Removed! I'm about two thirds of the way through removing the papers from my 36 quilt blocks. OFF With Those Foundation Papers!! But despite the paper tearing cleanly and removing easily, it is still time consuming since there are 97 bits of paper to remove from every single block. I'm working on it a little bit at a time, mostly while watching television at night. And I'm using this time to mull over some of the quilting hurdles that lie ahead. Such as the fact that no batting manufacturer on Planet Earth makes batting wide enough for me to use a single, continuous piece of batting for this oversized King quilt. The finished top will measure 120" x 120" once the borders have been added, and King batting is sold either 120" x 120" or 120" x 122". I need at least 4" excess batting on all four sides of the quilt top, and I prefer to have even more excess batting on the sides of my quilt for checking tension throughout the quilting process. So it looks like I'm going to have to piece my batting, and I do NOT want the join to be even a smidge noticeable in the finished quilt. No little ditch, no permanent fold line or ridge; I want that join to be INVISIBLE. And so I am asking you the questions that I asked in several quilting-related Facebook groups yesterday: Have you ever pieced batting for a special quilt before? Could you tell where the join was in the finished quilt? Did the batting seam wear differently and become more noticeable over time? What kind of batting did you use? (I'm leaning towards either Quilter's Dream Wool or Dream Orient batting for this quilt) How did you join your batting pieces? Whip stitched by hand, machine serpentine or zigzag stitch, fusible batting tape (don't think wool batting can take the heat, though), serger flatlock stitch, or some other method? Does it matter whether the batting seam is parallel to or perpendicular to the rollers when I load it on the frame? I'm thinking vertical/perpendicular to the rollers. Anything else I need to know before I attempt this? PSST!! I'd Love to Quilt for YOU! By the way, if you or any of your quilty friends has a quilt top or two that needs quilting, I'd be delighted to quilt for you! My turnaround for edge-to-edge quilting is currently running about 2 weeks, and you can click here to find out how to book your quilt with me. Well, once again my "quick little blog update" has eaten up an outrageous amount of my time. I've got other fish to fry, so I'll sign off for now. I'm linking up with: · Let’s Bee Social at www.sewfreshquilts.blogspot.ca/ · Needle and Thread Thursday at http://www.myquiltinfatuation.blogspot.com/ · Whoop Whoop Fridays at www.confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com · Finished Or Not Friday at http://busyhandsquilts.blogspot.com/ Esther's WIPs On Wednesday at http://estheraliu.blogspot.com

THIS PRODUCT IS A PDF DOWNLOAD that must be downloaded and printed by the customer. A paper copy of the pattern will not be sent to you. This beautiful, patriotic quilt is the perfect gift for military members or first-responders, to honor their service as a Quilt of Valor. Measuring at a generous 64" x 76", the red/white/blue patterns are a striking tribute to those who serve our country and communities. This quilt was inspired by one that was designed and sewn by my mother-in-law to honor her son's military and law enforcement service and to commemorate his 4oth birthday. NOTE: The pictures show a scrappy version of the quilt pattern. This pattern is written with Rotary Cutting instructions: you will need a rotary cutter, quilter's cutting mat and quilter's rulers. The pattern is also compatible with AccuQuilt 4 1/2" squares, 2 1/2" squares, and 3 1/2" and 4 1/2" strip-cutters. The pattern is written in English and uses U.S.A. units of measure.

Celebrate March as National Quilting Month and sew a super-easy quilt, with six fun fabrics, and Nancy Zieman’s I Sew For Fun Two-Piece Quilt Block Tutorial

As promised I have started a new and simple patchwork project! I started cutting out 2.5" squares from my scraps about eighteen months ago... So I decided it was time to dive in and go for it.... making 16-patch blocks.... I need 50 of these for the plan I have... an idea I saw on Pinterest... And here it is waiting to be pieced together! I hope to get it together this week sometime..... (edited: a full tutorial can be found here ) Happy sewing! SUZ

Many hands make light work! The words of this time-tested adage went through my mind on several occasions this past weekend, during the 3-day Quilt Expo event

For many years I sewed my quilt binding onto the front of my quilts by machine, then sewed the back edge down by hand. I enjoyed the whole ritual and used to look forward to spending a whole evening with a quilt on my lap, slowly stitching the binding on whilst watching Netflix. A quilt is supposed to be a labour of love after all. As my design work got busier, my commitments and deadlines started piling up. I was working on a quilt one day for a paid partnership and I realised I didn't have enough time to sew the back by hand. So I had a go at machine stitching it instead. It was far from perfect, but I had it done in half an hour and met my deadline! I'm sharing my method with you today, as I've had a lot of questions on Instagram after sharing a binding photo recently. This method is not only a massive time saver but also produces more durable quilts that can withstand many, many washes and you don't need to worry about the binding unravelling and needing repairs. MACHINE BINDING STEPS Watch the video here! 1. Cut your binding strips 2 1/4" wide, cross grain. 2 1/4" is my preferred width of strip as it produces a neater finish on the back, without a big 'flap'. I've always cut my binding strips cross grain rather than bias for standard rectangular quilts, in fact often I cut the strips straight from the bolt. I find bias strips overly stretchy for my binding method. If you aren't familiar with these terms this is a helpful article. 2. Join the binding strips with diagonal seams, as shown. Trim excess fabric 1/4” away from the seam, press open .Press the entire binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides facing. 3. Starting half way down one side of the quilt, place the binding strip on the right side of the quilt, raw edge to raw edge. Leave a 6" tail of binding at the beginning, then sew the rest onto the quilt, with a 1/4” seam, mitreing the corners. Leave a 6" tail at the end of the binding also. Join the two tails of the binding with a diagonal seam (as above), press with iron down onto the quilt, and finish stitching it down with a 1/4" seam. (Note: Up to this point this is pretty much the universal method for binding a quilt and there are many video and picture tutorials on the Internet if you are a beginner. I wanted to include these steps in this tutorial for completeness. My machine binding method and my video below focuses on the rest of the binding process.) 4. You will need three quilting clips for the next step. I use Clover Wonder Clips but there are other brands out there, and I heard of people using bulldog clips for this also. Place the quilt on a flat surface, right side up, and fold over the binding to the back, as tight as you can so there is no 'gap' between the edge of the quilt and the binding. Clip. Repeat ~5 inches below, folding over and clipping again, and then one more time 5 inches below the last clip. This is the most important part of the process and takes a bit of practice till you get used to it - if you don't fold back the binding sufficiently your stitches will not catch the binding on the back and you will end up with unsewn gaps. 5. Place the quilt on the machine with the foot right below the first clip. I just use a regular sewing foot but you can use a walking foot also if you prefer or if you use high loft batting. Sew in the ditch with a 3 mm stitch length as close to the binding as you can get, without sewing over it. 6. Keep stitching down the length of the binding, go as slowly as you need to, making sure your stitch line remains right up against the binding edge. Slide the clips down as you go. Periodically stop to repeat step 4, folding over the edge of the binding to the back and clipping. 7. When you get to a corner, first fold over and clip the binding on the lower edge, then mitre the corner. You will notice in the video below that I first mitred the corner in one direction, it didn't sit quite right so I mitred it the other way and the corner looked sharper. There is no 'right' direction of mitreing so do what works and looks best. Put a clip on the corner to hold the mitred fold in place. Keep sewing all the way to the corner, right into it (and in fact you may even want to go a small stitch in onto the binding then back one stitch, if you want to absolutely make sure the corner is secure). Stop with needle down, turn the quilt 90 degrees and keep going as before. You should end up with a binding that's neat and even on the back. It does take some practice, so don't be discouraged if your first effort doesn't look as even. VIDEO TUTORIAL The video below shows the whole process from step 4 onwards. TROUBLESHOOTING - If you end up with unsewn gaps on the back, just unpick the stitch line up to an inch before the gap, fold the binding over tightly, clip, and repeat the process. If the gap is very small e.g. less than 1/4" you can just put a stitch or two in there by hand. - If you are using a very high loft batting, or really struggling to catch the edge of the binding on the back, with lots of unsewn gaps, try cutting your strips 2.5" wide instead. That should give you a bit more room for error as there will be more fabric on the back for your stitch line to catch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For those of you who asked on Instagram - this is the mini quilt I was binding! It's an old project from my WIP drawer that I dug up for this tutorial. It's a free block designed by Lori Holt - you can download the pattern here. The fabrics are a mix of prints from my stash, most of them over 5 years old.

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Perfect for your latest jelly roll or 2 1/2″ strip set you just bought, this free quilt pattern from APQS shines. Called Island Four Patch, this is an easy quilt to make so it is good for a b…

It’s gone. Posted. Ready to be hung and judged by strangers…. It’s actually quite a nice feeling to finally sit back and not have to worry about getting it finished before the cut off date. Ah, re…

Dolls of Hope is an organization always in need of charity sewing, click here now for all the info featured by top US sewing blog, Diary of a Quilter.

So Easy to Make That You’ll Want One for Every Season! This sweet little quilt is made of Friendship Star blocks cleverly arranged into a wreath. While it looks complex, simple half-square triangles and fabric squares make up the block. Paige Alexander of Quilted Blooms finished off her wreath into a beautiful mini quilt. A …

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Sew a beautiful Chandelier Quilt Pattern with just 3 yards of fabric! This fabulous quilt design is so popular, but I couldn't find a single pattern for a 3 yard Chandelier quilt... until now! I had so much fun designing a Chandelier quilt for you that only takes 3 yards of fabric. This free quilt pattern makes a throw quilt that is approximately 48'' x 59'' with 8'' Chandelier quilt blocks.

Choose Richly Colored Fabrics to Make It Your Own! Intricate large scale prints are shown off to perfection in this gorgeous quilt. Minimal value contrasts contribute to the richly textured surface and add to the quilt’s elegance. Select a nice combination of fat quarters for your version and set them off with complementary sashing. Finish …

I suppose it is inevitable, isn’t it? Many of us need ideas on how to use our scraps or pieces to make quick and easy charity quilts. Let me show you some common ones I use or HAVE used. 1. Simple squares in two colors For example, yellow and green or pink and purple - here are two of my early

Quilter Bonnie made this super cute quilt from a jelly roll she had been saving for something special: Quilt Info: Maker: Quilter Bonnie Pattern: The Ridiculously Easy Jelly Roll Quilt by Michelle @ From Bolt To Beauty Fabrics: Best Day Ever by April Rosenthal for Moda Fabrics Size: 60" X 71" Thread: Glide--White Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20 White Quilting: Lilac from Urban Elementz Interesting Info: Quilter Bonnie swapped a couple of fabrics out and in from her jelly roll, to avoid prints washing into the background. In staying with the floral, colorful, happy vibes of this fabric, I quilted it with "Lilac", a big loopy, happy flower: ⤴️⤵️ For backing, Quilter Bonnie found this white on white print at Hobby Lobby.⤵️ Super happy quilt, Quilter Bonnie!!! Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy Linking up with Design Wall Monday, Colour & Inspiration, Stitch Sew & Show, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, From Bolt To Beauty.

Top US quilting blog, Diary of a Quilter, features a couple of Easy DIY Star Baby Quilt Tutorials, great for beginners. Click here for the info!!

Vicki made this fun Keep on Turning quilt, a design by Jeni Baker of In Color Order. The pattern is in the Fall 2020 issue of Quilts & More magazine which you can find here. Vicki used a variety of bright prints from her stash and a black background that really make the colours pop. I used the Ginger Snap pantograph, black So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting. The backing is a blue, purple and teal batik! On Sunday we went to the Heron nesting ground, that is near our house, to see all the young that have hatched this spring. There are about 8-10 nests with an average of 2-3 young in each. We were able to watch a few moms return to their nests. The young would bit at the moms beak and then she would feed them. The nests are about 50 high and 450 feet from where we were observing from the highway with a patch of dead trees between us making it tricky to photograph. I used my 600mm zoom lens. You can see how close the nest are to each other, here is the second mom coming in. You can see the young biting at her beak. And in the nest above the young are biting each others beak. I always enjoy watching them this time of year as soon the nests will be empty for another year.

So I fell hard for this economy block along. The crush was so great it developed into a kingsize. An 81 block kingsize. My scrap stash dictated the colourway. There are some god awful really unusual combinations here, as I chose fabrics that contrasted in the main. I still need to settle on the layout the layout above although looks good on screen but in person it was too hectic so I have sewn another 9 with muted contrasts, to give the eye a rest from the stripes. Wish me luck with the block swapping, I'm not sure why I'm in such a hurry I don't have the money for wadding not with having a new boiler fitted this week... no but at least I am economising. I am thinking of hand quilting diagonal lines in black... what do you think?

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