I have a file on my computer called "Other People's UFOs" where I save the photos of quilts that started off as someone else's projects. Many of them come to me at the top stage, some as blocks. I love the variety that these projects bring to Covered in Love and I love that they get finished and go to forever homes! This pretty and very large top was pieced by Priscilla and quilted by Kathy. It's got a great scrappy, vintage look and the 8-patch rectangles are so different and neat. This bright flannel top was pieced by Suzanne and quilted by Kathy as well. Kathy and I agreed that quilting a flannel quilt feels like wresting a dragon. This one had a flannel backing as well, pieced from donated fabrics, so it's extra snuggly. This quilt is obviously for a child with all the bright, fun fabrics. CiL doesn't give out too many quilts to children but rarely it does happen. This cozy, cuddly quilt will be perfect for a child who needs it. If you'd like to join in with Covered in Love's mission you can learn more on the main page or check out the block drive. The current Covered in Love block drive is a fun string block and there's a GIVEAWAY going on, too! More info here! Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts and Finished or Not Friday

(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width of 1.5". Since then they've been aging in a couple of large ziploc bags. This weekend I decided the time had come to do something with those scraps! As many scrap quilts have made I remain amazed by how many quilts can hide in a scrap bin. Scraps are irresistible to me. Much more so than yardage. I had an idea in my head for what I wanted to do with these strings and I decided to photograph the process for a tutorial. I started by sorting out the cool colors, which probably constituted half of the strings. (I *might* have a problem with the color blue... the "warms" pile was pitiful by comparison.) I sewed the strings together at their short ends to make one looooooong string. Locate both loose ends, put them rights sides together, and start sewing down one long side toward the middle. When you reach the middle it will probably be all twisty. Cut it and complete sewing the two strips together. Press your string pair, then repeat the process. Find both loose ends and start sewing your pairs into a four. Press and repeat, sewing your 4-string string into an 8-string. This takes a long time if you started with a lot of string like I did. The bright side is that every time you fold it in half and sew, it ends up half as long, so as you go it gets easier. Keep going until you have a long panel 16 strings wide. I considered stopping at this point and just making a quilt top out of horizontal strings, but I decided to continue with my original plan. I sub cut the panel into squares, each 16.5" square. I put these up on the design wall alternating directions, this would make a cool quilt, too. Then I did the same process with my neutral colored strings. I took the neutral and cool colored squares and turned them into HSTs. I marked the line with a sharpie and pinned the blocks so they didn't shift while I sewed on either side of the line. If you put the squares together with their strips running the same way, then in the HST they will turn. If you put them together with their strips perpendicular then in the HST they will run the same direction. I chose the first method so the two different colors run at different angles. With my blocks turned into HSTs the options are limitless... Any layout that can be made with HSTs. I haven't sewn these together yet, still auditioning layouts to find my favorite. Which do you like best? Linking to Oh Scrap!

Whew! After months of work, on and off, the latest crumb project is finally a top! It measures just shy of 50"x70" and I can't wait to get started quilting. I'm planning on doing intersecting spirals. Rory watched the final stages of this come together from her nest in the string pile. She's going to be really disappointed when I finally clean these up. Linking to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width of 1.5". Since then they've been aging in a couple of large ziploc bags. This weekend I decided the time had come to do something with those scraps! As many scrap quilts have made I remain amazed by how many quilts can hide in a scrap bin. Scraps are irresistible to me. Much more so than yardage. I had an idea in my head for what I wanted to do with these strings and I decided to photograph the process for a tutorial. I started by sorting out the cool colors, which probably constituted half of the strings. (I *might* have a problem with the color blue... the "warms" pile was pitiful by comparison.) I sewed the strings together at their short ends to make one looooooong string. Locate both loose ends, put them rights sides together, and start sewing down one long side toward the middle. When you reach the middle it will probably be all twisty. Cut it and complete sewing the two strips together. Press your string pair, then repeat the process. Find both loose ends and start sewing your pairs into a four. Press and repeat, sewing your 4-string string into an 8-string. This takes a long time if you started with a lot of string like I did. The bright side is that every time you fold it in half and sew, it ends up half as long, so as you go it gets easier. Keep going until you have a long panel 16 strings wide. I considered stopping at this point and just making a quilt top out of horizontal strings, but I decided to continue with my original plan. I sub cut the panel into squares, each 16.5" square. I put these up on the design wall alternating directions, this would make a cool quilt, too. Then I did the same process with my neutral colored strings. I took the neutral and cool colored squares and turned them into HSTs. I marked the line with a sharpie and pinned the blocks so they didn't shift while I sewed on either side of the line. If you put the squares together with their strips running the same way, then in the HST they will turn. If you put them together with their strips perpendicular then in the HST they will run the same direction. I chose the first method so the two different colors run at different angles. With my blocks turned into HSTs the options are limitless... Any layout that can be made with HSTs. I haven't sewn these together yet, still auditioning layouts to find my favorite. Which do you like best? Linking to Oh Scrap!

This is the ALL NEW much more detailed easy to follow pattern to make a Fusion Patchwork Crochet Quilt the end result is breathtaking. It’s a new take on Patchwork with the added beauty of crochet and you will be amazed at how your hard work will pay off. The pattern has detailed descriptions and real life photographs as well as stitch pattern guides to help with your crocheting. 1st pdf download with your Fusion Pattern 2nd download with a alternative 3rd row stitch design for your Fusion squares. You will be able to make:- Super King Size King size Queen size Double size Throw size Single size Cot size Baby size From the same pattern. Also information on what you will need to complete your Fusion Patchwork Crochet Quilt. This is 2 pdf digital downloads. I recommend buying from Esty it’s quick and easy. Kindest Regards Gillian Please be aware this pattern is the intellectual property of the owner of “Patternperfectcrofts” it is for personal use only and not for resale.

I was scheduled to teach the Shaded Nine Patch Star to the Thread Bears Quilter’s Guild of Sherill, NY in May. But as it doesn’t look like I will be able to, so I am going to teach it h…

So now that everyone’s an expert at English paper piecing here are the directions for my little Curio Flower quilt. Download Flower directions Download Leaf and vine p.s. I forgot this part in the handout but I did take the paper pieces out (from the back) after I appliqued it to the background. And, if that weren’t fun enough I have a fat eighth bundle of Curio fabric from Basicgrey and Moda And a set of these lovely buttons To give-away this weekend. To enter just leave a comment telling us which super power you prefer…invisibility or flight. Can you...

So this is the Panda Quilt. Seems I've gotten decidedly less creative lately with naming my quilts :) The quilt top is made all from batiks. The panda was paper pieced from TartanKiwi's pattern which I doubled to make a 24" block. The background was made from a jelly roll using Fat Quarter Shop's Jelly Roll Jam II pattern. I was hoping that the background would give the effect of a bamboo forest surrounding the panda. I did FMQ on the quilt using a variegated blue/green/yellow thread. I made up a design that resembles bamboo, mostly straight lines with little swoops at intervals for the joints. To help it look more random I added a few diagonal pieces in after the rest was done. I debated whether to do something different over the panda, but in the end I did the same across him, too. I think it looks alright. Kind of like he is peeking from behind the bamboo. Ironically I used a bamboo batting in this quilt. I scored a whole bolt of it at Tuesday Morning a while back and have been using it in my baby quilts. It is very light and noticeably thinner than Warm and White or Hobbs, which I would normally use, but can still be quilted up to 10" apart, like those. Generally I prefer a slightly heavier quilt, but for babies this is really nice, and it washes and drapes beautifully. The backing is mostly a pretty teal lawn fabric I've had in my stash (on top in the pic above) which is oh so soft. The finished quilt measures ~ 38"x48" and is listed in my Etsy Shop. Linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it Friday!

Learn how to create the timeless and classic Irish Chain block with our easy-to-follow tutorial, featuring step-by-step instructions.

Top by Beth, pattern "Wanda" by GE Designs, quilted by me More quilts finished this week from tops sent in by generous quilters! Covered in Love is rapidly approaching 1000 quilts. Do you guys have any suggestions how we should celebrate? Top by Beth, pattern "Hope" by GE Designs, quilted by me When we hit 300 back in January of 2018 I had a giveaway along with the block drive, which seems like a good idea. Top by Beth, pattern "Toni" by GE Designs, quilted by me The pace of quilts this spring has obviously been much faster than usual. This is due to several things. H2H (51 quilts and counting!) and the increasing number of long-armers helping to get quilts done (hello Linda, Pam, Ray, Mel, Wendy, and Cynthia!) Also, Tammy being an absolute angel and taking over the May/June drive so that I had several solid months to work nothing but the January QAYG blocks and quilting donated tops. Fabulously scrappy 9 patch by Priscilla, quilted by me This season of high-production won't last forever so I am stashing finished quilts for the future to gradually bring up to the hospital. Novelty plus quilt by Priscilla, quilted by me I am having a need for backing fabrics again. After my appeal last summer I got so many yards of fabrics that I have been able to back the dozens and dozens, probably hundreds, of quilts that have been finished in the past few months. Jelly roll race by Priscilla, quilted by me I have, finally, more or less depleted my stash of backing fabrics though. Specifically, I have plenty of pink, brown, and neutral. I need black and colors other than pink (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). Scrappy leaves by Priscilla, quilted by me We do have some financial donations which I can use to buy backing, and I have bought some, but I wanted to let you know about the need since some of you have told me you have too much fabric to use in a lifetime ageing on your shelves. The last three quilts in this post are Mina's signature "Scrappy Village" tops. The pattern is a Bonnie Hunter one found here. The variety and all the novelty fabrics are my favorite things about these. This first one I backed with Texas A&M fabric and bound with sports fabrics. For this next one I went with pink backing and binding. As you can see, my quilting assistant was very helpful with the photography. Third village quilt, this one got a Christmas backing that says "Blah, blah, Humbug" and a matching striped blue binding. By my best count, Mina has sent 21 of these village quilts to CiL. I know I've said it before, but I love them because of the "it takes a village" aspect to them, and the idea of a village supporting each other. Thank you all! Let me know how we should celebrate 1000 quilts. And enjoy this super cute video of a snuggly Sundae. Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 800 so far! During May/June Tammy is hosting our block drive on her blog. Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finished or Not Friday

The Island Batik challenge for November is to incorporate a log cabin block or variation into my project. I decided to use Studio 180 Design’s Geese on the Edge Technique Sheet. This is a v…

Busy Hands Quilts quilt patterns for modern and traditional quilters in all sizes, precuts, fat quarters FQs, layer cakes, jelly rolls, & charm packs.

Éste es un proyecto de Jessica para Moda bake shop muy interesante. Un quilt de 210x210 cms. aprox. repleto de bloques con Dresden plate. Nos da la pauta exacta para llevarlo a cabo y como terminarlo

I thought I'd write a tutorial of how I approached the construction of my Double G Picnic quilt. Of course this quilt could be made by simply sewing together a bunch of squares, but I used strip piecing techniques which I felt were quite efficient and might be worth sharing. My initial cutting plan was almost a disaster. I had not taken into account the proper orientation of the fabric designs. I reworked my plans to construct the quilt in a way I would consider "sideways"; this resolved the orientation problem, and it even seemed more efficient in regards to cutting. The yardage requirements for the top are as follows: White -- 1.5 yards Blue print (apples) -- 1.5 yards Red print (apples) -- 1.5 yards Dark blue -- 0.5 yards Dark red -- 0.5 yards Gray -- 0.75 yards We will be cutting 5.5-inch WOF (width of fabric) strips from each of these fabrics. From the white, blue print, and red print, cut 9 strips each. From the dark blue and dark red, cut 2 strips each. From the gray, cut 4 strips. Assemble a strip set as shown below, noting the directionality of the fabrics. Start by sewing a white strip to a blue print strip, and sewing another white strip to a red print strip. Then join these two pieces together. When sewing strip sets, it is helpful to alternate the direction of your sewing for each strip. For this quilt, if you consistently sew with the darker strip on top, you will automatically alternate the direction (or you can sew with the lighter strip on top, as long as you are consistent). Press seams toward the print fabrics (the apples). Repeat to make 4 sets of white - blue - white - red strips. Lets call these "A" strip sets. On one of these 4 sets, sew an additional white strip to the red strip. Do not press this seam open yet. Your fourth strip set should look like this: Now sew your "A" strip sets together in pairs, so that you have one set of 8 strips and one set of 9 strips. Again, do not press these seams open yet. Your set of 9 strips should look like this: Take a strip set to your cutting table and align a ruler so that its horizontal lines align with the seams, and trim off the selvages: Now cross-cut the strip set into seven 5.5" sections: You should have seven strips of 8 squares, and seven strips of 9 squares. Sew strips of 9 end-to-end with strips of 8, maintaining the sequence, so that you end up with seven rows of 17 squares each. Each should begin and end with a white square. Press the remaining seams toward the prints. For "B" strip sets, sew together red - gray - red - dark red strips as shown below, taking careful note of the directionality again. Make two sets. Press toward the red print (apples). Sew these two sets together (sewing a dark red strip to a red print), but do not press open yet. Trim the selvages as we did with the "A" sets, but this time only cut three 5.5" sections for now. You should have one remaining red print strip; trim this strip to approximately the height of the remainder of the "B" set (at least 17"). Sew this trimmed strip to the dark red piece at the end of what is left of the "B" set; do not press open yet. Now cut three more 5.5" sections from the combined "B" set. From the "B" set, you should have three strips of 8 squares, and three strips of 9 squares. Sew strips of 9 end-to-end with strips of 8, maintaining the sequence, so that you have three rows of 17 squares each. Each should begin and end with a red print square. Press the remaining seams toward the prints. For "C" strip sets, sew together blue - dark blue - blue - gray strips as shown, again taking careful note of the directionality. Also note the difference in the sequence compared to the "B" sets; the gray is in a different position. Make two "C" sets. Press toward the blue print (apples). Sew these two sets together (sewing a gray strip to a blue print), but do not press open yet. Trim the selvages, and again only cut three 5.5" sections for now. You should have one remaining blue print strip; trim this strip to approximately the height of the remainder of the "C" set (at least 17"). Sew this trimmed strip to the gray piece at the end of what is left of the "C" set; do not press open yet. Now cut three more 5.5" sections from the "C" set. From the "C" set, you should have three strips of 8 squares, and three strips of 9 squares. Sew strips of 9 end-to-end with strips of 8, maintaining the sequence, so that you have three rows of 17 squares each. Each should begin and end with a blue print square. Press the remaining seams toward the prints. The rows of 17 squares (from A, B, and C units) will eventually become the columns of the quilt, but I will still refer to them as rows for now. Start by sewing rows together as shown below. The seams should "nest" to help with aligning seams. Continue joining rows (or columns) to assemble the top as shown in the first photo above. The resulting quilt is approximately 65" x 85". If you make a quilt using this tutorial, I'd love to see it.

I finished the quilt from my last post and folded it all up to send to the quilter. It then dawned on me that I have a baby shower coming up on Sunday for The BG’s youngest sister. Can I whip…

This was the first quilt I made from vintage fabric. The prints are more 40's and 50's so the colors are brighter than some of my other quilts. It's entirely hand pieced, which is unusual for this pattern since it's an easy pattern to sew on the machine. When I began to seriously quilt again about 8

I finished a quilt that I have been working on for the last 11 months. Yeah! I saw it last year at the Minnesota quilt show in the Fiberworks Quilt Shop booth. I debated for quite a while over i…

Stitchin Heaven Quilt Shop is excited to announce a new collaboration of a unique BOM program from Deb Tucker (Studio 180 Design), NYT and USA Today best-selling author Marie Bostwick (Between Heav…

The Mighty Lucky Club challenge for March was all about colour. Our coach this month was Rossie Hutchinson and she provided some really goo...

This nicely complex block is a WHOLE lot easier to make than it looks. ( Edited to add: See the finished quilt here !) It's July, an...

I finished a quilt that I have been working on for the last 11 months. Yeah! I saw it last year at the Minnesota quilt show in the Fiberworks Quilt Shop booth. I debated for quite a while over i…

We recently attended the annual quilt show of the Amador Valley Quilters in Livermore, California, with the theme "Colors of the Vineyard"....

What fun stuff they gathered up.

Learn how to make the fun and festive pinwheel quilt block. A photo tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #pinwheelquilt, #quiltblocktutorial, #quilttutorial

Last October, I was notified that I had won a fat quarter bundle of the Mimosa fabric collection by Another Point of View from Red Pepper Quilts and the Fat Quarter Shop. I was so excited to see this fabric, I met my postal carrier at the mailbox and before I stepped back into the house, I had already formed a vision of what I wanted to make with it. The fabric was cut that evening and a quilt was finished in no time at all. I have had to wait until now to share this finish with you because... ...you can find this quilt in the Fall 2015 issue of Fons & Porter's Easy Quilt magazine! Have you picked up your copy yet? ***Update: This pattern is now available in my Payhip and Etsy pattern stores. It is now called Summertime Blossoms. I love this fabric collection so much, I also chose it for my Layers of Charm quilt which you can read more about here. I am excited to get my Nighttime Blossoms quilt back - it has been a long time since I have seen it! Linking up: My Quilt Infatuation Confessions of a Fabric Addict Fabric Frenzy Friday Richard and Tanya Quilts TGIFF Crazy Mom Quilts

As a pattern designer, I love to see the quilts made using my patterns. And in the month of February, there were a number of quilts that were shared with me and I wanted to share them with you. So many great and inspiring ideas! This one is made using the Wiggle Time pattern instructions for a scrappy version. All of the fabrics are dots. So Cute! This one is also made using the Wiggle Time pattern. This is a version using the instructions for fat quarters. Here is another scrappy version. I love all those bright colors! Another bright colored one using black as the background. Notice how the batik fabrics fade across to the right! And finally another scrappy version. Once again, it looks like someone used their stash of dotted fabrics. I do love that red backing! My Wiggle Time pattern is available in both my Payhip and Etsy shops. There is also a Wiggle Time Pinterest board where I share even more quilts if you need more inspiration! There have even been a few quilts shared using my newest pattern All That Jazz. This one was made with some Asian fabrics all pulled from a quilter's stash. And this one has such a great masculine appeal. What a great quilt! My All That Jazz pattern is also available in both my Payhip and Etsy shops. As with all of my patterns, there is an All That Jazz Pinterest board for this one too. And thanks to all the quilters who shared their lovely quilts with me. I really do love to see them! And if you are reading this and have made a quilt using one of my patterns, I hope you share your beautiful quilt and make my day! If you are interested in more ways to follow me, you can find me on Facebook, Pinterest, Bloglovin', Feedly, Instagram, Google +, or get my blog sent right to your email inbox by entering your email address on the right sidebar! Linking up: Confessions of a Fabric Addict Fabric Frenzy Friday Richard and Tanya Quilts TGIFF This post contains affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I may make a small commission, which I appreciate so much!

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Up in the Air Baby Quilt Pattern -Beautiful and fun to make the Up in the Air Baby Quilt will be a treasure for the lucky recipient. Can be made for a baby girl or change your color choices and make it for a baby Boy. You will receive easy to follow step by step instructions for creating this whimsical Baby Quilt that includes photos for reference.. *The hot air balloons are appliqué attached to the quilt top and oh so easy to personalize. Templates are included. *The quilt measures 43" x 54" but the size can be modified easily. *The quilt is made of 2.5" strips of white (center) and multiple colors on both sides. *Supplies needed and fabric yardage required are included in the instructions. * Links to instructions for backing and binding are provided. These instructions are best suited for an advanced beginner who knows the basics for developing a quilt top and quilt sandwich.

Customer Appreciation week at The Quilted Hill. Who doesn't love a great sale? 20% off everything, up to 50% off selected items. The shop is located in Yamhill surrounded by views of lush Oregon farmland. I just had to check out the sale with my friend Marylou (not to be mistaken for Sunbonnet Sue) ran into a couple friends doing the same... Regardless of the gray, wet and windy... it's always beautiful at The Quilted Hill and oh dang...we had to drive right by my favorite barn on the way home.

Made with a variety of greens, and a punch of orange, these applique turtles happily march across the quilt on their way to delight! Finished quilt measures 36 1/2" x 48". Available as an Instant Downloadable PDF, printable from your laptop or desktop computer (not a tablet or phone), this pattern includes: + complete instructions + over 20 detailed diagrams + applique patterns for two sizes of turtles + quilting suggestions Listing is for an Instant Download PDF pattern, not a physical item. The quilt pictured is not included in the purchase of this pattern. For more of my quilt designs, visit my Etsy store, https://www.etsy.com/shop/Quiltfabrication. And for more quilting tutorials and inspiration, hop over to my blog, https://www.QuiltFabrication.com If you have any questions while making this quilt, please feel free to message me. Susan

Assembled and quilted by Kathy Happy Friday! I hope your 4th was fun. I've got 6 cool blue quilts to show this weekend. These are the first 6 quilts to be finished from the Hunter's Star block drive. Back in March/April you guys answered my call for blue Hunter's Star blocks for Covered in Love. Enough blocks for 15 quilts in all! My local quilting angle assembled and quilted these first 3 for me from the donated blocks. As most of you know, CiL makes quilts for patients dying in the hospital. We recently surpassed 330 quilts donated! Assembled and quilted by Kathy Gail C. had sent in 4 nice grey toned backings with interesting patterns just as I was packing up blocks for Kathy, so 3 of her backings made it on to these quilts. Thanks Gail! This has been one of my favorite block drives in a while. I love how all the shade of blue and all the different fabrics came out. Assembled and quilted by Kathy CiL is always especially in need of quilts appropriate for men, so these will be perfect! These last 3 were assembled and quilted by me. I like how the one above looks with all the blue-on-white fabrics. I used more of Sandra's outdoorsy novelty fabrics for the backings, perfect for a man. I can't remember if I mentioned on here yet that I bought a new quilting machine? I use a mid-arm machine (similar to a HandiQuilter Sweet 16). My previous machine was a temperamental hand-me-down from Nancy R. that I grew to love over the past few years. That machine and me quilted well over a hundred, probably a couple hundred, quilts for CiL. Thanks for Amanda for this cute backing Unfortunately my old machine was well past its expiration date and in May it finally crossed to a point where it was not usable anymore. A sad day indeed. Fortunately another local quilter, Angie, let me come over for a sewing day on her Sweet 16 so I could keep up. I bought a new mid-arm a few weeks ago, an Artistic Quilter SD-16, and it's so far so good! I love the increase in throat space and it is nice not to have all the idiosyncrasies my old machine had. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this blocks drive! And to Kathy, Angie, Amanda, Sandra, Gail, and others whose donations of time and materials has helped to finish the quilts. 6 down, 9 to come Covered in Love donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 300 so far! Our block drives are back on track and July/August is the annual "Oh My Stars!" drive. Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finished or Not Friday

I am so excited to share with you my Cypress quilt top. This is a fabulous design that is now available as a custom printed quilt top, no piecing necessar! Some of you may say - cheater quilt ;-) but

Learn how to make the fun and festive pinwheel quilt block. A photo tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #pinwheelquilt, #quiltblocktutorial, #quilttutorial

Yesterday, I was standing in line at the fabric store and saw this. It has always been one of my favorite magazines but I'm not yet a subscriber. What is wrong with me? Anyway, bought it. Inside was this quilt designed by Jane Vaughn called Petzel Twist and I fell in love and immediately wanted to make one. I don't have enough projects going on apparently. Looks complicated at first glance, but I was delighted to find out how simple it is! Love the illusion of interlocking "chains". So since yesterday, this is what I have so far . . . I have learned some things along the way and if anybody else saw this quilt and was wanting to make it, I have a few tips for you if you're interested. My impatience made it harder on me than it needed to be. Mistake #1. This is supposed to be a quick and easy pattern for pre-cuts. Jelly rolls in particular. Well, I don't have any jelly rolls at the moment but I REALLY wanted to start so just started grabbing fabric that I had recently bought. Dumb. I had to cut all those 2 1/2" inch pieces myself instead of just slicing something off of a jelly roll strip. Mistake #2. Using one designer's fabrics makes things a lot simpler to choose the colors. I didn't. Oh well, it is going to be a bit chaotic, but definitely colorful! The other thing that will speed things up is if you have sewn ALL the prints and background strips together like this before you start deciding which two colors will go into each block. Every single print rectangle gets a white square at the end (like the two on the right), and every single print square gets a white square and a white rectangle on either side (like the two strips on the left. Here is an example of what each block consists of. Here is what the above strips look like arranged properly to make a block: Every single block is sewn together in exactly the same way with the only difference being the colors and the fact that every other block is rotated a quarter turn. TIP: Pay close attention to what colors come next! I've already had to rip apart one whole block because I wasn't paying attention! In the meantime, I have also decided what I'm going to do with this coffee fabric. I had already ordered a book with coffee cup patterns in it but changed my whole plan and will be making placements and a table runner out of it. Much easier!! I'm so relieved to at least have a plan now. Linking up this week to Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework and am going to go explore some other blogs for some pleasure reading! Also linking to Main Crush Monday at Cooking Up Quilts, Design Board at Bits and Bobs, and Midweek Makers at Quilt Fabrication. Happy quilting! Janice

The Dresden Plate quilt block was named after the ornately decorated tableware of Dresden, Germany. These quilts brightened many households...