For some reason, I have this strange itch to quilt. I guess it’s because of this baby boy who’s coming……but I can’t shake it. Usually, I

I promised to show you pictures today of a UFO from last year that I finally got quilted – thanks once again to my friend Joanne who allowed me to use her wonderful Gammill =^..^= This is one of my favorite quilts …--- my One Block Wonder! One of my earliest mentors when I first began quilting, Sue Pulling, taught this as a two-day class when Music City had its retreat in March of last year. Sue came all the way from Michigan to join the retreat with her old friends and teach the class. And what a class it was!!! Sue is really, really good at what she does, and teaching is her specialty. We had so much fun with this technique! For those of you who are not familiar with this quilt design, it comes from the this book by Maxine Rosenthal. The basic technique is to choose a lively fabric with a fairly large design that contains at least 3 colors, making sure you have enough fabric to cover 6 repeats of the design run. This was my fabric…. You layer the fabric so that six repeats of the design lay one on top of the other perfectly, cut it in strips, then in 60 degree triangles. Then you sew the triangles back together to form a hexagon kaleidoscope! It was a blast seeing each of these lovely hexies come to shape right before my eyes! It was even more fun doing it as a class because we got to see what the others’ fabrics were producing too. I wish I had pictures of them to share, but I wasn’t blogging back then and didn’t think to take pics. One girl did hers in an African animal theme and it produced some amazing hexies! Others chose orientals which worked out just beautifully! Joanne (of the-friend-with-the-Gammill fame) chose a really lively and colorful fall fabric that turned out some of the most original and exciting designs of them all! Because my fabric is so bright and the colors are not your ordinary run-of-the-mill, I had a hard time choosing the inner border. I had a pink that went okay, and I also had a really nice lettuce green that worked perfectly. But both of them disappeared in the corners where they came next to the same colors in the quilt. And I felt they were kind of blah for such a lively quilt. Finally, just on a lark I picked this stripe out of my stash just to see how it would look – Eureka!!! But it needed something to stop the design between the stripe and the fabrics, so I put in a ¼” pink flange on both sides. I really LOVE that look.... However that love did NOT extend to the quilting! It was quite frankly a B**** to quilt because of those little flanges! I wanted to do an allover panto because the quilt itself was so busy the quilting would have disappeared anyway. But in order to do the panto, I had to pin down all the flanges and stop/start at each one, tie threads off, take great care not to sew over onto the flange…. None of this is easy on a longarm! I am really happy with the result, but I would only ever do it again for a special quilt like this one! For the binding, I decided I needed to use the stripe again, but not on a bias as I usually do for stripes because that just didn’t work at all. And once again, it needed that little bit of pink to corral the two different designs between the quilt and the stripe. I chose to do a small 1/8” flange under the binding which I think works out perfectly! It’s double the work, and a little tricky working the corners out because of all the bulk... .... but the effect is well worth it, don’t you think? So that’s my TaDa!!! For the day!!! Hope you enjoyed seeing my One Block Wonder come alive! I’ll be teaching a class on this at The Quilter’s Path in Mt. Juliet this summer, so check at the shop for times if you are local and would like to make this quilt =^..^= Hugs & Blessings, Teresa =^..^= FYI - Check out the cool giveaway going on over HERE at Lily Pad Quilting! And then go see what others are doing where I'm linking up this post: Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya Quilts June Finishes at Such a Sew & Sew Tuesday Linky Party at Quilting by the River Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story

We choose a specific set of materials and show you three different projects that you can sew with it. Using mostly precuts, these projects will have you digging through your stash to find the perfect fabrics!

Hello again, Heather here. I think I am the last person on the planet to finish a granny squares quilt. I loved them when they first came o...

My Scrap Group is meeting again today at my LQS. I finished the project from last month. Above is Scrap Jar Stars. The link will take you to the tutorial I used to make the quilt. Mine measures 45" by 60". Unlike the tutorial, I sashed each block which creates a nice secondary pattern. I quilted it simply with an all-over meander using white thread. The binding is some really ugly fabric from my stash. The binding is so narrow that you can't tell that it is ugly fabric. Perfect! I love the back of this one. The hearts is an IKEA print I won in a giveaway. The dots were purchased from eQuilter.com a year or two ago. They go so well together that they could have been companion prints. I don't normally put sleeves on charity quilts but this one will spend some time as a shop sample before going to charity. Thus it needed a sleeve.

I finally finished the baby quilt for Joyce's cancer event. I get such a rush sewing on the binding. I don't know if It's because I love hand sewing or that the quilt is almost finished. It just makes me want to get another quilt started. Things I learned: When you have a deadline, quilt making is not as fun. My FMQ skills are improving, although very slowly I really enjoy FMQ, I'd like to know about your adventures with it. The supreme slider is worth EVERY penny. Www.freemotionslider.com P.s. I had to improvise on the back because I didn't have enough fabric, but I love it! Xoxo Jenni

It's Tuesday again! Time for another fun block! Today's block is from across the pond by Jovita Goldschmidt. You can check out her blog h...

We're so excited to share another free project with you! This one is called Seeing Stars, by Alex Anderson, and is from Make Star Quilts. FINISHED QUILT: 48 1/2˝ × 54 1/2˝ FINISHED BLOCK: 6˝ × 6˝ TOTAL NUMBEROF STAR BLOCKS: 27 I love Star quilts, so I guess it’s no surprise that I would include one in this book. I decided to emphasize the star motif by making the star points darker than the star centers (or “bellies”) and—taking my cue from modern quilters—chose a fresh, sparkling white for the background. As a finishing touch, I dropped in a few random polka dot squares for visual interest and to complement the polka dots I used in some of the blocks. Designed and pieced by Alex Anderson; machine quilted by Dianne Schweickert Materials Fabric amounts are based on a 42˝ fabric width. ASSORTED LIGHT TO DARK COLORFUL PRINTS: 1 yard total for stars WHITE SOLID: 3 yards for block backgrounds, filler strips, filler squares, outer border, and binding LIGHT PRINT: 1/4 yard for filler squares A TEAL AND A BLUE SUBTLE PRINT: 1/8 yard of each for flat piping BACKING: 3 yards of fabric (horizontal seam) BATTING: 53˝ × 59˝ Cutting All measurements include 1/4˝-wide seam allowance. Cut strips on the crosswise grain of the fabric (selvage to selvage) unless otherwise noted. See the introduction to Piecing the Blocks (next page) for the number and combination of pieces you’ll use for each block. ASSORTED COLORFUL PRINTS Cut 108 squares 2 3/8˝ × 2 3/8˝ in matching sets of 4 for star points. Cut 27 squares 3 1/2˝ × 3 1/2˝ for star centers. WHITE SOLID—LENGTHWISE GRAIN Cut 2 strips 3 1/2˝ × 42 1/2˝. Cut 2 strips 3 1/2˝ × 54 1/2˝. REMAINING WHITE SOLID Cut 27 squares 4 1/4˝ × 4 1/4˝ for star-point units. Cut 108 squares 2˝ × 2˝ for block corners. Cut 11 squares 6 1/2˝ × 6 1/2˝ for large filler squares. Cut 20 rectangles 3 1/2˝ × 6 1/2˝ for filler strips. Cut 4 rectangles 3 1/2˝ × 12 1/2˝ for filler strips. Cut 1 rectangle 3 1/2˝ × 9 1/2˝ for filler strip. Cut 4 squares 3 1/2˝ × 3 1/2˝ for small filler squares. Cut 6 strips 2 1/8˝ × the fabric width for binding. LIGHT PRINT Cut 9 squares 3 1/2˝ × 3 1/2˝ for filler squares. BLUE AND TEAL PRINTS—FROM EACH Cut 3 strips 1˝ × the fabric width. Construction PIECING THE BLOCKS For each of these blocks, use 4 matching 2 3/8˝ × 2 3/8˝ squares for the star points, a square 3 1/2˝ × 3 1/2˝ cut from a different print for the star center, and a square 4 1/4˝ × 4 1/4˝ and 4 squares 2˝ × 2˝ cut from the white solid for the background. 1. Use 4 matching print squares 2 3/8˝ × 2 3/8˝ and a white square 4 1/4˝ × 4 1/4˝ to make 4 Flying Geese units. Make 4 Flying Geese units. 2. Arrange the 4 units from Step 1, an assorted print 3 1/2˝ × 3 1/2˝ square, and 4 white 2˝ × 2˝ squares as shown. Sew the units and squares together into rows; press. Sew the rows together; press. Sew units and squares together into rows. 3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to make a total of 27 Star blocks. QUILT ASSEMBLY 1. Arrange the blocks, the large and small filler squares, and the filler strips as shown in the quilt assembly diagram. 2. Sew the blocks, squares, and strips together in “neighborhoods” as shown; press. 3. Sew the neighborhoods together; press so that seams fall in opposite directions whenever possible. 4. Sew the 3 1/2˝ × 42 1/2˝ white outer-border strips to the top and bottom of the quilt. Press the seams toward the border. Sew the 3 1/2˝ × 54 1/2˝ white outer-border strips to the sides of the quilt; press. Quilt assembly FINISHING 1. Layer and baste the quilt, and then quilt as desired. Dianne machine quilted an overall motif of large bubbles and swirls over the entire quilt, picking up on the circles in the many polka dot fabrics. 2. Sew the 1˝-wide blue and teal strips together end to end with diagonal seams, and press the seams open. Fold the strip in half, wrong sides together, and press. 3. Trim the batting and backing even with the raw edges of the quilt top. Measure the quilt through the center from top to bottom and from side to side. Cut 2 strips to each measurement from the folded blue/teal strip. With right sides together and raw edges aligned, use a machine basting stitch and a scant 1/4˝ seam to sew the piping strips to the sides, top, and bottom of the quilt. Add piping. 4. Sew the 2 1/8˝-wide white binding strips together end to end with diagonal seams, and use them to bind the edges of the quilt. ALEX ANDERSON is a founding partner, executive producer, and co-host of the web TV’s The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims, as well as founding partner of The Quilt Life magazine. She has authored 30 books that have sold a combined total of nearly one million copies. Alex lives in Northern California. WEBSITE: alexandersonquilts.com This project originally appeared in Scrap Quilting with Alex Anderson by Alex Anderson. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Prairie Tracks quilt pattern is now on the shop!You can purchase a downloadable PDF or a printed pattern. I’m so excited to finally share the Prairie Tracks quilt with you all! I’ve had this design in my head for a while now, probably about a year. You see, I love bears and the moment I met the Bear Paw block, I knew I

Ice Crystals was designed in 2014 and updated in 2017. The current pattern release includes fabrics from Batik Textiles. With floating units, engulfed in a sea of background fabrics, the Ice Crysta...

PAPER PATTERN - THIS WILL BE MAILED TO YOU Size: 78" Square Materials Needed: SEE PHOTO GALLERY FOR REQUIREMENTS Designed by Lindsey Weight of Primrose Cottage Quilts

A carpenter's star is a popular quilt block pattern. Follow this tutorial to make a simple carpenter's star quilt.

Today, we’re thrilled to welcome Aurifil Artisan Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs to Auribuzz to talk about picking quilting designs and deciding between an allover versus custom quilting patt…

This is a listing for the Quilter's Palette Quilt Pattern ~ a traditional quilt design using modern fabrics, and is suitable for a beginner to intermediate sewer. It does require experience in rotary cutting and basic straight line sewing. It is a fresh and modern pattern based on several traditional quilt blocks and techniques for which step by step tutorials are provided including photographic images. Quilter's Palette Quilt Pattern is a user-friendly pattern and provides not only a step by step guide to machine piecing, but also details handy hints and tips which will assist in the successful completion of this project. Quilter's Palette Quilt Pattern includes: Comprehensive list of fabric requirements Guidance for choosing fabrics, colors and prints Sewing and basic patchwork hints Cutting instructions Tutorials for piecing traditional patchwork units Pressing tips Layout and Assembly instructions Basting technique Quilting Advice Binding instructions References Fabric Care Quilt Care Finished quilt size 65 inches x 65 inches. The size of the quilt can however very readily be increased or decreased by adding more or less rows/bocks. This listing is for a quilt pattern - pdf file. You'll be able to download the file as soon as your payment has been confirmed. See all of my quilt patterns in my Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/redpepperquilts?section_id=6687560 This pattern is not intended for commercial use. Please do not distribute without permission.

Use a Jelly Roll® to make this beautiful quilt.  Simple piecing and appliqué make this project easy to complete in a short time. There are two layout options for the quilt. The one shown on the cover is a twin size (62” x 86”). The other is a square layout 75” x 75”. You can chose one of these or experiment with another layout. Both have 20 star blocks in the top. The fabric requirements are the same for both. Pattern may be used for Quilts of Valor as the quilt fits within their size guidelines. https://www.qovf.org/ Some quilting experience is recommended. Jelly Roll is a registered trademark of Moda Fabrics.

Top US Quilting Blog, A Quilting Life, shares the Best Tips for Sewing with Quilt Strip Sets. Click here now for all the info!!

Welcome to our Neighborhood Quilt Club! Don't worry about how much experience you've had quilting. We're happy to hold your hand while you learn. Feel free to post questions in the comments below the posts. Also feel free to send us a photo of your block for us to post! We would all love to be inspired by your color choices!

In this video we explain the benefits of using a color wheel when selecting quilt colors.

The Homeward Bound Quilt Block is one of those classic quilt blocks that is very easy to make. It looks great made into a quilt, and it's one of those quilt blocks that suits a masculine room, in the right colors of course. Watch the video tutorial below or scroll down for the written instructions What You Need for the Homeward Bound quilt block: 1 - 6' square color 1 1 - 5½' square color 1 1 - 6' square color 2 1 - 5½' square color 2 TOOLS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL You can check the latest prices at Amazon by

This is a very simple bento box quilt block. Learn to make a bento box quilt block in less than 2 minutes If you enjoy my videos, subscribe to my YouTube channel. Block size 10 1/2 inch square Mat…

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Silver Starlight Quilt Pattern & Free Bonus Pillow Pattern - Jelly Roll Friendly & Scrappy Friendly! Fall in love with our beautiful & easy quilt pattern featuring an assortment of peaceful scrappy stars and solid stars that are framed by beautiful sashing & border. Perfect for a farmhouse quilt, wedding quilt or any day quilt! ♡ Make it for spring, summer, fall or winter. Pattern includes 5 quilt sizes - crib size, small throw size, large throw size, queen & king sizes! Simply pick your favorite jelly roll pack or scraps, feature fabric and background fabric. Beautiful to make anytime of year. Quilt Pattern Features: * Beautiful star design that's Jelly Roll Friendly & Scrappy Friendly * Easy to Follow Step-by-Step Instructions that include Color Diagrams and helpful Quilting Tips. * Versatile Pattern with 5 Sizes Included Crib - 44" x 54", Small Throw - 54" x 64", Large Throw - 64" x 74", Queen - 84" x 84" & King - 94" x 94" * Bonus Pillow Pattern Included: 18" x 18" square Full instructions with easy envelope-back closure * Quilting Skill Level - Easy - beginner. These 2 DIGITAL quilt patterns will be downloadable upon purchase. Copyright © Maple Cottage Designs Enjoy!

Ah yes it is that time again… I am setting another block for my fellow Do Good Stitches gang… and this month snuck up on me so I have resorted to a variation of an old faithful….the wonky star… For th

New version of my popular Lattice Quilt pattern using Rustic Elegance fabric from Riley Blake Designs. Soft palette and pastels create shabby chic look.

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Diamond Star Path Quilt Pattern PDF - Fat Quarter Friendly & 4 Sizes Included Crib Size, Throw Size, Queen Size & King Size! Enjoy making this beautiful & easy quilt pattern that features gorgeous stars on criss-crossing paths. Beautiful in blue & white, but imagine it in red & white, or a scrappy version. Perfect for fat quarters or scraps. Beautiful for summer, winter and all year long. * HIGH-QUALITY & Easy to Follow Step-by-Step Instructions and Color Diagrams - Also includes Helpful Quilting Tips along the way. * FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: (All sizes included in the pattern) Crib - 44" x 44" Throw - 64" x 64" Full/Queen - 84" x 84" King - 96" x 96" - with a stunning double border design. * QUILTING LEVEL - EASY - confident beginner This DIGITAL Quilt Pattern will be downloadable upon purchase. Copyright © Maple Cottage Designs

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This is the pattern for the candy canes block in my original "Wreath-o-rama" quilt. This is the third of nine patterns I released that together were used to create my "Wreath-o-rama" quilt in 2015 (see the third photo). This block finishes at 18" square (18-1/2" raw). Of course the pattern could be increased or decreased to any desired size. As a bonus, I've included instructions on how to turn the block into the 20" quilted pillow seen in the second photo. These directions take you through the step-by-step construction of the quilt block using the paper-piecing method. Please know that this is a pattern on how to make this block. This is not a kit nor a finished block nor quilt. Instead, this is a digital file of instructions (with diagrams & pattern pieces) on how to make a quilt block that looks like this one. Of course the look of the block you make will vary given the fabrics you already own or can obtain.