Layer Cake Shake Quilt is the perfect project for beginners. It's quick and easy, and the pattern looks so pretty!
It’s time to break some dishes with brand new stitches! In the latest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series, Kimberly shows how to turn a simple
Save time quilting with this cutting shortcut. The Stripology ruler saves so much time when cutting strips and squares for your quilt.
Jump for joy, because we are releasing our newest Shortcut Quilt pattern: Jolly Bar Jump! This quilt is super simple and quick to make from one of our
We're back for another Shortcut Quilt and this one is so our jam! We're going back to an all-time favorite, Jelly Roll Jam and bumping it up to a Half
Need a free quilt pattern for beginners? This post has got you covered! Learn how to make a perfect square throw quilt with detailed instructions.
We MEET Emily Watts, Nic Vaughan and Monika Henry. We MAKE stars, triangles and more. And we MOTIVATE you to streamline your piecing.
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You’ll relish making this quilt! Jelly Roll Relish is the next installment in our beloved Shortcut Quilt Series. Shortcut Quilts start with precuts, so you can start sewing right away! Each of our Sho
Save time quilting with this cutting shortcut. The Stripology ruler saves so much time when cutting strips and squares for your quilt.
Check out these 2 shortcuts. One of them makes four 3 patch quarter square triangle at once. The other one makes two 4-patch quilt blocks Order my book Turnabout Patchwork “Turnabout Patchwor…
Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.com just released her 5th step in her recent mystery "Roll Roll Cotton Boll" and we are now faced with 600 HSTs!!!!!!! Oh and by the way they are 1.5" finished. Here's an easy way to do 8 at once: Unfinished Size HST Needed: If you need a different size, feel free to email me. For RRCB you will use 4.5" squares. Draw two lines diagonally, and one horizontally, and one vertically. Your half line will be at the 2.25" mark. With your two squares Right Sides Together, stitch a SCANT 1/4" from each diagonal line. Cut on your diagonal lines. Then cut on your other drawn lines, Vertically, and horizontally (cut the previous cuts in half) Trim dog ears, Press and Voila! This quilt is now available in Bonnie Hunter's Quilting book called "String Fling"
And back again with another Shortcut Quilt! We have a fun quilt along featuring a new, free pattern – Fat Quarter Cobblestone – and video tutorial! This quilt is fun to make and takes you right on the
Precut squares are the perfect choice for this quick quilt! Once you try this shortcut 4-patch method you'll never go back to the traditional way!
Learn how to sew a big star quilt using a free pattern. This fast and easy throw quilt pattern makes a great gift.
Learn how to easily calculate quilt binding taking into account the size of the quilt and the extra binding needed to turn corners and join ends.
Quilting for beginners has never been this easy. One of our most popular videos on YouTube is the Easiest Quilt Ever tutorial. It has over half a million views at this point with over 24,000 likes. It's a super easy quilt so perfect for a beginner. There's no binding and it's so simple that you could easily make this in a day. No wonder it's popular. With this in mind, we decided to put together version 2 of the quilt. This one is just as easy but has a variation in the design and how it is pieced together. Quilting
I put all those triangles to use this weekend and a mini-quilt was born. It still needs to be pressed, and then I think I’ll make it into a size we can use around the house. The triangles were leftover from making these blocks: The quilt turned out fab. I got myself a bunny this...Read More
Two weeks ago I showed some photos of this block Flying Swallows or Circling Swallows BlockBase #3758 https://encyclopediaquiltpatterns.blogspot.com/2017/07/flying-swallows.html The Give Away is over and BRIDGET is the winner of an Arnold's Attic jellyroll. She was the last to comment within the official time period. Thanks to all commenters. Here's the free pattern for a 12" block. Rotary Cutting Instructions ' A - Cut 4 squares 4". B - Cut 1 square 6-1/4". Cut diagonally twice to make 4 triangles. You need 4 triangles. C - Cut 16 squares 2-3/8". Cut each in half diagonally to make 2 triangles. You need 32 triangles. D - Cut strips 1-1/2" wide. Cut 45 degree angles to make diamonds which are 2-1/4" on the sides. You need 24. Here are the rotary cutting instructions from BlockBase. I modified them to make it easier to cut and find the pieces. I did these sketches using Metropolitan Fair fabric plus some background. A 12" block is rather small for so many pieces, but I chose that size because it would work with JellyRolls. You might want to make it 16" or 20"---it's easy to recalculate in BlockBase. In the comments someone suggested hand piecing. Good for EPP, English Paper Piecing too
Tutorial how to sew an expensive looking boxy tote bag from one cut of double faced quilted fabric and in one afternoon with this Shortcut Quilted Tote sewing pattern.
This is the Shortcut Quilted Tote that you can make in one afternoon! And as a great bonus, the tutorial is free. This large, sturdy and padded quilted bag is
Self-Binding Quilt Tutorial Self Binding means: Bring the quilt backing to the front and using it as your binding, I am bring this over from The Quilt Ladies, this post is used and asked for all the time, Thank you for that. Just a few days ago I received this comment on my original post: … Continue reading "Self-binding a Quilt Tutorial"
The Checkered Garden block only LOOKS complicated. But it comes together quickly and accurately with some great shortcuts!
Learn how to use the Magic 8 Method when making Half Square Triangles and Pinwheels! It's a much faster way to piece Pinwheel and HST Quilts!
I've been making a lot of pillows lately as part of my determination to Make More Buy Less this year. I got the idea from Melissa over at Oh How Sweet Co and have been up to my ears in pillow making ever since! This pillow was made a little while ago. You might remember
With several Swoon “quiltalongs” going on right now, there are a ton of beautiful Swoon blocks popping up on my Instagram feed. And, lots of finished quilts even. I joined in last month…
A couple of weeks ago, I started a little scrap quilt using 2½” squares and leftover binding ends that I couldn’t seem to throw out. I showed my process for partial seams in making those super simple but interesting blocks in that week's blog post, Partial to Scraps!I made a total of sixteen blocks that ended up 6½” square. Now, to figure out a layout 🙂I decided on four rows of four blocks to make a square quilt. I thought it would be more interesting to put the blocks on point.… and that meant
I promised a tutorial for the string blocks and I had second thoughts.....why try to improve on my original source. The very best pla...
Today we’re going to cover a basic quilt block: the Diamond in a Square. The traditional way would have you cut a diamond and four...
The disappearing nine patch is a deceptively simple quilt block, perfect for beginners and a great shortcut block with tons of variations
This simple step HST scrap trick will save you time in the sewing/quilting process and make your HST scraps a breeze! Quilt faster and use up those scraps!
Check out this video filled with quilt backing tips. Learn from the pros how to make a reversible quilt and what you’ll need to take into consideration.
Get a free PDF quilt pattern! The Duval Star quilt pattern (previously named Reverse Star) uses fat quarters!
