Below is links to free paper piecing patterns I have designed or used to make quilts on this site. Just click on the picture of the pattern you are interested in and it will take you directly…

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Reducing bulk in Pinwheel Block seams is important for making a flat pinwheel quilt! Read this tutorial with pictures on how to get a flat pinwheel block!

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Assemble a 6" fan block.

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This traditional quilt block called Seesaw is a great beginner quilt block. It only uses four different fabrics and goes together fast! Let's get started!

Sail Boat Block Tutorial

Our February program for the Greenville Modern Quilt Guild was all about paper piecing so I used the opportunity to try out a block that has been on my to-do list, a classic pineapple block. After making one block, I don't think that I am up for a making an entire lap or bed pineapple quilt, but I think a mini would be very doable. For this block, I customized a paper pieced pineapple block from EQ (finishing at 7" square) and used leftovers from a Kona summer 2013 charm pack, giving the block a very fun and scrappy look. I thought that I would share the block pattern with you in case you too had a pineapple quilt on your quilt bucket list, here is the FREE quilt block on Craftsy. The pattern file contains the block template finishing at 7" square and a quilt color page to try out different color schemes. The pattern does not contain paper piecing or fabric cutting instructions. I hope you pop over to Craftsy to download the free pattern and if you make a block or a quilt, please share your results on the flicker group Meadow Mist Designs and/or on Instagram using the hastag #MeadowMistDesigns. Edited to add: Thank you so much for your enthusiastic response to the Kona Pineapple Block Pattern, it has made it into the top 20 best selling free patterns! I am linking up to Link a Finish Friday, Whoop Whoop Friday, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday, Fabric Frenzy Friday, and Show Off Saturday @ Sew She Can.

The materials you need are shown below; a rotary cutter, ruler, and cutting mat would also come in handy. The square on the right was ma...

Are there any of you who also have this problem??? I already made this quilt!!! But I just HAD TO make it again! You can see the original Fox among the Birches quilt post here. I never used to have this problem. You see, I don't have the talent of being able to look at a stack of fabric and envision how it will look once cut up and pieced into a quilt. To help me with that problem I purchased the Electric Quilt (EQ7) program back in November of 2013. Last year I wrote about how much I have been enjoying using the EQ7 program and listed some of the things I like about it here in this post. My problem now is that whenever I use the EQ7 program to draw up a new pattern design, and fill it in with different fabrics and colours, I alway end up making more than one colourway that I wind up wanting to make! Another reason I wanted to remake this quilt is that I had come up with a new way to piece the legs for the walking fox and shared about that at the Let's Bee Social in this post. So now today I am sharing the Fox among the Birches using Kona Steel for the background instead of the Kona Mushroom. I used a dark grey thread on top and plain white Gutermann thread in the bobbin. And I love how well it has blended in with the background and yet remained rather subtle across the orange foxes. The background is Kona Steel. The birch trees are made from Minimalista by AGF Studio and a dark and light black smokey looking fabrics. The foxes are Kona Kumquat and Papaya. The backing is a new stash addition (my first one this year!) from Bobbie Lou's Fabric Factory and is called Out Foxed by Michael Miller Fabrics. Normally, I first attach the binding to the back and press toward the front before topstitching to finish. But this time I sewed it onto the front and then pressed to the back. Then I stitched in the ditch along the edge of the binding, catching the folded edge on the back with the bobbin thread. It's a bit trickier. But I like the thinner binding edge to be at the front sometimes. And then you aren't cutting off the points of your piecing either. The "Fox among the Birches" baby quilt finished at 38" x 45" and was the 39th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels ordered from Ikaprint. You can find the Fox among the Birches pdf pattern here in my shop. Linking up to Finish it up Friday with Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts Am I the only one? Or do you ever have the compulsion to make more than one version of the same quilt? Keep On Quilting On! Follow To follow Sew Fresh Quilts by email.... Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

I really wanted to make an artful quilt to gift to a special crazy Frenchman in my life. I am going to get to see him on Friday, May 9th, so I decided that this past weekend I had better make somet…

Well hello and welcome!! It's the very last block tutorial in the Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along! Today we will be doing the very last block... Cow and Beehive! Grab your Farm Sweet Farm Sew Simple Shapes and let's get started:) Grab your Farm Girl Vintage fabric pieces that you have cut for this block:) Here are all of mine...ready to sew! Sew Simple Shapes that you will need are: H1 - 1 H4 - 3 H5 - 1 H10 - 1 H11 - 4 H12 - 1 H15 - 12 H17 - 1 H19 - 1 H27 - 1 H35 - 1 H36 - 2 H37 - 1 H38 - 2 You will need to cut your prepared bias strips into these lengths: 1/4" geen for flower stems- one 7 1/2" - three 6" and one 2 1/2" (I forgot to put the 2 1/2" in the photo) 1/2" dk.teal for the beehive stand - one 10" and one 4 1/4" with both ends of that one pressed under 1/4" Cut two 1/4" ones 2" long for the beehive stand brackets 1/4" wide coral- cut three 1" long strips and press one end under on each. For the cat tail and legs... use the strip that I had you cut on the bias for the 3/8" maker and curve the shape for the tail when pressing. The legs are not curved but I used the same strip for those and each leg is cut 3" long with both end pressed under 1/4" Before you sew your shapes... take one of the H-38 pieces(a cow spot) that you traced and draw a line up from the bottom about 3/4"... Like this. This line is a new sewing line for ONE of the cow spots. This one goes across the top of her back:) Here are my pieces after they have been sewn and trimmed. The pieces on the mat are ones that have inner curves and cleavage areas that need to be clipped before turning. Turn and shape all of your pieces using the point to point turner. Make sure that your background linen edges are zig zagged or served. Before I layed my pieces out for glue basting... I embroidered the barn cats face! I used 3 strands of Aurifloss for everything because his face is tiny:) Also take note that I cut one end off of the H-10 Sew Simple Shape to use for the door on the beehive:) When I laid out the udders... I pinned one leg down first and then the udder and the back leg on top. I trimmed the large circle used for the udder down for less bulk. Here's a close up of my barn kitty:) You cam make your tail longer or shorter...you're the boss of your own block! This is where I put the spot on the cow... the one that I had you mark a line on before sewing. This block finishes at 12" tall x 19" wide. You will trim it down to 12 1/2" x 19 1/2" when applique is complete. When you are laying out your block... do not let the pieces be wider than 18 1/2"... Or taller than 11 1/2". Once you have pinned everything down... check your measurements one more time... And it's time to use your Sue Glue! Remove the pins... lay your rulers on top with something heavy on top of that and let your glue dry for 10 to 15 minutes. Trace your embroidery lines on and applique! Fast forward and it's all done! I used 3 strands of dark gray Aurifloss for the top of the beehive and the hens legs, eye and beak. Embroider the hen's comb and wattle just like the others:) I used the brown Aurifloss for the cows eyes and horns... just like the goat block! I used 2 of the Nutmeg colored tiny buttons for her nostrils:) The 1/4" sized collection comes in this bag of Cute Little Buttons I painted the lid of one of my original Cute Little Button jars yellow and put a few little packages in there to keep and use...cute! I got so excited to add the buttons that I almost for got to trim the block down first:) You will need to trim this block to 12 1/2" tall x 19 1/2" wide. Take note... that is 19 1/2" for this one which is 1" wider than the last two blocks... so you will need to use a wide ruler for that part. Now to sew on the rest of the buttons onto the flowers:) Yippee and YeeHaw!!! The last block is completed and you can now sew your last row together:) It should measure 12 1/2" tall and be 55 1/2" wide just like the first two rows. All of the tutorials are now completed and I have loved doing each and every one of them for you:) Refer to your sew along guide where all of the measurements for putting the quilt together are there for your convenience. Next week for the big finish I'll show you my quilt all quilted and bound! And... I may just have a fun surprise for you as well:) xx Lori

When sewing minky to minky it is very helpful to use a walking foot. This will help guide the layers of fabric

Don’t let your extra quilt blocks go to waste. Get fun ideas on how to turn those blocks into quick and easy items with orphan quilt block projects.

How to make a disappearing 4-patch variation block Materials two 5 1/2 inch squares in red two 5 1/2 inch squares in white Quilt designs With sashing Without sashing You can combine both disappeari…

Double Pinwheel Block Easy Scrappy Style – Tutorial For some time I’ve been thinking about a Double Pinwheel and how to make this in an easier fashion. I think I’ve come up with something here. I’m excited! Hope you will be too! Do you remember when Jenny Doan showed us how to make pinwheel blocks … Continue reading Double Pinwheel Block Easy Scrappy Style – Tutorial →

Earlier this week I shared my latest quilt finish, a Shadow Block Mini Quilt. Today, you can make one, too. One very important thing to keep in mind with this project is that the smaller the project, the more important it is to be accurate. Be extra careful with your cutting and check to make sure your seam allowance is an accurate 1/4". If you do those two things, your project will come together perfectly. Fabric requirements: Focus fabric - Twenty 3" squares A charm pack (an assortment of 5" squares from a single fabric collection) is a good way to bring variety to the squares, or, if you have been quilting for a while, you can probably find a nice assortment in your fabric stash. If you wanted to cut the focus squares out of the same fabric, you need a quarter yard or fat quarter. Shadow fabric - 1/4 yard or fat quarter This fabric should be a solid, medium value neutral. The finished quilt shown uses a tan, but a gray, or even khaki green would work for this. As long as there is contrast with the background, it should provide the right effect. Background fabric - 3/8 yard light solid fabric Backing fabric - 5/8 yard Binding fabric - 1/4 yard Cutting for the quilt top: Focus squares Cut twenty 3" squares Shadow Cut twenty 1" x 2 1/2" rectangles. Cut twenty 1" x 3" rectangles. Background Cut forty 1" squares. Cut twenty 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" rectangles. Cut five 19 1/2" x 1 1/2" strips. These strips form the sashing between each row of blocks. You may want to wait until your rows are sewn together before cutting these strips. That way if your seam allowance is off a little, you can cut these strips to the length of your rows. Cut two 17 1/2" x 1 1/2" strips. These two strips will go on either side of the quilt top once everything is sewn together. Again, it might be a good idea to wait and check the width of your quilt for greater cutting accuracy. Make the blocks: Each block needs one 3" square of focus fabric, two 1" squares of background fabric, one 1" x 2 1/2" rectangle of shadow fabric, and one 1" x 3" rectangle of shadow fabric. First, stitch the background squares to the shadow fabric. Press the seam toward the shadow fabric. Next, stitch the shorter shadow fabric and background strip to the side of the focus block. Press toward the focus block. Then stitch the remaining shadow and background strip to the top of the block. Press toward the focus block. Your finished block should measure 3 1/2" square. Check each block and trim it to size if needed. Or, adjust your seam allowance if the resulting block is too small. Once you have made a couple of test blocks and are pleased with the result, you might want to try chain piecing some of the parts to make it go together faster. Chain piecing is when you have lots of similar piecing to do so rather than starting and stopping for each one, you stitch one right after another without cutting threads. It can also help with pressing. I chain pieced all the squares to the shadow rectangles. The connecting parts helped my pieces stay flat and secure on the pressing surface. It's hard to wrangle a tiny one-inch square for pressing. Once I had them all pressed, I cut the units apart and continued to the next step. Arrange Blocks and Add Sashing: Once you have twenty blocks made, lay them out in four rows of five blocks, switching them around until you are happy with the arrangement. I tried to do the arranging at the beginning but discovered it was too hard to keep them in order while the blocks were being assembled. You can see where I had already made two blocks to check my accuracy before playing around with the layout. I ended up arranging them again after all the blocks were made. When you arrange your blocks, make sure the shadows are all facing the same direction. The next step is to add sashing between the blocks. Each row of five blocks will need four 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" background rectangles sewn between. Press the seams toward the sashing strip. If your seam allowance has been accurate throughout the project, each row will measure 19 1/2" long. It is okay if it doesn't. Just make sure to adjust the length of the long sashing strips as needed. Now stitch long sashing strips (the 1 1/2" x 19 1/2" background strips) between each row, then to the top and bottom of the quilt top. The last step is to add the remaining two background strips (1 1/2" x 17 1/2") to each side of the quilt top. Your top is finished! Cut your backing fabric a few inches bigger than the quilt top. Layer the top, some batting, and the backing fabric and get ready to quilt. There are a million ways this top could be quilted, but I really wanted to emphasize the shadow on mine. It is heavily quilted with free motion straight(ish) lines sewn on each one. The only other quilting is straight lines along the edges of each block, both horizontally and vertically. There is no quilting on the focus blocks so they will stand up just a little more than the rest of the quilt top. Once the quilting is completed, trim and square up the edges and add some binding. I am finally getting the hang of machine binding so that is how the sample quilt is finished. This quilt is fast and fun to make. If you make this quilt, I would love to see how yours turns out. Please leave a comment or drop me an email if you have any questions.

I think I'm on a little roll here... Print or trace the block diagram onto foundation paper, number, and cut out as in the photo below. Foundation piece each section. Trim the seam allowances to 1/4". Sew together the two center block sections. Attach the side sections.

It’s time for the second block tutorial in the Whitney Sews Sampler Sew Along! Haven’t heard about it yet?!? Each month I’ll be sharing a step by step tutorial to make a traditional quilt block as well as how to sew...

How to quickly stitch up a randomised panel of patchwork squares.

A quilt sizes chart visually showing standard quilt sizes and standard quilt batting. Use this quilt sizes infographic to fit standard beds.

This Ingenious Solution Works Every Time! When making a quilt, do you ever find yourself having to sew several long strips together? Of course you do. And you may have noticed that after a bit your piecing project begins to bow and start to lose it’s shape. The more strips you have, the more it …

Yesterday was our 46th Anniversary - and what a fabulous day. First I went to the sew-in at Anacortes (more about that later) and Don stayed home and did housework and mowed the lawn (is he well trained or what?) Linda, from Fiber Fabrications and I left at 8 for the monthly sew-in in Anacortes, a bright and sunny day. We had a fabulous time, how could you not have a fabulous time with Linda, she is such fun!!! After a day of feasting and sewing and laughing and shopping I was back home by 4:30 and it was time to celebrate our anniversary. For dinner, we picked the Oboe Cafe, in the Best Western Hotel. A great choice. We had never been there before but had heard great things. The Oboe is softly decorated and softly lit, and all evening they played the most wonderful Oboe Music . . . The Oboe features local food and it was all delicious and excellently prepared. Starting with a pretty glass of ice water . . . Don ordered a large steak - with mashed potatoes and asparagus - ok - so he didn't order the asparagus (you know him so well) but it came with his dinner and I got to eat it. It was lightly grilled - to perfection!!! I had Alaska Halibut and Chips (you can see I've already snitched his asparagus) . . . The meals were all served in large bowls, even the steak. The servings were huge - here is what was left after I ate the fish - and many of the fries. They were delicious - and much too plentiful . . . I didn't get a picture of Don's plate after he was finished - but he only ate half the potatoes and half the steak. Very generous servings. Then, because it was our anniversary, dessert was on the house. Don's cheescake before - well sort of before - he'd already eaten the strawberry and some of the cheesecake. The cheesecake is made by a local company, Chuckanut Cheesecake Company. Don's dessert after . . . My banana split before - well almost before. I swear it was the size of Rhode Island . . . and made with local Mallard's Ice Cream. My dessert after . . . it was delicious, but I can't eat a dessert the size of Rhode Island . . . This was my gift to Don - a mug with a collage of photos of the boys . . . Just outside the window by our table was a waterfall and fountain, Herons in a pond . . . You can see the top of the waterfall behind the stairs. It is all so beautiful. We had a fabulous time celebrating together.

In this video sewing tutorial, I will show you how to sew mitered corners. If you are looking for easy quilt binding corners check out my ideas on how to sew a mitered corner binding and mitered quilt borders.

How to make this cute block zip pouch. DIY Tutorial with patterns.

Step-by-step guide on how to assemble a blanket of knitted blocks. Different ways to make horizontal and vertical seams and examples.

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Do you have some unused denim fabric that you want to turn into a quilt? Here are some denim quilt patterns you can try.

It is time for block 2 of the free patterns to support St. Judes that the Fat Quarter Shop is running, and it's the sewing machine! I decided 2015 was my year to do another charity piece to benefit an organization. When I saw that the Fat Quarter shop is again hosting a sew along to raise funds for St. Jude's I knew this was the one I would do. Their 2015 Snapshots Quilt Along is made with the beautiful fabric from the Daysail collection designed by Bonnie & Camille. For the quilt along, the patterns will be available for...

If you can sew a straight line, you are going to love this tip for creating a beautiful, professional looking, baby blanket with mitered cor...

Free large hexagon quilt pattern & template. Make a simple hexagon quilt with no Y seams with our tutorial. Uses half hexagon quilt pieces.

Shadow trapunto quilts- trapunto design made out of organza and batting.

This block looks hard yet it is super easy to make. The beauty of this block resides in the many quilt layouts you can make by just using different colours for each piece. How to make a&n…

What you need: -2 sheets of freezer paper cut to size or near finished block. Mine is 10.5" -compass to draw circle or...

Have you always wanted to try your hand at quilting but find yourself intimidated by the details? Then you'll love this Simple Lazy Quilt Tutorial! Similar to a brick road quilt, this easy quilt project is ideal for using up all of your fabric scraps, so you can save yourself a trip to the fabric store. This beginner quilt tutorial is the perfect introduction to quilting, so you can ease yourself into quilting without stressing about cutting complicated block patterns. You can use this quilting tutorial to design a quick quilt for your new grandbaby and it's a wonderful last-minute baby shower gift. Stop saving those scraps and put them to good use with this easy sewing project.