Get Creative and Use the Blocks in Other Projects as Well! Row-by-row quilts are popular for good reason. Each row is made of repetitions of a quilt block, with (usually) no two rows the same. When the rows are combined into a larger quilt they often tell a story. It’s fun to see different blocks …
Hi everyone! I have some exciting news to share. I’m going to be hosting a Summer Fun Quilt Along – starting in June! This little quilt is full of sunshine and summer-time goodness. This will be a we
A free summer pinwheel quilt tutorial. How to make a cute and simple pinwheel quilt for summer. Fun beginner quilting projects and tutorials.
My pattern called “Summer” is now live on PatternSpot.com! Yippee!!
The free mystery quilt Butterfly Migration is a fun 45" x 63" quilt that looks complicated but is actually quite easy to make.
25 project ideas for summer-themed sewing projects including quilts, coasters, bags, pillows and hoop-art. Lots of citrus, watermelon, and strawberry quilts
I first starting making a quilt when my oldest was just a baby. I was looking for something to do every day that couldn’t be undone and I saw a lady at church who had made a beautiful faux chenille quilt for her grandbaby. So, I got up enough nerve to ask her to show me how […]
Do you have a jelly roll of 2-1/2" strips but don't know what quilt to make with them? Here are some ideas for quilts and blocks.
Summer quilt blocks should be easy breezy, which is exactly true for the Star Spangled Quilt Block. This patriotic quilt pattern is the perfect quilting project to work on during June, as it makes a wonderful piece of quilted décor for the Fourth of July. You can use this versatile pattern as a wall hanging or to decorate your backyard BBQ on Independence Day. Our favorite part about pattern is that it’s a flying geese block, a recurrent favorite among quilters!
I added a new category to my Etsy Shop: single quilt block patterns in two sizes. This is the Ladybug quilt block pattern made with Mon Beau Jardin fabric.
These 25 Fast and Free Quilt Patterns are perfect for quick quilting for beginners, featured by top US quilting blog, Flamingo Toes. Click here now!!
Free Quilt, Block, Table Runner, & Craft Patterns These free PDF patterns and tutorials are both digital and printable.
Baby and Lap Quilt Patterns are between 40" and 60" wide. These patterns are available as a download or a physical pattern.
This fabric calculator will tell you how much fabric you need for both a quilt and its backing. Standard mattress sizes are given.
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Rise and Shine cute people... It's time to build another barn! YaY!!! It's Quilty Barn Along Day:) he summer is going by sooo...
Here is a tutorial on how to make a log cabin quilt in a Barn Raising style. There are also several other styles shown and even a bit of history thrown in.
Create this perfectly pieced heirloom in just 12 steps! The blocks in this e-book help you build your skills while making this quilt.
This article will give you inspiration for creating photos on fabric, list the supplies you will need, and suggest projects to create.
How does copyright apply to quilting and crafting? Here are some guidelines for respecting the rights of designers.
The quilt binding that finishes the edges of your quilt can add a decorative element of its own. Here is a tutorial showing how to add a faux piped binding finish.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Foundation Paper Piecing Paper pieced patterns are usually small so you can use small scraps for precise piecing.
This Let's Bake sew along mini quilt and hoop is so cute! Each part of this sew along can be done in one quilt together or as individual projects and still look fantastic!
Hi friends, This might just be the longest WIP ever....well, one of the longest quilts for me to complete - The Denim Triangle Quilt. It all began in the summer of 2011 when I was pregnant with my son Grey. Growing rapidly I decided in haste or was it my nesting instinct, to cut up all of my pre-pregnancy jeans. I believe it was a total of 21 pairs, throw in a couple of my husbands which were beyond repair and I had my work cut out for me, literally. It took a while standing at the kitchen counter of our old apartment cutting the legs off, then the side seams and using my straight acrylic ruler cutting into 6
Kassidy and I sewed up the adorable new free quilt pattern... Layer Cake Lemonade by It's Sew Emma during our "sew night with Kass" a few nights ago. We used Riley Blake 10" stackers for our Layer Cake Lemonade quilt. (Sidewalks - by October Afternoon) Riley Blake 10" stackers are the same as a layer cake ... meaning they are both precut 10" squares. Each of the Sidewalks stackers have 21 squares so we used 2 stackers. It took Kass and I only 2 hours to complete the top! YaY!!! Kimberly has a great video tutorial for the Layer Cake Lemonade Quilt on the Fat Quarter Shop Youtube channel as part of their Shortcut Quilt Series. CLICK HERE to go see it for yourself:) Yesterday my friend Kathy quilted a pretty overall rose pattern on the quilt. (thanks Kathy:) And I bound it last night:) Kass and I made the quilt for Sophie. As you know ... she is my cutie pie granddaughter:) I love to make matching things for her and her dolls. And of course… this project was no exception! So from the leftovers after piecing the Layer Cake Lemonade quilt ... We easily cut 30 - 4 1/2" squares. This is all we had left from the forty 10" squares that we started out with! Use it up Wear it out Make it do… Or do without! The 30 squares became a quick and easy doll quilt:) Fun! Besides... who doesn't like leftovers from layer cake? You shouldn't let one sweet crumb go to waste:) Mr.Vintage Sock Monkey had a quilty wrap up in the cradle:) I'm sure that Sophie Belle will adore her new Layer Cake Lemonade quilt ... as well as the one for Dolly:) Have a quilty kind of day! xx Lori
Good grief, the time goes by quickly. Today is a gorgeous summer day in Maine--breezy, 74 degrees, low humidity, and lots of sunshine--exactly the way a summer day should be in Maine. We've had just a few days of heat and humidity here and there, and I don't think we've hit 90 degrees yet this summer. I'm hoping August will be as nice. We've had a good mix of rain and sun this summer as well, which has been good for the plants. The hostas are blooming... ...the black-eyed susans are blooming... ...and the tiger lilies are just coming into bloom. I'm not much of a gardener, so it's good these flowers can take care of themselves. Cherries are in season this month too, and the local grocery has had them on sale for the last three weeks for $2.49 a pound, the lowest I've seen. I bought a couple pounds and made this Cherry Buttermilk Clafoutis, cherries in sort of a custard-type filling. The recipe came from the Relish.com website, and it was really good. Tacoma Lakes Quilters had their summer picnic this month, and most of the chapter attended. We always have a potluck edible buffet, which is so good; and this year we tried something a little different--an Inedible Buffet. Each of the participants was asked to make identical items for each person in the group, then all the items were placed in baskets on a table, and we each went round and chose from all the different baskets. There were 32 participants this year, so we went home with quite a variety of kitchen items, sewing notions, some fabric, and a few miscellaneous items. I think my favorite thing was an awl, something I've wanted for a while and just never bothered to pick up at the store. We had such a good time with the Buffet that we'll do it again next year. The last weekend in July is also the month that the state guild, Pine Tree Quilters, hosts its annual show in Augusta. It seemed to me that there were fewer quilts this year, but it was a nice show. I only took a few photos of quilts I thought maybe I'd like to make sometime. This one was made by The Fabric Garden quilt shop for some kind of a contest and was one of my favorites. I thought the pattern was called Doubly Charming, but I couldn't find it on the web, so now I'm not sure. Pineapple, made by Anne Baker Red, White, and Blue, made by Carmen Dickinson.This was from a pattern by Bonnie Hunter called Smith Mountain Morning. I really liked it done in patriotic colors. Just Takes 2 Blue, made by Dianne Barth. This evidently was from a block of the month designed by Brenda Papadakis of Dear Jane fame. Dianne Hire, who is a nationally known quilter, wrote a book called App is For Applique, released in 2013 by AQS. It consists of 14 of these gorgeous, detailed applique blocks, and the 15 quilts that were made with them. Oddly enough, the author only made one block and turned it into a small quilt. MaineQuilts had the exhibit of all the quilts from the book, and they were all fantastic. I have become quite enamored of the machine buttonhole stitch method of applique, and some of the quilts from Dianne Hire's exhibit were done this way. This block is from a quilt in the show made by Sue Nickels, who seems to do lots of quilts with this machine buttonhole stitch applique. I'm a big fan of Sue Nickels and her sister Pat Holly. I also took some classes at MaineQuilts this year, a couple for longarm machine quilters and one called Sliced Steps by Jane Hall. Jane Hall is the pineapple queen of the quilt world, and I have three of her books. She was a delightful teacher and shared some new ideas for paper piecing that I hadn't seen before. This was Jane's quilt for the class, and I'm guessing it might have measured something like 22" x 27", so a smaller quilt. A perfect little project for scraps, and not as complicated as it looks. We made a mockup from printed paper samples that Jane gave us; and since it was only a 3-hour class, most of us only got one block sewn. But it was enough to get the idea of how to do it, so I'll work on some more of these blocks. As for me, I have been chipping away at four sets of blocks on the design wall. The top half of the Curvy quilt is done, and I'm working on the third quarter of it; the star blocks are for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge; the plaid blocks will be for a friend of mine; and the rest are for a winter quilt designed by another friend. I'm afraid I won't get any finishes this month though. I did finish the purple String Theory socks though. This is a really nice yarn made in Blue Hill, Maine--it's got a some cashmere in it. I'm also nearly done with a little lacy cardigan, but I've been dragging my feet getting the neckband done. I'll get there.
Yay...I love tutorials! Today I am going to show you how to make this quilt using half-squares. This is a great project to use up scraps...love those kinds of projects. I upped the size of this quilt from the 27" x 32" in my shop to a wee bit larger 36" x 36". Keep in mind: fabric measurements are based on 44" wide fabric. WOF means 'width of fabric' (side to side -or- selvage to selvage) use a 1/4" seam allowance always stitch right-sides-together What you'll need: 98- 2.5" x 4.5" printed fabrics (slightly generous on both measurements for trimming purposes) 2/3 yard neutral fabric for background -- cut into 15- 1.5" x WOF strips backing & batting (abt. 40" x 40") basic sewing/quilting supplies How you'll make it: 1. Stitch together two of your printed fabrics along the long side. Press and repeat with remaining 96 printed fabrics. Trim blocks to 4.5" x 4.5". 2. You will end up with 49 half-square blocks. The quilt top has seven rows with seven blocks in each row. Lay out your blocks how you want them to be in your finished quilt. edited to add... When you lay out your blocks, alternate the direction of the first block in each row -- so the seam line is vertical-horizontal-vertical-horizontal. Use this alternating pattern for the blocks within each row as well as. ...whew, now you've got it all. Enjoy!! 3. Stitch the right side of the first six blocks in each row... ...to the neutral strip using the string piecing method as shown below. Press seams and trim. 4. Stitch blocks together so a neutral strip is between two blocks. Press seams. 5. Stitch a neutral strip to the bottom of the top six rows. Press toward the neutral. 6. Continue stitching all rows together along the long sides. Make sure there is a neutral strip between each row! 7. Stitch one neutral strip to the right side of the quilt front and one to the left. Press toward the neutral and trim. 8. Stitch one neutral strip to the top of the quilt front and one to the bottom. Press toward the neutral and square up corners. QUILT TOP COMPLETE!! I really like how this quilt turned out with these Heather Bailey prints. So bright and cheery. I'm waiting on my solid fabric for the back to show up but I'm anxious to share this tutorial so why wait? I'll be sure to post completed photos once it's all done.
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Bust your scrap stash with this rainbow scrappy summer tourist quilt pattern.
My newest pattern is here ! Yay!
Quilt Block Patterns C Here is an illustrated list of quilt blocks and their patterns listed in alphabetical order. Patterns starting with C.
Phoebe Moon Quilt Patterns are original patterns with full-color illustrations and clear, easy-to-follow instructions. Enjoy the creative journey!
This bundle includes all of the Quilty Love star best sellers! Add these star quilts to your pattern collection! Quilt patterns included: Night Stars quilt pattern Quilty Stars quilt pattern Expanding Stars quilt pattern Pattern assumes that the quilter has basic piecing and quilting knowledge. Fabric Requirements listed in photos. Quilty Love Patterns are easy to read and follow with detailed cutting instructions and plenty of graphics for the visual learner. ABOUT THE PDF PATTERN: This listing is for the digital PDF copies of these patterns. You will receive PDF files to download to your computer. Can be printed as 8.5x11 or viewed on your device. Pattern is full color with clear instruction and diagrams. Pattern is one person use. Do not copy, sell, or distribute without written consent. License to sell: You may sell the items you have made using this pattern as a small independent seller. Please credit the pattern design as Emily Dennis Patterns.
My wonderful husband made the awesome hanging bar for this quilt that will go up for auction for our neighborhood elementary school this Saturday. This project represents a Kindergarten class at the school.All of the fabrics that are stamped in pattern were made by the kindergarten class! I am really happy with the way this has turned out!!! I hope it makes more than twenty bucks! (love the self doubt!)
Cotton yarn and a flip flop sole make this crochet slippers pattern perfect for warmer weather. These even make great outdoor shoes too! rn
Good morning, Morning! Morning, you are my favorite time of day. I designed this simple randomly patched quilt to celebrate the cool wonderfulness of summertime morning. Its predominant color is the exact shade of vanilla ice cream with a bunch of ollalieberries (a type of blackberry, bred here in Oregon) smooshed in.
The Summer Storm Block of the Month takes you through a rainstorm in a forest as you make quilt blocks. Full tutorials.
