Let’s add a little accent to some of the square-in-a-square blocks. Don’t put them together yet, we have more work to do! When you press a block, you don’t move the iron at all. I use and recommend the Oliso Smart Iron. Just touch the iron handle and it lowers, ready to press. Take your…
It’s time to make the square-in-a-square blocks that form the basis of one of the blocks in this mystery quilt. Since there are so many of them, I am experimenting with different Square Up Rulers. Take a look and tell me which ruler you prefer? Making the Square-in-a-Square Blocks, Fabric # 1 Assemble: Cut the…
It’s almost time for a picnic. Let’s make a pretty Tea and Crumpets Mystery Quilt for the table. Choose florals for a spring quilt or red, white and blue for a patriotic one. This quilt finishes at about 64″ x 77″, although you can make it bigger with borders. Have fun this summer! The Mystery…
I decided to compare quarter-inch feet for my sewing machine while making the HSTs for a broken dishes quilt block. When this colorful blog hop was announced, hubby and I had just been to the zoo. There was a Budgie enclosure there, and the zoo sold sticks with seeds attached that you could feed them. …
Are you ready to finish your Midnight Star Table Topper? Here is how I did it with no batting. This kind of finish is sometimes called a knife-edge finish and the quilt it makes is a summer quilt. That’s because there is no batting in it. This is a Four-Part Series of Tutorials. Assemble: Sew…
Do you struggle with Triangle-in-a-Square quilt blocks? They do make wonderful patterns, like Storm at Sea, but it can be tricky to make them in different sizes and square them up. Sewing those angles has always seemed to be a problem for me. Then I discovered the V Block Ruler. This is a Four-Part Series…
A square block sent on point can be colored in a lot of different ways to add visual interest to a quilt. In the case of the Midnight Star Table Topper pattern, it is used in the center of the quilt, with the star points reaching out from there. This is a Four-Part Series of…
Have you ever needed to make a lot of identical Half Square Triangle Blocks (HSTs) for a quilt or other quilting project? It can be daunting, but not if you use Magic! Here is a way to make 8 at a time, quickly and easily. [A quick note from Kris: I ended up making a…
