The Summer Storm Mystery Quilt presents weekly free quilt and block tutorials. This clue teaches how to piece a quilt on the diagonal to set it on point. Setting a quilt top or block on point is a great way to make a quilt larger and add interest. It can be tricky to do, but…
It’s time to prepare the place for little creatures to hide during a summer storm. This is a bramble border is made from QSTs and is full of twists and turns and surprises. It will look quite ordinary when you create it, but wait until you add it to the quilt top! If you just…
Hourglass Quilt Block Tutorial If you are new to piecing, one of the most important things you need to do is to figure out how to cut along the straight of grain. Cutting along the straight of grain means that you are cutting parallel to the selvedge (sometimes spelled selvage.) It is the most stable…
Wednesday Whimsey An Irishman, by the name of O’Malley proposed to his girl on St. Patrick’s Day. He gave her a ring with a synthetic diamond. The excited young lass showed it to her father, a jeweler. He took one look at it and saw it wasn’t real. The young lass on learning it wasn’t…
Let me tell you about a class I once created called the No Whining Quilt. This was in the mid 90’s when the internet was in its infancy and quilters still drew inspiration from each other in classes and workshops. In this class, I encouraged students to think outside the box – to come up…
Here is a tutorial for making the quilt Linen Stories. This quilt is also known as Spring Linens. It’s the same quilt, just a different colorway. The idea for this quilt came from the tutorial I was working on for a Log Cabin quilt. I was trying to use a lot of colors, varying the…
I have to admit, I was a little worried about this mystery because it was so easy. But everyone has been kind and seems to have enjoyed the whole thing. I am going to leave this mystery free so you can do it again next time you need a quick quilt. The pattern is very…
Thanks for joining our Black and White challenge! Here for your perusal today is a tutorial for a black and white log cabin quilt block. One of the most traditional quilt designs there is, the log cabin block has its roots in antiquity. There is a mummy of a cat wrapped in a log cabin…
