The theme of this month’s #QuiltBlockMania is Medical. Be sure to see the list of designers at the bottom of the page. Use the Print Friendly button under that list to print this page. If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-P or Flower-P. . While it was really tempting to go with the Red Cross quilt…
This week, you will be making the 16 green/gold blocksand 24 green/white blocks. P. S. Don’t worry if you get behind. Next week is a very easy week. You will be able to catch up. How to Make a Cat’s Cradle Quilt Block These are the blocks we are making this month. Just as a…
This week you will be making the 16 RED blocks. How to Make a Cat’s Cradle Quilt Block This is the block we are making this month. Just as a reminder: Method One uses HSTs Just 2-1/2″ (unfinished) squares. You will have an awful lot of seams, though. The block finishes to 4-1/2″ square. I…
How to Make a Cat’s Cradle Quilt Block This is the block we are making this month. I used this method in the free Follow Me Fish Quilt Block and Pattern. Because there is a detailed tutorial on that page, I am not going repeat it here. This block is very similar to the Shaded…
Here’s the quilt we are making. I’m calling it Bean There because it is created using the Corn and Beans block. Although that block can be made entirely of HSTs, I am not going to do that in this sew along. Although I suppose you could. I wasn’t going to put those instructions in this…
Here’s the Kite Quilt Block for #QuiltBlockMania. It’s a clever little block that looks great in a variety of scraps. Fast, easy, and fun to make! The pattern is available for free to subscribers at the bottom of the page. If you’d rather just print, click the green Print Friendly button under the designer list….
Summer is a time for travel, isn’t it? Looking around, finding new places to visit. Here is a quilt made with the Corn and Beans block, hence the name Bean There! This is a sew-along project designed to show you little tricks for easy quilt construction. Since you are likely to finish it by fall,…
In Honor of April Fools Day, here is a Garden of Quilt Puns! To visit the other designers in this hop, see the list at the bottom of the page. To print this page, use the green Print Friendly button at the bottom, just above the comments. If that doesn’t work, try pressing down the…
The theme for this month’s #QuiltBlockMania is “drink”. Since today is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, I wanted to represent a popular Mardi Gras drink, the Hurricane. You would normally drink that out of a curvy glass, but I decided to simplify the design and show a goblet. To visit the other designers in this…
Adding the Borders Assemble: Working with each group of strips individually, sew these strips end to end to make a LONG strip. If you prefer to miter the joins, sew the two strips right sides together at an angle. Trim seams to 1/4″ and press open. Assemble: When adding borders, it’s always a temptation to…
Making the Quilt Top Sew four blocks in a row, rotating every other block so the seam just touch each other. Use pins at these intersections to encourage this behavior. Make (5) rows. Press the seams of (3) rows to the right. These rows will be the odd rows in your quilt top, rows 1,…
Here’s a mystery that’s a fast as a 10 Speed Bike! It uses 10″ squares (layer cakes.) Would you like a chart of HST and QST sizes? It’s available free to subscribers at the bottom of the page. If you’d rather just print, click the green Print button at the bottom of the tutorial. If…
