The New Years Day Quilt Mystery starts Jan 1, 2023 at 10AM Eastern. It’s going to become part of a series on How To Make Flying Geese blocks. To make this mystery quilt, follow the clues at the bottom of this page. You can print any page by using the green Print Friendly button. You…
The New Years Day Quilt Mystery starts Jan 1, 2023 at 10AM Eastern. I’ve decided to start a series on How To Make Flying Geese blocks, starting with this post. This mystery quilt is designed to show you the first two different ways to make perfect flying geese blocks.The fabric requirements to make it larger…
These Half Star Quilt Blocks are made from HSTs and solid squares. Remember the Half Square Triangles blocks you made in Month One? Well, you get to make more! I’ve made a wish list of notions that will help you – and books that use HST blocks – all from Amazon. Download Color Me Creative…
The Independence Block is a traditional block used as a barn block. Here is a tutorial on how to make it, along with pictures of it in use. Back in the early days of the Internet, I owned one of the very few online fabric shops called Besides offering fabric for sale, I also offered…
Now, I had an accordion as a child. And I *just* watched the Weird: the Al Yankovic Story on Roku. (Roku is half-price on Amazon as I type this!) And, of course, could could forget: But that didn’t help as much as looking through Pinterest and various other sites for accordions. Click on the caption…
The Controlled Scrapy Star is Block Eight in this Block-of-the-Month quilt. This month you will be making (4) “controlled scrappy” blocks. Instead of using random scraps, you will be using specific colors next to each other. You will be making the center star of the quilt. You are in the home stretch now! Download Color…
Boo!-ti-ful Halloween Wall Hanging An original pattern by Christine Schnaufer © Traditionally Yours, 1991 Chris Schnaufer offered this pattern to me when she retired back in 2003. I had it on the Quiltbus site until 2010 when I moved it to Scrapdash. This is a quick and easy wall hanging. Based on the Log Cabin…
The Churn Dash Quilt Block is this month’s block. What is a churn dash? It is the cross pieces on the bottom of the pole that is used in a butter churn. As you pull the churn up and down, the cream flows around the churn dash and becomes butter. The Churn Dash Quilt Block…
This Farmers Daughter is celebrating the harvest On the Farm. To make this block, you will need: Here are the Fabrics I am using PLEASE NOTE: This block finishes to 12-1/2″. Make the center nine-patch by sewing the 3″ red and 3″ background squares in (3) rows of three each. Press to the dark. Sew…
Why do I think the Stripology Ruler is a queen of gadgets? If you have followed this blog for a while, you have seen me use this ruler many times. I think it is the fastest and most accurate way of cutting strips. Here is why If you are new to piecing, one of the…
The Traditional HST Quilt Block is one of the most basic of all blocks – the Half Square Triangle Block or HST. HSTs are squares made up of two triangles. Each triangle occupies half of the square’s space. As you might expect, there are many, many different methods to make those blocks. In this month’s…
Heidi Pridemore of the Whimsical Workshop was kind enough to share her line of fabric for Island Batik with me so that I could bring you this tutorial. The stars in the Nightshade Quilt Pattern are shining over these night blooming flowers. Plan to spend an enjoyable day piecing this sparkling 30″ mini-quilt. Fabric Requirements:…
