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 is a clever little block that looks great in a variety of scraps. Fast, easy, and fun to make! This 12″ block is part of a free Block of the Month series hosted by #QuiltBlockMania. See the list of designers at the bottom of this page. Catch that Kite Quilt Block In this pattern,…
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…
What do you see when you look out the window of your home? Find your favorite outdoor view and feature it in this 12″ pieced block. Are you stuck in a room without a view? The option of adding a border to make a Mini-Quilt for the wall is included in the pattern. To visit…
This month’s blog hop theme for #QuiltBlockMania is Sparkle. I wanted to give you a block that could sparkle and be used for the holidays, so how about this star? Be sure to visit the other designers at the bottom of this page to see their sparkling blocks. This is the fourth and final quilt…
This month’s blog hop theme is Sweets. Be sure to visit the other designers at the bottom of this page to see their sweet block. To visit the other designers in this hop, see the list at the bottom of the page. To print this page, go to the actual post at https://scrapdash.com/chocolate-hearts-quilt-block/ and use…
The theme for #QuiltBlockMania this month is “transportation”. This Wagon Wheel block would make a great mini-quilt set on point, or a pretty full size quilt. 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…
Here is the classic men’s accessory – a bow tie! As it turns out, there are LOTS of different ways to make this block, and even more ways to use it in quilts, table runners and other bags. Of course, I had to make my sample using men’s ties! Yes, there is a free printable….
The challenge for this month is to create a block and/or project with the theme of Something Fishy. Here is a way to make a large fish block and set it on point. This Goldfish Block makes a great 12″ block for a table runner or quilt. To visit the other designers in this hop,…
Years ago, my husband and I took a long trip in our RV. We drove from Albany NY to the Grand Canyon, did the “Grand Circle”, then came back again by way of the southern US. We broiled in the West and got chased by no less than 4 hurricanes in the South, but that…
