I would like to take a moment to thank OyVey Quilt Designs for donating the fabric I am using in this tutorial. It is from her new fabric line, Mosaic Masterpiece by Hoffman International. Ask for it at your local quilt store! Supplies you will need Before starting this or any other project, wash and…
Halloween Quilt Pattern Tutorial: I used to teach at a quilt retreat held at the Bayside Inn in Cooperstown NY. I wouldn’t stay at the Inn, I would stay in a camping trailer we had at the time at Shadowbrook Campground. One year I offered two different classes – a log cabin and a bargello….
Ringo Starr said he named his song after the story that Octopuses strolled along the ocean floor gathering rocks and other pretty baubles to make a garden. Is the story true? Indeed it is! Octopuses like to hide in small, protected areas. Sometimes they hide the opening to that area by piling up rocks, shells,…
The Batty Pumpkin Quilt Block is a spooky quilt block! This 12″ pieced block is using a bat for his distinctive smile. Or is it a grimace? Here is one made by Kelly M. Fabric Requirements & Cutting Instructions This tutorial uses a Tri-Recs ruler. There are other Triangle-in-a-square rulers that cut the same block….
The Crayon Box Quilt Block is a great block for a Back to School project. Before beginning, this or any other project, wash and press your fabric. Take the time to clean your machine, put in a new needle, and fill a few bobbins. To press, just hold the iron over a spot for a…
How To Make a Modern Table Runner According to the Modern Quilt Guild, modern quilts are primarily functional and inspired by modern design. Modern quilts often use bold colors and prints, high contrast areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, lots of negative space for quilting, and alternative layouts such as asymmetrical designs. The open design…
Oswego’s Harborfest commemorates the “Battle of Fort Oswego”, which was fought on land and by tall ships in the Harbor of Oswego, NY, during the War of 1812. The festival is normally held the last weekend in July. This 18″ block honors the Tall Ships that took part in that event. To make the block,…
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…
