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…
A Stack N Slash quilt is the easiest way ever to make a quilt of many colors. Gather a coordinated set of fat quarters, or just use scraps. Stack, Slash, Shuffle, and Stitch! It’s fun and easy. It gives a great improvisational look without cutting lots of individual strips, wasting fabric, fussy cutting, or sewing…
How many different ways are there to make a square-in-a-square quilt block? So far, I have found 10 different methods for making this versatile block, also known as the diamond-in-a-square quilt block. Set it on point a second time and it becomes the economy block! Here are four more ideas. How many variations can YOU…
I am delighted to be part of the Nifty Novelties blog hop. Novelty fabrics can be a challenge to use in a project – or they can be an inspiration! The bloggers that are part of this blog hop have created new ideas for using these fabrics. I have made an easy table topper pattern…
How many different ways are there to make a square-in-a-square quilt block? So far, I have found 10 different methods for making this versatile block, also known as the diamond-in-a-square quilt block. Set it on point a second time and it becomes the economy block! Here are four more ideas. How many variations can YOU…
