Think about you, quilting. Pair that image with your wildest, most wouldn’t-it-be-amazing dream. What does your marvel of a quilting experience look like? For astronaut Karen Nyberg, her quilting adventure was a literal out-of-this world event: making a quilt block in orbit, on the International Space Station. Wow! Inspiration doesn’t come on a scale much …
It's my turn to come up with an idea for the month of May for Imagine @ do.Good Stitches charity bee. I have loved the card trick block ever since I first started quilting 16 years ago. I actually pulled out my Singer's Quilting Bible (circa 1997...whew...getting old here) and lo and behold? I still had the quilt block marked! However, I have different sizes planned then the ones in the book. One 12" block and one 9" block! Hopefully, my bee friends won't curse me like they were when they were paper piecing their blocks for Imagination! I plan to share it as a free quilt pattern in the very near future. In the meantime, I will share the tutorial for both blocks. Shuffle The Deck Quilt Free Quilt Pattern .pdf download will come in the near future. Hopefully, I can replace the image below with the real thing in June with all the blocks my bee comrades have won! 12" Card Trick Block {Tutorial} Unfinished 12.5" blocks IMPORTANT: Fabric Choices. I recommend high contrast or value fabrics for this block. Each “card” will stand out more effectively while overlapping. Too low of contrast will cause them to blend more. For the sake of the bee quilt, I am requesting white backgrounds, but I think this would be an amazing quilt with a low volume background print! 1. Cut one 5 1/4" square fabric each of background and four "card" fabrics. A total of five squares. 2. Cut two 4 7/8" square fabric of background and one of each four "card" fabrics. A total of six squares. 3. Cut through the larger squares (5 1/4") twice diagonally to make four sets of triangles. 4. Cut through the smaller squares (4 7/8") once diagonally to make two sets of triangles. Note: the photo below is missing the second background triangle. It fell on the floor when I was taking photos *blush* 5. Layout your triangle to create the overlapping square effect. Use this photo as a guide. Note: You will have two small triangles of each card fabric leftover. Keep them for a future project. I'm planning on using these on the back of the quilt (flying geese?) Stitch your triangles together. Chain-stitching can be your friend. 6. Start with the larger triangles in the corners. Stitch the background triangles to the card triangles. 7. Stitch the marked triangles. Stitch the smaller triangles first. Then stitch the pieced triangle to the larger triangle. 8. Stitch the center block. Stitch two small blocks and then the piece triangles together. 9. Press your triangles and trim off your points. 10. Assemble each row. Then each row to each other. 11. Press block. 9" Card Trick Block {Tutorial} Unfinished 9.5" block Optional sashed block for an unfinished 12.5" block Note: Fabric Choices. I decided to do blocks to show that sometimes your fabric choices might be similar. The pink in this selection has orange and can read orange when cut into triangles. In this case, make sure that the two fabrics are not adjacent to each other and use your other fabrics to have your high contrast! 1. Cut one 4 1/4" square fabric each of background fabric and four "card" fabrics. A total of five squares. 2. Cut two 3 7/8" square fabric of background fabric and one of each four "card" fabrics. A total of six squares Optional Sashing: For the purpose of my quilt design there is sashing to take the 9" block to 12" 3. Cut two 2" x 9.5" strips from background fabric. 4. Cut two 2" x 12.5" from background fabric. 5. Repeat steps 3 through 11 from the 12" block tutorial to have a complete 9" block. The layout is the exact same, just smaller pieces! Optional: Once you have pressed the block, add the 2 short background strips (2"x 9.5") to each side of the 9" card block. Press the seams. Add the 2 longer background strips (2" x 12.5") to the top and bottom. Press block. Hope this tutorial is helpful! Stay tuned for the entire free quilt pattern!
It is time to move on to block 13, of the I dropped the button box crazy quilt. I know many people enjoy monotone crazy quilt blocks and I hope people will enjoy seeing it in more detail over the next week or so. As you can see there are 6 …
Celebrate Christmas in July with these fun throws using the Christmas Countdown Blocks!
Bald ist es wieder so weit: wir können uns über die ersten Winterlinge, Schneeglöckchen und Märzbecher freuen. Mit diesen Farben der ersten Frühjahrsblüher habe ich mir einen Tischläufer genäht. Die
Create a new quilt design by mixing and matching your favorite 6"-square blocks. These patterns include traditional piecing and appliqué techniques.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment on my Modern Sampler Quilt options! You are all SO right! I need more blocks! So it will be at least nine blocks... And I made another decision... My Modern Sampler will include a variety of blocks made from Half Square Triangles! So today's block is a 4 X 4, with the final size being 12" I love pinwheels and stars so this seemed to be a great way to combine the two! I think I'd like to do a 5 X 5 block next time?? 7 down, 2 to go! (77% There!) Happy Sewing! SUZ
Learn how to make this simple and versatile star quilt block. Tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #friendshipstarquiltblock, #quiltblocks, #piecingquiltblocks
A quick and fun quilt project in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Over the past few weeks I've had the chance to sew with a new fabric line from Penny Rose fabrics, called Faded Memories. It's designed by Gerri Robinson (Planted Seed Designs). The line has a mix of pretty, deep reds and blues (see all of the prints here). For my project I wanted to keep things simple - and classic. So I chose to use just a few of the blue prints from the line, and what's more classic than a good ol' Irish Chain quilt? The navy in this line is such a great navy color - it's not a black-navy, and not a purple-navy. It's just...navy! And the lighter blue color is lovely - almost a cornflower blue. See that blue floral border print? I chose it because it reminded me of the pretty blue and white pottery (like this) that my mother-in-law used to have displayed in her home years ago. Irish Chain quilts usually look more complicated than they actually are, and this quilt is no exception. Strip piecing makes quick work of the nine-patch blocks: You can make all of the nine patches from one print like I did here, or you could make it scrappy like in this red & white version. The finished quilt measures 56" x 68" (throw size). Make sure you go here and grab the free downloadable PDF pattern for this quilt!
Today I have a quilt block tutorial showing you how to sew this Adori quilt block. It's a great block to use up scraps as well!
Create a new quilt design by mixing and matching your favorite 9"-square blocks. These patterns include traditional piecing and appliqué techniques.
Learn how to cut and resew a ho-hum four-patch block and turn it into a spectacular disappearing four-patch quilt block. (Easy, too!)
Top US quilting blogger, Seams Like a Dream Quilt Designs, features all the info you need to know about the 9 Patch Block. Click here now!!
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Hi! This is Kim and I am back with 3 fun projects to share with you. This tutorial will be for a table runner, wall hanging and lap quilt. These are all done using triangles, but you don’t ha…
Air Castle block is an interesting design and a great way of experimenting with different forms of triangle construction. I am using three different techniques to form the three different units of this block. The corner units are half square triangles (HST), the middle unit is a square-in-a-square block where I use snowball corners, and the star points have both quarter square triangles (QST) and HST.
So, it's been like a thousand years since I last posted here. But there's been so much happening, so many changes in my life that I had to let some things go. My blog being one of them. I have lots to
The Thirteen Squares pattern is easy to sew together and creates a wonderful design across a quilt top! The block can be made with yardage or scraps (or both)!
It's my turn to come up with an idea for the month of May for Imagine @ do.Good Stitches charity bee. I have loved the card trick block ever since I first started quilting 16 years ago. I actually pulled out my Singer's Quilting Bible (circa 1997...whew...getting old here) and lo and behold? I still had the quilt block marked! However, I have different sizes planned then the ones in the book. One 12" block and one 9" block! Hopefully, my bee friends won't curse me like they were when they were paper piecing their blocks for Imagination! I plan to share it as a free quilt pattern in the very near future. In the meantime, I will share the tutorial for both blocks. Shuffle The Deck Quilt Free Quilt Pattern .pdf download will come in the near future. Hopefully, I can replace the image below with the real thing in June with all the blocks my bee comrades have won! 12" Card Trick Block {Tutorial} Unfinished 12.5" blocks IMPORTANT: Fabric Choices. I recommend high contrast or value fabrics for this block. Each “card” will stand out more effectively while overlapping. Too low of contrast will cause them to blend more. For the sake of the bee quilt, I am requesting white backgrounds, but I think this would be an amazing quilt with a low volume background print! 1. Cut one 5 1/4" square fabric each of background and four "card" fabrics. A total of five squares. 2. Cut two 4 7/8" square fabric of background and one of each four "card" fabrics. A total of six squares. 3. Cut through the larger squares (5 1/4") twice diagonally to make four sets of triangles. 4. Cut through the smaller squares (4 7/8") once diagonally to make two sets of triangles. Note: the photo below is missing the second background triangle. It fell on the floor when I was taking photos *blush* 5. Layout your triangle to create the overlapping square effect. Use this photo as a guide. Note: You will have two small triangles of each card fabric leftover. Keep them for a future project. I'm planning on using these on the back of the quilt (flying geese?) Stitch your triangles together. Chain-stitching can be your friend. 6. Start with the larger triangles in the corners. Stitch the background triangles to the card triangles. 7. Stitch the marked triangles. Stitch the smaller triangles first. Then stitch the pieced triangle to the larger triangle. 8. Stitch the center block. Stitch two small blocks and then the piece triangles together. 9. Press your triangles and trim off your points. 10. Assemble each row. Then each row to each other. 11. Press block. 9" Card Trick Block {Tutorial} Unfinished 9.5" block Optional sashed block for an unfinished 12.5" block Note: Fabric Choices. I decided to do blocks to show that sometimes your fabric choices might be similar. The pink in this selection has orange and can read orange when cut into triangles. In this case, make sure that the two fabrics are not adjacent to each other and use your other fabrics to have your high contrast! 1. Cut one 4 1/4" square fabric each of background fabric and four "card" fabrics. A total of five squares. 2. Cut two 3 7/8" square fabric of background fabric and one of each four "card" fabrics. A total of six squares Optional Sashing: For the purpose of my quilt design there is sashing to take the 9" block to 12" 3. Cut two 2" x 9.5" strips from background fabric. 4. Cut two 2" x 12.5" from background fabric. 5. Repeat steps 3 through 11 from the 12" block tutorial to have a complete 9" block. The layout is the exact same, just smaller pieces! Optional: Once you have pressed the block, add the 2 short background strips (2"x 9.5") to each side of the 9" card block. Press the seams. Add the 2 longer background strips (2" x 12.5") to the top and bottom. Press block. Hope this tutorial is helpful! Stay tuned for the entire free quilt pattern!
