This is a great block to learn paper piecing on and use up scraps at the same time! You can use it to make a mini quilt with several blocks or just use it as I did for a small pincushion.
Bargello Quilt Along – Part 3
Bargello Placemat Quilt Along – Part 2
Part 2 – Cutting your tubes, using your seam ripper and sewing rows back together. Miss Part 1? You can find it here! By now you should have all your fabric cut and sewn together into tubes. Depending on which pattern you are doing you should either have four tubes sewn together for the placemats or two tubes for the table runner. If you are doing both you will have six tubes total!
Bargello Placemat Quilt Along – Part 1
Part 1 – Fabric Selection, cutting and Strip Piecing. Welcome fellow quilt alongers! This will be part 1 of a 3 part quilt along to make some simple placemats and an optional table runner using the bargello technique.
Cathedral Window Quilt Tutorial
I hope the instructions make sense, and that you enjoy making this blanket as much as I did. My advice...start small. Try a doll quilt or baby quilt before you get yourself in too deep. I would also say that as you increase the size of the quilt, increase the size of your squares.
Interlocking Seasons Quilt Block Tutorial
This 12.5” x 12.5” block will require 6 different fabrics; 4 for the outer rings, 1 for center ring, and 1 for background.
Swirling Hexagon. Quilt Block Tutorial
This Hexagon quilt piece will require 6 different fabrics and can be made as large as you’d like just by continuing the swirl. This tutorial will use three 1” wide strips and a 1” triangle per each color.
Modern String Quilt Block Tutorial
This Modern String Block is perfect for quick, minimalist quilts or table toppers. Use up some of your scraps to make these wonky striped blocks in order to create a gorgeous, understated finished product.
Dresden Plate Easy Tutorial
I've been on a dresden plate kick lately and have had many questions about the block. It truly is easy so I thought I'd share a little "how to."
Kaleidoscope Quilt Blocks Tutorial
I'm a visual learner so there are lots of pictures. I hope this is helpful as well as clear. So here we go...
Japanese Otedama Bags Tutorial
How to make Japanese patchwork juggling bags (otedama). They’re made from strips of fabric just 1 3/4″ x 3 1/2″. For the less coordinated among us who don’t have a hope of learning to juggle, these would also make super cute pattern weights.
Pebble Applique Tutorial
Scrappy Hoop Sampler Tutorial using Freezer Paper Applique. You can make this project any size you like. My hoop measure 8″ but you could go bigger or smaller or a different shape hoop. I really like the oval shaped ones . Or if hoops aren’t your thing you could go square or rectangle and stretch your fabric over a canvas or pop it in a regular picture frame.
DIY Applique Pillowcase
This pillowcase took me about a day to make but it was a lot of work. It's the first time I tried to applique something - meaning, laying a piece of fabric decoratively on top of the project, and then stitching it on there as an additional layer.
Patchwork Lined Zipper Pouch Tutorial
Once you know the technique of how to make one - you will quickly be able to make one of pretty much any different size using the same method.
Patchwork Pillow Tutorial
In this post, you’ll learn how to sew the simple patchwork top, quilt it and sew it all up into a removable cover for any bed. You can use this cover over a purchased bed, or make your own insert using stuffing or specialty materials like buckwheat hulls. You could even slip a heating pad into the cover for extra warmth.
Patchwork Pouf PDF Sewing Pattern
Add a burst of color to your room with this crafty pouf! At 17” wide and 10” deep, it’s large enough to serve as floor seating or a foot stool. (And if you have pets, I have a feeling they may want to make this their new favorite spot!)
Grandmother’s Flower Garden Hexagons Tutorial
This has to be my most favorite pattern of all quilts!
This is how i make my flowers... I hope that you'll find just how easy peasy they truly are and you'll jump aboard the lovely hexie ship!
Tutorial: Spiders Web Quilt Block
Here's a little tut on spider web quilt blocks ( for my bee-autiful ladies )... i know some of you may already know how to make these, however... this is how i make mine and i'd love it if you could use my tutorial to keep all the blocks similar :)