It’s National Quilting Day and I have a Carpenter’s Star tutorial to share with you. For the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge at So Scrappy, I’ve been making these blocks as my primary project. Star blocks are my favorites and I’m always looking…
Rainbow Ribbon Chevron Tutorial
The quilt I made is baby size, finishing about 40” x 48”. I had six fat quarters and didn’t want to piece the back so that is the size I planned. If you want a larger quilt it is easy…
Trimming Mini Flying Geese
Every time I work on a small project I think it takes as much time to make a mini as it does a full-size quilt. This latest little wall hanging was no exception. Awhile back I came across a pattern…
DWM-Baby Quilt Blitz-Day 8
Wow! The Baby Quilt Blitz started last Monday and we’re not finished yet. Today’s quilt is a super simple design. I’ve seen many variations and chevrons are everywhere but I still like the simplicity of it. As it happened, the…
Baby Quilt Blitz-Day 6
When I was writing the post for yesterday’s quilt, another variation of sashed squares, I thought of that old knock-knock joke: Knock-knock. Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock-knock. Who’s there? Banana. Banana who? Knock-knock. Who’s there? Orange. Orange who?…
Baby Quilt Blitz-Day 3
Today’s quilt was inspired by one I made awhile back using a layer cake. It was made with a technique where you stack 4 squares, cut horizontally, cut vertically and shuffle so you end up with four different fabrics in…
Baby Quilt Blitz-Day 2
Today’s quilt is similar to yesterday’s but it has checkerboard sashing on two sides. I was inspired by this tile floor. I had to do a little playing around with it in EQ7 to make it work for charm squares…
Tuesday Technique: Crazy Curves
As I mentioned yesterday, I love using the curve templates from Elisa’s Back Porch. When I discovered that the 8” Rainbow Template fit perfectly on a layer cake it became one of my go-to quilts. It takes less than an…
Easy Striped Blocks Tutorial
This is one of those blocks where the fabric does all the work so it looks more complicated than it is. It is SO easy to make these blocks—here’s how. You will need a half-square triangle ruler like the Omni…