I get emailed about free quilt patterns very often, so I thought go a bit more into this topic today. I'm planning something similar with beginner quilt pattern, but that's a little later. There are lots of patterns online that you can get free, just do a google search and you'll find yourself an impressive lists of lots and lots of free quilt patterns. Today I'll be pointing to a ...
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Hand Cut Heart Quilt #7 + Free Quilt Pattern – quilt reveal + video tutorial
Today I'm showing off my 7th version of this quilt, all in blue this time, and I'm updating my tutorial of this block. I'm killing it lately with my scrap busting. Making monochromatic quilts is the way for me for this. Here's what I do: I have a basket for each color of my scraps. All the pink and reds have a basket, all the greens, all the blues, each has their own basket. When the ...
Emerge Circle – Pineapple Parade Quilt (quilt reveal) + a FREE quilt pattern
Emerge Circle is a group of 11 quilt makers (including myself) dedicated to making quilts for those in need. Our aim is to donate 10 quilts per year. Our circle is part of the bigger group of charity quilters called do. Good Stitches. You can read about it and it’s creator Rachel Hauser here. Every month a different member of our group is Lead Quilter and in charge of deciding on quilt plans ...
The Rescue Quilts – #1 – A Tumbler Quilt – the find and the pattern
The Rescue Quilt series is about finishing up quilt tops that were never completed and then remaking the pattern. Sometimes I find easier / modern ways to make the quilt pattern, and sometimes I change up the pattern a bit to freshen things up. Sometimes I will offer the quilt pattern to you free, sometimes it will be a paid pattern in my pattern shop. The goal is to honor the quilt maker who ...
Orange Peel Quilt Tutorial
Helloooooo! The past few days I have been working on an Orange Peel quilt. I thought I might share my method. There are 3 ways to make an orange peel quilt: 1. using needle turn applique 2. sewing curves 3. raw edge applique Today we are going to explore method #3. It is easy. It is fast. And it is lovely. The above picture shows my chosen fabrics. The three stacks on the left are ...
How to make a hexagon quilt with half hexies – free quilt pattern – 5 different sizes
Hey, hey! This week is MY week of hexagons. I have cut up 3 different hexagon quilts, one of them is for a custom order you will see in this post. Very scrappy. Two more to come soon, one will be a new pattern. I've been asked for a tutorial and pattern details for this hexagon quilt that uses half hexies. This will be a LONG post, so let's get right to it. No history this ...
Scraps with purpose
I think anybody who buys a lot of fabric ends up with a lot of scraps. Anyone who cuts into there fat quarters and half yards knows what I'm talking about. There are these pieces that end up leftover, not big enough to go back into where you keep your stash, but not small enough to trash either. So you keep it. Maybe you have yours sorted by color or designer, maybe by cut or size, but no ...