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November is family story month, and this quilt’s got my family talking. It’s a signature quilt with the names of my relatives, a special way to celebrate our family ties.

This is Kate from the marketing team, and today I’m sharing my latest quilt with you. For 74 summers, my father’s family reunion has drawn our kinfolk to the hot, scrubby land near Fredericksburg. This year, the gathering drew about 150 family members for camping under the old pecan trees. There’s practically no cell service, so everyone puts down their screens for a time to ...

Another granddaughter arrived last April, giving me reason to make a baby quilt. I selected fabric and a pattern months earlier. I turned to Scrap Quilts magazine, Summer 2012. My sisters and I created tangerine zoo designed by Brandi Frey one other time to commemorate the birth of a great-niece. See previous quilt here. I […]

Have you caught up with your Bountiful quilt? I have been a bit behind in posting my blocks so here is Release 4. It is the beautiful butterfly pattern, which I have to say was my favourite block. Release 5 has a video and instructions on how to finish the quilt top. You can find all the FREE instructions here and to make it easy for you FQS is offering the full kit for the quilt top and the backing. My quilt has been made using Beyond Bella by Annie Brady for Moda. The FQS has pre-cuts, yardage and patterns ...

Window Dressing was published in March 2023 in Make Modern Issue #51, in the category of Prints Charming! I smile every time I read that :-)

Made with Ruby Star Society Fabrics (Reverie by Melody Miller) provided by Moda, it is a simple design that exploits the value gradations for maximum effect. Put another way, the Prints Charming did the heavy lifting and I gathered the compliments :-)

Cold Day, Warm Quilt

For some reason, the blog publication of this quilt slipped through the cracks. But here we are now.  

Window Dressing finished at 60" by 80", making it a perfect size ...

Download your FREE block pattern for May and join us for a worthy cause. These 24″ blocks are the second instalment of the Bountiful Charity quilt. Read about the wildfire and centre blocks at the Jolly Jabber blog. You can learn about the sew-a-long and where to download all the blocks as they are released on the Fatquarter Jolly Jabber blog and don’t forget to tag your beautiful blocks when posting to social media #BountifulQAL Donations to the Make a Wish foundation can be made here

When Janet in my Modern quilting group showed me a photo of her daughter’s house tiles and asked me to draft a pattern, I immediately said, “Yes”. This straightforward pattern uses a simple method to make the star points. The pattern contains templates and a no-waste solution for the leftover pieces. The pattern can be purchased here For my sample, I made a 9-block version using Bella Solids and Grunge and pieced and quilted the project with Aurifil 50wt cotton.

Download your FREE block pattern for April and join us for a worthy cause. These 24″ blocks are the second instalment of the Bountiful Charity quilt. Read about the wildfire and centre blocks at the Jolly Jabber blog. You can learn about the sew-a-long and where to download all the blocks as they are released on the Fatquarter Jolly Jabber blog and don’t forget to tag your beautiful blocks when posting to social media #BountifulQAL

The humble 9-patch snowball block The Sewcialites 2 sew-a-long is in full swing and there are only a few blocks to go. Today I am posting about my block, Dapper, a humble 9-patch snowball. For those that know me my motto is, “if is it not challenging then it is not worth doing” and this easy block is totally out of character for me. But is it? The snowball block in its simplicity can make a wonderful quilt using solids and prints, stripes, dots and especially fabrics that lend to fussy cutting. I think this block could be used to ...

Wow! These large basket blocks were so much fun to make using Beyond Bella fabrics. The charcoal background provides excellent contrast for the bright, rainbow colours of the collection. Download your block pattern for March and join us for a worthy cause. These 24″ blocks are the first instalment of the Bountiful Charity quilt. You can learn about the sew-a-long and where to download all the blocks as they are released on the Fatquarter Jolly Jabber blog. #BountifulQAL

‘As we embark on our 10th Annual Charity Quilt, we continue to be amazed by the generosity of this sewing community and inspired by the stories of the children who have been granted life-changing Wishes.’ Fatquartershop The fundraiser works by offering the Bountiful patterns as FREE downloads during the event for a suggested donation to the Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas campaign. From March to August, Fat Quarter Shop will publish a new pattern on the first Friday of each month. Watch the introductory video here Block Releases and Videos Visit this page every month to get your Free block patterns ...

Since I took a break from blogging during the Pandemic, I missed sharing some of my finishes with you, so I decided to have a little Baby Quilts Show and Tell.

In 2018 I started making a few baby quilts to put back for the great-grands, and only got two finished.  

These two were made from a Hushabye Hollow layer cake from Moda.

Last year ...

Several years ago I subscribed to the Moda Charm Pack Club. At the time, the Fat Quarter Shop would send six of the same 5" charm pack to you every month. It was great! It was also a way to fill up my collection with 5" charms. I gave up the subscription a while back but I still have loads of charm packs. Sometimes I even have some coordinating yardage. 

Last weekend I pulled out a stack along with two one-yard cuts of coordinating fabric. This is Blueberry Crumb Cake by Blackbird Designs. 

The first step was to sort those ...