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This Scrappy Star Quilt is quite a stash buster! It is fat-quarter-friendly, too, so get the pattern and star sewing stars!

Geo Stars. Photo courtesy of Quilter’s World.

My newest quilt, Geo Stars, has just been published in the Spring 2026 issue of Quilter’s World – Precut Quilts Made Easy by Annie’s Attic. The quilt measures 70″ x 70,” and the blocks finish at 20″. The nine blocks come together very fast!

I worked with fat quarters from the Chromatics collection by FreeSpirit Fabrics. I repeated the light blue around the blocks to bring a little harmony to ...

With a blizzard ongoing here in Wisconsin, and a Kona Storm in Hawaii, it’s a good time to focus on color for a bit.

On many (most) of the patterns I produce, both custom and for the internet, I suggest colorways that folks can purchase from a single manufacturer. Exceptions are when colors need to be very close to the same hue and value. An ombre fabric can often provide the subtle shadings (for example, in a wedding gown) to give the suggestion of curves and shadows. In rare cases, you can have fabric custom dyed. In the case ...

Hello my friends, it’s check-in #5 today for Blooming Scrappy QAL! If you are just now hearing about the QAL, here is the HQ for the scrappy where I will post links to all the check-ins on the HQ page. Be sure to check the HQ page for a cutting correction for the tulip block in Who Tends the Garden!

HOW THIS WORKS: We will be making the blocks from the different projects in my book to make a sampler quilt.

MATERIALS: My Scrap Quilting Book + Scraps – use scraps or 4y background + 1 FQ bundle!

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Hello my friends, it’s check-in #3 today for Blooming Scrappy QAL! If you are just now hearing about the QAL, here is the HQ for the scrappy where I will post links to all the check-ins on the HQ page.

HOW THIS WORKS: We will be making the blocks from the different projects in my book to make a sampler quilt.

MATERIALS: My Scrap Quilting Book + Scraps – use scraps or 4y background + 1 FQ bundle!

BUY MY BOOK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR THE QAL SCHEDULE

TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT: (2) pieced blocks EITHER from Who Found the Catnip (cat blocks ...

This heart stamp quilt block was so fun to design, and is simple to make! With a basic heart in the center

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I’m so excited to share the 2025 Snowflake Quilt Block! It is a little late… but here it is! For years, I’ve

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Hello my friends, it’s check-in #1 today for Blooming Scrappy QAL! If you are just now hearing about the QAL, here is the HQ for the scrappy where I will post links to all the check-ins on the HQ page.

HOW THIS WORKS: We will be making the blocks from the different projects in my book to make a sampler quilt.

MATERIALS: My Scrap Quilting Book + Scraps – use scraps or 4y background + 1 FQ bundle!

BUY MY BOOK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR THE QAL SCHEDULE

TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT: (2) pieced blocks from Whose Cacti Bloom Quilt. Don’t forget ...

Hello my friends! I hope you have had a good start to your week! It’s hard to believe we are inching towards the end of Jan. Time really does fly by too quickly.

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Before I go any further, I thought I would note a few important dates for you to share with your quilting friends. Quilting is always more fun with friends!

IMPORTANT DATES

Jan 21 – Blooming Scrappy Starts – click here for details.

Jan 23 – Hear Ye, Hear Ye (Liberty Bell) QAL check-in #4- click here for details.

Jan 28 – Silver Lake Fundraising QAL for the VA Quilt Museum ...

Download this free quilt pattern with pinwheels, gather your fabrics, and make this easy quilt very quickly.

Spring Twirl – click here to download the pattern

We are having warm weather here in Georgia, and I forgot for a moment that it is still Winter. Before we know it, Spring will be here! Get ready for its beauty by sewing the Spring Twirl, a quilt I designed for Blank Quilting’s Nature’s Symphony collection. The quilt measures 61½” x 75″ (1.60m x 1.90m) and the blocks finish at 12″. The fabrics are already available in quilt stores. Yeah ...

Meet Yamini.

Yamini

Designed in EQ8 and made using Island Batik fabrics, Yamini is a jelly roll quilt finishing at 60" by 80". Yamini was first published in Make Modern Issue 65. 

Sparkle & Sizzle

 "If you’re after a fun showstopper of a quilt for a gift, this one is a perfect choice. Grab a jelly roll, pair it with a high contrast solid background fabric, and watch the magic happen!" - Make Modern Issue 65.

Download the pattern, get the fabrics, and make a quick, beautiful panel quilt for children on your Christmas list. You will make many!

My Town – Click here to go to the Etsy store PiecedBrain

Are you ready for a fast finish? My Town, the quilt I designed for the Mini Metropolis collection by Figo Fabrics, is a breeze to make! It measures 39″ x 59″, with blocks finishing at 5″. The Mini Metropolis collection features vibrant fabrics with prints that will keep babies and toddlers busy as they hunt for their favorite motifs.

I kept the design simple so our ...

Here is a Free Panel Block Quilt Pattern to download and make right now! Easy pieced blocks make the panel squares pop!

Night Watch – download the pattern here

I designed Night Watch for the Winter Whispers collection by Elsie Ess for Blank Quilting. Snowy owls, deer, bunnies, and other animals grace the woodlands in Winter and are ready to keep you warm in this quilt! Nothing spells Winter better than a forest covered with snow…

Night Watch measures 60″ x 70″ with 10″ blocks. The half-square triangles are made 8 at a time for a fast finish. If you are ...

This Plate full of Love quilt block is a fun way to add a heart to any quilt! The theme this month

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These three 8″ x 8″ bears are great for incorporating into a child’s quilt, a table runner, or used as a repeat for a larger project. The three are all different patterns emphasizing the different head shapes that make these bears distinctive. They are meant to be pieced using the folded Freezer paper technique, but other methods work well too. The patterns are simple enough to be weekend.

The pattern comes as a PDF download for you to print, small enough to print on one sheet of paper. Click here for the $8.92 pattern. You can pay with ...

Download 2 free quilt patterns now. Whether you are a beginner or veteran quilter, you will have these projects ready in no time!

Star Gazers Quilt – to download pattern, click here

The Summer has been lovely [super hot], yet I am ready for the cooler weather. The Snowy Days & Frosty Nights collection by Kathi Campbell from Heart to Hand for Studio E Fabrics transports me quickly to Winter with whimsical snowmen, flowing snowflakes, and snow-covered landscapes. I designed two projects for this collection.

Star Gazers is a quick project to add to your list of Christmas gifts. It measures 50 ...

The Great Jelly Roll Bash is Back! read more

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This month’s free quilt block is the Lightbulb quilt block! This goes with this month’s technology theme, but the lightbulb is also

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Learn how to turn your wonderful collection of vintage hankies or even your grandma’s hankies into a quilt. If you want it larger than a baby quilt, simple – just sew more blocks.

Each block features four large squares of one hankie. You can even use hankies that have crochet edges, embroidered flowers and different colors.

The backing fabric can show through just a tiny bit – so make sure that’s a beautiful fabric as well.

For a while I was a big vintage hankie and fabric collector. I love, love that kind of stuff! I have more than enough ...

This fun 12″ finished quilt block stitches up a simple tractor! Part of the “Farm” series for this month’s Quilt block mania,

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Hello Friends, today is check-in #2 for #Sparklers QAL #2! Today, we make our first set of 4 blocks.

Schedule is merely suggested – it’s totally ok to sew at your own pace, but if you follow the schedule, you WILL complete the quilt.

As it stands, I think I might not be able to keep up with the schedule due to very heavy workload of late, but you keep sewing along, and soon you will have the quilt made!

BEFORE YOU START – always read/study through the pattern, and make notes for yourself, and then… make a test block ...