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This month’s theme is “Night Sky.” Perhaps you’ve found some time this summer to head outdoors and enjoy the night sky. It

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Here’s a fun and easy Pumpkin Garden Beginner Quilt pattern to download and make quickly. It is perfect for using all your scraps!

Newbie Gardener – click here to purchase

Newbie Gardener is my newest pattern! I made the quilt using The Patch Beneath collection by Island Batiks. It measures 51″ x 51″, and the blocks finish at 10″. I loved working with the batiks in this collection. However, you can use your favorite collection or, better yet, all the scraps in your stash.

The quilt size works as a throw, a table topper, or a wall hanging. I rotated ...

Download these Halloween and Cats free patterns now, get the fabrics, and make two beautiful quilts for your home!

Meow Neighborhood Quilt – click here to download the pattern

By now, you must have all your summer quilts done, so here are two projects for Halloween. I designed them for the whimsical collection Cat House by Mayo Moreno for Henry Glass Fabrics. Toadstools galore!

The first one is Meow Neighborhood. It measures 52″ x 60″ and features a super-cute panel surrounded by my favorite prints from the collection. Bugs, brooms, candy corn, funny pumpkins, and leaves – all depicted with gorgeous colors ...

 Divide & Dash Quilt Along CorrectionWeek 7 – Optional Flying Geese BorderAfter weeks of stitching, pressing, and assembling our Divide & Dash quilt, we've arrived at the final step! This week we're adding the optional Flying Geese border, a feature that frames the quilt beautifully while adding movement and visual interest. With just sixteen Flying Geese units and four cornerstone

This Bottled Water Quilt block is a fun and simple make, and so easy to customize! The large blue labels finish at

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 Divide & Dash QALFrom the DesignerThis week we begin bringing the individual blocks together into the modern layout of Divide & Dash. By working in zones, the quilt top becomes easier to manage and assemble one section at a time. This first row gives us a beautiful start, combining Churn Dash blocks, Flying Geese, and open spaces for a clean, modern-traditional design. First Row

Download this star quilt pattern for beginners now! Turn half-square triangles into a beautiful heirloom for your home or as a gift!

Autumn Sky – purchase pattern here

Today, I am launching the Autumn Sky quilt pattern! The quilt measures 54″ x 66″ and the blocks finish at 12″. It is perfect for beginners as you will only be making half-square triangles.

For this sample, I used batiks from the Fur and Forest collection by Lumin Fabrics. I love the colors of fall, leaves, and forest creatures and animal prints featured in the collection! Of course, you know I also love ...

Download this free row quilt pattern with horses, get the fabrics, and delight a cowboy or cowgirl with this equestrian handmade gift!

Saddle Up Quilt – click here to download the pattern

I designed the Saddle Up Quilt for the American Spirit collection by Kathleen Hill for Studioe Fabrics. It measures 50” x 62-1/4” and the blocks finish at 6″, 12″, and 12-1/4″. The prints feature lassos, denim patches, galloping horses, plaid, cowboy hats, and other equestrian-related icons.

The denim print is used both on the narrow border and binding, framing the quilt center and giving it a ...

Happy Pattern Release Day—let’s make it a party! read more

Hello Friends,

I hope you have had a good week! I am very happy to announce I just added a new pattern to my Etsy shop.

Chain Mail is a traditional bed quilt that will instantaneously give your bed a glow up!

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This is one of my all-time favorite quilts to make. I hope you will enjoy making yours as well!

Take care, and have a great rest of your week!

Get your party drink ready… I have my extra-strong coffee in hand, and I am so excited to finally share all the details about my newest quilt pattern — Constellation Crumb Quilt. KEEP READING UNTIL THE END AND YOU WILL FIND THE PARTY FUN!

Let’s Celebrate A Study in Color, Scraps, and Letting Go

This quilt is truly a study in so many things.

First, it is a study in color and how to create a successful gradient. The design moves from incredibly light pink all the way to a deep, rich purple. In between those two extremes are bright ...

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 ...