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Learn how to sew a festive hexagon Christmas wreath wall quilt using your stash of holiday fabric and a simple raw-edge applique technique (or go for trying out the EPP technique if you’d like too!)

This project is quick to sew, easy to customize with your favorite prints, and makes a charming seasonal decoration. Inside the Make & Take Monthly membership, you’ll find the full printable pattern and step-by-step video tutorial to guide you through each part of the process—from cutting hexagons to stitching them in place.

It’s a great weekend project and a fun way to ...

This quilt came to be as the result of a personal challenge: to design the most efficient quilt I could using THREE charm packs, and still have it be interesting. I hope you enjoy it.

Three Times The Charm

66-1/2″ x 66-1/2″

NOTE: You could also use a layer cake and give the quilt an additional border set. The finished size of that would be 74″ square.

MATERIALS

3 5″ charm packs of 42 squares each (You will use all but 8, assuming no cutting errors)

2-1/2 yards background fabric

1/2 yard for centers of the ...

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 little modern mini quilt is so simple to sew! Use your own half square triangles from a previous project or sitting in your stash.

No half square triangles lying about? That’s fine too- they are quick to sew up.

There are a couple of videos that will help you along as well. How to square up your half square triangles and how to bind the quilt using the backing fabric.

Materials Needed:

11 — 2″ X 2″ half square triangles (use them from your stash)

OR

6 — 2 1/2″ X 2 1/2″ background

6 — 2 1/2 ...

Sew a quilt using the disappearing pinwheel quilt block. Fruit Slices is the quilt name. Super quick and easy! Lap size.

Learn how to sew a playful and modern quilt using the disappearing block technique—with a twist of fruit-inspired fun!

This tutorial shows you how to start with basic squares and transform them into something totally new just by cutting and rearranging the pieces.

Disappearing quilt blocks are a clever method where you begin with a simple layout—like four-patch or nine-patch blocks—then slice them up and rotate or swap the sections to create a fresh, more complex ...

Hello There,

Thank you for stopping in!  This week was wonderfully filled visits from my grandkids, a merging of redo of mine and Daddy's non-fiction libraries with brand new wall-to-wall bookshelves!  And, yes, these book are organized using the Dewey Decimal system.  Last summer my granddaughter labeled all of Daddy's 400+ books and I did my own some time ago.  Both Daddy and I had different books, but now the "holes" of information are mostly filled in.  I'm happy when I see them as it has become a beautiful collaboration between father and daughter.  

My husband and ...

Got a stack of 10″ squares (a.k.a. layer cakes) waiting for their moment to shine? Let’s turn them into a stunning chevron quilt that’s as fun to make as it is to snuggle under. This project is perfect for beginners and seasoned quilters alike—no complex math, just simple half-square triangles (HSTs) that come together in a rhythmic zigzag pattern.

Whether you’re using a coordinated layer cake bundle or mixing and matching from your stash, this quilt is a fantastic way to play with color and contrast. Plus, it’s a great excuse to spend ...

Mikayla’s Grace is a wonderful charity in my area of Wisconsin that supports families with a baby in the NICU (neonatal ICU) and those who experience the death of a child or pregnancy loss at hospitals in the Dane County area.

Crafters from all over make beautiful handmade baby items that they sew, knit or crochet and send to Mikayla’s Grace — from gowns, hats, and booties, to baby blankets and quilts. Several times a year volunteers meet to assemble these donations into care packages and deliver them to local hospitals to distribute.

Melissa recently sent out an email ...

This week’s challenge for Project Quilting (Season 15.5) is “wearables”. You can turn clothing into something else or “quilt-ify” something you wear or make a clothing-themed item.

Here are the normal rules, and you have one week from start to finish to meet the challenge.

• Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
• Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes.
• Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements: include patchwork, include appliqué, have ...

Welcome to my stop on the Back to School Blog Hop for 2022! Now that my kids have been back in school for a few weeks, I've gotten back into the groove of getting into my studio more regularly. I've done some sewing, some tidying, some planning, and some writing. :-)

My newest class is Building an Improv Toolbox. (P.S. You can take it with me on November 5!) In improv I often don't concern myself with things lining up precisely, but even then, sometimes I do want it to happen. These tips are for those times ...

Over the past year, we’ve made a scrap buster block each month. On the AccuQuilt Australia blog, I shared different quilt layout options for each block to provide inspiration for how you could make a quilt from just the one block pattern – check those out here. But if you were sewing along to make a sampler quilt like me… well, now’s the time to put it together! Here’s how I made my rainbow sampler quilt…

You can find all the scrappy quilt block tutorials here.

HOT TIP
To get the same scrappy rainbow effect, I highly recommend ...

Hello quilty folks! Today kicks off the Back to School Blog Hop for 2022, hosted by Bobbie Gentili of Geeky Bobbin. Please bookmark this page to visit each of the 16 daily stops on this year's blog hop. So many great tips and tutorials are coming your way!

Be sure to visit every stop on the hop!

Sept. 15 - Geeky Bobbin - Press for Success! - https://geekybobbin.com

Sept. 16 - Katie Mae Quilts - Storage Solutions From The School Supplies Section - https://katiemaequilts.com/blog

Sept. 17 - Quilting Jetgirl - Make A Design Wall You Can Use Your Hera Marker Against - https ...

When you have an idea in mind for your art quilt, often combining techniques you’ve learned along the way and a little experimentation will help you reach your goal.

My goal for this small landscape art quilt was to recreate a scene of our Capitol shown in the distance through the autumn leaves. The fall season is my favorite, and so beautiful at the UW-Madison with the variety of trees and colors. Having worked in the heart of this beautiful campus for many years, I’ve had many opportunities to view it.

So how do I begin to reach ...

Make this Summer quilt with stars and pinwheels using your favorite quilting fabrics. An easy quilt pattern perfect as summer decoration!

Photo by American Quilter magazine. Used with permission.

I came across Moda Fabric’s Rainbow Garden collection and was struck by the brightness of the prints and the whimsical garden motifs. So, I set out to design a quilt that would showcase those fabrics I loved so much. Yes, fabrics are often the source of inspiration for my designs.

“Summer Groove” measures 73″ x 87-1/2″ with blocks that finish at 6″, 10″, and 12″. I wanted to include ...

Take one stack of 10" fabric squares and a little extra yardage for borders and you can make this beautiful quilt in no time. The quilt finishes approx. 65" x 73".

The layer cake used in this quilt was from the Wovens Collection by Bonnie and Camile from Moda Fabrics. 

Fabric

• 42 @ 10" squares, coordinating or scrappy
• 1/3 yd for inner border, sub cut to 6 @ 1-1/2" x WOF
• 1-1/2 yds for outer border, sub cut to 8 @ 6-1/2" x WOF
• 2/3 yd for binding, sub cut to 8 @ 2-1/2" x WOF

Learn how to hang a quilt on a wall with a sleeve sewn to its back. It is super easy to make – no need to turn a long fabric tube inside out.

I have many friends who do not like to make hanging sleeves for a quilt. Instead, they hang their quilts using other methods or tools. So, before showing you how I make these sleeves, let’s explore some of the options to hang quilts on the wall.

Thumbtacks and shower curtain rings

I do this all the time with transparent thumbtacks and cool-looking shower curtain rings. It is ...

Life is a whirlwind of extremes. Happy times; hard times. Miracles and loss. But as our hearts are stretched in a thousand directions, they sure do grow! 

If you’re anything like me, you pour your emotions into your quilts. And this week’s quilt is bursting with love!

Watch Jenny stitch up the wildly popular Exploding Hearts quilt by Laura Piland for Slice of Pi Quilts. This stunning heart quilt is a triumph of triangles with half-square triangles, hourglass blocks, and quarter-square triangles, too. (We love Exploding Hearts SO MUCH, we created a kit with the pattern and beautiful ...

Here’s an easy flying geese quilt block tutorial that will save you time and fabric! Learn when to choose this one over the traditional method.

Last night I was testing this block for a quilt pattern I needed to write. It finishes at 12″ but the main reason to test it was because the size of the flying-geese units was not conventional, i.e., 2″ x 4″, 3″ x 6″, etc. Thus, I could not use the traditional method to construct them, as they measured 2-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ finished.

I do use EQ8, the software by the ...

It doesn’t get easier than this classic quilt block! Using Layer Cakes cut into half-square triangles, the chevron quilt block is the perfect project for a new beginner quilter! Even if you’ve been stitching up quilts for awhile now, this simple pattern offers a unique opportunity to quilt in a hurry (not like any of us would EVER wait until the last minute to make a handmade gift).

To make this into a full quilt, all you’ll need is a solid layer cake and a printed layer cake – but the good news is you can truly make ...