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WIP: Retro Rubies QAL Update! from Quarter Incher

Here is a little update for you on my Retro Rubies Quilt Along. I'm really pleased with how this it coming along and the fabric selection. It's wild, it's out of control, it's crazy....just like me.

I wasn't sure about the Purple Indian Cotton as the sashing fabric but now I'm really loving it! I wanted to use something I had enough of on hand. I had about 2 yards of the purple indian cotton and thought...what the heck, it'll match somehow and bring out the purple in the prints. You ...

added by Stephanie @ Quarter Incher 4 hours, 42 minutes ago. under fabric , quilt along , retro rubies

Doctor.Who.Along Block 1 from Trillium Design

Welcome fellow Whovians!! Are you ready to get your Doctor on? Soma and I are so excited to finally get this quilt-along underway.

Here we go ladies and gents it's time for Block 1.

Block 1 is the iconic Tardis. Could it be anything else?

This block is all straight-line sewing and while it's not a beginner block, it only differs in that it has a few more pieces. You do need some basic foundation piecing skills for this and all our blocks. Instructions are included along with the pattern pieces.

You can download the pattern instructions here ...

added by Caroline ~ TrilliumDesign 1 day, 19 hours ago. under doctor who , foundation piecing , paper piecing , qal , quilt , quilt along , quilting , tardis , timelord , trillium design , trilliumdesign

Mini String Quilt Completed from Quarter Incher

Here is my completed String Fever project! This was a great excuse to finished some blocks I had started a few months ago. It's all quilted and ready to be used on top of my white bookshelf.

These little suckers are fun but so hard to keep the white strings perfectly straight, sheesh! You can see how my white X's are all jacked up. Oh well, you live and you learn. I chose to do purple raw edge binding. I like the way the fray edge looks after it washes. I quilted it with random lines all over ...

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Sunny Side Up – Instructions #8 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

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Sunny Side Up – Instructions #7 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Note: Due to a scheduled sponsored post on Monday, the instructions for Monday will be posted on Sunday night. For today’s instructions: 1. From background fabric, cut 6 – 3-1/2” strips. (You’re going to need a bit more but check your scraps and see if you have any before cutting the 7th strip.) Cut the [...]

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Sunny Side Up – Instructions #6 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

For today’s instructions: 1. Today we’re going to be making quarter square triangles. Make these using your preferred method. If you do not have a preferred method, here are some basic instructions: Using dark gold fabric and background fabric, cut 4 – 4-1/4” strips. Cut these into 34 – 4-1/4” squares. Cut these squares on [...]

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Sunny Side Up – Instructions #5 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

For today’s instructions: 1. From background fabric, cut 9 – 2-3/4” strips. Cut these into 72 – 5” x 2-3/4” rectangles. 2. Sew a rectangle to the left and right sides of the units from Instructions #4. 3. Sew the light four patches and the gold four patches to the ends of the remaining strips. [...]

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Sunny Side – Instructions #4 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Today’s instructions: 1. From the background fabric, cut 6 – 1-5/8” strips. Cut these into 72 – 1-5/8” x 2-3/4” rectangles. 2. Sew a strip to the left and right side of the four patches from Instructions #3. Press the seam allowances towards the background rectangles. 3. From the dark gold fabric, and the light [...]

added by JudyL 1 week, 4 days ago. under free patterns , quilt along , quilting , sunny side up (Comments)

Row Along Quilt Links from Cactus Needle

Several people have been e-mailing me

with questions about

Bee In My Bonnet's

Row Along Quilt

by Lori Holt

Lori published the instructions for this quilt

in tutorial form

every two weeks

from Fall 2012- Spring 2013.

Currently the instructions are only available

through individual links on

her blog, and not in a book.

If you look at the right hand side on

Bee In My Bonnet's

blog

you will notice a

Row Along Button

Click on the button and it will take

you to the Row Along Flickr page.

The flickr page will give you a list ...

added by Nedra 1 week, 5 days ago. under blocks , blog button , quilt along , quilt blocks , quilting , quilts , row along , scraps , sewing

Sunny Side Up–Instructions #3 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

For today’s instructions: 1. From the dark gold fabric and the light gold fabric, cut 2 – 1-5/8” strips. 2. Sew the strips together to make 2 strip sets. 3. Press the seam allowances towards the light gold fabric. 4. Cut those strip sets into 36 – 1-5/8” segments. 5. Sew those 36 segments into [...]

added by JudyL 1 week, 6 days ago. under free patterns , quilt along , quilting , sunny side up (Comments)

ARRR8 Round Robin Complete! (Except the binding) from A Desert Quilter

So I finally finished my ARRR8 quilt from Around the Bend and Across the Pond group on Flickr this week. I am going to machine bind this one since it is so massive and I want it on my bed now! I think it turned ou amazing!

Love how it looks quilted. I like it even more now!

Here is a picture if the quilting up close. I love it so much!

Can't wait to do the Bee Free round robin quilt! Stay tuned for that one.

added by Nichol 1 week, 6 days ago. under longarm , quilt along , quilting , quilts

Sunny Side Up–Instructions #2 from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

For today’s instructions: 1. From the background fabric and the light gold fabric, cut 3 – 1-5/8” strips. 2. Sew the strips together to make 3 strip sets. 3. Press the seam allowances towards the light gold fabric. 4. Cut those strip sets into 72 – 1-5/8” segments. 5. Sew those 72 segments into 36 [...]

added by JudyL 2 weeks, 2 days ago. under four patch , free pattern , quilt along , quilting , sunny side up (Comments)

Retro Rubies Fabric Selection from Quarter Incher

This is the fun fabric I decided on for the Retro Rubies Quilt Along. I have tons of Kaffe Fassett fabric I've been saving for a great quilt...and this is it! I think it'll turn out great! What do you think???

Retro Rubies Quilt Along Fabric Selection

Here's a mock up of what I'm thinking so far. I'll play around with it a little more and decide by the end of the week.

added by Stephanie @ Quarter Incher 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under fabric , quilt along , retro rubies

Catch up! AND Aurifil Designer of the Month Blocks from Quarter Incher

Guess what I did last night? Yep! I stayed up and did some sewing! Whoo-hoo! It's about time. You were probably starting to ask yourself.."Does this girl ever sew or just blog about stuff she's bought?" Haha...yes I really do sew. To be honest though, I have to be in the mood because having an 8-month old really makes it difficult. I usually wait until she goes down for bedtime. If my husband, baby & dog are asleep...there's no distractions and I can sew sew sew! Anyways, last post I mentioned quilting bees. I decided ...

added by Stephanie @ Quarter Incher 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under 2013 aurifil dom , block of the month , quilt along

Retro Rubies - A Quilt Along from Quarter Incher

I officially joined the Retro Rubies Quilt Along over at Pile O' Fabric. I'm so excited for this one! I'm due for some serious practice on my curves. The magazine has been pre-ordered and now I need to decide what fabric to use. Prints, solids...Got any ideas?

If you want to join this great quilt along, check out the flickr page to get going!

added by Stephanie @ Quarter Incher 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under quilt along , retro rubies

Which Quilting Bee, Along or Block of the Month is right for you? from Quarter Incher

There are some awesome quilting bees out there right now. I'm currently behind on four of them! Here is a list of some current ones that you should consider. If you have one to suggest, please add it to the list! You can link up the website or the flickr page :)

added by Stephanie @ Quarter Incher 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under block of the month , quilt along

Sunny Side Up Quilt Along from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

The Sunny Side Up Quilt Along will begin on May 1 and the first instructions will be posted in the afternoon on May 1 due to the Back to Square One instructions being posted in the morning. Instructions will be posted on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Here are the yardage requirements but this is a [...]

added by JudyL 1 month ago. under free pattern , quilt along , quilting (Comments)

Tutorial – String Blocks in Multiple Sizes from sewbittersweetdesigns

Today I’m moving up in the world…well, not really, but my day in the My Favorite Quilt Block Quilt Along over with Persimon Dreams has moved up a week. If this is your first time here, welcome! I hope you will take some time to look around my little corner of the web.

Today I am showing you how I made my stripper strings from last week.

I have made the tutorial available via pdf download. In order to view it you will need a pdf reader. Here is my lovely Stripper String tutorial .

Make sure that you ...

added by Melissa 1 month ago. under quilt along (Comments)

Road to Round Rock Pictures from Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Please share a photo of your Road to Round Rock tops. It doesn’t matter if it’s a completed top or if it’s just done through Step 1 . . we all want to see. The link box will remain open through the end of April so if you get more done and want to add [...]

added by JudyL 1 month, 1 week ago. under free patterns , quilt along , quilting , road to round rock (Comments)

Old, Well Loved Quilts from Cactus Needle

Under the heading

Old, Well Loved Quilts

at the

Art of Quilting Show

was

Scalloped

by Bead Parker

from Electra, Texas

C. 1950

If you look closely at the bottom of this picture,

you will see a lovely scalloped border

nicely finished with a yellow binding.

My eye was especially drawn to this quilt block

sometimes known as

Whirligig

or

Kansas Twister

A 60-degree ruler or template

is needed to cut out the sections for the block.

The outer edge

forms a hexagon shape.

I liked Bead Parker's use of

yellow triangles

that helped set

the Whirligig's and ...

added by Nedra 1 month, 1 week ago. under blocks , fabric , free patterns , quilt along , quilting , quilts

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