Block quilt ideas

A couple of years ago I stumbled across this awesome book at my local public library. It was filled with simple fun baby gift ideas. Today I couldn't tell you the title of that book. I did end up purchasing a copy during a library sale fundraiser but haven't a clue where that book is now. Hopefully I will now be able to find the book!! I'm also certain it is storage with the rest of my crafting books. But that's off topic. Every time someone I know is pregnant or has a baby, I make the same…

I had some fun crashing some hives this week! For Diana in Hive 1, Cyndi in Hive 2 and Stephanie in Hive 4. I enjoyed Stephanie's ...

Sure, squares are interesting and easy. So, why not? If you are considering making a quilt, any one of these would be a great way to begin. How, you ask? 1. Start with a square of fabric and sew it to another square. Keep adding squares to form a row until you are satisfied that the row is long enough. Thirty inches is a good start, but you can certainly make it any length you want. 2. Make several rows. If you have a square quilt in mind (equal length and width) count the squares in the…

Subtitle: The Life-Changing Magic of Beautiful FabricOne aspect of sewing that all quilters deeply experience is the power of beautiful fabric. Beautiful fabric will make us quilters do crazy, irrational...partially erratic things – like convert a guest room into more fabric storage, even though you have lots of company and they would REALLY appreciate notContinue Reading...

The Evening Star quilt block is ideal for the beginning quilter-simply connector corners & squares. Use this step-by-step tutorial for great results!

Most of us wear jeans and often times we wear them out too. You can do cool things with visible mending (see this post for some cool books about mending) to prolong the life of your jeans, but sometimes your old jeans are just past their life of being an item of clothing and it’s time to give them a new lease of life. That’s what this section of the website is all about! We’ve compiled all our ideas for upcycling old jeans in one place. Scroll down to find our latest upcycled & repurposed…

This beginner block is super easy with only three sizes of patches, no triangles, and lots of different looks depending on color placement. I'll show some different color and layout options at the end.

Photos above © Marcia Hohn & © Missouri Star QuiltToday we are going to make this nice block (Pinwheel Quilt Block). I call it the mill because it reminds me of the mills I used to do in class with ch

Today I'm sharing a tutorial for a scrappy sawtooth star quilt block. This is the perfect block for using scraps, lots of colors and prints.