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Jenny Doan demonstrates how to make a quick and easy Building Blocks quilt using 10 inch squares of precut fabric (layer cakes). For this project she chose Sensibility 10" Squares by Maywood Studio. This is a great quilt for beginners, and it can be made scrappy, modern, or any other style you like!

My Scrappy Sunshine quilt is about a quarter there. I’m randomly piecing it using ‘magic numbers.’ I often teach in my improvisational classes about using magic numbers for construction. Magic numbers can make improvisational quilt construction that seems impossible a little more within reach. I had a lot of inquiries so I thought I would...Read More »

*To begin the new year with one of my favorite quilting hints, I'm republishing this post from last spring for anyone who needs a refresher ...

It is time to finally finish this quilt top. I had lots of 2 inch squares cut out from scraps, so I sewed them into 4 patch blocks. H...

Several months ago (January this year actually) I did a 2 inch postage stamp quilt that I really liked- such a great way to use up those scraps. Only problem was it was rather small - 41" x 52", more a baby sized quilt. I've enjoyed seeing it laying around on a chair or bed, but since a friend of mine is soon to be a grandma for the first time, I thought it might make a nice quilt for her to either use or pass on to her son and daughter-in-law. Here it is in the bottom left of the photo…

How to make 4.5in 4-patch blocks from charm squares without sewing 2.5in squares

Hi fellow members of Hive 9! I'm Kim and I live in Duluth, GA with my husband of 5.5 years and our 7.5 month old daughter Ellie! We also have a 7 year old lab mix that my husband and I adopted the week we returned from our honeymoon. This is my 3rd year participating in Stash Bee and I've really enjoyed making lots of different types of blocks over the last 2 years. It is always nice to made blocks that are outside of your normal repertoire and sometimes you find new blocks to love! For my…

. . . an old box stuffed with vintage quilt pieces. In this case, thousands of 1 squares purchased on ebay that some nice quilter neatly strung together with double thread. What was she going to make with all these postage stamp sized pieces?