I know I’m a bit late but last Sunday was National Log Cabin day! so to celebrate I’m having my log cabin patterns on sale , enter coupon code logcabin to get 15% off of Strawberry Fields and Smooches Today and tomorrow are also the last days to sign up for the FQ club and …
The last block to show for inspiration is the Chimney Sweep block, it’s an “oldie but goodie” and no way, would I try to rotary cut this because the block construction is on an angle. I’ve made lots of quilts with this die, the blocks finish 10″ Here’s an old M&Ms table runner and …
It’s time to sew the blocks together! Last week we created piles like this after sewing the HSTs together into blocks, then added 4 of shape #8 rectangles and a #2 square If you have directional fabrics, then pay attention to how the block is laid out and have the print right side UP Sew …
I still have more block ideas to show! This time it’s Priscilla which is a rather new die by Accuquilt and I LOVE it, the pieces are tiny and fun, I actually have a top ready to quilt which I’ll show later The block finishes 6″ so each quadrant is 3″ and those stripes are …
Ready for more inspiration? The Canning Jar block is a fun rather new die by Accuquilt, the blocks finish 8″ And I made this quilt for them when the die was launched fun blocks with selvedge edges! Here I have a light blue one made Then a “teal/turquoise” it’s a leftover batik scrap from Island …
I still have more of the color of the month blocks to show This time is Washington’s Puzzle which is a cute and tiny Accuquilt block it finishes 4″ here I made a light blue and turquoise block and the background is white and the center is lighter than the rest. I have 7 blocks …
It’s time to sew those HSTs into block sections! Follow the pattern and sew 4 sets of 4+4 HSTs together from the piles we matched up last week, if the fabric is direction like this black text fabric, then you get 2 blocks of each like this I tried to alternate if the black text …
Have you tried the crossed canoe block die by Accuquilt? For Light blue/turquoise I only got to make 1 block this month and it’s kind of funky and all batiks! I forgot my “rule” was supposed to be half “solid” but I noticed 3 of them used batiks! These blocks also finish 9″ Here’s some …
This block is so much fun! takes a bit of “thinking” when cutting out the pieces on the Accuquilt die, but it’s worth it!! When I made these blocks with the color of the month, the outer ring was the color, the next part a sort of solid version then the inner spinning star part …
Have you ever made the storm at sea block? I’ve made many storm at sea quilts over the years and actually have an American Flag storm at sea quilt pattern called Star Spangled Banner Accuquilt has a storm at sea die, THOUGH you COULD combine a QUBE set and a triangle in a square die …
another color of the month block set, storm at sea Read More »