Did you see the newest Prairie star die Accuquilt released? I designed a quilt pattern for them too and used solids from Connecting Threads. (Sorry my bee got added, these are Accuquilt’s photos) The die made it so easy to put together and I had fun making this swirly design! It’s the same block, just …
Prairie Star Quilt and Pillow for Accuquilt and Advent Calendar Dec 8th Read More »
This will be the only pattern I’ll release in December, just because it’s a busy time of year BUT I had to release this one so that you can all get ready for the QAL in 2022!! Rising Star Finished size: 56” x 72” Skill Level: Experienced Beginner Make 11 different blocks in different sizes …
Advent Calendar Dec 3rd NEW PATTERN listed 2022 QAL info Read More »
I started this quilt quite a while ago and it’s all 100% scraps!!! My scrap quilts usually start by noting which scrap bins are overflowing, then I play a little in EQ and come up with something. Here I figured I hadn’t used the Glorified Nine patch die by accuquilt in ages, so why not …
Are your scrap bins flowing over? Mine are!! and often when I cut a project, I put the scraps of fabrics to the side on my counter by my Go BIG cutter and when the pile gets too big so it’s in the way, I sort the colors and put them in my bins. The …
I’ve made these before and I think I’ve shown how to make them too, but if I haven’t, here’s a quick tutorial on making nursing pads! A friend requested these as I’ve made them for her before- but I don’t think I’ll charge her for them and I’m going to send her a quilt too- …
I guess I’m on a kick about using scraps and making baby quilts! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to turn this into a pattern or not, after it’s done I think I’ll just show it and not turn it into a pattern. The whole thing started because I had 4 orange FQs and didn’t …
The other day I was playing around in EQ and I was kinda bored, then I had an idea to find a random blocks and design something with it! I counted the sections in 01 classic pieced and found it had 39 categories, so I entered that into random.org and got the number 21, which …
EQ Tutorial Tuesday – inspiration hits the chimney sweep Read More »
It’s time for another fun blog hop! This time it’s hosted by Carla at Creatin’ in the Sticks When I signed up to do this I thought about something “stripey” and my scraps! and I realized I hadn’t done a string quilt in a while, so I played in EQ8 for a while and came …
It’s EQ8 Tutorial Tuesday! Do you ever design “on-point” quilt layouts in EQ? It’s not my favorite style because the border measurements are odd, but I do design on point quilts once in a while, it’s actually easier to “trick the eye” with that kind of a layout. Here is a simple layout with diamond …
Have you ever designed a tumbler quilt in EQ? To design a tumbler quilt, you have to start in the One Patch Layout, by default it starts with a hexagon layout On the left there’s a Patch Style pull down menu and there’s lots to choose from- play around! Tumblers are near the end When …