Today let’s create a Straw Flowers quilt block! It’s a lovely, old fashioned block that still looks great in today’s fabrics. Fabric Requirements for a 12″ Finished Straw Flowers Quilt Block: Light/Ivory: 4 – 2.5″…
This version of the Braced Star quilt block is quick and easy to create and uses only a light, medium and dark colored fabric. It’s construction is based off of the basic Eight Point Star…
Looking to add a touch of charm and movement to your next quilt? The Garden Path quilt block is a beautiful choice! This 12″ block features a diamond-shaped frame that gently guides the eye through your…
Today we’re going to put together a traditional Pinwheel Star Quilt Block! It starts out with an on-point pinwheel quilt block, add some triangles and finish with Flying Geese units. It’s lovely block – let’s get…
The Flight of Fancy quilt block is a striking 12″ traditional design that combines both a bold star and a subtle “X” pattern for a look that’s full of movement and charm. With its unique piecing,…
So what is a traditional quilt? What makes a traditional quilt “traditional”? To find out we need to look at a little bit of the history of quilt making in the U.S. Back in the…
Today let’s sew together this cute Cluster of Stars quilt block! While you could certainly just make little 6″ Ohio Star blocks, the method of construction I’m going to show you makes for fewer seams.…
Today we’re going to sew together this modern-looking traditional quilt block called Interlocking O’s. The pattern is attributed to Doris Dace but I couldn’t find any more information about it other than that. Let’s get…
Today we’re going to learn how to sew a Ranger’s Pride quilt block! This block is fairly easy to put together with a simple Pinwheel block in the center and a border that’s applied using…
Today we’re going to piece together a traditional quilt block called Four Corners. When I was a wee girl, we lived in Farmington, NM and I remember going to Four Corners and standing in four…
Today we’re going to sew together the traditional Summer Wind Quilt Block. We’ve had our share of wind this summer so I thought this block was appropriate! A little bit of history – this block…
Today we’re going to create the traditional quilt block called Friendship Block – not to be confused with the Friendship Star quilt block! It is a lovely block that finishes at 12″ square and uses…
Let’s look at this traditional quilt block called Turkey’s Dilemma today. Love the name and I wish I knew where that came from – I’m sure there’s a story behind it. The block was designed…
Let’s learn how to piece the traditional quilt block called Mystery Flower Garden! This lovely block uses only two basic units – an Hourglass unit and a Half-Square Triangle unit that is done a bit…
Today we’re going to sew together the Salem quilt block – it’s another star quilt block but has the interesting chevron design in it. If you can “snowball” corners and sew flying geese blocks, you…
So this traditional Judy’s Star quilt block is simple but has a nice design with the light star points peeking out from behind the darker one. Judy’s Star was designed by Judy Martin (that makes…
Today we’re going to sew together this traditional quilt block called Morning Star that first appeared in the Ladies Art Company publication. It also appeared in Hearth & Home under the name State of Virginia.…
Today let’s look at the Tumbling Ties quilt block that appeared in Quilters Newsletter. This block is made using partial seam construction and finishes at 10″ square. I’m including two different ways for making one…
So I did a blooper on the original Whirlwind Quilt Block tutorial! (https://quiltembroiderypdf.com/free-pattern-whirlwind-quilt-block) A couple of viewers let me know that when putting blocks together, the seams didn’t line up. I checked it out and,…
Today let’s sew together a Square and a Half quilt block that appeared in the Ladies Art Company publication. Traditionally, the Square and a Half block is made with just two colors – a light…
Today let’s look at the traditional quilt block called Castle Tower. I really don’t see a castle tower in the design but the original maker (whoever that might be) must have! The block is pretty…