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How to Make the Spool Quilt Block Pattern: Free Tutorial
The Spool Quilt Pattern is a nine patch layout made from square and half square triangle units. It's a perfect quilt block and pattern for beginners and popular with quilters…
How to Make the Virginia Worm Fence Quilt Block
The Virginia Worm Fence quilt block is a nine-patch format made from two fabrics. It is a perfect quilt block for beginners to learn how to strip piece and sew…
How to Make the Eccentric Star Quilt Block: 5 Sizes
The Eccentric Star quilt block is a nine patch format using only half square triangles and a center square unit. It is a great block for beginners to practice half…
Attic Window Quilt Pattern – Easy Block Tutorial
The Attic Window quilt pattern is a traditional quilt pattern that creates a three-dimensional window-like quilt design. A square made from half square triangles and two rectangles are arranged around…
How to Make a Patchwork Heart Quilt Block – Free Tutorial
Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of heart quilt patterns from paper patterns, to traditional piecing and patchwork to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern…
Spotlight: Susan Lumsden, Fiber Artist
Fiber artist Susan Lumsden has downsized her studio space, but her creative output remains prolific, proving that it is the artist, not their surroundings, shaping the depth and breadth of…
Spotlight: Ron Isaacson, Artist and Sculptor
Filling multiple roles in his creative life, artist, sculptor and wordsmith Ron Isaacson has most recently sculpted creatures that inhabit a world of his own making. An early adopter of the…
Spotlight: Irene Roderick, Textile Artist
Initially trained as a painter, textile artist Irene Roderick came to quilting when she was looking for ideas for a bed quilt (her first), and discovered the work of Denyse…
How to Make the Shoo Fly Quilt Block: Free Tutorial
The Shoo Fly Quilt block is a nine-patch format made with square and half square triangle units. It is generally a two-fabric block, with the half square triangles in the…
Spotlight: Julia Claire Weber, Ceramic Artist
With a clean, graphic look achieved with self-printed original decals that add a decorative layer, ceramic artist Julia Claire Weber has built a career in the art medium she loves.…
Churn Dash Quilt Block Pattern: Easy How-To Tutorial
The Churn Dash quilt pattern is an easy quilt block with a nine-patch layout using half square triangle units (also referred to as HST units)and strip pieced units. Typically made…
Indiana Puzzle Quilt Block Pattern: Free Tutorial
The Indiana Puzzle Quilt pattern is a nine-patch format that uses a square in a square center unit surrounded by half square triangles. This easy block is perfect quilt block…
How to Make Square in a Square Quilt Block
The square in a square quilt block can be a stand-alone quilt block or a unit in another quilt block. There are several different methods to make this basic building…
How to Make the Calico Puzzle Quilt Block: Tutorial
The Calico Puzzle quilt block is a nine-patch block that consists of half square triangles and squares. It is a perfect quilt block for beginners who want more experience making…
How to Make a Bear’s Paw Quilt Block: Three Sizes
The Bear's Paw quilt block is popular in both traditional and modern quilting. It uses the basic quilting building blocks of squares, rectangles and half square triangles. You can make…
Spotlight: Kamala Murali, Textile Designer
Kamala Murali, textile designer, rethinks the definition of "waste". Beginning with off cuts from factories in her native India, Kamala improvises her designs depending on what materials are available on…
How to Make the Pinwheel Quilt Block – Free Tutorial
The Pinwheel Quilt Block is a simple four-patch quilt block made from four half square triangles (HSTs). This basic quilt block is made from two fabrics and is a fast…
Spotlight: Melissa Marginet, Quilt Designer
An enthusiastic advocate for quilting with a walking foot, quilt designer, author and teacher Melissa Marginet makes quilting accessible by showing students how to use the basic sewing machine accessory.…