Build your favorite city as you piece and applique modern quilt blocks. Select the ones you like for smaller projects, or make the whole quilt! Welcome to City Blocks - my first quilt book! Published by Leisure Arts and already on sale, this book features 32 blocks I designed, each portraying a place or an experience in a city. There are also six coordinating, smaller projects, many diagrams, and easy-to-follow instructions. Those of you who have been following me since I began this … [Read more...] about Piece and Applique Modern Quilt Blocks
One block modern quilt
Download this free pattern for an easy one-block modern quilt. It's great for beginner quilters and seasoned sewists! Island Breeze is the quilt I designed for Danielle Hartgers's Zanzibar collection for Blank Quilting. It measures 62" x 74" and has 12" blocks. Although the block looks complex, it is easy to assemble, requiring only half-square triangles. What do you think of those fabrics? I, for one, am smitten by these prints! Danielle was inspired when she assembled this beautiful … [Read more...] about One block modern quilt
Beginner-friendly modern batik quilt
Make this beginner-friendly modern batik quilt using your favorite collection or as a scrap buster! One easy quilt block is all it takes! Nature Study is my latest quilt, published in the February 2024 American Patchwork & Quilting issue. It measures 67" x 82", and the blocks finish at 6". I used greens and blues from my batik fabric 'collection' - I still have enough fabric to make five quilts in the same palette! The photographer, Adam Albright, always transforms my quilts into works … [Read more...] about Beginner-friendly modern batik quilt
Free patterns for 2 Christmas projects
Download these Free patterns for 2 Christmas projects, gather the fabrics, and get ready for some easy and fun sewing time! Will you have some downtime during the Thanksgiving long weekend? If so, I have some quilting ideas for you! They are fast to sew and will get you ready for Christmas. The first idea is a Christmas Tree Skirt. I worked with the All Spruced Up collection by Satin Moon Designs for Blank Quilting. This collection has traditional colors and motifs for Christmas; yet I … [Read more...] about Free patterns for 2 Christmas projects
Free patterns for Thanksgiving quilts
Download these free patterns for Thanksgiving quilts and be ready to welcome friends and family to your Thanksgiving Feast! I designed Blessed Bounty for the Late Summer Harvest collection by Blank Quilting a little while ago. The collection will be available in April 2024, yet I thought it would be cool to alert you to it right now so you can ask your local quilt store to carry it. I love the prints in this collection and I think you will love it, too! Blessed Bounty measures 71-1/4" x … [Read more...] about Free patterns for Thanksgiving quilts
Modern quilt pattern for home decor
This modern quilt pattern for home decor looks complex, but it's easy! Beginner blocks and contrasting colors combine for a stunning effect! This is Candyboard, my latest quilt pattern available at my Etsy Store. It measures 64" x 76" with blocks that finish at 12". I designed it for the Tonga Honeycomb batik collection by Timeless Treasures. You know how much I love batiks, right? If you would like to make it using the same collection, I know that Hancock's of Paducah is selling the kits … [Read more...] about Modern quilt pattern for home decor