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Appliqué butterfly and stars quilt

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appliqué butterfly and stars quilt

Here's a beginner-friendly appliqué butterfly and stars quilt that looks great as a scrappy quilt or with your favorite fabric collection! Fly Away is my newest pattern release of this year. It measures 56" x 68", and the blocks finish at 9". I worked with the Pixie Patch collection by Lumin Fabrics. If you want your quilt to look just like mine, wait a little, as the collection will ship to stores in January 2027. In the meantime, you can make a scrappy quilt using your batiks or other … [Read more...] about Appliqué butterfly and stars quilt

Filed Under: Appliqué, easy quilts, Machine Appliqué, modern quilts, quilt patterns Tagged With: batiks, butterflies, butterfly quilt, download patter, downloadable quilt pattern, easy quilts, Fray Check, holiday sale, home decor, machine applique, patchwork, quick projects, quilt pattern, quilting, scrappy quilt, star quilt, tutorial

Modern Log Cabin Wreath Pattern

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Here is a twist on our beloved quilted Welcome Wreaths! Download this Modern Log Cabin Wreath Pattern and hang it year-round in your house! I am in love with my Welcome Wreath! It measures 28" x 28" with blocks that finish at 10". It is a perfect scrap buster, too! For this project, I worked with fabrics from the Chromatics collection by FreeSpirit and Lower the Volume by Blank Quilting, as I was going for a pastel look. Whatever fabric you decide to use, I recommend tiny prints of … [Read more...] about Modern Log Cabin Wreath Pattern

Filed Under: Machine Appliqué, quilt patterns Tagged With: Christmas wreaths, easy quilts, handmade gifts, holiday projects, home decor, machine applique, patchwork, quick projects, quilt pattern, quilting, scrap buster, scrap projects, wreaths

How to draw FPP quilt blocks

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how to draw FPP quilt blocks

Choose a photo and learn how to draw FPP quilt blocks. I watched the EQ online course and created my first block! Foundation paper piecing is like meditation to me. The repetitive steps, especially when making many of the same block, put me in a Zen state. Some of us are intimidated; yet, after the first project, you will be comfortable with it. Take a look at this video to see how I paper-piece blocks. You can also check out how I pieced the Sun Block. Nowadays, the only 'tool' I use … [Read more...] about How to draw FPP quilt blocks

Filed Under: foundation piecing, Tutorials Tagged With: drawing quilt blocks, foundation paper pieced block, foundation paper piecing, FPP, free motion quilting, paper piecing tutorial, patchwork, quilting software, quilting tutorial, turtles

Pumpkin Garden Beginner Quilt

By Denise Russell

Here's a fun and easy Pumpkin Garden Beginner Quilt pattern to download and make quickly. It is perfect for using all your scraps! Newbie Gardener is my newest pattern! I made the quilt using The Patch Beneath collection by Island Batiks. It measures 51" x 51", and the blocks finish at 10". I loved working with the batiks in this collection. However, you can use your favorite collection or, better yet, all the scraps in your stash. The quilt size works as a throw, a table topper, or a … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Garden Beginner Quilt

Filed Under: easy quilts, quilt patterns Tagged With: beginner friendly, beginner quilts, easy quilts, fall quilts, patchwork, pumpkin, pumpkin block, pumpkin garden, pumpkin patch, pumpkin quilts, quick projects, quilt pattern

Halloween and Cats free patterns

By Denise Russell

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Download these Halloween and Cats free patterns now, get the fabrics, and make two beautiful quilts for your home! By now, you must have all your summer quilts done, so here are two projects for Halloween. I designed them for the whimsical collection Cat House by Mayo Moreno for Henry Glass Fabrics. Toadstools galore! The first one is Meow Neighborhood. It measures 52" x 60" and features a super-cute panel surrounded by my favorite prints from the collection. Bugs, brooms, candy corn, … [Read more...] about Halloween and Cats free patterns

Filed Under: free quilt pattern Tagged With: black cats, cat quilt, cats, easy quilts, free pattern, Halloween quilts, home decor, mushrooms, patchwork, pumpkin block, quick projects, quilt pattern, toadstool

Free Halloween quilt patterns

By Denise Russell

Here are two free Halloween quilt patterns you can download now. They are beginner-friendly, use panel blocks, and come together super fast! The Apothecary Quilt is the first pattern I designed for Rose Halsey's Witchy Wicked collection by Blank Quilting. It measures 59" x 73½," and the blocks finish at 8" x 12" and 12". It makes a fun throw! The second row of this quilt is a strip showing the shelves in my... err... the witch's lair, and the third row uses blocks from a panel. … [Read more...] about Free Halloween quilt patterns

Filed Under: free quilt pattern Tagged With: beginner quilt, cat block, easy quilts, free quilt pattern, Halloween quilts, jeans upcycle, panel quilt, patchwork, row quilt, upcycle

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