Create this scrappy quilt with stars using fabrics you've been collecting over the years. It will add vibrant colors to your home decor! Spiral Galaxies appears in the June issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine, hitting the stands on April 18! It measures 72-1/2" x 81-1/2" with 10" star blocks and 9" nine-patches with half-square triangles. It features bakits from my extensive collection. No single fabric was purchased for the quilt, including the (pieced) back, which I will … [Read more...] about Scrappy quilt with stars
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Flannel quilt for beginners
Here's a quick flannel quilt for beginners, perfect as a graduation gift or home decor. You can make it in one day! My middle son turns 25 today! I had been collecting flannels for a few years to make the Suede Satchel quilt for him, and, while on a retreat at Lake Okoboji earlier this month, I finally put it together! It is smaller than my original pattern - it measures 48" x 64" with blocks that finish at 8" - and I hope he will enjoy it as a throw as he hangs out with his cat, … [Read more...] about Flannel quilt for beginners
Free star quilt pattern
Get ready for time in the wilderness with this free star quilt pattern! Make it for your home or your animal-lover friends. Are you ready for a new, easy project? Then, download Magic Under the Stars - a free pattern I designed for Studioe Fabrics' Woodland Magic collection by Ashley Satanosky. Owls, deer, foxes, bears, and rabbits bring their magic from the woodlands into our homes in this quilt where stars light up the sky, under which all is quiet and asleep! The quilt measures 51" x … [Read more...] about Free star quilt pattern
Free pattern for a panel quilt
Download this easy, free pattern for a panel quilt, and get ready to WOW your friends with this lattice design! My motto has been "Glow with the Flow." Now I can glow while wrapped in this quilt! I designed Mystic, a 48" x 68" throw for the Jardin de Lune Glow, a glow-in-the-dark collection by Blank Quilting. The luminescent mushrooms, flowers, hummingbirds, moths, and butterflies transported me on a night journey through a magical garden, inspiring me as I translated the beautiful fabrics … [Read more...] about Free pattern for a panel quilt
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
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