Today marks our final quilt block tutorial for Traditional Block Thursday! I hope you have enjoyed following along and learning a new trick or two from Bonnie. Today, Bonnie shows us how to make this beautiful Weather Vane quilt block. The Weather Vane block pulls together several different techniques she has taught us over…
Traditonal Block Thursday: Weather Vane
Our last block for our #tbt Traditional Block Thursday is this beautiful Weather Vane Block. This block “dates back to the time when great-grandmother used that commodity to ‘calc’late a change,’ instead of listening to a scientific forecast on the radio. But her pattern, the weather vane, is one of the loveliest of our old-time…
Quiltscapes: Pack Along Quilts
We always love to see what our friend Deonn from Quiltscapes has up her sleeve. Today, Deonn shows us how to turn any blanket into a pack-along. Get the tutorial here!
Sew Simple Shapes
Today we get to talk about these fun little shapes designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs. Sew Simple Shapes are templates used for applique work and Lori has created tutorials to show you various ways of using these handy little pieces of plastic perfection. Lori’s first tutorial shows you how to use…
Cozy Cottage Calendar Celebration with Fat Quarter Shop
Fat Quarter Shop is celebrating Lori Holt’s Cozy Cottage Calendar this week. Each day bloggers with show interpretations of the projects in Lori’s calendar. Our own Jina Barney’s blog, Jina’s World of Quilting, is featured today using various fabrics from Penny Rose andRiley Blake Designs including Lori Holt’s Modern Minis collection. Take a closer look…
Project Design Team Thursday – All Hallow’s Eve Wall Hanging
Happy October! My name is Amanda and I write the Jedi Craft Girl blog. I’m so excited to be here at Penny Rose Fabrics today! I have been having the best time creating with these wonderful neutrals and black/grays. It’s finally feeling like fall here in Southern California! Yippee!!!!! I love decorating for Halloween and…
Project Design Team Wednesday ~Four Corners Fabric Strip Quilt
Hi quilting friends, I’m Amy from Diary of a Quilter. I love a simple row quilt. They are a quick way to finish a quilt, and show off and use a lot of pretty fabric at the same time. The graphic, southwest-inspired prints in the new Four Corners fabric by Simple Simon and Co is perfect for…
Jedi Craft Girl: Farmers Market Quilt
Jedi Craft Girl has a Free PDF on her blog for this lovely Farmer’s Market Quilt. Aren’t those fussy cut squares just adorable? The Vintage Market fabric collection was designed by Tasha Noel and is available in quilt shops. The top of the quilt features cute a cute little bunting banner applique, and notice the…
Traditional Block Thursday: Snowball
We are nearing the end of our Traditional Block Thursday Series, but there is one more technique I want to show you. Thus far, we have learned strip-piecing, half square triangles, quarter square triangles and flying geese. We aren’t going to delve into applique in this series – we’ll just stick with piecing, but there…
TBT Modern: Snowball
Today I am excited to show you this fun Snowball quilt block! I really love the simple look and versatility of this block. Because it is called the Snowball, I decided to make one block to go with the icy winter theme. I chose four different cool blue tones. I think a whole quilt made…