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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…

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…

Jedi Craft Girl: Happy Haunting Quilt

Halloween is just around the corner – just in time for a spooky fun Halloween quilt tutorial from Jedi Craft Girl! This cute vintage-inspired Halloween quilt is a breeze to whip up and is destined to become a family favorite for years to come. The Happy Haunting collection, designed by Deena Rutter, is full of…

Life After Laundry: Starpoint Table Runner

   Have you seen Nadra Ridgeway’s Bloom and Bliss Collection? Now available in stores, Nadra’s latest collection has a sweet, cheerful, Scandinavian feel to it. Today, Brenna from Life After Laundry has a lovely little Starpoint Table Runner Tutorial on her blog, featuring the Bloom and Bliss Collection. Isn’t it beautiful? Hop on over to Life After Laundry for…

Traditional Block Thursday: Pieced Star

Today’s tutorial features the beautiful Samantha line from Penny Rose Fabrics. We will be making a Pieced Star today. There are many variations to a pieced star. I chose this one because it has the flying goose unit AND half square triangle units (a great review of how to make half square triangles). Start with…