Welcome to week 6 of Lori Holt’s Bloom Sew Along! We hope you are having fun creating your blocks each week and look forward to seeing everyone’s finished quilts! For those of you who are new to the sew along, you can download the FREE PATTERN here. Stop by Lori’s blog for lots of great…
Bloom Sew Along: Block 4
Welcome to Bloom Sew Along: Block 4! Each Monday we are featuring several versions of a block. The full tutorial for the block can be found, also every Monday, on Lori Holt’s blog. Block 4 features this adorable little applique flower made with fabrics from Lori Holt’s Calico Days fabric collection, perfect for chasing…
Bloom Sew Along: Block 3
It’s time to reveal Block #3 of the Bloom Sew Along! By now, you should be expert at making these cute little appliques. However, if you are just getting started, scroll to the bottom for link’s to a helpful video and Lori’s tutorials. This block was fairly straight forward, with simple oval shapes for the…
Strawberry Jam Quilt
Hello! It’s Amanda, aka Jedi Craft Girl, hanging out with Penny Rose Fabrics today! I’m happy to share this delicious little quilt called Strawberry Jam. Living in Southern California, it’s strawberry season all year round! This quilt reminds me of fun times spent in the kitchen making popovers, biscuits, rolls, and anything else we could…
Bloom Sew Along: Block 2
Today we’re showing our version of Block 2 of Lori Holt’s Bloom Quilt Sew Along! I loved playing with the fun mix of prints in Lori’s Calico Days collection! Aren’t they charming? The applique shapes are made using Lori’s Sew Simple Shapes templates. We have put together a great little video for you showing how…
Bloom Sew Along: Block 1
Today is the Day! Thank you for joining us for the Bloom Sew Along. Each week we will feature several variations of a new block, so you will have lots of inspiration for your quilt! For complete tutorials of each block, be sure to visit Lori’s blog. Are you ready to get started? Here you…
Stitch ‘n Kitchen Blog Tour: Winter Wishes Table Topper
Today’s stop on the Stitch ‘n Kitchen Blog Tour takes us to Messy Jesse, where we learn how to make this beautiful Winter Wishes Table Topper! Jesse is also sharing her favorite holiday recipe: Cornish Fairings! You can find the complete tutorial and recipe here. Be sure to follow along with our Stitch ‘n Kitchen…
TBT Modern: Weather Vane
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…
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…