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BLOCK OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER

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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER

MARTHA WASHINGTON STAR QUILT BLOCK

MARTHA WASHINGTON STAR

Quilt Block of the Month #10: Martha Washington Star This the October quilt block of the month. We are getting closer to completing our Sampler quilt and I couldn’t be more excited! The Martha Washington Star is one of the prettiest quilt blocks that I have seen. I love it because it is so versatile and you can change the look just by changing up some of the squares like I did with the green corners. The fabric used on those squares is the Moda Grunge in Green. The other fabrics used in that block are Tula Pink Monkey Wrench fabrics. The purple Martha Washington Star is made from Riley Blake fabrics.

Cutting Instructions:

1- 4.5″ Light Fabric

1- 4.5″ Dark Print Fabric

6- 4″ Light Squares

4- 3.5″ Light Squares (Corner Squares)

4- 4″ Dark Print Squares

The block should finish at 12.5″

 

MARTHA WASHINGTON STAR

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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: SEPTEMBER MODIFIED QUILT BLOCK

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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: SEPTEMBER

HOURGLASS – MODIFIED QUILT BLOCK FROM JANUARY

HOURGLASS QUILT BLOCK

QUILT BLOCK OF THE MONTH: HOURGLASS (MODIFIED BLOCK)

In this tutorial, I teach you how to modify a simple 4 patch into an hourglass block. We already made the 4 patch in January when we first started. I wanted to start simple for those who might be beginners doing the sampler quilt along with us. As our skills have improved, I thought it was appropriate to modify this block. The hourglass quilt block is simple and looks great! In the coming weeks we will be preparing more blocks so that our sampler quilt can be finished in time for you to give as holiday and Christmas gifts to your loved ones.

FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL: 

FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR JANUARY 4 PATCH:

BLOCK OF THE MONTH: SEPTEMBER

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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: SEPTEMBER

PINWHEEL

QUILT BLOCK OF TH MONTH #9: PINWHEEL

The block of the month for September 2020 is the pinwheel. This is one of my favorite blocks for so many reasons. It looks like a really difficult block to make and yet it’s fairy easy. I say fairly easy, because getting the points to line up in the center can be a bit tricky, but with a little bit of practice and nesting your seams together, the block comes together very nicely. I have made many quilts with pinwheels and I never get tired of them. Pinwheels are fun to make and they look great on the front of the quilt as a main design choice, border choice or even on the back of the quilt if you trying to use up scraps. See my video here where I used pinwheels on the back of my Sawtooth Star Quilt: https://youtu.be/a5o2uSXyJqY

CUTTING: Cut 2 pieces of fabric right sides facing each other at 14.5″ X 14.5″

This will give you 2 – 13″ X 13″ finished blocks.

VIEW THE FULL TUTORIAL HERE: 

PINWHEEL BLOCK

BLOCK OF THE MONTH – JULY

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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: JULY

DRUNKARDS PATH

DRUNKARDS PATH

 

DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN HERE:

PLEASE NOTE: WHEN PRINTING, DO NOT CHOOSE SCALE TO FIT- YOU WANT THE ACTUAL SIZE TO PRINT

Drunkards Path Pattern

 

Quilt block of the month #7:

Drunkards Path. This month we are making a Drunkards Path Quilt Pattern. You can make many beautiful designs with the is block and I find that this pattern looks difficult, but in reality, it’s very doable. I have made a wall hanging using the Drunkards Path Block. It is a great project for scraps or Fat Quarters that you may have laying around that you’d like to use up. The Drunkards Path block is one of my favorites. It only takes 2 fat quarters to cut all of your pieces for the block. I also had a left over fabric that could be used to piece a border or binding if you wanted to add even more character to your Drunkards Path quilt.

Be sure to take a look at my wall hanging using the Drunkards Path Block.

SCRAPPY DRUNKARDS PATH

CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS:

2- Fat Quarters (1 Dark and 1 Light)

DOWNLOAD MY FREE DRUNKARDS PATH PDF PATTERN ON MY WEBSITE

FINISHED BLOCK SIZE IS: 14″ X 14″

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THE BLOCK OF THE MONTH, PLEASE VISIT: https://craftyauthor.com/block-of-the-month-january

 

FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL: 

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QUILTING WITH RULERS

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USING A DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE

Quilting with rulers on a domestic sewing machine is a lot of fun. I will also be using the Quilt as you go method to put the quilt together. This is the Sawtooth Star quilt that we started during the sew along, months ago. I am finally getting around to finishing it and the first step is quilting the blocks. I have decided to quilt the blocks using rulers on my domestic sewing machine.

If you are interested in quilting with rulers on your domestic sewing machine, you will need to do some research to see if your sewing machine supports it.

I sure am enjoying this method of quilting! I highly recommend quilting with rulers. Be sure to practice first on practice quilt sandwiches. Enjoy!

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE:

https://youtu.be/IZe1wujpbqo

BLOCK OF THE MONTH – JUNE

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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: JUNE

JACOB’S LADDER

JACOB'S LADDER

 

Jacob’s Ladder Quilt Block of the Month #6

This month we are making the Jacob’s Ladder Quilt Pattern. You can make several designs and variations with the Jacob’s Ladder Pattern.  This block was one of the easiest I have done by far. It takes very little fabric, only 2 fat quarters, and I still had fabric left over. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. I also put a picture of the quilt blocks on my quilt wall so you can see what the progress is of our sampler quilt so far. I’m getting really excited to see how cool this is going to look.

CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS:

2- 5″ Squares of Your Light Fabric

2- 5″ Squares of Your Dark Fabric

2 – 2 1/2″ x 15″ Strips of Light Fabric

2 – 2 1/2″ x 15″ Strips of Dark Fabric

FINISHED BLOCK SIZE IS:

12.5″ X 12.5″

FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE;