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Are you ready to piece a Four Patch Quilt and quilt it with paper quilting stencils? This is one of our simplest, beginner quilting patterns. It’s also one of the fastest baby quilts I’ve ever made!

This is a baby quilt you can make in a day. We’re piecing this quilt using precut 5-inch squares and machine quilting with very fast, very simple quilting designs. Jump ahead using the links below to find the part of this quilting tutorial you most need to read:

My list from last week was small and included:

Twinkle is one of my favorite patterns in my best-selling book Fat Quarter Workshop. It is a large scale block that features two colliding stars.

The design of the block makes it great for fabric collections that have a lot of low volume neutrals that don’t offer a lot of value contrast with the background. We use them in the center of the block and the darker fabrics as the star points to clearly define the block and all all the fabrics to shine.

The original fabric in the book quilt is long gone, but we thought Festive Fauna ...

This is going to be my new pattern...a quilt that you can literally construct in a day! While it looks simple it does require being able to work with partial seams, so hopefully I will be able to get my diagrams right so that people can follow this. Otherwise it is obviously super simple and quick to come together. It reminds me of the colourful wooden blocks that the kids used to play with.

Make 8 units at a time with this easy half-square triangle tutorial. Use this formula to figure out the size of the beginning squares. No guesswork!

In a few weeks, I will release a new quilt pattern that features a pieced block (above) and a block with piecing and applique’. Today I will show you how I’ve been making lots of half-square triangles (HST) shown in my recent patterns and published quilts. When I have to create many units at a time, I have a few options.

Half-square triangle methods

1. The traditional method has you cutting squares of ...

This is our Gumball Quilt, and while one of the most simple quilts I have made in both technique and fabrics, it is one of my all time favorites. To me it screams happy, joyful and warm summer days! It is just wonderful for a baby quilt, for a little one to use outside on the lawn or as a stunning wall decor. The finished size is 38″ X 45″. This quilt was very popular in kits for our shop, but as it is now retired I thought we would share it as a FREE pattern with you.

It is ...

The Mystery Quilt can be made at a time of your convenience.

I introduced the mystery at my quilt guild retreat last week and am making the clues available to all of you online.

I am not having a mystery day as I am busy with grandchildren right now.

There are 2 sizes-

Baby/Lap Quilt – 44″ by 44″

Comfort Quilt – 56″ by 68″

Click HERE to Download Fabric Requirements and Cutting Directions

Click HERE to Download All Clues

Photos available at the top of the blog     –     

Photos – 2017 Fall Mystery

Please email me photos of your mystery quilt top ...