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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:

We’ve made a lot of big Dresden Rings, now let’s try piecing a Mini Dresden Plate!

Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original template set I created in 2017 and are now much more functional!

Check out the new Circle Template Set Here – This set of 5 circles are perfect for creating the appliqued center circles for your Dresden Plates. I’m also playing with fun quilting designs using quarter and ...

We have a second Dresden Ring this month and this time it’s a mix and match of our Curved and Pointy petals! Learn how to piece both styles of petals in this video:

Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original template set I created in 2017 and are now much more functional!

Find True Grips for the back of your templates here – I place these little grips on the backs of my ...

Now let’s stitch our blocks up a notch and piece a Dresden Ring within a Ring!

Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original template set I created in 2017 and are now much more functional!

Find True Grips for the back of your templates here – I place these little grips on the backs of my templates to stop them from sliding when cutting. One pack of True Grips should be enough to ...

Let’s learn how to piece a Dresden Ring! Our new and improved Dresden Template Set is now available and I can’t wait to teach you how to use them!

Note – in the video I mention peeling a film off the right side of the templates. You do not need to do this step. I’ve already peeled the film off all of the templates.

Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original ...

Duck and Ducklings is another fun quilt block I mentioned in the book Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. I imagined one of these blocks would create a big mama duck and four ducklings. Because this is such an easy block to piece, Quilst has to be populated with ducks! LOL! Enjoy piecing this super simple block with me by following along with this video:

This is the last block for Mini Block Monday! I hope you have enjoyed piecing these 30 mini 3-inch quilt blocks with me. Click Here to check out all of the Mini ...

This Sugar Bowl Quilt Block is really fun! It’s a new riff on a Square-in-a-Square block, but with sliced Half Square Triangles to make the triangle corners. The best part is you will get 2 Sugar Bowl quilt blocks for every set of fabrics you piece!

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Looking for a pattern for this Sugar Bowl quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something ...

Last year I got an interesting comment on my Bears Claw Block tutorial for the Friendship Quilt Along. Laurie said, “I’ve never seen a bear with 8 claws per paw, LOL!” This week’s tiny Bears Claw Quilt Block is a bit more realistic:

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Looking for a pattern for this Bears Claw quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with ...

I have another cute, traditional quilt block for you to piece this week – a Shoo Fly Block!

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Looking for a pattern for this Shoo Fly quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with these Mini Block Monday videos and including all the information in the video itself. Just hit “pause” when you need to and write down the pieces to cut ...

It’s time to piece a Monkey Wrench Quilt Block! This block makes me smile when I think of the character Pin from Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. My original goal when I drafted this pattern was to have a monkey doll ready to share, but alas, life got in the way… and honestly piecing this block is more than enough of a challenge!

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It’s finally summer and the perfect time for a Sunshine Mini Block! This block combines a Square in a Square, Half Square Triangles, and Eight at a Time Flying Geese. Whew! You’ll be ready for a dip in the pool after piecing this one!

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Looking for a pattern for this Sunshine quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with ...

This week I’m piecing on the Janome 1600 home machine and playing with a new patchwork foot. Learn how to piece with this foot and how I modify it to make it work best for me:

Click Here to find this patchwork foot. This foot is definitely compatible with the Janome 1600 and HD9. This foot might also work with the Juki TL, Brother 1500, Babylock Jane / Accomplish because these are all high speed, lockstitch machines as well. However, we are only dealers for Janome machines and only guarantee compatibility of this foot with the Janome 1600 and Janome ...

I’m back with another patriotic mini quilt block – The Flag! This is probably the easiest of all our 4th of July themed blocks with only four little Half Square Triangles and lots of skinny strips. Very fast to put together just in time to celebrate American Independence Day!

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Looking for a pattern for The Flag quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying ...

This week I’m piecing a new Freedom Stars quilt block, which looks really complex when it’s all pieced together. But this block is actually made from four super mini Friendship Star blocks and so long as you piece those first, this block will go together easy peasy!

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Looking for a pattern for this Freedom Stars quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m ...

I have another patriotic quilt block for you to make this week. It’s a bit easier than last week’s Patriot Star, and gives you another chance to try those Four at a Time Flying Geese!

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Looking for a pattern for this Star and Stripes quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with these Mini Block Monday videos and including ...

It’s hard to believe it’s nearly June and the 4th of July, one of my favorite holidays, is right around the corner! This year I’m celebrating with several patriotic quilt blocks in red, white, and blue and this is our first – a Patriot Star!

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Looking for a pattern for this Patriot Star quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something ...

A few weeks ago we learned how to piece a Magical Door Block, which was the closed door into the magical world of Quilst. Of course, we also have to have an Open Door block so we can get out of Quilst! Learn how to piece this block from the book Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt in this new piecing tutorial:

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Rail Fence blocks come in all shapes and sizes and there’s probably a million ways to arrange this block to create all sorts of effects. I decided to keep it simple with a Rail Fence four patch that creates a cute spinning effect in the middle.

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Looking for a pattern for the Rail Fence quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something ...

There are lots and lots and LOTS of traditional quilt blocks with the name “birds” in the title. This Flying Birds block is one of my favorites! When writing Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt, I imagined this block would turn into one giant bird and six smaller birds. Definitely gave Mally a lot of bang for her buck!

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One of my favorite blocks from this Mini Block Monday series has got to be this Spool Block! It’s super cute, easy to piece, and you can show off your favorite fabrics in the center square. Learn how to piece this block and 4-at-a-Time Half Square Triangles too!

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Looking for a pattern for the Mini Spool quilt block? It’s all in the video! I’m ...