I love small quilts! Small quilts don’t take up a lot of time or space. They quickly satisfy my need to create. They’re fun to use in my home as the seasons come and go. And they make great gifts. What’s not to love?! I have been making small quilts ever since I started quilting [...]
I’ve had Halloween on my mind the past few weeks, and that’s how this little block was born. It's a freebie for you! These instructions are for a 6″ block. Trick or Treat Quilt Block Pattern6″ block Click here for printer-friendly version Cutting Background fabric (shown black) Cut a 2″ strip. From this strip, cut [...]
I've been making simple Log Cabin quilt blocks and I'm having a great time imaging where the design could go. I'm using a free pattern from Quilter's World in a mystery sampler called Awash with Color, Block 1. I'm starting with lights so that my last addition is darks. I'm sewing from my stash and [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador There are some traditional applique blocks that grab my attention and don't let go. The block I'm sharing today is one of those. I found it on Connecting Threads and it's called Bits of Blue and Gray. It was created by Debbie Beaves. Bits of Blue and Gray [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador There are many great resources for quilters offered online at no charge, and who doesn't like a deal like that?! On most Fridays, I will share a freebie with you that I like. Could be a pattern or a tutorial, a quilting motif or something entirely unexpected. Sound [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I am usually unable to keep up with sew alongs and quilt alongs, which are really popular among online quilt makers. But when Temecula Quilt Co. posted their intent to run one starting in January, the scrappy sampler look drew me right in. This is a free sew [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Most of my making is devoted to quilts, but the impending arrival of twin grandbabies has me sewing a few other things this summer. Today I embellished burp cloths with the HQ Stitch 510. Everyone knows that original cloth diapers make the best burp cloths, and it seems [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been making receiving blankets for my soon-to-arrive twin granddaughters, and one of my favorites has a 24" Economy quilt block as its center. Making this blanket used a lot of the skills I've honed over many years, so I thought it would be make a good series [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador These little stars are so easy and so much fun to make. I get into my scrap bin and cut the patches regularly so that I can make them whenever I have a few minutes. This block finishes at 4" when sewn into a quilt. It will be [...]
by Diane Harris I’m always poking around the web for new ideas, and at the end of last year I stumbled on “temperature blankets.” But since quilters hate it when people call the things they make blankets, I’m going to call this a “climate quilt” instead. I first heard about this with people who knit [...]
