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 [...]
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 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, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador You may have heard about improvisational quilting, or improv for short. This kind of freeform construction is fun and easy, and it keeps piecing interesting because every block is a new adventure. You don't know exactly how it will look until it's sewn together. Improvisational star I think [...]
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 [...]
Most traditional basket blocks have the basket oriented across the diagonal. Here are some examples. Sometimes you need a basket that sits at the bottom of the block instead. I designed a sampler quilt recently, and I wanted a basket with the base along the bottom, so I designed this one. [...]
