Quilt Creators Club - Scrappy Spiderweb quilt blocks quilt creators club quilting Oct 28, 2021

Here’s another great block to dive into our scraps!

This month we’ll be creating circles without circular piecing… YAY!!

This block is called – Spider web… well it is October and it’s just so much fun to have a little “fall” theme!!

…And we...

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Quilt Creators Club September - Scrappy Crossroads Block Party! quilt blocks quilt creators club quilting Oct 28, 2021

This month’s block is called – Crossroads… And we’re going completely Scrappy!!!

Scraps, scraps, scraps

Pull them out… this is a great project to dive into our scrap bins!!!

How do we effectively & actually use our scraps?

It starts by getting organized…...

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Quilt Creators Club June - Friendship Star quilt blocks quilt creators club quilting Oct 28, 2021

Focus on foundational blocks! Quarter Triangle Unit

Once we know how to create these units, the block possibilities are unlimited!!!

Often a block will look complicated, however once broken down into units, we see that it’s easily manageable! YAY!!

Audition your fabric placement, to see how...

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Quilt Creators Club May - Star of the Hour quilt blocks quilt creators club quilting Oct 28, 2021

Star of the Hour 

Focus on foundational blocks! The Hour Glass unit

This month’s Outline

WEEK #1 –

  1. New Project block
  • 12” Block
  • Create 3 blocks for project
  • Discuss colour options
  • Selecting your colour way
    • Start pulling your fabrics 
  1. This project lends itself...
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Quilt Creators Club April - Square in a Square Block quilt blocks quilt creators club quilting Oct 21, 2021

Quilt Creators Club – April Square in a Star

 

Last month we focussed on piecing the versatile square in a square unit. Once we mastered the basics of this unit, we had fun discovering that by simply playing around with fabric placement we can create so many variations including this...

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Quilt Creators Club March - Arrowhead Puzzle Block Party quilt blocks quilt creators club quilting Oct 20, 2021

This Block  is so much fun!

This month's block is called Arrowhead puzzle / or also called Garlic knots.

It's just one of those "gift" blocks... it simple to create yet it is not afraid to take centre stage. 

This is a simple block, that we would normally piece all the individual...

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Quilt Creators Club February - Paper Piecing quilt creators club quilting technique workshop Oct 13, 2021

Here’s this months blocks….. how cute is that !!

How appropriate to construct some happy little heart quilts.

Paper piecing is also referred to as foundation piecing

Some quilters shy away from this quilting technique

its not a technique I use very often,

but I do love the...

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Long Arm Quilting -Susan’s Wool Appliqué free hand quilting gammill long arm hobbs batting long arm quilting quilting superior threads Oct 07, 2021

Throwback Thursday...

Susan did such a fabulous job piecing this beauty... with its wool appliqué and loads of “open space” it was such a delight to quilt!

 

What’s your favourite background fill? Let us know in our Bee (our Free FB community) ......

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Quilt Block Mania - October Science free quilt blocks quilt block mania quilting Oct 05, 2021

Science ...

Today is the first Tuesday of the month and that means it's time for Quilt Block Mania blog tour day - YAY!!

October 2021- This month's FREE quilt block theme is Science with beautiful earth tones for our colour way.

When thinking about a design for a science block... hummmm...

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Long Arm Quilting - Susan’s Quilt free hand quilting gammill long arm hobbs batting long arm quilting quilting superior threads Sep 30, 2021

Throwback Thursday

...ahhh blue & yellow quilts... don’t you just love that combination? Do you have one (or maybe more)... show it off in our Bee (our Free FB community) ... we’d love to see it!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/quiltingbeemmqc/ 

It was such fun custom...

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Long Arm Quilting - Sharon’s Quilt free hand quilting gammill long arm hobbs batting long arm quilting quilting superior threads Sep 23, 2021

Throwback Thursday

Before creating a quilt plan... I like to hang the top where I can see it in it’s entirety in order to collect ideas every time I look at it.

Although this top is not pieced on point the quilting is ... this create a neat secondary effect and makes those beautiful stars...

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Long Arm Quilting - Vintage Moments Quilt Pattern free hand quilting gammill long arm hobbs batting long arm quilting quilting superior threads Sep 23, 2021

Throwback Thursday...

What would be a great birthday gift for your sister who’s a quilter and already has all the supplies and lots of fabric but ... has a closet full of tops?

Well.... you sneak into her house & “borrow” a top and have it long arm quilted!! Right!?!

How...

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