It’s February!!!
Do you love quick little projects? I love the sense of accomplishment of starting and completing something in a short period of time… a little piece of creativity that can be enjoyed right away.
This little paper pieced project is sure to brighten any one’s...
Toys ...
Today is the first Tuesday of the month and that means it's time for Quilt Block Mania blog tour day - YAY!!
December 2021 - This month's FREE quilt block theme is Toys with a fun colour way!
(Quilt Block Mania Blocks are only available Free for a limited time)
How fun of a theme is...
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...
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…...
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...
Star of the Hour
Focus on foundational blocks! The Hour Glass unit
This month’s Outline
WEEK #1 –
- New Project block
- 12” Block
- Create 3 blocks for project
- Discuss colour options
- Selecting your colour way
- Start pulling your fabrics
- This project lends itself...
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...
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...
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...
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) ......
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...
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...
