We’re in the final week of the Harvest Star quilt along so I shared with the participants a quick and easy way to determine your next quilt layout. I thought it was worth sharing it on here too! This only works if your quilt has 9 or less blocks – I have yet to find a photo collage app that allows for more than 9 photos, so if you know of one, please let meContinue reading
Buy Spyglass in my shop: PDF Paper Wholesale The Cover Girl: I’ve had this quilt pattern in my brain for a while, and then back in September 2019 I bought 8 Ruby Star Society fat quarters while at a quilt show, and I just knew they needed to be turned into a Spyglass quilt. Still, it took a little bit of time to be able to dedicate to pattern writing and testing, but I’m soContinue reading
My friend Amanda from Broadcloth Studio is known for her witty and fun quilty quizzes she posts to her site. So when she asked me if I wanted to participate in the next one I answered with an enthusiastic “yes!”. This seemed like a good occasion to create a new quilt pattern, so here we are! Meet Linear! Linear is a mini quilt & pillow pattern for sale in my shop. It creates a 20″Continue reading
When I started creating patterns that used flying geese, I’d often hear from people that they struggled with accurately trimming them. While it is true that trimming flying geese is different than trimming, say, half square triangles, once you know how, you’ll see that it really isn’t a big deal! To show you how to accurately trim flying geese, I put together a short video tutorial for you. My hope is that you’ll learn toContinue reading
What’s the best and easiest way to trim Half Square Triangles (HSTs)? I’m coming to you today with TWO ways! The first is using my favorite ruler ever, the Clearly Perfect Slotted Trimmers. This ruler made me finally like making HSTs! If you want to use a ruler you already have, and you have a square ruler, then the second way is for you! Using the Clearly Perfect Slotted Trimmers The benefit of this rulerContinue reading
I was so excited when Accuquilt invited me to be part of their ambassador program. I make a ton of quilts every year as pattern samples, and I’m always looking for ways to streamline the process. Accuquilt machines are die cut machines that can cut up to 6 layers of fabric at once, which speeds up the cutting process and does it with accuracy! I was especially excited about Accuquilt’s possibility to cut half squareContinue reading
