Fussy cut quilt blocks

This week for Finish it Friday, we are going back to the "not so distant" past and revisiting a few Christmas sewing projects! This week I finished a set of patchwork quilted Christmas pillows that

Mini quilt tutorial featuring tips for fussy-cutting novelty fabric as well as easy step by step photos for sewing partial seams. Features Tasha Noel's Seaside fabric for Riley Blake Designs.

Today we’re going to cover a basic quilt block: the Diamond in a Square. The traditional way would have you cut a diamond and four...

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Tutorials - interlocked squares with a fussy cut center - As requested from my Boom 10 swap buddies, here is a tutorial for my interlocked squares block with a fussy cut center. ( I will complete a separate tutorial for a paper pieced version of this block). This is very picture heavy so please be patient. I will add

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So I volunteered to run the block lotto at the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild. And I said I would make a video to explain it all. I thought it would take 2 days, three max. Two weeks later I published my video. I'm not sure what I was thinking having no experience making a video. The minute I started I knew I was in trouble. It was as boring as watching paint dry. It was awful. The footage of making the blocks was painful to watch.I'm sure if I hadn't been on the hook with the guild for a…

THE LOST SHIP It is just a coincidence that this is the last block. We have made so many half-square triangle blocks! In fact I thought maybe we should have called this the half-square triangle challenge. I wanted to alternate types of blocks so you didn't get weary of the same type of square so I kept saving this block. The Lost Ship reminds me of the Bear Paw Quilt Block. You may have each large triangle a different print, all the same print, or use two prints like I have done. As I laid…

There’s a new craze out there promoted by Red Pepper Quilts, crazy mom quilts, and others, and it’s called the economy block. That’s a new term to me, as I know this block as R…

A mixed bag today. Can you tell I am having fun as I look at things around the world? With an eye open for inspiration, I found these o...