Alphabet quilt blocks

Learn to use the One Patch Quilt in Electric Quilt 8 as graph paper to design an entire alphabet. And then the process to transfer your design to individual blocks for each letter.

I recently had the MOST FUN making a mini quilt with words on it, so I just had to share it, along with a list of great pattern and book options for sewing your own alphabet letter quilt blocks.

Want to PERSONALIZE baby quilts, wedding gifts, graduation gifts, and the like? This pattern will teach you how to make a PIECED, not appliquéd alphabet . You are one click away from PERSONALIZING all your quilts! All letters in this pattern are upper case letters. They are 5" tall. Most are 3" wide. The exceptions are: M, Q, W, X, and Z, which are 4" wide before framing. All letters will be constructed in vertical columns. Then each letter will be framed in background fabric so that the…

A while back I was part of a really fun Moda blog hop called Spell it with Fabric. All the Moda designers were assigned a letter, and we made it our own using our fabrics and style. I made a...

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Today I'm going to show you how to make your own set of Alphabet Squares. I made these last year to help Emerson learn her letters. We used them almost every week for all sorts of activities. They are super durable and have held up really well. Here's what you will need: 1-2 yards of s

It seems so sad that today is the final day of the Spell it with Fabric blog hop. By now you have 26 letters, 9 numbers and some fun punctuation patterns. You have received some ideas on different things the designers did with their letters. Edyta put her daughters name on the back of the quilt with some of the letters. http://laundrybasketquilts.com/blog/2014/02/19/l-is-for-love/ Bunny Hill appliqued on top of her pieced letter. http://bunnyhillblog.com/2014/02/17/moda-blog-hop/ Minick and…

I'm so excited to share my latest book with you! I'm pleased to introduce Alphabet Soup!! Here is the back cover of the book! If you're wondering what the text at the top of the back cover says, it r

Photo taken in 1912 from the Lund family in Taos, New Mexico. Arizona's star was the 48th, added in February, 1912. New Mexico was added a month earlier in January. We've been looking at quilts date-inscribed 1912 trying to get an idea of what was happening when Marie Webster began publishing her "New Quilts," modern applique designs. Quilters working in 1912 had many published patterns for inspiration, among them the Ladies' Art Company catalog from St. Louis, which featured a popular…

Alphabet quilt mocked up in Andover fabrics Atomic by Libs Elliott. This pattern uses 8 fat quarters in shades of different colors to create a folded ribbon effect. Ribbon Letters pattern by Patch and Dot.