Quilt Blocks

Let Craftsy tutorials show you the ropes when it comes to quilt blocks. Use this board to learn how to create a friendship star quilt block or sew a perfect quarter-square triangle!
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Better, Faster Log Cabins
First, learn two special cutting techniques for improving all of your log cabins immediately. Then, give this classic block a refresh as you find out how to select unique fabrics, develop a fast cutting layout and save even more time with chain piecing. Marti will show you how to create an eye-catching block using fun, easy fat quarters. She’ll also share an impressive technique for cutting 84 pieces in a fraction of your normal time.
Simple to Stunning: Disappearing Blocks With Pre-Cuts
Is your stash stocked with pre-cut squares and strips? Find out how to turn them into beautiful blocks that look so complex, no one will know they were easy to sew! Join expert Angela Pingel and discover the fast, fun way to bring disappearing blocks to life. Dive in with 5-inch pre-cut squares and the disappearing nine-patch quilt block as Angela guides you through cutting, sub-cutting and piecing your way to stunning results.
Stitch a Strippy Pumpkin Quilt Block for Fall
If you’re looking to make an adorable, totally one-of-a-kind project this fall, look no further. This scrappy, stash-busting pumpkin quilt block is made entirely of 1½”-wide strips. It comes together in a snap, and it’s perfect for autumn stitching. All you need now is a warm mug of homemade apple cider and the perfect fall afternoon is complete.
Smarter Strip Quilting
Sew beautiful blocks without Y-seams or templates! Designer Joanna Figueroa simplifies the piecing process using pre-cut strips, and shows you how to sew intricate strip quilt designs with ease. Enjoy step-by-step guidance as you learn how to accurately cut 45- and 60-degree angles with a regular ruler, and pick up Joanna’s must-have tips for pressing long seams, dealing with bias edges, piecing patches with angles and more.
Kelly Quilts with AccuQuilt
Quiltmakers of all skill levels will enjoy the variety of designs they can create with Tumbler blocks. Kelly demonstrates how AccuQuilt GO! Dies make it easy to create 6-, 4- and 3-inch finished Tumbler blocks.
3 Blocks, 30 Quilts
Unlock the creative power of three approachable blocks to create remarkable projects with quilt designer Kate Colleran. Get tips for choosing fabrics, strip piecing, pressing, and more. Then showcase favorite fabrics in a modified log cabin block made with strips of all different sizes. Sew a second block featuring a four-patch that creates settings with vibrant interplay between blocks.
Re-Piecing the Past: Civil War Blocks Then & Now
One of the biggest names in quilting comes to Craftsy! Quilter, author, and teacher Kaye England brings her expertise in traditional quilting to this information-packed online Craftsy class. Kaye travels the world to teach her precise and efficient piecing methods, inspired by quilting traditions from around the world and the stories of strong women throughout history.
Traditional Blocks Made Simple
Over years of quilting, Anita has figured out how to let her tools do most of the persnickety work of precise measurement. Snip snip snip! She’ll show you how to customize your own rulers, use paper patterns for cutting and sewing, and deploy her stack-and-stitch method of block creation. “Why didn’t I think of that?” you’ll wonder as you breeze through Anita’s arrowhead, pineapple, square-on-point and “unbiased” blocks.
Stitch a Strippy Pumpkin Quilt Block for Fall
If you’re looking to make an adorable, totally one-of-a-kind project this fall, look no further. This scrappy, stash-busting pumpkin quilt block is made entirely of 1½”-wide strips. It comes together in a snap, and it’s perfect for autumn stitching. All you need now is a warm mug of homemade apple cider and the perfect fall afternoon is complete.
New Directions in Tumbling Blocks
Create a striking table runner and nine-patch quilt with dazzling dimension! Expert quilter Karen Combs will help you harness color, value and texture to create the illusion of depth, starting with her must-have fabric selection tips. You’ll learn to use templates or a standard ruler to cut accurate 60-degree diamonds, and follow along with Karen to achieve precisely pieced 3-D cubes for your runner.
Kelly Quilts with AccuQuilt: Hexagons
Kelly is WILD about hexies! See how to use each of the three AccuQuilt GO! dies in this bundle (hexagon, half-hexagon, and equilateral triangle) independently or mixed and matched. Kelly demonstrates how the precisely engineered dies can quickly cut accurate patchwork pieces that go together perfectly with both straight-edge and inset seams (Y-seams).
How to Stitch a Hoppin’ Easter Bunny Quilt Block
Watch out — these bunnies multiply fast, and you may just find yourself with an entire quilt’s worth of blocks after an afternoon of getting lost in your stitching. The best part: it only calls for two fat quarters (yay, precut fabric!) and a few fabric scraps.
Stitch a Lucky Quilt Block for St. Patrick's Day
If you’ve got more green scraps than you know what to do with, it’s your lucky day — this fun four-leaf clover quilt block is a fast, simple project to use every last one. Pro Tip: The more variety of green fabrics you have, the better. We used a collection of batiks, dots, stripes, homespuns and prints. You’ll need 12 scraps from different fabrics if you don’t want any repeats.
Oh My Stars! Six Pieced Blocks
Beth Ferrier shows you how to sew a star quilt block that truly shines, with techniques for making your piecing faster, more precise and more fun! You’ll use the included patterns to create marvelous projects: a table runner, pillow and a sampler quilt. During class, put half-square triangles and clever pressing tips to use on the Friendship Star block.
Amazing Appliqué
Upgrade your appliqué skills with expert instructor Kimberly Einmo. Get tips for using the AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter to create all the pieces for your projects faster and more accurately (or use scissors!). Create the Lotsa Dots quilt, featuring three sizes of appliqué circles and snazzy twin-needle machine appliqué techniques.