Quilting Tutorials — Quilt Pattern

We are on a mission to use up our scraps (or at least make it so we need a slightly smaller bin to hold them in). Our second quilt pattern this year helps with that goal! Checkmate is a scrap friendly foundation paper pieced pattern. Like most of our quilts, Checkmate started out completely different. When we originally designed the flowers, they were in a much more static placement. We loved the flowers, but the quilt didn’t quilt pop. After playing around and turning the whole thing on it’s side (quite literally), we ended up with our final quilt. Our...

Online Quilting Bee Block 6 This month marks block 6 and we are halfway through the year! If you missed block 5, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 5 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. This month we are focusing on Bias Edges. If you aren’t familiar with bias edges, you might wonder why we are focusing on them. When you cut fabric on the bias (on a diagonal from the selvage) there is extra stretch in the...

How to Make a Gradient Circle Flower Quilt If you love gradients as much as we do, this is a super fun and easy project to show them off. There are no fancy templates or drawing skills required. This block makes a really fun mini quilt, or you could combine them to make place mats, table runners, or a full quilt. We are going to show you some of our favorite rulers for cutting circles, but they aren’t necessary. We also share a super simple way to get the circles you’ll need. Watch the video for the tutorial and check...

Citrus Grove Quilt Pattern Citrus Grove is our newest quilt pattern released last week! This is a fun and easy scrap friendly quilt pattern. It is perfect for the confident beginner quilter ready to tackle curves. The size of the quilt blocks is great for getting comfortable with curves without being too small and finicky. Fabric Selection: This quilt came almost entirely from our scrap bin. Each citrus blossom is made from 2 different prints of the same color, one dark and one light. You could also use large and small prints to help set off the different shapes. The leaves...

Spread the Light – Share the Love Quilt Block We have found ourselves in a situation we haven’t encountered before. We are all wondering how the current state of things and the spread of Covid-19 is going to affect us. When our Phoenix Modern Guild President, Kelli, reached out to us to see if we would be willing to design a block that our guild could sew this month while we are self isolating, we were happy to oblige. As we were coming up with something that would best represent this trying time, I couldn’t get one thing out of...