Category Archives: Quiltmaking

Almost Woven, Super Simple Quilt

March 14th, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Danielle Dews

New quilters about to make their first quilt and experts looking for a quick charity quilt design alike will love this super-easy appliqué quilt. This project sheet download includes instructions for three different sizes and images of three different colorways.


This project is an excerpt from Super Simple Quilts #4 by Alex Anderson and Liz Aneloski which includes 9 appliqué projects to sew with or without a machine.

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March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! If you are joining us late, click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.

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California Poppies Quilt

March 11th, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Danielle Dews

Paradise is more out of reach than ever these days it seems, so why not use this project to create your own little slice right in your own home. There are plenty of options with this project—it is bordered in an oval frame and could be used as a centerpiece for a quilt, pillow, or handbag.

Click here to download the full project sheet PDF, which includes patterns for the poppies. The finished quilt is 16″ by 20″.

This project is an excerpt from Paradise Stitched—Sashiko & Appliqué Quilts by Sylvia Pippen, which includes 6 vivid quilts inspired by tropical flora and fauna.

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March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! If you are joining us late, click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.

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Let the Games Begin: A Game Board Quilt

March 8th, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Danielle Dews

Whether you’ve got a sick friend to entertain, or it’s just a rainy, stay-inside sort of day, this cheerful checker pattern Game Board quilt can’t help but brighten spirits. It communicates love and caring, and of course spells fun.

This free project download includes the supply list and instructions for the above classic checkerboard quilt and the checker pieces and pouch below. We know that when someone’s sick, you may not have much time to spend making them a game board quilt gift, so the quick & easy roll-up variation project (pictured below) is also included!

Maybe checkers just isn’t your thing? We threw in some patterns for chess pieces as well!

This project is an excerpt from Comfort Quilts from the Heart by Jake Finch, which includes 12 quick projects to take care of others.

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March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! If you are joining us late, click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.

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Color Splash Table Runner by Kim Schaefer

March 5th, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Danielle Dews

The large-scale contemporary prints used in this cozy, modern table runner will add a splash of color to your table, making it vibrant and exciting. The finished block size is 10″ x 10″ and the finished table runner is 16 1/2˝ × 56 1/2˝.

The piecing in this project is super-easy because all your cut pieces will be squares and rectangles. Straight line sewing all the way with no stretchy bias edges to worry about!

Click here to download the 4-page, full color project sheet.

This project is an excerpt from Cozy Modern Quilts by Kim Schaefer, which includes 23 cozy, contemporary quilt projects in various sizes including wall and lap quilts, table runners, and placemats.

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March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! If you are joining us late, click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.

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Patrick Lose’s Happy Birthday Poster Quilt

March 4th, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Danielle Dews

This lighthearted wall quilt will make someone special have a very happy birthday. Or make it for yourself and bring it out for display whenever it is birthday party time.

Click here to download a full color, 5 page project sheet PDF file that includes a materials list, project instructions and diagrams, and appliqué templates. Then have fun and hold on to your seat, because this project goes together in a hurry. Fused appliqué all the way!

This project is an excerpt from Poster Quilts with Patrick Lose

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Cupcakes! A Mini Quilt

March 1st, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Danielle Dews

March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! Click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.

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Cupcakes! A Mini Quilt

By: Lynn Koolish

Finished Size: 24″ x 24″

close-up of quilt block

Ingredients

  • Block background fabric: 9 squares 6˝ × 6˝ (½ yard)
  • Scraps for cupcake appliqués
  • Border corner blocks: 4 scraps 3˝ × 3˝
  • Sashing fabric: 6 strips 1¼˝ × 6˝, 4 strips 1¼˝ × 18½˝, and 2 strips 1¼˝ × 20˝ (1/4 yard)
  • Border fabric: 4 strips 3˝ × 20˝ for borders, additional strips for binding (¼ yard)
  • Backing fabric: 26˝ × 26˝ (¾ yard)
  • Batting: 26˝ × 26˝
  • Decorative trim: 4½ yards (optional)
  • Buttons
  • Paper-backed fusible web, 17˝ wide: ½ yard

Instructions

Note: Seam allowances are 1/4˝.

1. Iron paper-backed fusible web to the wrong side of the fabric scraps for the cupcake appliqués. Remove the paper backing.

2. Click here to download the cupcake patterns. Use the patterns to cut out the top and bottom pieces for 9 cupcakes.

3. Reduce the cupcake pattern 50%, and cut out pieces for 4 mini cupcakes for the corner blocks.

4. Create 9 blocks by fusing the cupcake pieces to the block backgrounds.

5. Sew the 11/4˝ × 6˝ sashing pieces between the blocks to create 3 rows. Press.

6. Sew the rows together with the 11/4˝ × 181/2˝ sashing strips. Press.

7. Sew a 11/4˝ × 181/2˝ strip on each side. Press.

8. Sew the 11/4 ˝ × 20˝ sashing strips on the top and bottom. Press.

9. Sew border strips to the top and bottom. Press.

10. Fuse the mini cupcakes to the corner blocks. Sew the corner blocks to each end of the remaining border strips. Press.

11. Sew the remaining border strips to the sides. Press.

12. Layer the backing, batting, and quilt top. Baste.

13. Quilt and bind. Embellish with trim and buttons.

quilt assembly diagram

This project is an excerpt from Cupcakes! edited by Lynn Koolish which includes 29 other yummy projects for sewers, quilters, knitters, and bakers!

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Terrie Sandelin’s Kaffe Fasset Scraps Placemat Project

January 20th, 2010 in Projects, Quiltmaking, Sewing
By Megan Wisniewski

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If you are anything like me, you like to begin the new year with a new look for your dining room. Lucky for us, C&T Publishing author, Terrie Sandelin, has been hard at work creating a free mini-quilt placemat project for us using scraps of Kaffe Fasset’s fabrics. The project uses the 13-Square foundation from Terrie’s book Miniatures in Minutes for the pieced squares. Click here to automatically begin downloading the project instructions, and in no time your dining area will have fresh appeal!

Terrie’s blog is jam-packed with free projects and other goodies. She revisited and revised the concept of school supplies with this pretty file folder she made using fast2fuse interfacing. She just posted a tutorial for this project here on her blog.

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file folder open[4]

The author of Miniatures in Minutes, Terrie Sandelin has developed a technique to create gorgeous miniatures with minimal time and effort. You can visit her website for project ideas, classes and more.

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Free Patchwork Pup Project from Beth Ferrier

November 27th, 2009 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Beth Ferrier
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Patchwork Pup

I have been addicted to needlework my entire life. My grandmother taught me how to embroider when I was just four years old, and even then I knew it was my calling. As a kid I would collect pop bottles to earn money for yarn and bits of fabric. My babysitting money went towards patterns and fabric. I sewed my own prom dresses and knit aran sweaters for my boyfriend. (I married the boyfriend and kept the sweaters.) Continue Reading…

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Lorraine Olsen’s Half Block Handbag Project

November 12th, 2009 in Projects, Quiltmaking, Sewing
By Megan Wisniewski

Untitled1Author of Little Lone Star Quilts, Lorraine Olsen, has come up with a brilliant way to show off some of her scraps from hand dying. It’s called the Half Block Handbag and uses techniques from her new book. Would you like to make this? Click here to automatically download free project instructions.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

July 13th, 2009 in Projects, Quiltmaking
By Susanne Woods

Hurrah-I finished a quilt top! I have been hanging onto this Andover fabric of the Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar for a few months now waiting for a pattern to come to me that would showcase the fabrics. Then I saw this project from Elizabeth at Oh Fransson! and, although mine looks nothing like it, she inspired the stacked coin type of look for this. I combined some gingham from the American Jane collection a few years back that I had in my stash and…result! I am going to put in some rock pockets when I bind it and have this as our picnic blanket for the car this summer. I’m pretty pleased.

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And so is Darth Vader:

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