Modern quilt teacher and patterns
STOP PRESS! My Ornamental pattern has just turned 3! It includes 12 different Christmas ornament patterns, and includes the instructions for using 5″ charm squares or 10″ layer cakes for a larger block! To celebrate, you can get it for 30% off right now! Get your copy in my store. Hello, I am Bernie from Needle and Foot, here today… Read More
Hello!! I’m Diane and I sometimes blog over at from blank pages… (because I’ll be honest, there are too many things to do in a day, and sadly blogging doesn’t make it on the list near enough!) 😉 You can find me regularly on Instagram! I’m @fromblankpages. I’m super excited to share my block with you today! I LOVE the… Read More
Welcome to week 3 of My DIY Block Design – the month-long blog hop and challenge to get you designing and making your own quilt blocks! Our beginner designers shared , and the expert designers had some great tips and tricks to go along with quite the inside peek into their design processes! Sketches Winners Last week’s sketches winners are:… Read More
Coral This block design in the book didn’t really do it for me, with that off-centre square. And this is actually one of the randomly chosen blocks I sewed up before the sew-along, so while I have no regrets choosing the fabrics and the placement I did, I still wasn’t too excited about it. But then I saw some really… Read More
I don’t know about you, but I love reading about the behind the scenes info of my favourite quilters and designers. So I asked some experienced designers to share about their design process and favourite tips and tricks for quilt designing. Each Friday, there will be 3 experienced designers sharing on their blogs! Today’s line up is chock full of… Read More
Quilt designing definitely comes in levels – from designing just for yourself, to then taking the next step of sharing tutorials, and designing patterns to sell! Today’s lovely bunch of ladies are at various stages, and are sharing how DIY Block Design has been helping them in this journey. Ros has made some incredible sewing projects, that are hugely popular… Read More
Today’s post is coming to you through the haze of a bad cold, and cold tablets that are supposed to be taken every 6-8 hours but only last for 4… cruel! Anyways, I did get a bit of quilt block sewing in last week before it hit, like my Caroline block. Meanwhile, I am so excited to see that the… Read More
My blog has turned out to be all about the quilt blocks this year, with The Bee Hive tutorials every second week! And that’s awesome, because I love designing, and I love teaching! Today I want to share you the design process repeating quilt blocks by showing you the evolution of October’s block from me – Magic 8 Ball. This… Read More
Welcome to week 2 of My DIY Block Design – the month-long blog hop and challenge to get you designing and making your own quilt blocks! Our beginner designers certainly rocked their quilt blocks, and the expert designers had some great tips and tricks to go along with the behind the scenes look at their design processes. Inspiration Winners Wow… Read More
And that’s week 2, done and dusted! Betty and Caroline are this week’s blocks, and my first official blog post for the sew along was posted this week – how to make the Betty block with normal HSTs! Caroline Oooh, definitely one of most favourite blocks… because it’s my favourite colour of fabric to use! And once again, I pieced… Read More