Twelve Blocks in a Box

‘Tis the Season! Christmas is almost upon us, are you ready?

Our new Quilter’s Dozen boxes are a perfect gift this season! This PRE-CUT, 12 block kit can be used for any project such as quilts, table runners, pillows, and so much more! Collect them all!

To make your own star block, you will need the following tools: Quilter’s Dozen Kit (Red, Green, Blue or Blue Sky), Aurifil thread, pins, needles, press, rotary, Bloc-Loc Flying Geese and a Creative Grids ruler.

Start with the Flying Geese units. Arrange two small, red half-square triangles (HST) and one light quarter-square triangle (QST).

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Pin and sew one side first. Push seam allowance towards the red HST.

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Pin and sew the other side. Push seam allowance towards the red. Repeat steps 3 more times.

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Trim using your Bloc-Loc Flying Geese ruler and rotary.

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Now arrange your units around the large, center square with 4 smaller, light squares in each corner.

Sew into three rows.

Then sew the rows together and trim using your ruler and rotary.

Finally, press seams to complete your star.

One star down, eleven more to go!

Sew many cute projects can be made with these 6″ blocks…

Simply sew them all together following the directions in the package and you'll have a beautiful table runner.

Make 3 sets of blocks, add sashing, cornerstones, and a border for a wonderful quilt.

If you planning a border for our upcoming Winter Village Quilt Along in January, 4 sets of Quilters Dozen – Blue Sky will be the perfect match.

I wonder what Santa will putting in your stocking this year…

Happy Quilting! Edyta

Stardust

As the weather gets cold, I can’t help but think of the first ‘Stardust‘ that is just around the corner.

This little, cute snowflake image has been featured in two of our patterns, Stardust and Sleigh Bell Trio. I grabbed our beautiful, blue “Perfect Union” collection, Stardust pattern, Aurifil 2310 thread, and Stardust templates and am ready for some scrap flurries in my sewing room.

Start by cutting strips in blue following the pattern.

Edyta’s Tip: I’ve found that the “Perfect Union” Jelly Roll gives me a great variety of colors.

From the light fabric, cut your triangles using Template A

and cut your diamonds using Template B.

Now cut your small triangles using Template C.

Select two large blue strips and two small light strips.

Sew them into strip sets offsetting as instructed in the pattern. Push the seam allowance towards the blue.

From the strip sets, cut units D and E using your ruler and the 60o line as a guide.

Sew unit D to the left side of small Triangle C.

Notice how I position my piece.

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Using one corner of Template A. Press and trim your unit.

Sew unit E to the right side of small Triangle C.

Don’t forget to pin it

and press.

Edyta’s Tip: I absolutely love to use my little, wooden press for this step.

Again, trim using a corner of your Template A.

Add the previous units to the Diamond B background.

Now the fun begins! We’re going to add a 1″ strip to previous unit as shown above.

Again, our large Triangle A template will work well for trimming.

Place the template right over the unit. Use your rotary to trim the extra blue fabric. Repeat to make 6 units.

Lay out all units into your snowflake formation.

Sew into two halves.

Sew halves together and press. Now it’s snowing!

Looking for a quick, weekend project? Maybe it’s your first time quilting? Or maybe you’ve run out of room in your closet for more quilts? Check out our Sleigh Bell Trio Table Runner as an option.

But I bet you, once you’ve made your first few flakes, you won’t be able to stop! Soon that flurry will be snowballing into a full quilt!

Looking for more snowflake options? Be sure to check out our Aspen quilt!

Happy Quilting! Edyta

Weekend Project – Stargazer

I love the weekend! All week I look forward to some extra time to play in my sewing room, especially during Fall when cooler weather keeps you indoors.

This weekend, I have some wonderful plans to add finishing touches to my new quilt.

I’m going to be stitching my binding on this beautiful Stargazer quilt. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve made this quilt already– it’s SEW simple, SEW easy, and has such striking results no matter what color or size!

Edyta’s Tip: Get your FREE STARGAZER pattern on our website today!

While the pattern calls for a Fat sixth bundle, I’m going to use what I have on hand instead- a Fat eighth bundle from our Olive Branch collection. I’d love to show you how easy it is to adjust the size of this quilt to accommodate 9″ x 20″ Fat eighth cuts.

To follow along, you will need: – Fat eighth bundle (Olive Branch) -2 yards of background fabric (8511-LN) -Creative Grids Rulers (8.5″ square and 4.5 x 12.5″) –Olfa Rotary –Sewline Fabric Pencil (Pink) -Aurifil Thread (2310) –Stargazer FREE Pattern*

*Important: We will be using the pattern for the quilt’s layout, but will adjust our pieces to accommodate for a Fat eighth bundle*

Start by cutting 26 light 9″ squares and 26 color 9″ squares*.

*Important: For the color squares, you will cut 1 square from each of the 21 colors in the Olive Branch bundle. You will then need to cut an additional 5 color squares choosing from your favorite colors to complete all 26 cuts*

Place 2 squares, 1 light and 1 color, right sides together with the light square on top.

Draw a diagonal line using your Sewline pencil from corner to corner.

Sew on each side of the line staying a 1/4″ away from it. After you finish sewing, cut on the line to make 2 HST units.

Press your HST unit to push the seam allowance towards the dark.

Using your rotary and ruler, square your block to 8.5″ (the size of the ruler).

Repeat to make a total of 52 HST units in a variety of colors from your Olive Branch bundle

following the quilt’s image above for inspiration.

Cut 12 light 8.5″ squares from the remaining background fabric for the corners of your stars. In the pattern, the corners are made from light HST units. We will replace them with just the solid, light square.

Arrange all of your pieces following the quilt’s image at the beginning of this blog. Sew them into rows, sew the rows together, and quilt. Now we can all enjoy a relaxing day of hand stitching the binding.

Happy Quilting! Edyta