Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Winter Wonderland-free pattern

 This pattern from All People Quilt uses just two colours and no sashing to separate the blocks.  Instead it alternates positive and negative colour versions of the same block



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Monday, 2 March 2026

Anchors Away - Free Pattern

 This throw quilt from All People Quilt uses a disappearing log cabin to make the block



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Sunday, 1 March 2026

Flying Stars - Free pattern

 This quilt from All People Quilt features the Martha Washington Star



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Saturday, 28 February 2026

Autumn Harvest - Free Pattern

 This pattern from All People Quilt uses quarter square triangles to make a table topper.



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16 patch/checkerboard quilt block/St Louis 16 patch

 Take 4 four patches and arrange in a 2x2 grid and you end up with a 16 patch block.

There are multiple ways to make four patches (and thus the 16 patch).

This is from Quilt Codex


This one is from Kate at Last Homely House


This uses the strip method


Chain piecing is used here








Fabric Cafe You Tube Channel Sew-alongs

 The Fabric Cafe are responsible for the 3 Yard Quilts books.  This is a series of books which take three one yard cuts of a dark, a medium and a light for each pattern to make a quilt.  They also have a You Tube channel which I have to admit is a guilty pleasure.  There they detail other kits which you can buy to make featured quilts.  They give you a lot of ideas of the same quilt pattern with different colourways for different effects; and whilst I admit that I haven't actually bought any of their books yet (because I would rather spend my scarce money on fabric) I find it interesting how all the presenters seem to have a signature style.  I find it sparks my ideas for the colours in my own quilts for when I can't find precuts and want to use yardage.

Whilst browsing on the home page I found they have some sew-a-longs so here they are all in one place.

This video uses the Charisma pattern - perfect for large scale patterns


This project makes a pillow cover


This is the wonderous pattern from the 5 yard quilts book-


This Christmas colourway is used for the Tufted pattern


Making curved four patches/aka drunkards path blocks


The Yuletide pattern makes a great quilt


The infinity pattern can be made in a day-maybe...


The friendship star - a classics with HST's


This is the It's a Snap pattern



Friday, 27 February 2026

Twin Star/Double Friendship Star Block

This block is a variation of the Friendship Star block. instead of a standard half square triangle it has a half square triangle on one side and quarter square triangles on the other.



This is part of a mystery quilt series

Robin uses classic red white and blue


This colourway is more subtle


This one uses fussy cutting for the centre and the points are floating rather than right to the edge

Tiffany shows you how to make any size


This one has floating points and a four patch in the centre

Donna makes a twin star quilt by Cozy Quilts

This one is a dark colourway



This block is based on a 3x3 grid - for other 3x3 blocks click here

Winter Wonderland-free pattern

 This pattern from All People Quilt uses just two colours and no sashing to separate the blocks.  Instead it alternates positive and negativ...