Classic Christmas Quilt - Free Pattern

 This quilt from All People Quilt uses four Ocean Waves blocks and quilted snowflakes in the negative space.  Whilst it is in Christmas fabrics in this example it would make a fantastic scrap buster in any colours you have (the HST's are squared to 2 1/2").  It is 46" square but would be very easy to scale up fast by adding more blocks.

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Neutral appeal - Free Pattern

 This quilt uses WOF of fabric strips to make one giant strip set which is then cut in a grid (on the 45 degree angle) to make squares

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Straight Furrows Log Cabin - Free Pattern

 This classic log cabin block is given a modern colouring for this furrows setting.

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Make Your Point - Free Pattern

 This super scrap buster uses two blocks to create the impression of blocks set on point.  It is really alternating sixteen patches and pinwheels

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Pinwheel Romance

 This quilt has pinwheels form as a secondary pattern, it is made from three colours so could be used to make a patriotic quilt

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Checkerboard nine patch - free pattern

 This pattern from All People Quilt  uses nine patches and plain squares set on point.

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Sort by Colour - Free Pattern

 This project gives the illusion of stacked hexagons but is actually made from rectangular blocks with careful colour placement

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Prairie House Stars - free pattern

 This throw uses two blocks, the sawtooth star and double four patches.

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Lemon Bars - Free Pattern

 This project uses two blocks - the ninepatch and a snowball variation.

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Outside the Box - free pattern

 This quilt from All People Quilt uses the 16 patch block and features multiple layouts not just the one below.

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Pineapple Sparkle - free pattern

 This wall hanging from All People Quilt uses the pineapple block

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Two Tone Star - Free Pattern

 Free table topper from All People Quilt.  This one uses the Split Ohio Star block

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Pretty Pastels - free pattern

 This wall hanging from All People Quilt uses an Ohio Star variation, nine patches and a sawtooth border from HST's

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Woven Heart Quilt Block

 This block gives the optical illusion of a woven heart, if you want the heart to be upright then set the block on point

Woven Heart Quilt Block Variation: 5", 7-1/2", 10" and 15" finished - Generations Quilt

This block is based on a 5x5 grid - for other 5x5 blocks click here

Northern Lights Block

Take two HST units and two four patch units and together they make up the Northern Lights quilt block, the pattern looks best straight set with no sashing to allow the secondary patterns to shine.

 Northern Lights Quilt Block: 4", 6", 8", 10", 12" blocks- from Generations Quilt

This block is based on a 2x2 grid - other 2x2 blocks

Branching Out- Free Pattern

 This free pattern from All People Quilt uses applique for a primitive look

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Royal Star Quilt Block

This block is a variation of a Weathervane Block the subunits in the centre of the sides are two flying geese units instead of a square with two snowballed corners.

 Royal Star Quilt Block Tutorial: 6", 9" and 12" finished- from Generations Quilt

This block is based on a 3x3 gris.  More 3x3 blocks

Souvenir Block

This block is based upon a 5x5 grid and has a large central space ideal for focal fussy cut fabric, applique or embroidery

 Souvenir Quilt Block: Terrific for Machine Embroidery! - from Generations Quilt

More 5 x 5 blocks

Spring Wall Hanging - Free Pattern

 This wall hanging from All People Quilt uses the Economy Block set on point.

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Stars from the Past - Free pattern

 This pattern from All People Quilt  uses LeMoyne stars.  This version is great for scraps.  The technique uses Y-seams and can be pieced by hand or machine.

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Maple Leaf Log Cabins - Free pattern

 Maple leaf blocks at the center of a quarter log cabin block form this design from All People Quilt.  This is a hanging size (35"x44") but of course it would be easy to add more blocks and/or add more logs to make a bigger project.

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Chutes and Ladders block

 This block is an optical illusion block that makes it look like ribbon wrapping round a column using HST's and rectangles.

 It is by a lovely lady to whom I subscribe on YouTube Brenda @ Conquering Mount Scrapmore who talks to groups for free and offers several FREE blocks each and every week (most which I think are her own designs...) along with some sew alongs in the past.  The video description contains all the cutting instructions.  She definitely deserves more subscribers than she has!

Apologies Brenda I did a screenshot to get a closer look at the block :)

Jewel Box - Free pattern

 This project from All People Quilt has templates for a 22 blade Dresden.

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Harvest Log Cabins - Free Pattern

 Houses with a small log cabin border and pinwheel cornerstones.  This project from All People Quilt is 54" but could easily be made larger by adding more "logs".

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Pinwheels and Pumpkin Seeds - Free Pattern

 HST pinwheels meet applique orange peel in this wall hanging by All People Quilt

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Home for the harvest - Free Pattern

 Use your scraps to make this whole village of houses from All People Quilt.  The finished project is 73"x70"

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Paper Pinwheel Block

This is based upon a 4x4 grid and is made from simple HST's and squares.  On it's own it is not very impressive I'll admit but add more squares in the same colours and set them side by side with no sashing and a secondary pattern emerges.

 Paper Pinwheel Quilt Block: 6", 8" and 12" - from Generations Quilt

Although there are other "pinwheel" blocks I have yet to find a YouTube video for this one!

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Propeller Block

HST's and small squares make this simple block which was popular in the 1930's.  It is really a simple pinwheel which has sashing made from squares added between the HST's.  Choose colours the make the "blades" a unified colour or highlight the central squares.

 

There are several YouTube videos that I found

This example from Patchwork Square

Propeller Quilt Block Tutorial: 5", 7-1/2" and 10" - from Generations Quilt

This block is made from an uneven nine patch- other nine patch blocks

Flannel Snowballs - Free Pattern

 This project from All People Quilt uses the snowball block

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Flannels rectangles wall quilt - free pattern

 This pattern from All People Quilt is made from sewing rectangles to strips and sub-cutting to make blocks.  Faster than it looks!

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Double Star Block

 This is yet another Double Star block - this time it looks like a Sawtooth Star but it is based on a 3x3 grid.  Like this Double Star block it gives the illusion on the Sawtooth Star being bordered or layered but is not as heavy looking IMHO

This tutorial from Carol Thelen uses Accuquilt.

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

Double Star block

 Another block named double star, this time it's a sawtooth star with another sawtooth star at the centre. Colour choice can make it look like a star with a border or nested stars.

Theresa uses the 8 at a time method to make all the HST's for this 12 inch block

This one uses flying geese for the outside units instead for the same kind of result

This block is based on a 4x4 grid - for other 4x4 blocks click here

Green Acres - Free Pattern

 This wall hanging from All People Quilt uses a square in a square block

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Double Star Block

This star block looks like a lot of work but uses quarter square triangles and flying geese along with larger plain squares. It is based on a 10x10 grid.

Double Star Quilt Block: 10", 15", 20", 25" finished - multiple sizes from Generations Quilt

Split Ohio Star/Massachusetts Block

A variation on the Ohio Star which uses two colours with high contrast.  It uses HST's whole squares and quarter square triangles.

Here is the page from Patchwork Square 

The Dynamic Massachusetts Quilt Block - Instructions in 5 sizes - from Generations Quilt

Poppy Patchwork gives us this example 

Eleanor Burns went with patriotic colours

This video shows how to change an Ohio Star into a Split Ohio Star

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

Tumbling Leaves - free pattern

 This wall quilt from All People Quilt uses two sizes of maple leaf block.

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Autumn Bliss - Free Pattern

 This applique project from All People Quilt uses acorn and oak leaf motifs

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Tree Farm - Free Pattern

 Create this two colour wall hanging from All People Quilt.  It finishes at 58 1/2" square but would be easy to make larger by adding more blocks.

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Stunning Star-crossed quilt - free pattern

 Stars and crosses alternate with each other in this two block quilt by All People Quilt.  Once you have the two blocks off pat there is nothing to stop you make a larger quilt by adding more blocks.

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Purple Play - Free Pattern

 This bold striped throw is from All People Quilt

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On the fly - free pattern

 This is a free quilt pattern from All People Quilt which uses Foundation Piecing to create dragonflies

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1930's Doll Quilt - free pattern

 This free pattern from All People Quilt is for a 17 1/2" x 21" doll quilt made using all HST's to form the diamond pattern.  It can easily be adapted to make it larger by either continuing the pattern and adding more HST's or by supersizing the blocks.

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Windmill Quilt Block

Take a pinwheel at the centre and then frame it with squares and rectangles.  Construct the block in four quadrants to avoid partial seams.

Make it two colour or go scrappy.

 Windmill Quilt Block Tutorial: 4", 6" and 8" finished- from Generations Quilt

This block is based on a 4x4 grid - other four patch blocks

Apple Crisp - Free Pattern

 This throw from All People Quilt uses double four patches and snowballs

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Arkansas Crossroads Quilt block

 One of many quilt blocks with this name this block uses four patches and autograph blocks as subunits arranged in a four by four grid because of all the four patches it is a great scrapbuster.

Place the blocks side by side with no sashing to give the secondary pattern.

This version uses Accuquilt

This block is based on a 2x2 grid - other 2x2 blocks

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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Anchors Away - Free Pattern

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

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Flying Stars - Free pattern

 This quilt from All People Quilt features the Martha Washington Star

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