Gifts from the Garden Fruitoptia - Free Quilt Pattern

 This one is from Liberty Fabrics

Lots of square sewn together for the fruit - very tempting to strip sew this one instead!  The finished project is 57x70".  The leaf border is cute and could be used elsewhere as well....

Floral Nostalgia - Free Pattern

For Floral Nostalgia Download the pdf here from liberty fabrics

Love the more complex borders and sashing as well as the extra accents within the blocks themselves.  Overall quilt is 58x58 inches.

Now here is the same quilt but in a different colourway - what a difference swapping some fabrics makes!

Tessellating Star Runner-Free Pattern

 Tessellating Star Runner | Creative Quilting

Make this runner to cut your teeth on this block- it looks much more impressive set edge to edge in a quilt where you'll see how it got it's name.

Val's Christmas Tree Advent Calendar- Free Pattern

 Val's Christmas Tree Advent Calendar | Creative Quilting

HST's on point make a 24x34 wall hanging - perfect for scraps

Autumn Days-free quilt pattern from Creative Quilting

 Autumn Days Quilt | Creative Quilting

This pattern uses three simple ideas 

1. panels/focal fabric replacing plain blocks in a two block pattern
2. the centre square of a block being replaced by a focal fabric
3. Adding focal fabric to a border

Even if you don't like the quilt (or cannot get the specific fabric) this gives you food for thought...

Martha Washington Star Block

 A Variable/Sawtooth Star with a pinwheel or similar in the middle - this is a showcase of how to make the most of the centre of a block.

This one is by Generations Quilt Patterns and instructions can be found here

This variation is by Poppy Patchwork

Epida Studio

Brenda from Mount Scrapmore

Amanda Rolfe

Sunrise Quilt Studio version 1 with a change to the colourway of the pinwheel

Sunrise Quilt Studio version 2- rotating the centre blocks to give a different middle

The crafty author uses the same block layout but changes the colourway to great effect

my crafty ideas.com has cutting instructions for a 12" block here

The FlyingStars free pattern alternates this block with large HST's to make a stunning quilt - see post here

Crafts for love has a post here

Epida studio has a post here

Quilt Therapy has a post with instructions and a sample layout using 12 blocks here

Quiltingland also has a post here

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

Liberty Star Block

 Based on a four by four grid this pattern uses half square triangles and half rectangle triangles.

Click here to go the instructions on the Generations Quilt Patterns site which includes multiple sizes.

Click here for other 4x4 blocks