Today is the 9th day of the #QuiltmasSpectacular and I’m giving you a free holiday quilt block! Something I’ve decided to call the ‘Santa’s Greeting’ block! Self explanatory, right?! Lol! Nothing screams Christmas than the jolly old guy saying “Ho! Ho! Ho!”…so why not turn it into a small 6″ x 6” patchwork block? Well,…
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Half Rectangle Triangles can be a massive pain! But I’m here to tell you they can be super easy and painless! When planning my Tropical Storm Quilt pattern, I searched high and low for a good Half Rectangle Triangle (HRT) tutorial online. Each one I tried either required a bunch of math that never seemed…
Squaring up Half Square Triangles (HST’s) is key to getting super crisp points on your blocks. This tutorial will help you learn how perfectly trim your HST’s for accurate piecing. As I mentioned in my last post, How To Make Half Square Triangles (HST), Half Square Triangles are pretty much a foundation block in quilting….
Whether you’re new to quilting or just brushing up on the basics, this Half Square Triangle tutorial is quick and to the point with photographs to guide you along the way! I’m sure since you’ve taken the time to look this post up that you already know Half Square Triangles (or HSTs for short) are…
In the world of quilting, there are tons of quilts that have Flying Geese blocks. Actually, my quilt pattern, the Framed Folk quilt has a bunch of them so I figured I’d put this flying geese tutorial out there to help those of you learn this simple and fast method. Oh, and I’ve taken a…