Quilts - Triangles

I have wanted to make a quilt from half rectangle triangles for a long time now! This book is from an exhibition back in 2016. And I saw this modern quilt on both Instagram and Anja's blog recently. Not my work...I'm using this for inspiration! It is a new pattern from 3rd Story Workshop, available here So before diving in, I did a little research to find the best way to make them... because they can be tricky little blocks.... bias seams and all! I remembered 'pinning' this diagram, which...

It’s happened to you too, I’m sure. You’re happily sewing, your mind relaxed, contented and open. Suddenly it strikes you that the scraps of your current work-in-progress are positively perfect fodder for a new idea, and you feel instinctively that it must be.

Hi, all! It's been a hot minute since I posted about my scrappy endeavors, but since I hadn't had much time to work on anything scrappy, I didn't have anything interest to share. But today I have a flimsy finished!! Here's what it looked like Tuesday night when I shared it with my sewing sisters at church. But it was still a hair small for what we needed. Here's a close-up shot - I took it on an angle and it looks really different here! I found a beautiful green Modernist print by Joel...

Antique Four Patch Economy Block Tutorial Some time ago, I shared with you a post about making Four Patches. Here is the link to that post. Four Patch Favourite Four Patches are a basic quilt block unit, that anyone can make. They are fabulous for using up scraps. I have made a stack of really … Continue reading Antique Four Patch Economy Block Tutorial →

I have been digging through my scrap piles pulling every useful piece out, I guess it’s spring cleaning time in my sewing room :)So far I have made three new scrap baby quilts, and I have two more lap size quilts in the works… and I haven’t bought a thing! I thought I would share my process for making unused scraps into useful and simple quilts. There really is no scrap left behind…I did a video showing my process, and I talked a bit about sewing with bias and using a smaller stitch length...

When what you're working on has lost it's Mojo, it's important to admit it, and move on. Fish, or cut bait, as they say. Well, this wasn't fishing for me. and neither was the other version, with the blues and the colors reversed. Just didn't paddle my canoe. And this didn't lift my skirt. This didn't cut the mustard. This isn't half bad, but ultimately none of them interest me. I like contrast, and this just doesn't have it. I like the idea of working within a strict set of rules: 1. Scrappy...

Summer Breeze Quilt

Crumb Quilt Ideas (Part 2) Do you keep really small scraps of fabric? That is such an ongoing issue for me. I HATE throwing away...

This listing is for a PDF copy of the Feel the Tide quilt pattern by Thimbles and Needles. If you prefer a paper copy, they are available on my website www.thimblesandneedles.com The quilt is scrappy in style and is designed to use up fabrics from your scrap basket. It is rotary cut and machine pieced and includes pressing directions to ensure seams nest (always appreciated by machine quilters!) The patchwork pattern is suitable for a confident beginner. Instructions are for a throw size...

I know its hard to believe because I only just told you how I was quilting my economy block quilt, but I have finished hand quilting already. My first idea for binding was a solid red.. however I remembered this fabric my Mum gave me. Its a dark burgundy which I think could actually work, with the interests of using what I already have I shouldn't hesitate should I? I think red may actually be to brash for this already busy quilt. Plus I don't have any red so I could getting binding today...