Week 18 and a new round of 7 beautiful blocks by Patricia Bryant of Australia. Let's start! April 30: Old King Cole's Crown April 30: Old King Cole's Crown, 10"  May 1: Trillium Wreath May 30: Trillium Wreath, 12"  And here's my own rendition of Trillium Wreath. Trillium Wreath table topper And a four block digital version: Four Block Trillium Wreath quilt May 2: Autograph Star May 2: Autograph Star, 8" May 3: Birds in the Air May 3: Birds in the Air, 12" May 4: Bouncing Betty May 4: Bouncing Betty, 8" And two digital versions I did for some fabric companies: Bouncing Betty in feedsacks for Blank Quilting Bouncing Betty as found in my 2011 Block a Day Calendar May 5: Cheyenne May 5: Cheyenne, 6" May 6: Four Corners May 6: Four Corners, 9" Hope you enjoyed all this color and beautiful staging by Patricia. See you next week!

I'm back with the 3rd block from one of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazines . Today I feature what I call Divided Diamonds. I used the Normandy Collection from Benartex. I'm not usually fond of browns, but this group of fabrics is an exception. This appeared in Volume 6 of the magazine. 100 Blocks Magazine, Volume 6 Here is my block as submitted. I used a circle for the center. This is a real block and not a digital rendition. It is paper pieced in four sections and then set into the curved background. 12" Divided Diamonds Block I made another one and used triangles to finish the center: Divided Diamonds with triangles in the center I created two digital renditions of projects. First, the four block quilt. Rather predictable assembly, right? Four Block Divided Diamonds quilt Now for a Three Block Runner. Who says the blocks have to be like little ducks in the row? Three block Divided Diamonds runner Can I show you another quilt I made for B...

This is a good week. My first husband and I are celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary - together. My winner of the Quilter's Block a Day calendar is Brenda A. of Oregon! Quilter's Block-a-Day Calendar Now for seven more of those awesome blocks created by Patricia using my calendar designs: April 23: Ribbons and Leaves Ribbons and Leaves, 10"  April 24: Rain Dance April 24: Rain Dance, 8"  April 25: Single Chain and Knot April 25: Single Chain and Knot, 10"  April 26: Spring Bouquet April 26: Spring Bouquet, 12"  April 27: Sweet Delights April 27: Sweet Delights, 12"  April 28: Turnstile April 28: Turnstile, 8" April 29: Wheels April 29: Wheels, 12" Thanks for stopping by! Hope you were inspired.

Well, what do you think? I know I've asked this before but I have one of my publishers wanting to offer my designs from previous Quilt Block a Day calendars. I'm going to show you three that I like from 2006. Simple quilts with piecing, applique and even quilting. Would you print and color these if they were offered online? Blooming Hearts using the swatches I preferred. Blooming Hearts But, you may have other ideas! Here's the line drawing. You are free to print and color to your heart's content. Click this link and download a pdf for coloring: Blooming Hearts What about the vintage pattern called Turkey Tracks? Here is my color rendition. Turkey Tracks What colors would you prefer? Click this link for the pdf to color: Turkey Tracks And one last one: Underground Railroad. Underground Railroad You can let your imagination go wild with this wonderful pattern! Click on the link and you can color using any palette: Underground Railroad P...

My winner of the Quilter's Block a Day Calendar is Brenda A. of Oregon. Thanks to everyone who participated. Now let's see some other awesome blocks! Like I said last week, I have been in this awesome magazine 4 times. Quiltmaker compiled 10 of the magazines for the 1,000 Blocks (very heavy) book. Last week I shared the first block (EZ Mariner's Compass) . This week I want to share Flower Burst, which appeared in Volume 5 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. Let's see the cover: Quiltmaker 100 Blocks cover, Volume 5 And the block I made for this is called Flower Burst. I made it with a Benartex collection called Arianna. Flowerburst Block: 12" finished And here's a 5 block quilt I made using my Flower Burst pattern. I love this quilt! But why only 5 blocks? I ran out of fabric and had to get creative. Flowerburst Quilt You can get more info about the Quiltmaker's 1,000 Blocks book by visiting their web site. Click on that link. See you next ...

I saw a Kaffe Fassett quilt in the Glorious Patchwork book (1997) that inspired me to make my own version of houses. His is composed of strip pieced bottoms and various triangles for the roofs. I like to get my fabric to do as much work as possible, so I pulled out several of his striped fabrics and this is what I got. First, I had to determine what size I wanted my houses. I didn't want them 5" x 10" as are in the book. And I composed the roofs in a very different manner. I settled on a 6" x 9" house/roof/sky combo. My roofs are simply Flying Geese units. I cut 7-1/4" squares of "roof" fabric into 4 equal sized triangles, so I had 4 roofs per print. Flying Geese units for roofs You can also see some of the main house striped fabrics. I cut these 6-1/2" x 6-1/2". 6-1/2" squares of a variety of stripes But, looking at the fabric I selected for sky fabric left me less than enthusiastic. Several house blocks sewn wit...

Another week, another seven beautiful blocks from Patricia Bryant of Australia. Just to let you know: I did NOT create these blocks in fabric; she did. I designed the blocks (digital) for the calendar. I am indebted to Patricia for this year long display of how to sew my blocks with real fabric! April 16: Jewel Box April 16: Jewel Box, 16"  April 17: London Square April 17: London Square, 8"  April 18: Nonsense April 18: Nonsense, 12" Let me show you some blocks I made for Blank Fabrics several years ago using the Nonsense pattern. This collection is called Jane.  And the quilt (not quilted in this photo) I made. I absolutely loved this collection and I'm going to dig through my stash to find some remnants. Would you like the pattern? Of course you do. (No pressure to sew it; we just like to collect patterns, right?) Click on the link below the photo for the 60" x 60" quilt (15" block). No Nonsense Jane Quilt Back to t...