How to Make a Quilt Block Calendar

How to Make a Quilt Block Calendar

The holidays are upon us, which means that a new year is around the corner. What better way to prepare than to use up some scraps or an orphan block to create a quilt block calendar! This tutorial over on the Spoonflower blog uses a 10.5″ unfinished block to...
FREE PATTERN: Sawtooth Star Quilt Block

FREE PATTERN: Sawtooth Star Quilt Block

The Sawtooth Star is one of my favourite traditional quilt blocks. A simple block with 4 flying geese. You could fussy cut the centre to highlight some of your favourite fabrics, or just keep it simple and modern with solid fabrics, like I tend to do. In African...
Quilts for Nova Scotia

Quilts for Nova Scotia

When a community suffers a tragedy, we turn to making. Making to comfort, making to process our own emotions, making to work through grief, especially from a distance. Making to heal. The events that unfolded in Nova Scotia over the weekend of April 18-19, 2020 were...
60 Degree Diamonds with the Cricut Maker

60 Degree Diamonds with the Cricut Maker

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. I love making diamond quilts. They are dynamic and just the right amount of challenging. Though I have made a few lonestar-type quilts, I’ve never tried a 60°...