Making a simple quilt pattern into a fantastic quilt pattern it’s easy and remember it’s ONLY a square. Making nine patch quilt block
This is just the next step in a nine patch quilt block. By adding more squares in different colors you can transform a nine-patch into a completely new quilt block.
Finished Quilt block size – Ten inches by Ten inches
Cut 5 Purple 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
Cut 4 Gray 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
Cut 8 Blue 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
Cut 8 White 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
One of my FUN Quilt Patterns, and it’s ALL Squares !
My Great-Great Grandmother’s Quilt This quilt was a gift to my mother from her Great Grandmother. And then a Gift to me from My Mother. Making it my, GREAT-GREAT Grandmother’s Gift to ME ! Well…That’s how I like to look at it.
I never met her and my mom only remembered helping with the peddle sewing machine. I use this quilt and love sleeping under it. It goes in the washer and now living here in Florida and not having a clothes line it does go it the dryer….Yes… it bothers me too, but…. the colors are still very bright, but the Florida sun won on these photo’s.
It’s fun for me to draw quilt blocks out on graph paper. They make me happy and I love the other ideas it sparks as I do them. This is one of my quilt blocks.
This is Husband’s Fish Quilt block.
This quilt has been traveled with, used and it’s the softest quilt in the house !
The quilt block has a finished size of 10″ x 10″, quilt block pattern is below, simple half-square triangles and patchwork squares, it will be great with prints or soft pastels.
This quilt is loved, used, washed and dried. Finished size of ONE quilt block is ten inches by ten inches. For Husband’s quilt I made 6 quilt blocks, added sashing and binding. It’s long to be used in a reclining chair and in his sleep bag on fishing trips.
Cutting for this ONE block as shown on the Left
Cut 12 Green – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Cut 12 White – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Make Triangles How I make Triangles
Cut 16 White – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 4 White – 3 1/2 x 2 1/2″ Cut 4 White – 4 1/2″ x 10 1/2″
This quilt block is half triangles and half log cabin and one of those that make me smile !
The quilt block has a finished size of 12″ x 12″. I did cut and lay these quilt fabric colors out, you do you! I like the color likeness on the sides.
We took a few days away. Something fun we planned and purchased Nov 2025, nothing rushed, just a little time to breathe, rest, and step away. When life, health and PT became too much since February the saying was, “WE are going in May!” and we did it ! And honestly? It was good. Sometimes you don’t realize how tired you are until you sit still long enough to notice it.And…YES, OZ was as fantastic has I had hoped it would be, my apple was caught by the gentlemen in front of me, he turned and handed it to me, “For you” he will never know how wonderful this apple is to me.
Coming home is its own kind of adjustment too. The laundry waits. The calendar starts back up. Orchids/lanai needed attention. The sewing room looks exactly how you left it… but somehow feels a little different after being away. I am lowly find our way back into a rhythm that feels comfortable again. And maybe that’s the real lesson: “normal” doesn’t always come back exactly the same.
I have been sewing on a new quilt this past weekend, one seam, one row, one block at a time. Making short moments into my joy.
So this week, I’m easing back into my days. A little quilting. A little writing. A little reorganizing. Nothing dramatic. Just finding my footing again and being thankful for the quiet goodness of ordinary days.
It’s February, and it’s cold. Yes, even here in Florida. Opened tubs that were moved over ten years ago, and the jeans fit ! !
This is the the kind of cold that makes piling on quilts a necessary, you know when you get in and you can’t roll over ! ! I love that feeling!
I finished up my Laundry Hall Originals, 16″ x 20 and they are something I have wanted to do for a bit.
My FINISHED Laundry Hall !
And this picture is just something I have wanted to do. Yes, 2026 is kind of all about me. I have to start feeling better.
I had thought it would be on the back wall of the laundry, but…I have a very hard time reaching the cabinets so I added a shelf…I added the vases to the dining room. Where there is a wall, there is art !
With all the noise in the world, my anxiety and me, have had a few moments. I turned to finished up this quilt, added borders and now ready for long arm quilting.
This weeks quilt block pattern has a finished size of 16 x 16 inches. Download here no signing in, just save or print. HERE
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A Thought
Stitches hold quilts together and kindness holds people. Let patience and care guide us with your fabric and with each other. Small, steady kindness still counts. Thank you for stopping, Beth Ann
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I am writing with a very heavy heart. I am going a head with what I had planned, BUT…
Well…I tried, but goals change…sometimes really fast. I had good intentions about going back to the gym this year. Really solid plans of course a new outfit, new shoes, half the reason to go !Free Quilt Pattern
But here’s the thing… (having a thing is like, I got a guy for that project) I’m back to swimming every day instead. Turns out after 2 weeks and 5 visits my knees, my schedule, and my general attitude all voted for I am staying with the pool. No loud music, no mirrors, no pretending I enjoy machines. My steady pace, quiet water, and a reminder that moving your body doesn’t have to make me feel “Am I doing it right?”
So, my only buy a month plan was good, my start small plan as good and the weather changed from the 50’s to the 70’s, have invited me back into the pool of possibilities of feeling better.
Quilt Tip of the Week – NEW Rule
Quilting counts as exercise. If your smartwatch disagrees, throw it in the bobbin drawer.
Free Quilt Block Pattern
If you’re in the mood for something simple and comforting, I’m sharing a favorite beginner friendly pattern this week. It’s squares and triangles, my how to for squares, and for triangles. It works beautifully with fabric you already have, or for a bit of fabric shopping therapy. Here is the PDF for you to download, NO SIGNING up, just click and get, print and it’s yours. My Cross Squares Blue Quilt Block has a finished size of 10″ x 10″.
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Right now, I’m working on a project that’s still in its “trust the process” stage. The block is drawn, the colors are still deciding what they want to be, and nothing looks right…yet? I keep telling myself…that it is okay.
And it truely is, Beth Ann
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Finished Quilt block size – Ten inches by Ten inches
Cut Larger triangle finished size plus 7/8”
And this picture is just something I have wanted to do. Yes, 2026 is kind of all about me. I have to start feeling better.
