The first quilt block I shared was a simple quilt pattern
and today it’s just about moving squares around a bit with color and using smaller four-patch quilt blocks. Please don’t overthink cutting squares 1 1/2″, do it the same as other sizes, sew and press as you go.
This also has a finished size of eight inches by eight inches. With the solids using four-patch quilt blocks. How to sew a quilt square
Last Weeks Quilt Block
Cut 12 Green 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Cut 12 Lt. Blue 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Cut 2 Lt. Blue 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” Cut 4 Blue 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” Cut 4 White 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
I’m thrilled with my new weekly series: Quilt Block Pattern of the Week!
I will be trying to post them on Friday. Each quilt block will have a finished size of eight inches by eight inches, 8″ x 8″ and will be from advance to beginner quilt blocks.
#WeeklyQuiltBlock
Each week, I’ll share a fresh, creative quilt block pattern to inspire your projects and challenge your skills. I draw quilt blocks sitting in doctor offices and at the hospital. Some have been sewn and most have not, so it’s all up to you, don’t overthink anything, it’s fabric, have fun and make my weekly Quilt Blocks.
#WeeklyQuiltBlock
Cut 6 Lt. Blue 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Cut 4 White 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 10 White 1 7/8” x 1 7/8” Cut these in half to make triangles
Cut 4 Red 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Cut these in half to make triangles
Cut 2 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Cut these in half to make triangles Cut 1 Lt. Blue 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Cut in half to make triangles
Cut 8 Gray 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Cut 2 Green 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Cut 6 Yellow 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Cut 4 Yellow 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”
My Birthday was over this past weekend and thank you to all, I had a fantastic day/weekend ! So, much so I have posting one of my favorite all time posts and it’s quilt block is below too !
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 does not go 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.
Let’s add a bit more to a basket quilt block from the one we did last week. This quilt block has triangle handle and base. Nothing says traditional quilt block more than 2 colors. This quilt block has a finished size of eight inches by eight inches. Any two colors will work, anything with white will be perfect.
Let’s go simple this quilt with a
a VERY BASIC quilt block, basic piecing techniques, making it an easier quilt block to piece together. This quilt block a classic, with a finished size of eight inches by eight inches.
Cut 1 Color 6 7/8” x 6 7/8” triangles Cut 1 White 6 7/8” x 6 7/8” triangles Reserve extra triangle of another block
Cut 1 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” triangles Cut 1 Color 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” triangles Cut 1 White 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” Cut 2 White 4 1/2 x 2 1/2”
Yes, Let’s start at the VERY beginning with a quilt square. I will be building from this simple quilt block pattern, and changing placement and color over the next few weeks, see how a simple quilt block is transformed.
But today, this simple quilt block pattern has a finished size of eight inches by eight inches.
As 2024 wraps up, it’s hard not to reflect on a year that felt like a marathon through the medical wing of life. Quilt Pattern for you to make below too!
While it wasn’t the year I imagined, but we powered through. Leaving this chapter behind feels fantastic, but mostly it’s a chance to breathe, heal, and look ahead. I took many notes of all the testing and process of Husbands 2/3 pancreas and spleen removal. I am working on putting it into book form or into handbook form, I hope to sale some and then again…it’s a bit of a surgery…and wish all going through health issues a hug of love.
So here’s to closing the door on a tough but transformative 2024. We have done the hard part, and now it’s time to embrace a new year filled with brighter days, fewer hospital visits, and a whole lot more joy. Cheers to resilience, healing, and the hopeful possibilities of what’s ahead!
Each year I try to work into my daily life a word, and this year it’s HAPPY. Happy to laugh, happy to quilt, happy to have health and just happy to just be. Join me in Happiness. And the best happiness? A Quilt Ladies quilt block !
Hope you are having a wonderful Holiday. I want to share this classic quilt pattern with you, a Friendship Star, this quilt block pas a finished size of six inches by sis inches. Take a moment to see all my Quilt Pattern and book here at these links. SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy
Cut 2 Point colors – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Cut 2 White – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ Make Triangles
I have had The Quilt Ladies for many years, lots of quilt blocks, quilt patterns drawn, loads of quilt blocks made, quilt patterns on Etsy and even my quilt books in Print, Kindle and on Prime. These are the quilt patterns here from this site that are always asked about and for ! The Four most popular quilt block patterns
Here, I think it’s the color and the movement this quilt block has that all like. It’s finished size is eighteen inches by eighteen inches, using cut 2 1/2″ squares. This quilt block is one of 53 in my book.
This quilt block star quilt pattern has a life of it’s own. It’s all over Pinterest, all over other’s sites as a link to get you to their quilt sites (not paid for OR asked for) and it’s been viewed here over 26000 times. Have to say, it’s liked !
Nothing says happiness to me as much as a Quilt Block Pattern. This is a pieced quilt block with a finished size of eight inches by eight inches.
This quilt block, a patchwork star design. It consists of alternating patterns in shades of blue and white. The center comprises small squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern, surrounded by a larger star shape. The star’s points are made from triangular pieces with detailed patterns, adding texture and depth to the design.
For some reason this quilt block looks complicated and it’s not, maybe the simple quilt pieces or the 8″ x 8″ finished size?
Cut 4 Blue – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Make Triangles – How I make my Triangles
Cut 16 White – 1 ½” x 1 ½” Cut 16 Blue – 1 ½” x 1 ½” Make 8 – 4-patch Quilt Blocks How I make my Squares
Sew as shown
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