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Red and White Quilt Block Pattern

Free Weekly Quilt Block Pattern

NOTHING says Valentines like a Red and White Quilt Block. And this weeks, Weekly Quilt Block Pattern is NOTHING if not Perfect.
Finished size is eight inches by eight inches. Here are my links to how “I” make quilt squares and triangles.

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How to make Squares
How to make Triangles

Cut 4 Red 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” triangles
Cut 4 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” triangles

Cut 8 Red 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 8 White 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 8 White 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Sew as Shown

As some of you may know and I will share, Husband and I are redoing my sewing/office. Kind of we doesn’t think we need to move thing and he needs a project…
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Make a Quilter Happy in Three Ways

And Your Weekly Quilt Block

I have a fourth way to make a Quilter happy,
it’s a Quilt Block Pattern.
My weekly Quilt Block Pattern is Below

Three ways to Make a Quilter Happy !

Set the Mood
Start with good lighting—nothing kills the mood faster than squinting at tiny stitches in a shadowy corner. Add your favorite playlist, audiobook, or true crime podcast (because what’s better than solving mysteries while sewing?). Bonus points if you have a mug of coffee or brew a cup of tea. Suddenly, quilting feels like a cozy retreat instead of just a to-do list item.

Snack Strategically – Reaching a bit here…but?
No, you don’t need crumbs in your fabric, but let’s face it: quilting burns mental energy, and snacks are fuel. Keep a stash of easy-to-eat treats nearby—think chocolate, nuts, or anything that won’t turn your quilt into a grease rag. Pair it with a drink you love, and you’ll feel like you’re at a quilting spa.

Celebrate the Little Wins
Finished a tricky block? Reward yourself! Take a picture, post it online, or do a happy dance. Nobody’s perfect, and your quilting adventures, mistakes and all are part of the story. After all, happy quilters make the best quilts!

My Weekly Quilt Block Pattern for you. Today, let’s all about triangles and squares. . This quilt block has a finished size of eight inches by eight inches. Here are my tutorials,
How to sew squares and how to sew quilt triangles

Cut 1 Blue 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 1 Red 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 2 Gray 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 2 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 2 Blue 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 2 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 2 White 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”

Cut 8 Green 1 1/2” x 1 12”

Cut 8 Red 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”

Sew as Shown

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Building on a Square Quilt Block

Make a Square Quilt Block

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.

square quilt block pattenr

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

simple quilt block pattern how to — 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”

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Quilt Block Pattern of the Week – The Quilt Ladies

2025 Weekly Quilt Block Pattern

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.

Quilt Ladies quilt block of the week — #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.

star quilt block pattern from the quilt ladies — #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”

Cut these in half to make triangles

Sew as shown

Find my Square and Triangle How to
How to make Squares

How to make Triangles

Let’s sew together, one block at a time! Don’t forget to share your creations with the hashtag #WeeklyQuiltBlock—I can’t wait to see your work!

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Quilt Basket Block for You to Make

Free Weekly Quilt Block

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.

How I make my triangles tutorial

Cut 4 Purple 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 4 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 1 Purple 4 7/8” x 4 7/8”
Cut 1 White 4 7/8” x 4 7/8”
Make Triangle – save extra for later

Cut 1 White 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
Cut 2 White 4 1/2” x 2 1/2”

Sew as shown below

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A Quilter and an Author who decided to self-publish her quilt books and quilt patterns, SEE her BOOKS on Amazon and PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

Why 100% Cotton for Quilts

Purchase the best quality cotton fabric you have afford

With the addition of my weekly quilt blocks, I have added some very new quilters. and today I want to talk about quilt fabric

One of the best things about quilting is the Wonderful Fabric’s you get to purchase.
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And with that I have to add,
This is the way I do my fabric, you do you !
Purchasing fabric is fun, please, always buy the best fabric you can afford and what you like. For quilts you will use 100% cotton fabric. Fabric will cost between $6 and $17 per yard. If you are just purchasing for a maybe project, I do mostly cuts 1 to 2 yards. If you have a quilt pattern, follow the recommendations, but as I say in my books, “Please think of purchasing more fabric than needed, as a pattern designer I have no idea how you will cut and use your fabric.” One way to pick fabrics

I recommend for quarter cuts or pre-cut 2 1/2 inch or 5 inch packs. (They go larger but start with these sizes and “I” DO NOT WASH precuts)

Purchased cotton yardage, wash, dry and iron your fabric before starting any project. Please think of purchasing more fabric than needed, a pattern designer has no idea how you will cut and use your fabric. From My Quilt Ladies Site HOW to Pick Fabrics

When talking about fabric it always brings up the conversation of washing fabric. Here is what I do,

I wash and dry all my fabric BEFORE sewing cutting and piecing a quilt. You only have to pull out one finished quilt from the washer and see bleeding to know you must/should wash all fabric.

Cotton fabrics bleeding means, the dyes used on the fabric will become loose when washing. It’s said that it’s common is cottons, but all fabrics can bleed. Dyes will/can stain other fabrics in a prewashing, the biggest problem is the dye transfer after a quilt is finished.

When cotton fabric is made it is stretched on a loom, pulling the fibers straight. A stabilizer is applied to keep fabric straight and that is what you are washing off. Washing allows the fabric to relax and return to a more natural state. A dryer lets the fabric relax or shrink. All cotton fabrics are different you cannot know the amount any fabric will shrink.

Knowing a cotton fabric will not bleed and not shrink is worth a bit of time for the perfect quilt in the end.

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When prewashing quilt fabric, I use my daily machine washer detergent, the same type that will be used when the complete quilt is washed. Same with the dryer, use the setting that will be used when the quilt is completed.

With 100% cotton fabric after washing and drying you will need to clip away all the threads that have twisted. If fabric is wrinkles you can shake it to smooth out more wrinkles, or press the fabric with a dry iron.

It’s a habit for me to wash/dry as soon as I purchase fabric. You will develop YOUR way of caring for your quilt fabrics.

When using/cutting the fabric I will press and starch it BEFORE any cutting and square up the fabric so that all cuts with a rotary cutter are straight. I use what I use for clothing as my starch just plain old Niagara brand, it makes it just a bit stiff and will washed very easily.

All this being said,
“I do not EVER wash contest quilt fabric before sewing, or quilting the quilt.” That is just me, you do YOU !

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Time to Make my B. Annie Quilt

It’s a B. Annie Quilt Pattern from The Quilt Ladies

Allow me to introduce you to my Quilt, B. Annie. This quilt as you see it is all about ME. It’s color, pattern, all stitched together in perfect harmony.
B. Annie Quilt Pattern at my Etsy Shop
in Print on eBook NOW on Prime too

The inspiration came from the traditional quilt pattern known as bear paw. Something about those paws caught my imagination, and I just had to reinterpret them in a splashier, more playful way.

So there you have it! “Bear Paw Petals Quilt” is more than just a quilt—it’s a celebration of colors, patterns, and the joy of creation. It’s a cozy, quilted garden where the bear paws roam free and petals never wilt. Dive into its delightful details and let it charm you, block by block and make you own Quilt NOW!

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April Quilt Pattern 2024 is Here

See All My Monthly Quilt Patterns

April brings many things and here it’s a fun colored quilt for you to make. April Quilt Pattern has a finished size of 46″ x 46″ and is shown is yellow, blue and white, but any colors will work perfect.

Complete how-to piece and a quilt binding sections.
Downloads to you in moments, print out on twelve sheets of 8.5″ x 11″ To you in Moments as PDF Download See all the Monthly quilts HERE

All my Monthly Quilt Patterns 2024

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Birthday and February Quilt Pattern

February Quilt Pattern and Free Table Topper Quilt

With so much going on, I kind of missed my birthday… but I have reached the ripe old age of 66 and some days everything seems to hurt. My Florida swim body now feels a bit saggy, and I have learned a new morning routine of time to get everything moving again.
I have been trying to have self-care be more than a bubble bath. Taking walks, laughing quilting, drawing, read or just being, whatever helps me find peace within yourself and relaxes your mind.

Here is my February Quilt Pattern, shown in red, but any colors and white will work too. The Quilt Pattern is here At The Quilt Ladies Shop and in my book All in ONE Year Quilt Patterns

I have added one of my table topper quilt patterns for you to make too, pictured below

But, who needs a bikini body when you’ve got quilts, a bit of wisdom and experience of a life well-lived? I have family, friends, a huge cup of coffee, a quilt, a book and a comfy home. Life is wonderful

free Valentine's Quilt Table Topper — Valentine’s Gift to You from The Quilt Ladies

Red table topper quilt pattern made with squares, from The Quilt Ladies — Another Free Quilt Pattern from The Quilt Ladies

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Free Blue and White Quilt Block Pattern

Holiday Gift to You !

Here is another one of my Star Quilt block patterns. This is one of the quilt blocks that have it all, it’s a star, it’s a log cabin, it’s a four patch and it’s FUN ! ! HERE is the Quilt Block of YOU!

Why moving you over to The Quilt Ladies site?!
Nothing more than I am exhausted !
And they are all there !

Beth Ann is a Quilter and an Author
who decided to self-publish her books and quilt pattern books

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PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

I have a fourth way to make a Quilter happy, it’s a Quilt Block Pattern. My weekly Quilt Block Pattern is Below

Three ways to Make a Quilter Happy !

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.

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.

All this being said, “I do not EVER wash contest quilt fabric before sewing, or quilting the quilt.” That is just me, you do YOU !

Allow me to introduce you to my Quilt, B. Annie. This quilt as you see it is all about ME. It’s color, pattern, all stitched together in perfect harmony. B. Annie Quilt Pattern at my Etsy Shop in Print on eBook NOW on Prime too