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Make a Quilt Monday

Basic How to Pick Quilt Fabric’s

COLOR is always on Quilter’s mind, And here is the way that I was taught in the 1990’s !

And it really works good for a basic color palette for a quilt. It’s the light, medium and dark fabric way, you can’t go wrong. Make a Quilt Monday

1) Start with one fabric. Take this one fabric and work from it. Is that one fabric, a dark, medium or light color?

This is a Dark

Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt Ladies

Add the light and medium.
Move and change it until you like it.

Lay them out in front of you.

How to Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt Ladies

Then add, a dark medium, a light medium, until you have the mix of what you like.

2) Choose colors and patterns you love. An average a twin size quilt will take me about a week to piece together, and if hand quilted another, 3-4 months. If tied or machine quilted 3-4 weeks, you have so much time and cost involved you have to love it.

3) Natural or background colors. These are the corner stone. More often than not the background color is your light color. Your background color helps bring the blocks together. It does not always need to be a light either, dark or medium work well to, any color can be used.

Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt Ladies

4) Color Wheel. I’m not a big fan of the color wheel, I do like when colors pops and on most of my quilts the start fabric is not the most prominent color used it in, it is just a starting point.

5) Make one block. This should always be done, a Quilters practice, cut only fabric for one block and live with it for a few days. Especially, if it’s something you’ve never tried before. Most times you will know right away if you like it or not.

6) Have fun. This is the best way I’ve found to pick colors, enjoy the process, your quilt will be fantastic.

Beth Ann's Quilt Art from The Quilt Ladies

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

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

Quilt Block of The Month

2023 Quilt Block of the Month

I am changing things up a bit, I will be stepping back from a lot of what I don’t like…email newsletters, comments, overthinking daily posts. I will focus on the things I love to share and offer.

The shops are open, I love them and all of you for all these YEARS.

Here is the January Quilt Block of the Month and Links here to:

February Quilt Block of the Month

March Quilt Block of the Month

The Quilt Ladies Etsy Shop
My Books and Quilt Books on Amazon Kindle and Print

January Quilt Pattern !

Finished size of all the quilt blocks over the next year will be 12″ x 12″. Each quilt block will have the CENTER block in some form. YOU do YOU with color, use what you have or off to a quilt shop ! Don’t over think it, it’s a quilt block !

Center Block

Cut 40 RED – 1 ½ x 2 ½”
Piece as shown for the center
Make 5 quilt blocks

Cut 4 Squares – 4 ½” x 4 ½”
Sew as Shown

How to make Quilt Block Triangles

How to Make Quilt Block Squares

I am 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

At NO Additional cost to you, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

Make a Quilt Monday, Patterns

Quilt Pattern with Freezer Paper

Always remember that quilting has been done for hundreds of years and all the new gadgets are great. You can still do things very simply and fill your sewing closet with new innovations as your talent grows. Here is how to do it simple on Make a Quilt Monday.

No need to purchase a rotary cutter and mat your first time out. Take your time and enjoy. My Quilt Patterns on Etsy, and NOW on Amazon

Things needed to start a quilt project:

A sewing machine that sews a straight line, borrow one or purchase one at a large chain store. No need to spend hundreds/thousands on a machine to straight stitch. OR Hand piecing can be done too. Everything is the same as a machine, but you hand stitch using the same ¼” seam allowance. I will share how to soon.

1)Graph Paper
2)Freezer Paper – Plastic coated paper, like the butcher’s wrap meat in. You can purchase it at your local store or if you ask they may give you some at your butcher counter
3)Glue stick
4)Iron
5)Gray thread
6)Ruler
7)Pencil
8)Basic sewing supplies, Scissors, thimble, sew riper, etc.
9)Needles – for hand piecing Sharps size 7-12, for quilting Between needles size 10-12
10)Sewing Pins
11) Fabric and Batting

Cutting – Rotary cutter, mat and ruler can be used if you have them. If you are new to quilting and are not sure you want to buy all these supplies try Freezer paper. It may be purchased at any grocery store. You will notice that one side is shiny, one not.

Draw the pattern pieces on to graph paper, the finished
size, Add a ¼ inch seam allowance around the entire outside edge –the cutting line, the – – – line. The – – – – will be the sewing line

How to Start Quilting with The Quilt Ladies

(example – 2 inch finished size cut square 2 ½” x 2 ½”) Cut pattern out

With a glue stick. Paste the pieces to the NON-shiny side of the freezer paper.

Cut the pattern out.

You can now iron the pattern to your fabric, shiny side down.
This pattern can be used over and over. It will leave no film on your

How to Start Quilting with The Quilt Ladies

fabric.

Here is how to make a quilt square –
Cut 2 squares the same size (finished size of square plus 1/2 inch) example cut 2 ½ x 2 1/2″ inch seam allowance, sew
Good side of fabric to good side
Trim threads
Open and Press to the dark

1)sew seam with a 1/4 inch seam allowance,

you may need to mark your machine with this measurement.

2) You can chain piece a few at a time
Cut thread and open

3)sew these together

Watch your color placement, sew good side to good side.

4) A 4-patch quilt square

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality!
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Log Cabin Center Star Quilt Block Pattern

From My “The Ladies” Book

Taking a traditional log cabin center, adding a quilt star points, changes a basic quilt block of something new. The finished quilt block is twelve inches by twelve inches.

From my Book
The Ladies Now in Print HERE

from my book “The Ladies” from my Etsy Shop

Colors follow the pattern on the side, not mine above, I went a bit crazy with color on mine!

Cut 4 Gray – 37/8” x 3 7/8”

Cut 4 White – 37/8” x 3 7/8”

Make Triangles

Cut 4 Yellow – 2½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 White – 2 ½”x 1 ½”

Cut 4 White – 3 ½” x 1 ½”

Cut 1 Yellow – 4½” x 4 ½”

Cut 1 Pink – 5 ½” x 1 ½”

Sew to left side

Cut 1 Pink – 6 ½” x 1 ½”

Sew to bottom

Cut 1 Pink – 6 ½” x 1 ½”

Sew to the right side

Cut 1 Pink – 6 ½ x 1 ½”

Sew to the top

Sew as shown
See All “THE LADIES” quilt patterns HERE

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

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

Make a Quilt Monday – Fabric

Learn to Quilt

Let’s start at the VERY beginning of quilting, I’m starting a
Make a Quilt Monday for all, let’s quilt !

One of the best things about quilting is the Wonderful Fabric. Over the next few weeks, Monday will be our learning day. I will try and link everything, but if you can’t find, please just click on the side under search for Make a Quilt Monday

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PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

THIS IS THE WAY I Do Fabric, many ways, this is MY Way.

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 most 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.”

I recommend for a new quilter to purchase charm packs, these are pre-cut 2 1/2 inch or 5 inch packs. (They go larger but start with these sizes and DO NOT WASH)

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.

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.

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 !

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

Red and White Pin Wheel Quilt Block

Make a Quilt Block

I love quilt patterns, changing and rearranging the pieces into something new makes me happy. Sharing them is one of my favorites too.

Today’s finished quilt block is eight inches by eight inches. Please don’t let the size overwhelm you, all cutting and piecing is given. Take you time and you will love this quilt block

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How to make Quilt Block Triangles

How to Make Quilt Block Squares

This is a wonderful quilt pattern to move color around the block. Maybe try the triangle as one color and square another?? Have FUN

Cut 4 Red 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 4 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8″
Make 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

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

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

A bit of a Review – Free Quilt Pattern Block

Quilt Block of the Month – February

The thing that comes with getting old…older? Is I just want to share this again. I kind of like them. Plus I forgot to post it so late in February…Old lady moments…
This quilt block has a finished size of 12″ x 12″

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Cut 18 Assorted Colors – 1 ½ x 2 ½”

Piece as shown for the center

Cut 2 White – 1 ½” x 6 ½”
Sew to left and right side

Cut 2 White – 1 1/2” x 8 ½”
Sew to top and bottom

Cut 4 Yellow – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 4 Blue – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 4 White – 2 ½” x 2 ½”

Sew as Shown

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

Make a Quilt Block, Quilt Pattern here for You

Step by Step to Make a Quilt Block

Monkey Wrench
Variation 12” x 12”

I’m breaking down this quilt block and showing you how
a quilt pattern which looks difficult is done. Some quilt blocks look hard, but give them a chance, you can do it. Cutting is given two times, for you who don’t need help and all these new quilters following along.
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Cut 2 Blue – 47/8” x 4 7/8”

Cut corner to corner

Cut 4 Red – 2 7/8”x 2 7/8”

Cut corner to corner

Cut 8 Yellow – 2½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 Pink 4 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut corner to corner

Cut 8 Green – 1 ½”x 2 ½”

Cut 2 Pink – 2 ½”x 2 ½”

Cut 2 Blue – 2 ½”x 2 ½”

Breaking Down
How to piece this quilt block

Cut 2 Blue – 4 7/8” x 4 7/8”

Cut corner to corner

Cut 4 Red – 2 7/8”x 2 7/8”

Cut corner to corner

Cut 4 Yellow – 2 ½”x 2 ½”

Sew as shown – do 4 times

Cut 4 Yellow – 2½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 Pink 4 ½” x 2 ½”

Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”

Cut corner to corner

Cut 8 Green – 1 ½” x 2 ½”

Sew as shown – do 4 times

Cut 2 Pink – 2 ½”x 2 ½”

Cut 2 Blue – 2 ½”x 2 ½”

Sew a 4-patch as
shown

Do rows together
as shown – 2 times

Do center row

Sew rows into
block

sew a quilt block pattern complete instructions

How to make Quilt Block Triangles

How to Make Quilt Block Squares

The Quilt Ladies Quilt Patterns — Beth Ann and her Quilt Ladies

Beth is a Quilter and an Author who decided to self-publish her quilt books and quilt patterns, SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

My Valentine’s Gift to YOU

Table Topper Quilt Pattern

Valentine Table Topper

What makes this quilt is the red fabric. This quilt is made using 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ cut quilt blocks. My table topper quilt was machine pieced and I hand quilted with straight lines. The finished quilt table topper will measure 24″ x 18″

A simple square is always a good thing in quilting and this is the traditional 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ square.

Piecing 7 quilt squares across and 10 down,
you will need a total of
70 – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ red quilt squares
Cut 2 Red – 20 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Sew to the long sides
Cut 2 Red – 14 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 4 Corner – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Sew to the 14 1/2″ Strip
Sew to the Top and Bottom

Cut Binding 2 1/2″ x 86″

Here is also my
February Quilt Block of the Month Pattern

A good table center piece.

Hand quilt stitches

Quilt Corner

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

Make a Fun Quilt Block Pattern Here for You!

From The Quilt Ladies

This is a quilt block pattern I drafted for a quilt for Grand #1 for his birthday…years ago !
It’s a quilt block I call an add on, the center is a nine-patch, add strips, add corner triangles. Here is my triangle tutorial if you need.

PLEASE, notice the cutting sizes, this quilt has a finished
size of 10.5 x 10.5.

It may have an “Official Name” but to me it’s Grand #1’s Quilt block. Quilt Block of the MONTH

quilt block pattern tutorial for you to make

Quilt Block Finished size 10 ½” x 10 ½”

Cut 2 White 3 7/8” x 3 7/8”

Cut 2 Red 3 7/8” x 37/8”

Make the triangles

Cut 5 Blue 2” x 2”

Cut 4 White 2” x 2”

Cut 4 White 5” x 2”

Cut 4 Gray 5” x 2”

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and

PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

At NO Additional cost to you Disclaimer, this quilt pattern post contains affiliate links. I receive a few cents if you click to my links and purchase. These few cents help with my fabric collection and or obsession.
Beth Ann and as always, Thank you for making my dream a reality ! !
www.bethanndoing.com
www.thequiltladies.com

COLOR is always on Quilter’s mind, And here is the way that I was taught in the 1990’s !

January Quilt Pattern !

Things needed to start a quilt project:

Taking a traditional log cabin center, adding a quilt star points, changes a basic quilt block of something new. The finished quilt block is twelve inches by twelve inches.

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 !

I love quilt patterns, changing and rearranging the pieces into something new makes me happy. Sharing them is one of my favorites too.

Today’s finished quilt block is eight inches by eight inches. Please don’t let the size overwhelm you, all cutting and piecing is given. Take you time and you will love this quilt block

This is a wonderful quilt pattern to move color around the block. Maybe try the triangle as one color and square another?? Have FUN

The thing that comes with getting old…older? Is I just want to share this again. I kind of like them. Plus I forgot to post it so late in February…Old lady moments… This quilt block has a finished size of 12″ x 12″

Breaking Down How to piece this quilt block

Valentine Table Topper

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 !

The thing that comes with getting old…older? Is I just want to share this again. I kind of like them. Plus I forgot to post it so late in February…Old lady moments…
This quilt block has a finished size of 12″ x 12″

Breaking Down
How to piece this quilt block