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I Love You Quilt - Meet the Quilt

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Foundation Paper Piecing, Meet the Quilt, Quilt Pattern

I Love You Quilt - Meet the Quilt

Buy the Pattern - PDF Construction Type:  Foundation Paper Piecing Recommended Sewing Level:  Beginner Quilt Size(s):  Includes layouts for Baby, Throw and Twin  How it Came to Be: When I first started designing I Love You, I actually started out playing around with hearts. In my mind, I was going to make a couple different hearts in lots of different sizes, easy to mix up and create whatever you wanted. After the first couple of hearts, however, I just kept going! It was so fun to play with the same basic heart shape while seeing how much I could mix...


2023 Quilt Along - Month 5

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags FMQ, Free Motion Quilting, QAL, Quilt Pattern

2023 Quilt Along - Month 5

We are now working on month 5 in our annual quilt along, and this month we are going to tackle feathers!   Looking for previous months? Check out the main quilt along page for links to all the blocks and instructions. 2023 Quilt Along - Quilt as You Go Preparing the Block Before we can quilt, we need to prepare the block. If you want to see this, head to Month 1, we show you how in that video. Grab one of your 19" background squares and 1 - 19" batting square. If you want to spray baste them, spray...


2023 Quilt Along - Month 4

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags FMQ, Free Motion Quilting, Free Patterns, Quilting

2023 Quilt Along - Month 4

It's now time for Month 4 and more fun free motion quilting motifs. This month we are learning one of my favorite filler motifs, spirals!     Looking for previous months? Check out the main quilt along page for links to all the blocks and instructions. 2023 Quilt Along - Quilt as You Go Preparing the Block Before we can quilt, we need to prepare the block. If you want to see this, head to Month 1, we show you how in that video. Grab one of your 19" background squares and 1 - 19" batting square. If you want...


2023 Quilt Along Putting the First Row Together

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Beginner Quilter, FMQ, Free Motion Quilting, Free Patterns, Quilting

2023 Quilt Along Putting the First Row Together

It's now time to join our first three blocks together!    Looking for previous months? Check out the main quilt along page for links to all the blocks and instructions. 2023 Quilt Along - Quilt as You Go Trimming the Blocks Remember, we are working with blocks 1, 2, and 3. We are going to be trimming each block differently so that we can add a border at the end, so make sure you are paying attention to which block you want in which position. Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Joining the Blocks  After you have each of the...


2023 Quilt Along - Quilting Block 3

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags FMQ, Free Motion Quilting, Free Patterns, QAL

2023 Quilt Along - Quilting Block 3

We are moving right along to month 3! After we finish quilting this month's block, we will be putting our first row together.   Looking for previous months? Check out the main quilt along page for links to all the blocks and instructions. 2023 Quilt Along - Quilt as You Go Preparing the Block Before we can quilt, we need to prepare the block. If you want to see this, head to Month 1, we show you how in that video. Grab one of your 19" background squares and 1 - 19" batting square. If you want to spray baste them,...