Quilting Tutorials — Foundation Paper Piecing

Buy the Pattern Meet the Quilt: Checkmate Construction Type: Foundation Paper Piecing Recommended Sewing Level: Confident Beginner Quilt Size(s): Baby, Throw, Twin and Queen One of my favorite reasons for spring is the color.  Nature starts to wake up and gives us an amazing array of color through flowers.  Flowers make me happy and it doesn’t even matter what kind.  I do have my favorites, but overall, I just love flowers.  Which is no surprise that flower quilts are some of my favorites.  We also love to layer patterns on top of each other in quilts.  This FPP flower quilt...

Buy the Pattern 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 it up....

Love flying geese, but don't like dealing with cut off points and skewed edges? Using foundation paper piecing to make your flying geese solves both of these issues! You can quickly and easily make a string of geese with perfect points, the exact size you need.   Flying geese are a very versatile block and used in so many designs, both traditional and modern. There are lots of methods to make them, and if you want to try another of our favorites, head here to learn how to make 4 at a time:  No Waste Flying Geese Foundation Paper Pieced...

This quilt isn't new, but as one of my absolute favorite patterns, I was delighted to remake it in one of Michael Miller's basics, Hash Dot! This fabric collection is perfect for all those tone on tones you are looking for. The mix of lights and darks in each print adds depth and texture to your finished quilt and they have so many colors to choose from, 46 to be exact! For this pattern, you'll need 6 different colors. You can do a basic rainbow, or pick and choose for your recipient. Due to the scrappy nature of the pattern,...

We were so excited when Kristy asked us to participate in the Blog Tour for her new line Dream with Riley Blake Designs. If you follow Kristy at all @quietplay you know she is all about rainbows and bright and just amazingly fun fabric. Basically everything we love! There are so many different colors and prints in this collection, we didn't even use them all. When it came to designing a quilt, we decided on something fun and playful and easy! We wanted something that really showed off the fabric and something we could create a rainbow with. It's hard...