Quilting Tutorials — Quilt Pattern

Online Quilting Bee Skill Builder Block 10

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Curves, Free Patterns, QAL, Quilt Pattern, Quilting Basics

Online Quilting Bee Skill Builder Block 10

This year is wrapping up quick and we are now on Block 10. If you missed block 9, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 9 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. We are working on curves this week! Quilters sew lots and lots of straight lines, but often times curves can be very intimidating.  They don’t need to be though! Use the tips we teach this week to improve or tackle curves once and for all.  After you...


Scrappy Leaf Quilt Block

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Free Patterns, Holiday, Inspiration, Quilt Pattern

Scrappy Leaf Quilt Block

We are working on using up as many of our fabric scraps as we can this year! Between full quilts and mini projects, we may not have used up everything, but we’ve made a dent. This week we are sharing a fun scrappy leaf quilt block based off of the traditional bear claw block.   This block finishes at 15″ square. Fabric requirements: White 2 @ 5 1/2″ square 2 @ 6 1/2″ square Scraps An assortment of Reds, Greens, Yellows, and Oranges ranging from 3/4″-2″ wide and 4″-8″ long Making the Blocks First, head to our subscriber library and...


Online Quilting Bee Skill Builder Block 8

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Free Patterns, QAL, Quilt Pattern, Quilting Basics

Online Quilting Bee Skill Builder Block 8

Welcome to month 8 of our year long quilting bee! If you missed block 7, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 7 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. We are giving you a little breather after tackling Y-seams and before we finish up with some of the more advanced techniques. This month, we are going to work on square in a square quilt blocks. One easy way to achieve a square in a square quilt block is to...


Free Pencil Quilt Block Pattern

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Foundation Paper Piecing, Free Patterns, Quilt Pattern, Tutorial

Free Pencil Quilt Block Pattern

This week we are sharing a sneak peak of our latest project, our very first book! We are making a modern twist on an I Spy quilt. For our version, instead of looking for printed fabrics, we are going to create the objects ourselves. The book will include instructions for 100 different 4″ blocks of all sorts ofthings, from cows to sand castles to candy corn and so many more! We will be sharing all the blocks on our Instagram and Facebook pages leading up to the release of the book. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first...


Checkmate Quilt Pattern

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Foundation Paper Piecing, Inspiration, Quilt, Quilt Pattern

Checkmate Quilt Pattern

We are on a mission to use up our scraps (or at least make it so we need a slightly smaller bin to hold them in). Our second quilt pattern this year helps with that goal! Checkmate is a scrap friendly foundation paper pieced pattern. Like most of our quilts, Checkmate started out completely different. When we originally designed the flowers, they were in a much more static placement. We loved the flowers, but the quilt didn’t quilt pop. After playing around and turning the whole thing on it’s side (quite literally), we ended up with our final quilt. Our...