How to Make a Curvy Quilt from Strips

 

Finished size 60" x 80"

Learn how to make this curvy quilt from just strips! Watch the video below to see how easy it is.

Making Quarter Square Triangles

Quarter square triangles are so versitile and so easy to make. Use two, three or four different fabrics to make amazing designs.

The Rising Star Block For Rotary Cutting and AccuQuilt

The Rising Star block looks complicated but it's really easy to piece! Cutting instructions included for rotary cutting and for the AccuQuilt Rising Star die.

The Rising Star block is a star within a star. The diagram below shows the three fabric variation.

The Triangle Quilt Tutorial

 

Triangle Quilt finishes approx. 73" x 90"

Fabric Requirements

73" x 90" quilt - 54 fat quarters
65" x 70" quilt - 40 fat quarters
1/2 yd for binding

The Dottie Quilt Tutorial

Dottie was designed by Moda. It uses Jelly Rolls or you can cut your own 2-1/2" x WOF strips.

The quilt in the pattern uses 36 blocks and finishes at 72" square. Since I'm not a fan of square quilts, mine finishes at 72" x 84" and uses 42 blocks. The blocks are 12" finished. The image below is from QuiltPro. I use this software to quickly test quilt sizes and block placement.

Around The Block Quilt Pattern

 Make this fast and easy quilt in two sizes using all squares.

Instructions and video included below.

Choose 4 accent fabrics and a background.

Twinkle Star Video Workshop

Twinkle Star was designed by Judy and Bradley Niemeyer for paper piecing. The pattern uses basic paper piecing techniques that can be applied to many Quiltworx lone star projects. This is a great introductory pattern for learning how Quiltworx lone star quilts are made in a small project that can be completed very quickly.

This tutorial includes 22 videos and instructions for paper piecing the Twinkle Star quilt designed by Quiltworx.

Twinkle Star Quilt made by Carol Thelen

The video below is an introduction to this workshop

Fake Rail Fence Quilt

I saw a picture of a quilt in a catalog the other day. It looked like a Rail Fence block but it was actually made from a single fabric. The fabric looked like wood slats. I have some fabric similar to that so I tried it.

Fake Rail Fence Quilt

No Bake Jolly Bar Quilt Free Pattern

 I liked this pattern so much I made 4 quilts from it! Three of the quilts went to nieces and nephew. The fourth one was a Quilt of Valor. This free pattern is from The Fat Quarter Shop. They sell pre-cut fabric cut  in 5" x 10" rectangles. This is basically a 10" square cut in half once. I used layer cakes for the kid's quilts. For the Quilt of Valor I cut rectangles.

This quilt is fast to cut and fast to piece. Easy too!

Puzzle Box Free Quilt Pattern Download

 I was attempting to organize my large pile of scraps and one of the categories I made was width of fabric pieces. These pieces range from 3" to 17" in length. I decided to cut everything into 2-1/2" strips and start making scrap quilt from the strips.

This is Puzzle Box by Christa Watson. Christa's company is Christa Quilts.  I have made several quilts using this pattern. Here is one I made for a veteran.

The pattern uses 2-1/2" x Width Of Fabric (WOF) strips and is a great way to use scraps. You will need 80 strips to make this 64" x 80" quilt. 

Download the free pattern from Christa Quilts by clicking here --> Download Puzzle Box.

Happy Quilting!

Carol

The Lemonade Quilt - Free Pattern Download

This pattern is from Benartex (Kanvas Studio). The quilt finishes about 60" x 75".  It uses 27 pre-cut 10" squares along with some additional yardage. I made this several years ago for the shop to showcase a fabric collection from Kaffe Fassett. I didn't take a picture of that quilt.