fabric406 Blog — 12" Blocks
How to Sew an Alabama Quilt Block Variation - a Free Tutorial
Posted by Elaine Huff on
This version of the Alabama Quilt Block is great as an alternating chain block and also creates a lovely quilt all on its own. The block is quick and easy to do with only square and rectangle pieces, making it a beginner-friendly quilt block.
How to Sew the Traditional Empire Cross Quilt Block - a Free Tutorial
Posted by Elaine Huff on
The easy Empire Cross quilt block is a wonderful traditional block that creates wonderful secondary designs when made into a quilt. With only half square triangles, snowballed corners, and rectangles, the block goes together quickly. The classic block only has two colors and a background but I had to make it my own with four colors!
- Tags: 12" Blocks, Nine Patch Blocks, Tutorials
How to Sew this Star Geese Quilt Block Variation - a Free Tutorial
Posted by Elaine Huff on
Today let's take a look at my variation of the traditional Star Geese quilt block. The original is a nice block (I'll post a picture later in the tutorial) but I really like how this one looks in a quilt. We're going to be doing a bit of paper piecing but it's an easy unit to do.
How to Sew this Scrappy Quilt Block called Carol's Scrap Time Quilt - a Free Tutorial
Posted by Elaine Huff on
The Carol's Scrap Time Quilt block is a great way to use up a bunch of scraps and create a beautiful quilt at the same time. It is fairly easy as it uses squares, half square triangles and a modified square in a square block. This is my version of the original quilt block - I'll show what I did different later on in the tutorial.
- Tags: 12" Blocks, Nine Patch Blocks, Tutorials
How to Sew the Traditional Kansas Star Quilt Block - a Free Tutorial
Posted by Elaine Huff on
The Kansas Star (or Crystal Star) quilt block is a classic block that first appeared in print in the Kansas City Star publication. The block is made entirely of square in a square patches so it is easy to sew together. Let's get started!
