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Here are two methods for making eight Half Square Triangle blocks at once. One method worked great - the  other not so much!

The Triangle in a Square block can be constructed a few different ways. While simple, the block can be tricky so let's learn how to successfully piece it together.

The pattern for a basic little Pinwheel block is so easy and so versatile. It is used in making so many other blocks but is also great on its own. The Pinwheel block also...

The Square in a Square block is put together like the Snowball block and the Flying Geese block. It is a basic building block for quilting and is easy to do. Let's sew one together!

The Flying Geese patch is another basic building block of so many blocks and can be used in a variety of ways.

This is another basic building block for a ton of blocks. The math behind how to figure out how big to cut the squares is pretty easy. If your finished...

The Nine-Patch quilt block is probably the most used block in the quilting world. It is very easy to sew and sooooo many blocks use the nine-patch layout in construction. We'll go...

This is probably the simplest quilt block to piece together but it can be done in numerous ways and it is the building block (no pun intended!) for so many...

The Snowball Block is another simple block that can be used in making other blocks and it also makes a good alternating block in a quilt.

The hourglass patch/block goes by several names – quarter-square triangle is a more common one. It starts out as a half-square triangle patch so the first part of this tutorial...

The super easy Roman Stripe quilt block can be used by itself or as a component of lots of other blocks. I’ve always called it a Rail Fence block, but...