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The Joyce’s Mystery quilt block is a traditional design with a touch of intrigue, thanks to its striking central square-in-a-square unit—perfect for showcasing a favorite fussy cut. This 12" block...

My last block tutorial was for the Grandmother's Own quilt block and I had some requests for layouts and yardage for quilts so here you go!

Today let's take a look at the Grandmother's Own quilt block. This traditional quilt is fairly easy - if you can do Flying Geese, you're good to go! There are several...

Today let's look at the Monkey Wrench quilt block. It is an easy and quick block to sew together. The Monkey Wrench block has been around a long time - it was published...

The Whirlwind Quilt Block goes by a bunch of other names - Modern Envelope, Twin Sisters, Water Wheel, etc, etc. The traditional Whirlwind quilt block uses only 2 colors but I saw one on Facebook...

Today let's give this quick and easy Continental quilt block a try! With only half square triangles, squares, and rectangles, the Continental goes together in a flash. It's a great traditional star-type block. Typically...

This traditional quilt block called Seesaw is a great confident beginner quilt block that experienced quilters will enjoy too. With only snowballed rectangles and flying geese, the block creates a...

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 quilt block is one of the most versatile and essential building blocks in quilting, showing up in everything from stars to borders to complex traditional designs. While it...

Today let's sew together this easy Glory Be quilt block. I actually think this is four blocks with sashing but that's not the way it's presented. The Glory Be appeared...

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...

Today let's sew together an Arkansas Traveler quilt block. This Ladies Art Company block is a spool-type block and is an easy block to put together. Of course, there are other...

Today let's work on a Cats and Mice quilt block as published in the Ladies Art Company publication. This traditional quilt block was originally done with only a light and...

Today let's take a look at this Broken Window quilt block from the Kansas City Star publication. Once again, there are other blocks out there called Broken Window - that's...

Today let's sew together a Ribbon Star quilt block.  This block is quick and easy to make using only half-square triangles and squares. Plus it creates a lovely quilt!

I can't believe I missed doing the Dutchman's Puzzle quilt block tutorial until now! It is a very old, very traditional pattern and, of course, goes by several other names....

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...

Today we're going to sew together a Next Door Neighbor quilt block. This is a fairly easy block but it isn't the one you see if you do a Google...

Today we’re going to sew together an Ohio Star block – maybe you’ve heard of it by a different name like Sawtooth Star, Lone Star – it goes by quite...

Today let's look at this variation of the Hourglass quilt block. This is an easy block to make with only two basic units to sew together. At first I couldn't...

The Duck Tracks quilt block is an easy pattern and goes together quickly. It's layered star design will give depth and visual interest to a quilt. I've made my sample with...