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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!
The Traditional Arrowheads Quilt Block - Free Tutorial for this Classic Block
Posted by Elaine Huff on
Let's take a look at the Arrowheads quilt block by Nancy Page. It also is called Crow's Foot by the Ladies Art Company. There are lots of pieces and steps to this block but it finishes at 16" square so not many blocks are needed to make a good sized quilt! Let's get started!
- Tags: Nine Patch Blocks, Tutorials
