Quilter’s Alphabet BOW 4 Bodacious Blue Bobbin

Posted on January 26, 2012 by swanpub

Bodacious Blue Bobbin

Quilters use a lot of B words… Batting, Borders, Binding, Blocks, Bernina… Here I choose to represent a Bodacious Blue Bobbin surrounded by Batik Beaded Buttons.  The beads are used to represent the holes used to sew on the buttons. For some reason, I can’t figure out how to get those little dots to appear on the picture above… but they are on the PDF.  Wait to add these “Button Holes” til after your quilt is quilted to make that quilting process easier.

This is so much fun, planning these blocks to show off what we do as quilters in 2012!  I hope you are enjoying the blocks.  I am fiddling with the presentation of the letters, trying to minimize the printer ink usage and maximize the ease of pattern transfer to Paper Backed Fusible Web.  So I am reposting the A Block and the B Block Pattern here.  Check back next week for the C Block.

I have also been asked about what the Artful Arcs of Applique block would look like if multiple blocks were made.  So I put these little CGQs (Computer Generated Quilts!) together.

Artful Arcs layouts

These Artful Blocks are pretty cool and there are more ways than these two options to set them.  This is just to get your juices flowing and your quilter’s mind areeling!  If you want to make something like the layouts above, but would like to use a larger blocks, I am offering the block in 8 Inch Artful Arcs.  Just click on the link and Enjoy!

There are lots of free quilt patterns on this site. Download our complete Monthly Miniature Quilts Pattern Pack,  Our 2011 Fabric Swap Quilt Pattern Pack or visit our Etsy Pattern site to purchase our previous patterns.  For 2012 we are making Rockin’ Roll from a Jelly Roll, a monthly series of Doll Quilts and we will soon start our lovely Spring Medallion Quilt.  There is lots to see so browse around!

If you live in Southern California and would like to join or visit one of our free classes, check out our locations and times here… We’d love to see you!

The Bodacious Bobbin Pattern PDF Link is on the next page…

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January Swap – Blue Bricks Quilt

Posted on January 22, 2012 by swanpub

Blue Bricks Quilt

Sorry that the original PDF for this Blue Bricks Pattern had printing over some of the diagrams.  I’ve fixed it now (6 pm Monday 1/23/12) so print it again if you want a pristine copy… Thanks…

We are off on a new adventure. In class this year we are swapping 8″ squares each month. Each month will be a different color and we will swap 30 each 8″ squares of each value (That’s 60 Squares each month.) Each month a new quilt design will be offered. The design will be based on using 46 of the swapped 8″ squares and the remaining 14 swapped squares will be set aside for our Rainbow Triangles quilt (more info on this next week.)
So for January 2012, we are swapping light blues and dark blues. Blue Bricks is the Super Simple quilt pattern offered. This is an easy quilt to make. If you aren’t a class member you can make Blue Bricks from your stash or from scraps or from Fat Quarters (You’ll need 5 FQs of light blue and 5 FQs of dark blue at least. Cut 10 ea. 4″ x 8″ rectangles from each FQ.). So follow along and Make A Great Quilt!

There are lots of free quilt patterns on this site. Download our complete Monthly Miniature Quilts Pattern Pack, Our 2011 Fabric Swap Quilt Pattern Pack or visit our Etsy Pattern site. There is lots to see so browse around!

The Blue Bricks Instructional PDF link is on the next page….

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Rockin’ Roll Jelly Roll Quilt – Borders

Posted on January 21, 2012 by swanpub

The Rockin' Roll Quilt Has Three Borders

Note To My Class Members: 

Don’t Forget!

We Are Swapping BLUES This Week…

8″ Squares, 30 Light and 30 Dark!

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Adding borders to a quilt is a make or break proposition. Great borders can raise a so-so quilt to soaring heights while a poor border can ruin an otherwise wonderful quilt.
Most of all it is important that your borders FIT your quilt. With all the seams in the center of this (and most!) patterns, the dimensions of your quilt could vary from the pattern by an inch or more. So always be sure each border is cut (or constructed) to fit your quilt. For more about this, read the Adding Borders page of this site’s How To Make A Great Quilt section.
The Rockin’ Roll quilt has three borders. Each has its purpose. The inner border floats the quilt center and separates the accent strips of the blocks from the same accent fabric in the inner accent border. The final wider border finishes the quilt off in a tailored manner. The detailed instructional PDF is linked on the next page.

While visiting our site, download our complete Monthly Miniature Quilts Pattern Pack, The Complete Pack of our 2011 10″ Fabric Square Swap Patterns, Our LOGS! Log Cabin Sampler Quilt and/or visit our Etsy Pattern site.  And here’s the supply list for the 2012  NEW Quilter’s Alphabet quilt that will be running on Thursdays in 2012.  It’s sure to display all of your quilting talents!

The Rockin’ Roll Borders info is on the next page.

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Quilter’s Alphabet Block Of The Week 3 – “B” Block

Posted on January 19, 2012 by swanpub

WOW! What a response we had to last week’s Artful Arcs of Appliqué! Thank you!
Georjuh asked what would happen if multiple Artful Arc Blocks were set together and that got me thinking and playing. So here are a couple of layouts…

2 Layouts for the Artful Arcs Blocks

Pretty fun, don’t you think? If you missed the block, here’s a link to the Artful Arcs block.  If you make something using multiple Artful Arcs Blocks, please send me a picture to SwanPub@aol.com.  And be sure to check back next week for “Bodacious Beaded Bobbins…” our representation of the letter B. This is gonna be great!

Quilter's Alphabet Block 3 "B"

This week is the B Block…  Be sure to look around the site while you are here… You might have missed something since your last visit!  Be sure to access the 2011 Block of the Week archive of Bridges blocks and check out the instructions for making the Bridges blocks. And download our complete Monthly Miniature Quilts Pattern Pack, The Complete Pack of our 2011 10″ Fabric Square Swap Patterns, Our LOGS! Log Cabin Sampler Quilt and/or visit our Etsy Pattern site. And don’t miss the cute and quick Origami Pouch… or our Wool Rose Pin.   And here’s the supply list for this, the 2012  NEW Quilter’s Alphabet quilt that will be running on Thursdays in 2012.  It’s sure to display all of your quilting talents!

The “B” block PDF is linked on the next page.

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Crossroads Quilting Shop in Cameroon, Mo

Posted on January 17, 2012 by swanpub

20120110-073548.jpgNo, I haven’t slipped away for a quick trip to Missouri. But my dear sister Clare has! And she visited this shop with her daughter Meghan and they both loved it! So they shared some pics so I could share them with you.
Crossroads Quilting offers wonderful reproduction fabrics…

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20120110-073625.jpgLots of tempting things…. More Pics on the next page….

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LOGS! Complete Pattern

Posted on January 15, 2012 by swanpub

Just a note for local SoCal quilters… Don’t forget this week (Thursday thru Sunday Jan. 19-22) is the Road to California quilt show. For students of this blog, attending Road is part of your “homework!” For everyone else, this is a Don’t Miss Quilt Show with lots of vendors and beautiful quilts. The show is at the Ontario Convention Center right off the 10 freeway. Don’t forget!

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I’ve received a few requests for the complete LOGS! pattern so I thought before I move it over to Etsy to sell it, I’d offer the complete LOGS! PDF Free here for a month or so.
This has been a wildly successful project in class. There have been many completed and they look great. The LOGS! quilt is a sampler of Log Cabin Blocks and lots of fun to make. Look what the talented quiltmakers in class have made…
This first one is done in miniature… Margot’s blocks are each about 1 3/4″! That’s 37 pieces in 1 3/4″!!!!! The whole quilt finishes at about 12″!!!

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These quilts are so beautiful! The appliqué is different from the pattern, but that just shows what you can do!

So rather than having everyone pull from many different posts, I’ll put the entire pattern in one place for a time. So download it now! The PDF is on the next page.
And speaking of PDFs, be sure to look around this site. There are lots of free quilt patterns. Download our complete Monthly Miniature Quilts Pattern Pack, Our 2011 Fabric Swap Quilt Pattern Pack or visit our Etsy Pattern site. And don’t miss the cute and quick Origami Pouch… or our Wool Rose Pin.

Oh… And I have posted the supply list for our NEW Quilter’s Alphabet quilt that will be running on Thursdays in 2012. It’s going to be applique letters and a sampler of other techniques displaying all of your talents! New this Spring will be our Spring Medallion Quilt. Join us in making this lovely quilt! And please check out my Secure Pattern Site!
The LOGS! PDF is on the next page.

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Here is the link to the LOGS! PDF…. Load your printer with paper, the file is 13 pages long!

Complete LOGS! PDF

Thanks for stopping by…

Make A Great Quilt!

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