Category: ABC Blocks

  • The Quilters Alphabet – Quintessential Quilt

    The Quilters Alphabet – Quintessential Quilt

    How could we make a Quilters Alphabet quilt without a “Quilt” block!?!

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  • Quilter’s Alphabet 33 – Q!

    Quilter’s Alphabet 33 – Q!

    Don’t Forget About QuiltDaze!!!!  August 18 and 19, 2012 (That’s coming up This Weekend!!)  Quilt Daze IX, “California Treasures,” is at the Yorba Linda Community Center, 4501 Casa Loma, Yorba Linda, CA. 10am to 4pm both days. Admission $7.

    Here is the letter I have been waiting for! The letter that starts it all! Q! Q as in Quilt!

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  • Quilters Alphabet 32 Pretty Pinwheels

    Quilters Alphabet 32 Pretty Pinwheels

    *** I just don’t know what’s wrong with me!  Errors on the last two mystery clues and now I have misplaced my QuiltDaze folder!  Must be the Summer Doldrums!  But anyone in my Friday class who signed up to display a quilt or quilt sit in our room, please let me know via email what or when.  We will be setting up Friday night  from 5 to 7 at the YL Community Center so you can drop off your quilt then.  Thanks for all your help !*** Now Back To Pretty Pinwheels….

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  • Quilter’s Alphabet “P”

    Quilter’s Alphabet “P”

    TONIGHT! I will be speaking at the Acacia Guild TONIGHT, August 2, on Mystery Quilts and Quilt Mysteries. And I need YOUR QUILTS… Please dig out/borrow back/finish any of our past mysteries (we have done TEN mysteries through the years!) and bring them to share to the Buena Park Senior Center (on Knott south of La Palma). I haven’t made them all so the more you bring, the more will be shown!

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  • Quilter’s Alphabet Quilt Block 30  “Old Oak On-Point”

    Quilter’s Alphabet Quilt Block 30 “Old Oak On-Point”

    Wow-O-Wow!  This is a wonderful block, isn’t it?  And with the  Bridges Method of Fusible appilique this is an easy block to make.  No Piecing.  No Matching those Corners.  Just Snip, Snip, Snip!

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  • Quilter’s Alphabet “O”

    Quilter’s Alphabet “O”

    This O is very round and offers a chance to practice pivoting for curved appliqué. Remember how often you pivot when stitching your appliqué?
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  • Quilters Alphabet 28 – Nostalgic Nine In Nine

    Quilters Alphabet 28 – Nostalgic Nine In Nine

    Something about the Nine Patch completely encapsulates Quiltmaking. It is geometry, fabric and craft all rolled together. So the 9 In 9 is a perfect representation of the letter “N” in our Quilters Alphabet.

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  • Quilter’s Alphabet N

    Quilter’s Alphabet N

    Hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July!  Now we start the second half of our alphabet blocks and the second half of 2012.

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  • The Quilter’s Alphabet – Mystical Mariners Compass

    The Quilter’s Alphabet – Mystical Mariners Compass

    It is official! With this block we are halfway through our Quilters Alphabet. And this is a block made for celebratation! A Mariners Compass-done the easy way- FUSED!

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  • Quilter’s Alphabet – M

    Quilter’s Alphabet – M

    Special Note to My Class Members:

    We’ve shared some great recipes this week.  Send me yours and I’ll post it in our special recipe section!

    And now… Back to our regularly scheduled Quilter’s Alphabet post…

    Mmmm… M… Material, Meander Quilting, Melon Patch Block, Medallion Setting, Marie Webster!  So many ways to celebrate the Ms of quilting!  For this week we make the letter itself and next week… Well, we’ll see how we immortalize M next week!

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