Double 4 patch is not all that different from Antique Tile, it is just a four patch rather than a modified four patch in each corner.  It is easily strip pieced, and except for the center square, everything comes from just one size of strip.  That would make this one a great way to dig into your bins of strips.  I have quite a collection saved up and this would be a fun ..read more

 A brand new month always means a brand new color at RSC. I have so many pink scraps.  I really thought they were getting under control .   I thought that using so many pinks in the back of my last quilt would help.  Instead it just moved the fabric from yardage to scraps.  The big even this weekend was Anna's engagement party.  Jordan reenacted their first ..read more

And just like that, we are almost to the end of April.   I am looking forward to digging into the pink bin for May, but first, it looks like I need to square up some crumb blocks to finish yellow stars.  They have made only slight progress this week as I combined smaller chunks of fabric to make larger chunks of fabric.  I think each chunk is big enough though to be a star ..read more

 Monday is a school holiday and we are spending a blissful few days in the mountains chopping wood and planting trees.  Winter was hard and we are busy clearing up downed logs and turning them into fuel for the fire.   We have borrowed a log splitter from our neighbor in exchange for sharing some wood.   Then the next event of the day will be planting these tiny ..read more

 This one will be the most complicated blocks this month.  It is still just squares and rectangles, but several of the patches in the nine patch are pieced with three parts each.   These can be strip pieced or sewn from squares.  I like strip piecing and will give total lengths needed with half an inch extra for squaring up.   After you gather one dark yellow ..read more

 Nothing to see here, just HST units and a few background squares.   Please use your method of choice for making the HST units.  I will give you the add 7/8 inch measurements in the cutting chart, though when I make two at a time I always add and inch and square up.  I only do that on the tiny HST blocks though, because I really love my Easy Angle ruler and I like to make ..read more

 This block is inspired by the buttercups of spring.   It is another simple combination of squares and rectangles.  You may choose to use two yellows or three.  I used three.  Start with two squares of yellow (either the same or different) along with two background squares.  Then you will need two rectangles, one short (two squares minus the seam allowance ..read more

This one is super simple.   Just rectangles and squares with two different shades of yellow.  This is a block that would make a nice diagonal pattern if done in a full quilt.   From yellow #1, cut a rectangle and a square.   From yellow #2, cut a rectangle and a square.  Use the cutting chart to determine the size.  The rectangles are the same size as ..read more

 My daughters BF is in business school working on a class project.  He has a group working to find out the opinions of quilters on the AQS.  If you have a few minutes to take the survey, it would be great!https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_elFECfaFQyg6atE ..read more

 I love the start of a new month!  Regardless of where I am on the old color, I am always happy to dig in and find out what the new scrap bin has to offer.  I found a few extra yellow half square triangle blocks to use in the border of this wonky star and shoofly combination.   The binding got a little hand stitching time when I bounced back from work on Monday realizing ..read more