Tag: 9-patch

larger bear claw blocks

Bearing Down in the Scrap Box

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I swear the scraps are knee deep around here. I keep making scrap quilts but the pile of scraps never seems to go down in my scrap boxes. Not sure quite what I would do if I had no scraps – as scrap quilting is my favourite! But still, everywhere scraps.  Back before Christmas I…

scrappy beige nine patch quilt

Add color to beige and it’s not so bad.

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After I made the Brown Quilt Cinnamon Bars  (Thanks to Preeti at Sew Preeti Quilts for the great name) I still had lots of a solid beige material left. As it was near Christmas I wanted something easy to sew with that fabric. I just needed to figure out how to add color so that I’d enjoy making a…

garlic knot quilt blocks and friendship star quilt blocks

Success and a Bonus Baby Quilt

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My not so successful leader and ender quilt (in that I binge sewed it and didn’t do it as leader enders) has become a quilt top and I’m so happy how it turned out!  A bonus baby quilt is being made from the  leftover easy breezy blocks. The border isn’t on but I’ve made the…

scrappy quilt top

Leaders and Enders are not for me.

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I adore the idea of leaders and enders.  Make progress on a second scrap quilt while working on your main project – what could be better than that? After all two for the price of one what is better than that? I will happily suggest to anyone who asks, that they should try doing leaders…

scrappy quilt top

The Gathering Quilt is Finished

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I started making my steps blocks in March when COVID was rampant here. I needed something to keep myself busy that didn’t require too much thought and these blocks were perfect. The first quilt I made from these can be seen here  That quilt went together very nicely and was fun to finish. The second…