Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Mountains Block by another quilter

Just want to share these awesome Purple Mountain Majesty blocks made by a quilter who found my pattern on Etsy.




Impressive, right? 

The use of different prints for the mountains and tree groves makes these so interesting to look at! I'm also see that block mirror images were made, which takes some time to rework printer settings to make that happen. This quilter far exceeded my vision for these Purple Mountain Majesty blocks!


I hope that the quilter shares the completed quilt. I'd love to see how these were used, whether a setting of just the four, or maybe the four with other blocks. I'll let you know if they pop up again.

It's always fun to see how others put their own spin on my quilt patterns!
Happy Quilting!





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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Gnome Home for February Quilt Block Mania

Welcome to my home! My Gnome Home that is!


Quilt Block Mania has chosen 'Houses' for the February 2025 theme. These are so cute!!


As usual, here's the links to all of this month's house blocks. Be sure to thank the creators for their generosity!

Dutch Row Houses by Carolina Moore
Modern House by Crafty Staci
Attic Windows by Scrapdash
Birdhouse by Patchwork Breeze
Home Sweet Home by Patti's Patchwork
Gnome Home by QuiltFabrication
House Around the Block
Santa's Candy Shop by Inquiring Quilter
Beacon by Robin Kinley Designs Etc
Castle by Memory Barn Studio
Outhouse by Patchwork River Quilting
School House Quilt Block by Quilting Room with Mel
Ranch House by Emerald Falls Quilts
Gingerbread House by Appliques Quilts and More
Carpenter Nutcracker by Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts
Hill House by A Piece of Quiet Quilts


As for my Gnome Home, I went for a bit of whimsical, slightly changing up the gnome house from my Gnome for the Holidays table runner



Gnome Home is all applique - just grab a fat quarter for your background then choose scraps for all the pieces to make the house. Pretty quick and simple.

The Gnome Home block is a free download pattern until March 3. In downloading the pattern, you agree to not share the file with others, but direct them to the QuiltFabrication.com/Gnome Home post - thank you! Now go ahead and click on the download button below for the PDF file. 


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Friday, January 31, 2025

Scrap Storage Pattern

You asked for it - you got it! My Scrap Storage quilt is now available as a pattern!



I received a lot of interest from scrap quilters regarding a pattern for Scrap Storage, which made me write it up. And I should have thought to do it in the first place cause it sure turned out cute!

Even though a confident beginner could make Scrap Storage, the pattern is geared toward the intermediate quilter, mainly for three reasons. 1) a seasoned quilter would probably have the scrap variety to put together the numerous different blocks, 2) the crazy quilt technique for sewing scraps together is an easy to learn skill, 3) this is for the quilter who wants some design input into their quilt.

For the beginners, here's your options: 

1) those of you who don't have a lot of scraps, ask other quilters for some!

2) if you want to learn how to turn your scraps into fabric using a crazy quilt technique, check out my video, Making Blocks from Crumbs. It's really quite simple! View the following block closeups to get an idea how the scraps were stitched together.





and 3) if you've been wanting to expand your quilt design capabilities, then this is a great quilt to practice on!

Pattern Info

Now, a few notes about this quilt pattern. It does not direct on you how to make the exact quilt shown. The pattern gives general fabric amounts, cutting and sewing directions for each block style AFTER the scraps are sewn together and for final quilt assembly. But scrap choice, block choice, and blocks within a cubical are up to you.

Scrap Choices:  Scrap Storage relies on the scraps that you have, so the quilt won't look exactly like mine. Feel free to use your own scrap themes and of course, the more the better. This would even make a great group quilt with each quilter contributing a block!

Sewing Scraps:  The pattern DOES NOT explain how to sew scraps together to make a block. That's what the video is for. Otherwise, the technique would require another pattern to explain!



Cubical Layout:  There are 5 different cubical layouts possible in Scrap Storage, using the three storage box patterns provided. You could make this with under bed boxes in two rows, then two rows of tall boxes, and topped with 2 rows of shoe boxes. Or place them in columns. Or make all shoe boxes. See what I mean? The design possibilities are endless!


IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR SCRAPS AND CREATIVITY!




So, if you're in the mood to use up your scraps or you need a fun group project, hop over to my Etsy Shop and get started on scrap busting with Scrap Storage!

Have a wonderful day quilting!




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