Water Bottles for June 2026 Quilt Block Mania

Okay everyone - it's time for a PSA. Drink more water! Hopefully my Water Bottles block will be a great reminder, as it's especially important to stay hydrated as the temps climb this summer.

And if you haven't already guessed, this month's Quilt Block Mania theme is 'water'. Just look at all these fun blocks!

And here's the links to all:

Bottled Water Quilt Block by Carolina Moore
Sea Star by Scrapdash
Dolphins by Inquiring Quilter
Stream by Memory Barn Studio
Water Bottles by QuiltFabrication
Water Lily by The Quilted Diary
Waves By Studio B Quilting
Splash! by Patti's Patchwork
Planet Earth by Patchwork Breeze
Surfing USA by Appliques Quilts and More

Water Bottles requires fat quarters of orange-red, lime green, purple, black, and silver for the background. Of course, you can make these any color you want. Once all the pieces are cut, it's a simple assembly process using easy stitch and flip piecing. Definitely a block that's beginner friendly.  

The Water Bottles block is a free download pattern until July 6. In downloading the pattern, you agree to not share the file with others, but direct them to the QuiltFabrication.com/Water Bottles post - thank you! Now go ahead and click on the download button below for the PDF file. 

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A Special Seafarer

A wonderful email popped into my inbox last week and I just have to share.

Introducing Blake, age 9, maker, quilter, and quilt-show-winner of my Seafarer quilt!

His mom, Meg, sent me the following message:

Hello,

My 9 year old son Blake just finished making the Seafarer quilt. He even quilted it himself! He loves to sail and so did his great-grandfather who had a sailboat called the Appleknocker. It had a big apple on the sail, so my son put one on his quilt's sailboat.

My son just entered his quilt in the Youth division and he won youth excellence in quilting! He is so excited and can't wait to start his next project. I hope you enjoy this picture of him and his quilt.

Seeing the happiness on his face, knowing that he had made and quilted the entire quilt plus putting his own loving touch on it with the apple as a tribute to his great-grandpa - it brought tears to my eyes! Way to go Blake!!

When I followed up, his mom sent me a couple more pictures, one of great-grandpa's boat, and one of Blake sailing.

She also tells me that Blake is a scout and loves camping, so his next quilt challenge will be Gone Camping. Blake, I can't wait for the email and picture!

Happy Quilting!

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Artist Palette for May 2026 Quilt Block Mania

This month, we're going to explore our artistic side as the Quilt Block Mania theme is art. To help us with this endeavor, I'm sharing an Artist Palette quilt block.

And just look at all of these art themed blocks to get us going!

And here's the links to all:

Colored Pencils by Carolina Moore
Crayon Block by Scrapdash
Mini Iron by Inquiring Quilter
Craft Paint Bottles
Artist Palette by QuiltFabrication
Draw Block by Tamarinis
Painted Pots by Patti's Patchwork
Gradation Quilt Block
Paint Splatter by Appliques Quilts and More
Still Life With Pear by Flowerdog&Co
Stained Glass Star

The Artist Palette block requires fat quarters of beige, teal, blue and various scraps, plus a bit of fusible web. Once all the pieces are cut out, it's fun to assemble this palette - makes me want to start painting! For fun, you could even color theme the dots. So many opportunities on this one!

The Artist Palette block is currently unavailable.

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