Scrap Great Granny Square Block Tutorial Enchanting, endearing and enduring is how I feel about this old fashioned block. Like so many things, everything old is new again. The look of these blocks emulates the look of crocheted Granny squares, but much larger of course. This block will be delightful in whatever fabrics are used, whether they be ultra modern, traditional, brights, pastels, checks and plaids, novelty prints, solids or florals, like I'm using today. Use whatever you already…

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Welcome to my turn on the Around the Block Round Robin. If you're new here, thanks for stopping by. I'm Tammie, and I am so happy to be sharing a block tutorial with you all! Anytime is a good time to join in on this quilt along. Just make the block of the week, and submit it to the flickr group for a chance to win that week's sponsored prize. This week, Andover fabrics is giving away a fat quarter pack! Here's what we're making today. A trio of pinwheels surrounded by sweet squares. Spins…

You've likely seen a Bento Box Block before. It's not a tricky block to sew, there's no curves or triangles to piece, but this block can be infinitely more appealing by making it scrappy. My first Bento Box project followed the most widely recognized version of piecing. Click here to view that quilt. Now, let's take this regular version... and jazz it up by making it scrappy! See what happens to this simple block when you piece it using a scrappy assortment compared to the regular pieced…

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This is a tutorial for the Evening Star block, first posted in 2011 as part of the Summer Sampler Series—a collection of 12 free block tutorials provided by Faith Jones, Lee Heinrich, and I. Each year, we host a block of the week Summer Sampler Series, which you can find here.

As promised, I’ve written a tutorial for the anchor quilt block I designed. Are you ready? Let’s go! This block has a lot of seams and may seem complicated, but if you take it one step at a time it’s really not difficult. Anchor Fabric Cutting To begin, the pieces for the anchor can be cut from one 3 [...]

This is my tutorial for my sailboat block from my Summer Beach Quilt (instructions to complete the row is at the bottom). This block finishes at 16"w x 16.5"h . To make the sails I used half-rectangle triangles and used a tutorial from the Modern Quilt Guild to figure out how to make them. In this tutorial I will be using their recommended techniques to make the sails. PLEASE READ: Just like with half-square triangles, when you make half-rectangle triangles you will render 2 completed units…

Finished Size 60in x 70in Part I - The Fish Block Part II - School of Swimming Fish Part III - Water Row Part IV - Sailboat row Part V - Houses Part VI - Layout/Assembly Guide

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