Celebrate your town with a group quilt!

How about getting members of your quilt group to make blocks depicting buildings around your town? That's what members of the Hayward, Wisconsin quilt group did. This clever quilt includes churches, houses, restaurants, and even a bird house! The teal-colored sashing brings everything together.

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Buildings Around Hayward, WI by Paula Fulton and the Hayward, Wisconsin Quilt Guild 

What a great way to celebrate your town! Guild members were given teal and flowered backing fabric to create a quilted block around Hayward, Wisonsin.  Quilt show attendees voted and the "winner" got to assemble and finish the quilt using the quilt-as-you-go method.  

Each of the blocks has fun details, including flower beds, trees, and pets.  Check out the heart-shaped smoke coming out of the chimney below!

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Ukrainian Quilters Association: The Cossak Mamai Quilt

The biggest group quilt in the history of Ukrainian patchwork was made by 47 quilters from the Ukrainian Quilters Group.  Based on a painting by artist Orest Skop, this collaborative work celebrates Cossak Mamai, a figure who has long represented the unbreakable spirit of the Ukrainian people. Cossak Mamai is not just a historical or folkloric figure but a symbol of the resilience of the Ukrainian people. 

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Cossak Mamai Quilt, The Ukrainian Quilters Association, curated by Mariia Nelha (Krakow, Malopolska, Poland)

The quilt consists of 65 segments, sewn by Ukrainian quilters settled in different cities and countries as refugees. A team from the Ukrainian Quilters Association made a textile reproduction of the painting by Orest Skop and converted it into a huge quilt that could be made in segments. A symbol of strength, resilience, and peace, this collaborative work unites quilters from across Ukraine and beyond, some near the frontline. 

The segments were made with hand applique, embellishment, embroidery, painting, dying, piecing, and quilting; machine applique, embellishment, embroidery, piecing, and quilting; and photo transfer.  The finished quilt is captivating in its details and impact.

Some of the hand quilting stitches can be seen in this closeup photo.

 Here is more of the stunning imagery from the quilt:

 

 

 

 

The quilters explain: "As our work represents Ukraine to the world, we are keenly aware of the weight of our responsibility.  In our creative process, pursuit of knowledge, and communicating our collective wisdom, Ukraine resides deeply within our hearts."

 

Photos of each of the quilters, and the segments for which they were responsible, are shown in this photo montage. In the upper left is Natalia Lashko, who coordinated this massive project.

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Free pattern day! Sampler & Row Quilts

Want to start a group quilt or guild project, or simply to improve your own skills? Here are 25 FREE Sampler and Row-by-Row quilts.  Have fun with these patterns (download your favorites today!) 

To go to a pattern: Scroll down the page until you see the quilt you like, then click on the words "CLICK for PDF download" in the title above the quilt.

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Shine Together quilt, free pattern at Riley Blake Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Serendipity quilt along, 7 blocks, free patterns at Fat Quarter Shop (CLICK for free pattern page)

Decorative Stitches quilt, 72 x 85", free pattern by Stacey Day for Free Spirit Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

The Andover Collective quilt, 58 x 72", free pattern at Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Kona Cotton BOM quilt, 12 free block patterns at Robert Kaufman Fabrics (see PDF links below this photo)

(CLICK FOR PDFs: Block 1 + Block 2 + Block 3 + Block 4 (shown below) + Block 5 + Block 6 + Block 7 + Block 8 + Block 9 + Block 10 + Block 11 + Block 12 + FINISHING)

Seasons quilt, 64" square, free pattern at Maywood Studio (CLICK for PDF download)

Rose Whisper sew along, 44 x 58", free pattern at Benartex (CLICK for PDF download)

Swan Lake row quilt, 72 x 86", free pattern at Blank Quilting (CLICK for PDF download)

Stair Step Sampler quilt, ~48 x 66", free pattern in Modern by the Yard magazine (CLICK for PDF download)

Swirling Stars quilt, ~66 x 88", free pattern at Fat Quarter Shop (CLICK for PDF download)

The Bee's Knees quilt, 55 x 72", free pattern by Wendy Sheppard for Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Salty Dogs quilt, 54 x 62", free pattern at Studio E Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Artist Garden grid quilt, 58 x 74", free pattern at PBS Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Beat Box quilt, 48" square, free pattern by Anthology Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Building Blocks quilt, 54 x 68", free pattern by Tamara Kate for Michael Miller Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Dear Gunta quilt, 84 x 88", free pattern at Robert Kaufman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Family Vacation quilt, free pattern by Anthology Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Flea Market Mix quilt, 62 x 73", free pattern by Cathe Holden for Moda Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Happy Camper Row quilt, ~49 x 57", free pattern at Henry Glass Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Harmonious quilt, free pattern by Maureen Cracknell for Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Kinetic Geometrics quilt, ~84 x 106", free pattern at Henry Glass Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Sketchbook Sampler quilt, 60 x 72", free pattern at PBS Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Semaphore Flags quilt, ~41 x 43", free pattern by Pam Rocco for Quilters Newsletter (CLICK for PDF download)

Watts River quilt, 68" square, free pattern (including appliqued center block) at Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Sampler in Solids quilt, 54 x 64", free pattern by Gwen Marston for Robert Kaufman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Brushstrokes quilt, 74" square, free pattern at Studio E Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

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