Road to Halloween!

Wow! Here's a stunning, large Halloween quilt made with fabric panels using the one-block-wonder technique.  It must have been fun designing and arranging the hexagon blocks! This quilt really sparkles.

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Road to Halloween, made and quilted by Sandra Yeager

 

In 2006, Maxine Rosenthal wrote a book called One-Block Wonders, which described quilts made from a single fabric. Many fabric arts have put their own creative spin on this technique!  Sandra Yeager says she made her quilt with seven fabric panels, building dozens of hexagons while challenging her artist design capabilities. (Seven panels would be required to create this many hexagons, since the quilt was quite large.)  We love the teal and orange combinations and the spooky haunted house!

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Arizona Quilters Guild show.

Wonky Wildflowers

Wonky Wildflowers is a fun mix of quilting and hand embroidery. With wonky log cabin blocks, wedge grass, Dresden sunshine, hexagon embellishments and embroidered flower petals, this project is as much fun to create as it is to look at. We love this colorful rendition, shown at the Arizona Quilters Guild show.

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Wonky Wildflowers, made and quilted by Teresa Darling

 

A Dresden sun shines down on the embroidered flowers while a bluebird sings on a branch. Teresa Darling says she enjoyed this project as it gave me a chance to use a variety of techniques. The Wonky Wildflowers pattern is by Sandra Workman. We photographed this quilt at the 2025 Quilt Arizona show, under the theme Sew Whimsical.

 Image credits: Photos were tkane by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Quilt Arizona show.

Pretty in Pink!

Pink is a delicate color that represents romance and femininity, and feelings of love, tenderness, and hope.  At recent quilt shows we enjoyed some beautiful pink quilts including two that came from challenges.  We hope you enjoy our post!

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The Elvis Dress, made and quilted by Katherine Verbeke

This quilt was made for the 2020 Cherrywood Challenge, which was to take inspiration from Diana, Princess of Wales, to create a unique quilt using a limited color palette: pink and white.  The quilt was accepted among 224 other quilts and traveled the world at various prestigious quilt shows with her final destination on display at the Bohin Factory Museum in Paris, France, in 2022.

Katherine Verbeke says, "Ever since she first emerged in the public spotlight, Diana Spencer has been my favorite Royal. Lovingly named "The Elvis Dress" by her son Prince William, this particular pose is beautifully enchanting - the Princess smile, the tilt of her head, her eyes - all sum up the perfect princess. Not being a graphic artist myself, my friend Lisa Fryxell converted a lovely Lady Diana photo into a paper piecing pattern exclusively for me for the 2020 Cherrywood Challenge." The lower part was covered in silver seed beads, representing the Elvis dress as Diana wore it.

You can check out more than 200 fabulous Diana quilts from this challenge online at the Cherrywood website:

Geese Crossing by Jolene Ficklin 

 

We love this unique and beautiful quilt! Except for the flying geese border, the blocks in this quilt were createc with cross stitch embroidery!  Jolene Ficklin says, "The 6 marked blocks for embroidery were given to me at least 15 years ago by my friend who was downsizing.  Working only while traveling or when extremely bored, it is finally finished.  The color choices are mine and most interesting is the embroidery cross-stitch flying geese. Thus the piecing called out to me.  The blocks were fron Wonder Art Needle Craft Corp, dated 1985."

 

Paint Chip Challenge (2022) by Charlene Nelson (South Jordan, UT)

This quilted table topper with its giant hexagons showcases Charlene Nelson's beautiful machine quilting!  It resulted from a quilt group challenge using a paint chip to guide the color choice. (Shown below is the paint chip - Taffy Twist - in the lower left corner of the quilt.

Charlene explains the challenge: "Our quilt group decided to do a paint chip challenge in 2022.  Two people picked out some beautiful paint chips with very few extras.  They were put in a bag and we each drew one.  you had one opportunity for a second draw at the end, or you could exchange you paint chip with someone else.  The rules were that the paint chip color you drew was the main color and background, and you could use one other color.  you could use different values of the paint chip.  My quilt is a table topper.  I used Victoria Findlay Wolfe's large templates.  We had six months to finish the quilt."

Image credits: Photos were taken at the 2025 Tucson Quilters Guild show (The Elvis Dress and Geese Crossing) and the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show (Paint Chip Challenge).

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Free pattern day! Christmas Ornaments

Looking for a fun project to brighten up your holidays? Here are 40 free patterns for fabric and felt ornaments. They make a great gift for friends or a fun project for the whole family.  Is this the cutest collection ever? To go to a pattern: Scroll down the page until you see the pattern you like, then click on the words "CLICK for PDF download" (or the hyperlinked website name) in the title above the quilt.  

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Aunt Lydia's Christmas disk ornaments at Yarnspirations (CLICK for PDF download) 

 Felt gingerbread man (gift tag or ornament), free pattern at Yarnspirations (CLICK for PDF download)

Zipper felted ball ornament tutorial at Yarnspirations (CLICK for PDF download) 

Candy Cane Ornament tutorial by Swoodson Says as seen at Diary of a Quilter (CLICK for tutorial)  

 Charlie Brown Christmas Ornaments tutorial at A Little Gray (CLICK for tutorial)

Embroidery Mini Hoop ornaments, free pattern at Flamingo Toes (CLICK for tutorial)

Denim Dala Horse Ornament tutorial at Pillar Box Blue (CLICK for tutorial)

Santa Ornament tutorial at Pen and Paper Patterns (CLICK for tutorial)  

Santa is a Star and Snowflake, paper pieced ornaments, free patterns by Carol Doak (CLICK for PDF download) 

  

Little Birdie Ornaments, free pattern and tutorial at Skip To My Lou (CLICK for tutorial) 

Christmas Birdie Ornament tutorial by Samelia’s Mum (CLICK for tutorial) 

Birdie Ornament tutorial at Feathered Nest (CLICK for tutorial)  

Christmas Bird ornaments, free pattern at Tilda’s World (CLICK for free pattern) 

Chicken ornament tutorial by Ann Wood Handmade (CLICK for tutorial)

Bright Star Ornament, free video tutorial by Melissa Boike for Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for video tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF template)

 Christmas Elf Girl ornament, free pattern by Wendi Gratz at Shiny Happy World (CLICK for tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF download)  

Quilted Holiday Ornaments, free pattern and tutorial at We All Sew (CLICK for tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF templates) 

Scrap Busting Christmas Ornaments, free pattern by Jen Orman for Moda Fabrics (CLICK for tutorial)

Christmas Tree Garland, free pattern by Fabric Editions (CLICK for tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF download) 

Danish Star ornament, free tutorial by Erika Mulvenna at We All Sew (CLICK for tutorial) 

 Fabric Ornaments, free pattern at Katrinas Tutorials (CLICK for tutorial)  

Quilted Ornament tutorial by Jennifer Watkins for Create Kids Couture (CLICK for tutorial) 

 Retro Felt Christmas Baubles tutorial at Bugs and Fishes blog (CLICK for tutorial) 

Felt Christmas Angels tutorial by Molly and Mama (CLICK for tutorial)  

Fussy Cut fabric ornaments tutorial at Patchwork Posse (CLICK for tutorial) 

Gingerbread ornament tutorial at Molly and Mama (CLICK for tutorial)

Heart Felt Ornaments tutorial at Felt Sew Good (CLICK for tutorial) 

Hexagon Flower decorations by Florence Knapp at Flossie Teacakes for Love Patchwork & Quilting (CLICK for tutorial) + (CLICK for PDF download) 

Liberty Christmas baubles tutorial by Alice Caroline (CLICK for tutorial)  

Mini Camper Hoop Ornament, free pattern at Flamingo Toes (CLICK for tutorial)  

Fabric Angel ornaments with fleece wings, tutorial by Stephanie Cunnyngham for Thermoweb (CLICK for tutorial)  

 Needle felted Christmas ornaments, free pattern at Gathered (CLICK for tutorial)  

Origami Christmas Ornament tutorial at Apple Green Cottage (CLICK for tutorial)  

Woven Stars tutorial at Midwest Living (CLICK for tutorial) 

Patchwork Hanging Star tutorial by Jennifer Cockcroft for The Craft Cotton blog (CLICK for tutorial)  

Cathedral Window ornament tutorial by Mister Domestic as seen at Brother USA (CLICK for tutorial) 

Quilted Christmas Ornaments by Stacy Fisher for The Spruce Crafts (CLICK for tutorial)  

Rudolph the Red Nosed Ornament tutorial by Wendi Gratz at Shiny Happy World (CLICK for tutorial)  

Rustic Burlap Bear Christmas Ornament tutorial at Thermoweb (CLICK for tutorial) 

Scandinavian Star Ornament, free video tutorial by Shabby Fabrics (CLICK for tutorial)

Scrap ribbon tree ornament tutorial at Fireflies & Mudpies (CLICK for tutorial)  

Scrappy patchwork ornament tutorial at Riley Blake Designs (CLICK for tutorial) 

Plaid Fabric Gnomes tutorial by Jennifer Long for Thermoweb (CLICK for tutorial)  

Fresh Cut Garland, free pattern at Fabric Editions (CLICK for PDF download)  

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