I spent most of yesterday working on the backlog of quilt pictures you've sent me for our online galleries, and hope to finish up today. So there are lots of ... Read More

The Springtime Pinwheels Quilt is made from a combination of two quilt blocks you might have seen in this week's newsletter, Pinwheel in a Square and Mosaic Pinwheels. Quilt blocks ... Read More

I wanted the two sets of spokes in the Springtime Mosaic Pinwheel block to vary a bit in color value, but not enough to create high contrast between the two ... Read More

I love the Art Deco-ish look of this version of the Weeping Willow, a vintage quilt block pattern that's attributed to a few different publications from the 1930's. The timing ... Read More

The Odds and Ends quilt block offers lots of layout opportunities. Play around with color value if you like, maybe placing lighter long bars on the outer perimeter of the ... Read More

Clownin' Around is made with the traditional patchwork Clown quilt block. I used vibrant colors in this example, for a circus-like theme, but included a monochromatic version with vertical sashing ... Read More

Today is National Quilting Day, an annual event established by the National Quilting Organization, and celebrated on the third Saturday of each March. Quilt shops and guilds have begun to ... Read More

Grace's Spools combines the traditional Spool block with thirties reproduction prints. The quilt is in sync with a new theme on About.com Quilting -- Choices. Make a 36-inch square wallhanging ... Read More

We'll make eight half-square triangle units, called triangle squares for short, for the Double Pinwheel block. The triangle square is probably the most commonly used patchwork unit, so you'll encounter ... Read More

I'm from Missouri, so I thought it was about time I came up with a pattern that shows off one of the blocks named to commemorate the state. This one's ... Read More