Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Hello!! I’m Diane and I sometimes blog over at from blank pages… (because I’ll be honest, there are too many things to do in a day, and sadly blogging doesn’t make it on the list near enough!) 😉 You can find me regularly on Instagram! I’m @fromblankpages. I’m super excited to share my block with you today! I LOVE the… Read More
Coral This block design in the book didn’t really do it for me, with that off-centre square. And this is actually one of the randomly chosen blocks I sewed up before the sew-along, so while I have no regrets choosing the fabrics and the placement I did, I still wasn’t too excited about it. But then I saw some really… Read More
My blog has turned out to be all about the quilt blocks this year, with The Bee Hive tutorials every second week! And that’s awesome, because I love designing, and I love teaching! Today I want to share you the design process repeating quilt blocks by showing you the evolution of October’s block from me – Magic 8 Ball. This… Read More
And that’s week 2, done and dusted! Betty and Caroline are this week’s blocks, and my first official blog post for the sew along was posted this week – how to make the Betty block with normal HSTs! Caroline Oooh, definitely one of most favourite blocks… because it’s my favourite colour of fabric to use! And once again, I pieced… Read More
Today is my turn to share the Block 14 Betty tutorial for the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt quilt along! Betty is a great block for trying out some DIY quilt maths. It can be pieced by foundation paper piecing, or with templates, but this is one of the few blocks in the book that can easily pieced by rotary… Read More
My offering for The Bee Hive tutorial series this month is Magic 8 Ball, which I chose to share in October because I imagine it making a pretty cool Halloween quilt pattern too. This quick block creates octagons (hence the “8” ball!) when the corners are joined to other Magic 8 Ball blocks, as well as the central one. Of… Read More
Hurray! Time to reveal the blocks I made for the first week of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along! This week, we’re making Becky, Bonnie and Aunt and here’s how mine turned out. Aunt This one’s my favourite from this week, look at that fussy cutting! I used the rotary cutting instructions for this block, except that I… Read More
At last, the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along (try saying that 10 times fast!) begins! There has been so much excitement and chatter in the Facebook group, it’s so nice to officially start things off. Although I must admit, I’ve been secretly sewing a few random blocks from the book over the past month or so anyway, because… Read More
One of the most popular questions I get asked in regards to The Bee Hive is, “How much fabric do I need for a whole quilt?” Well, for the first 3 blocks, now you can find out! I’ve done all the maths and worked out the fabric requirements for FIVE different sizes of finished quilts: baby, lap, single (twin), queen… Read More
Please welcome Jennie from Clover and Violet, and her beautiful Quatrefoil quilt block! Fabric & Cutting Fabric A (Turquoise) 4 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Fabric B (Pink) 4 – 2” x 2” squares 2 – 2 ½” x 1 ½” rectangles 2 – 4 ½” x 1 ½” rectangles Fabric C (Mint) 5 – 2 ½” squares… Read More