by Kristin Esser
Edited to add: Congratulations to this week’s winner Ann H.! This link-up will be open for one week – until Thursday, February 7 (4am ET/1am PT). You are welcome to share any and all of the blocks you completed this week. When this link-up closes, […]
Welcome to week 2 of the Hand Pieced Quilt Along! This week we are stitching up Half Square Triangle units. The instructions for this week’s block is over at Patty’s blog, Elm Street Quilts. So, pop on over there for the tutorial. Here’s a video […]
Welcome to Block 1 of the Hand Pieced Quilt Along! Today we will be tackling the most basic of blocks: the Four Patch. We will actually be hand piecing 4 Four Patch blocks and then sew them together into a larger Sixteen Patch block. You […]
Frequently Asked Questions We’ve been getting lots of great questions about the Hand Pieced QAL and thought it would be helpful to answer them all in one place. I’ll keep adding to this as new questions come up. I’ve also created a video that goes over […]
The Big Reveal Ta da! I’m so excited to reveal the quilt that Patty and I designed for the quilt along. We hope you like it and are looking forward to getting started hand piecing! The quilt features nine blocks, each of which finish at […]
(Disclosure: Some of these are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if you buy from them, at no additional cost to you. Rest assured that I only recommend products that I know and love.) The reveal of the Hand Pieced QAL is coming […]
In preparation for the Hand Pieced Quilt Along, Patty and I are posting today about dealing with seam allowances when hand piecing. You might wonder what we are talking about–don’t you sew them down, just like with machine piecing? Actually, no! You sew through them, […]
In this episode I talk about my trip to Norway, more about the Hand Pieced QAL project that I’m excited about, several book and show recommendations, and getting the house ready for holiday entertaining. (Disclosure: Some of these are affiliate links, which means I […]
In our continuing series to explain the basics of hand piecing, today I wanted to really get down to the actually stitching! I’m excited to show you a couple different knots you can use and the basics of the running stitch. This stitch is the […]
Continuing with our series on preparing for the upcoming Hand Pieced QAL, Patty and I wanted to share our methods of cutting and marking the stitching lines for hand piecing. I created a short video explaining my method. If you would rather read than watch, […]