by Kristin Esser
Are you ready to get started hand piecing the star blocks? Patty and I named the first one Dorothy, after one of the accomplished quilters in the novel Friendship Album 1933. In fact, all of our star blocks are named after characters in the quilting bee […]
Let me introduce you to one of my recent finishes, the Sunshine Baby Quilt. This was one of those quilts that had been languishing in as a quilt top for YEARS. And I mean, possibly eight years. (And it was even basted!) You see, back […]
Welcome to week 4 of the Hand Pieced Quilt Along! This week we are hand piecing Quarter Square Triangle (or Hourglass) units. The tutorial for this week’s block is over at Patty’s blog, Elm Street Quilts. So, pop on over there for all the instructions. […]
Welcome to week 3 of the Hand Pieced Quilt Along! Today we will be stitching Flying Geese units. The Dutchman’s Puzzle block is a great way to master this simple unit. Here is a short video on how I hand pieced the flying geese unit. […]
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: This post contains 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.) Do you need a quick weekend quilt? This Jolly Bar […]
With the holidays around the corner, I’m excited to share that one of my quilt designs is featured in the Winter 2019 issue of Quilts and More magazine! Snow Day is a simple equilateral triangle quilt, sewn up in Minki Kim’s new Winter Tales fabric […]