It’s week 6 on the Hand Pieced Quilt Along, and today we are hand piecing the Florence Block. Florence is the wonderfully inspirational entrepreneur in the novel Friendship Album 1933.  The instructions for this week’s block are over at Patty’s blog, Elm Street Quilts.  Hand […]

Edited to add: Congratulations to this week’s winner: Michelle M.! This link-up will be open for one week – until Thursday, February 28 (6 am EST/3 am PST).  You are welcome to share any and all of the blocks you completed this week. When this link-up […]

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 […]

Edited to add: Congratulations to this week’s winner: Carolyn B.! This link-up will be open for one week – until Thursday, February 21 (4 am ET/1 am PT).  You are welcome to share any and all of the blocks you completed this week. When this link-up […]

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. […]

Edited to add: Congratulations to this week’s winner: Sharon A.! This link-up will be open for one week – until Thursday, February 14  (6 am ET/3 am PT). You are welcome to share any and all of the blocks you completed this week.  When this […]

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 […]

Edited to add: Congratulations to this week’s winner Kim P.! This link-up will be open for one week – until Thursday, January 31 (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 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 […]