This week’s designer is Stacy Iest Hsu and her block is called SHOOTING STARS. You can visit her blog HERE! OUR BLOCK #11: SHOOTING STAR (6″ Finished) …… ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS: As you can see, we changed up our block this week! We used the 12″ cutting instructions to create a single 6″ star block. If you’d like to make a SHOOTING STAR like ours, follow the instructions below… CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS PIECING INSTRUCTIONS Follow the provided MODA Pattern Sheet with the following edits… After STEP 5, simply add your partial star…
Hello everyone! I am Lacey Poirier (@laceypoirier on Instagram) and I am happy to be here on Joanna’s blog to feature these fun PATCHWORK EASTER EGGS! I am loving how these came out! Perfect for seasonal home decor and gift giving. They are also great for eggs hunts, of course! I love the oversized egg shape for more storing space. At their widest points, they measure 4.5″ x 5.5″. They are a great weekend project and I hope you enjoy making them as much as I did! …… CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS The fabrics I…
This week’s designer is Alexia Marcelle Abegg of Ruby Star Society, and her block is called 16-PATCH STAR. In case her name sounds familiar to you here on the Fig Tree Blog, it’s because she was featured in the American Patchwork & Quilting February 2024 issue as my conversation partner on the “Modern vs. Traditional” interpretations of quilting [more on that in THIS BLOG POST]. We both took on the LOG CABIN block and just finished a sew along in our FACEBOOK GROUP! OUR BLOCK #10: 16-PATCH STAR (6″ Finished) ……
Happy March, everyone. We’ve got a *FREEBIE* to share with you today! First carrots and now shamrocks… I have some serious Spring fever and it is absolutely distracting me from all the other things I am supposed to be doing! 😉 This simple little shamrock block is quick to put together and a fantastic stash buster! Seriously, any group of green scraps will look lovely together… the more variety, the better if you ask me. Be sure to grab the downloadable pattern sheet [link below] and keep scrolling for LOTS of setting options and styles to choose…
The moment I designed the “cheater cloth” PATCHWORK as a part of my DENIM & DAISIES collection, I envisioned bags, purses, tote bags and all the things! The PATCHWORK comes in denim as well as ivory backgrounds and is designed to look and feel like a vintage scrappy nine patch patchwork. The denim one is a variety of all blues, whereas the ivory one has tangerines and oranges scattered throughout…they are both soooo good! It is the perfect fabric to use for this bag as it looks like you have pieced the whole bag when in…