This week’s designer is Corey Yoder of CORIANDER QUILTS and her block is called BORDERED STAR. Be sure to check out her BLOG, where I’m certain she will have all the details and tips on her lovely block. OUR BLOCK #25: BORDERED STAR (6″ Finished) …… PIECING INSTRUCTIONS: No changes to piecing this week [I know, another minor miracle] – simply follow MODA’s pattern sheet! I can’t believe we are just a few blocks away from being done. Seeing so many great blocks out there and I can’t…
Welcome to the **FINAL WEEK** of the VINTAGE BOWTIE FANCY SEW ALONG! It has been a joy for me to watch so many of your jump on board with this SEW ALONG and join us in making bowties in every possible color grouping, different layouts and styles. If you haven’t visited the Facebook Group or the IG hashtag… you really should to be inspired by all the creativity! …… SCHEDULE THIS WEEK: ASSEMBLY It’s time to put your quilt together! As the blocks themselves do not have a lot of seams, I suggest pressing…
Welcome to PART 1 of our PORTOFINO pattern showcase! Today, we are talking all about our first 3 patterns, including TREES IN TUSCANY, PIAZZA, and the highly anticipated BLACK EYED SUSAN. 🙂 As an FYI – the hyperlinks throughout this blog will take you directly to the pattern listings in our FIG TREE SHOP. The downloadable PDF versions are available NOW, and the paper patterns will be here next week but you can order them NOW as well to be the first ones to get them when they arrive! TREES IN TUSCANY I am totally smitten by this enchanted forest of…
It’s week 5 of our Fig Friend Feature – this time, its the COTTAGE BLOOMS QUILT time to shine! Finished Size: 51 1/2″ x 63 1/2″ – Pieced by Carol Shriver and Quilted by Diana Johnson COTTAGE BLOOMS uses one of my all time favorite blocks, the WEATHERVANE block, and I will never get tired of new interpretations of this one! This was a lovely project to dream up as I wanted something soft and romantic and also classic and timeless. We considered several colors for the sashing and the posts to make sure…
This week’s designer is Linzee McCray and her block is called the ECCENTRIC STAR. Be sure to check out her WEBSITE to learn more about her! A fact that you might not know is that Linzee is both a designer of feedsack fabrics for MODA and a writer as well. She has written a book about historical feedsacks as well as numerous interviews and articles in our industry. OUR BLOCK #24: ECCENTRIC STAR (6″ Finished) …… PIECING INSTRUCTIONS: Aside from adding an additional low volume cream print for the [B] squares, there are no “piecing…