Quilt-along

If you’re feeling in need of something to sew and missing the Chris and Barbara Tittensor workshops you could try heading over to the Meadowside Designs blog where a new Block of the Month quilt-along is starting. The Requirements were posted earlier today and there will be a block or instructions each month for the next year. In between those there will be the usual Simple Block instructions each month as well with ideas for quilts using each block. And all for free!

Dancing Blocks is the name of the Quilt-along wall-hanging which will finish at about 50 inches square.

Free Pattern

The final block in our Four-Patch Sew-Along Sampler is now on the website. This time we’ve chosen a block called Turnstile – yet more half-square triangles, but quarter-square ones too by way of a change! When we get round to it examples of quilts will show up on Flickr and on the EQ Doodles.

It was good to meet with many of you at Malvern  and yes, Barbara did catch the flight to Jordan – just have to hope she gets back now.  Chris will be doing Saturday’s Jelly Roll class with help from Ann Jermey (thanks, Ann!)

Free Pattern

The next block for our Sew-Along Sampler is up on the website. Hopefully this break will have given you a chance to catch up! What have we been doing, instead of posting Free Patterns? We wish we knew – it probably seemed important at the time … !

Back to sampler blocks – this time we bring you Dutchman’s Puzzle. Try making it the conventional way with triangles or try making it with Folded Geese or, even, folded triangles rolled back …. And as for ways to colour it … Enjoy the possibilities this block has to offer while we get busy organising the next Free Pattern block.

Free Pattern

The next block in the Sew-Along four-patch Sampler is up on the website. This time its that close relative of Sawtooth Star – Kings Crown. There’s also a couple of EQ doodles on flickr.

Free Pattern

Risen from her sickbed (at last – Barbara) Chris has put the latest free pattern up on the website. This latest offering is Sawtooth Star – yet more half-square triangles, or you could make those star points with Flying Geese units (I’m sure we were supposed to be doing something with Flying Geese soon – Chris). A few ideas for settings are on the flickr page as well as included in the free pattern pdf.

Free Pattern

The next block (the fifth) in our Sew-Along Sampler is now available on our website. This block is Whirlpool – yet more half-square triangles.

Previous blocks in this sampler are Carrie Nation Quilt, Hourglass, Old Maid’s Puzzle and Clay’s Choice. EQ doodles of these have been on the blog and there are some on our flickr site too.

Free Pattern

The next block in our sew-along sampler is on our website. We’ve chosen Clays Choice as our next block and you can see some sample quilts on our flickr page – they’ve probably appeared on the sidebar here too – and some more will appear on the EQ doodles page soon.  If you visit Maggi’s blog http://todreamtostitch.blogspot.com you can see what great things she’s doing with our Sewalong Sampler blocks and a batch of her own hand-dyed fabric.

Free pattern possibilities

If you’ve checked out our first free Sewalong Sampler block (www.chrisandbarbara.co.uk) and thought it was not one of the prettiest or most interesting blocks you’ve ever seen you are partially right – Carrie Nation Quilt is just small squares and large squares put together.  None of those half or quarter square triangles,  curved seams or anything else, but it is quite a good check on your cutting and piecing accuracy all the same.  Some possibilities are already posted on the Flickr site and you’ll find others on the EQdoodles page here – see if you agree with us that, with some thought on value and fabric placement, even plain old squares can be surprising effective.