Friday Funday: Free Quilted Gift Ideas

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“Snowflake Pillow Tutorial” Free Quilt Pattern designed by Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter

“Covered Notebook Cover” Free Quilt Pattern designed by Jedi Craft Girl from Riley Blake Designs

“Quilted Hot Pad Tutorial” Free Quilt Pattern designed by Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter

“Zippered Pouch Tutorial” designed by and from Noodle Head

“Peppermint Pinwheel Easy Dresden block” Free Quilt Pattern designed by Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter




“Shabby Love” Block #7 Instructions Posted for this 2016 BOM quilt from BOMquilts.com!

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“Shabby Love” is a treasure trove of LOVE blocks, created with the shabby chic Arbor Hill fabric line from Benartex.  Soft and supple, strong and delightful – oh what a precious hug this free 2016 block of the month quilt will give, once it’s made!

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“Shabby Love” 2016 BOM Block #7

This block of the month quilt utilizes both pieced blocks and appliqué blocks.  It’s “Shabby Love”!  This BOM quilt is for confident beginners up to advanced quilters.

This 12 month original quilt pattern was designed for 2016 from BOMquilts.com by TK Harrison and is sponsored by AbbiMays.com, The Warm Company and Aurifil Thread!




Quilted Kitchen: Milky Way Quilt Square & Homemade Milky Ways Recipe

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Milky Way Quilt Block




Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (precise 1/4″ seam allowance):

  • Lt. Pink:  Cut EIGHT (8) 2 3/4″ squares.
  • Lt. Pink:  Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/4″ squares.Then cut each square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time.  You will end up with TWO (2) triangles per square.
  • Yellow:  Cut TWO (2) 2 3/4″ squares.
  • Yellow:  Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares.  Then cut each square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time.  You will end up with TWO (2) triangles per square.
  • Yellow:  Cut ONE (1) 3 3/4″ square.  Then cut each square diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times.  You will end up with FOUR (4) triangles per square.  You only need TWO (2) of these triangles to make a single quilt block.
  • Goldenrod: Cut TWO (2) 2 3/4″ squares.
  • Goldenrod:  Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares.  Then cut each square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time.  You will end up with TWO (2) triangles per square.  You only need TWO (2) of these triangles to make a single quilt block.
  • Orange:  Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares.  Then cut each square diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time.  You will end up with TWO (2) triangles per square.

Quilt Block Construction Diagram:

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Homemade Milky Ways recipe from Back for Seconds