“A Modern Christmas Tree” is a Free Christmas Machine Embroidery Design from Swak Embroidery!
“We Three Kings” is a Free Christmas Machine Embroidery Design designed by Kay from Kreative Kiwi!
The Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit Sewed my “Happiness is Quilting” BOM Quilt Together!
“Happiness is Quilting†2017 Block of the Month Quilt. An original quilt designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com!
The Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit is a traditional quilt guild but have a wide variety of talent amongst us. Normally we meet at a church in Harper woods, Michigan, but yet again due to Covid we are meeting exclusively digital.
Each month we usually feature speakers from all over, and we hold a retreat once a year, and a quilt show every other year. This year, as all of the above have been canceled – we are trying to get more hands-on. So we are going to be doing your BOM, as well as offering a mystery quilt and a few member-led workshops.
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Stacey B.
Here’s a look at the “Happiness is Quilting†Quilts that the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit Made:
Such talent amongst the various members of the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit! Thanks for sharing these wonderful, gifted & colorful creations with us!
Star Power: Fancy Star Quilt Block & Fancy Star Variation Quilt Block
Fancy Star Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):
- Yellow: Cut ONE (1) 3 1/4″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles. (These triangles will flank the Green 3 3/8″ square in the center of this quilt block. Which will create ONE (1) Square in a Square.)
- Yellow: Cut FOUR (4) 3 3/8″ squares. (These squares are flanked by the results of the Green
3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Square in a Squares.) - Green: Cut ONE (1) 3 3/8″ square. (This is the center of this quilt block. It’s flanked by the results of the Yellow 3 1/4″ square. Which will create ONE (1) Square in a Square.)
- Green: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the Yellow 3 3/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Square in a Squares.)
- Teal: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are flanked by the results of the White 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Teal: Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Teal: Cut FOUR (4) 3 3/8″ squares. (These squares are paired with the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares. They’re also paired with the results of the White 5 1/4″ squares.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are flanked by the results of the Teal 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are the FOUR (4) corners of this quilt block. They’re paired with the Teal 3 3/8″ squares.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the results of the Teal 2 7/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 5 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles are paired with the Teal 3 3/8″ squares.)
Fancy Star Quilt Block Diagram
Fancy Star Quilt
Sew TWELVE (12) “Fancy Star Quilt Blocks†to end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished & 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.
Fancy Star Variation Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance):
- Aqua: Cut FOUR (4) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the Peach 3 3/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Square in a Squares.)
- Peach: Cut FOUR (4) 2 1/2″ squares. (These squares are flanked by the results of the Aqua 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Square in a Squares.)
- Peach: Cut ONE (1) 2 1/2″ square. (This square is the center of this quilt block. It’s flanked by the results of the Blue 3 1/4″ square which will create ONE (1) Square in a Square.)
- Pink: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are flanked by the results of the White 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Pink: Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the results of the Blue 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Blue: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are flanked by the results of the White 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Blue: Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the results of the Pink 2 7/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Blue: Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- Blue: Cut ONE (1) 3 1/4″ square. Then cut the square diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles. (These triangles will flank the Peach 2 1/2″ square in the center of this quilt block. They’ll create ONE (1) Square in a Square.)
- Blue: Cut FOUR (4) 1 7/8″ x 3 3/8″ rectangles. (These are paired with the results of the White 2 7/8″ squares in the FOUR (4) corners of this quilt block.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are flanked by the results of the Blue 3 1/4″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 2 7/8″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, ONE (1) time. Will yield TWO (2) triangles per square. (These triangles are the FOUR (4) corners of this quilt block. They’re paired with the Blue 1 7/8″ x 3 3/8″ rectangles.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 3 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles will flank the results of the Pink 2 7/8″ squares. Which will create FOUR (4) Flying Geese.)
- White: Cut TWO (2) 5 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. Will yield FOUR (4) triangles per square. (These triangles are paired with the Aqua/Peach Square in a Squares. They’re also paired with the Blue/White Flying Geese & the Blue 1 7/8″ x 3 3/8″ rectangles.)
Fancy Star Variation Quilt Block Diagram
Fancy Star Variation Quilt
Sew TWELVE (12) “Fancy Star Variation Quilt Blocks†to end up with the quilt top pictured above. The size will be 36″ x 48″ finished & 36 1/2″ x 48 1/2″ unfinished.
Friday Funday! Free Thanksgiving Quilted Table Patterns!
It’s “Talking Turkey” Time at Quilt Dash this Month!
Thanksgiving is upon us again this year! So let’s talk about Turkey, Flying Geese & Wild Geese!
“Talking Turkey”
Designed by TK Harrison (that’s me 🙂 )
This pieced quilt measures 68†x 78†when finished.
The quilt blocks are 12†finished & 12 1/2†unfinished.
Whatever you do on Thanksgiving be sure that you take time to “Fly Away†with your sewing machine!
There are two main quilt blocks that are in this quilt:
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- Turkey in the Straw Quilt Block
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- Wild Geese Quilt Block
This is a Horizontal Strip quilt. It should be a little bit easier to sew together than a traditional quilt!
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In order for you to download this free pattern, all you need to do is to create a new account (or login to your current account) at QuiltDash.com & click on the link that says “Join the QuiltDash†(no quotes). Once you’ve done that, you just need to search for the images on the shops/websites/blogs who are participating in this month’s Quilt Dash. It’s really quite simple & it’s a fun thing to do! Not to mention you get to look at some lovely quilty fabrics & notions that you may just want to purchase (I promise not to tell anyone 🙂 )!