Design Seed – a place for colour inspiration

If you are looking for colour inspiration or you wish to become a bit more adventurous with the use of colour for your quilts, Design Seeds is a great site that provides colour samples based on photographs. It can really open your eyes to new possibilities. When entering the site, you can see the different tabs…

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March Block of the Month Instructions

Monochromatic + & X Block- March BOM “Pick your favorite color and represent your love for it in this monochromatic block.” NB: we’re trying something a little different this month – instead of providing step by step photos, we ask that you click over to the inspiration tutorial since that is so well written. The…

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February Block of the Month Instructions

The Burly Quilter Block, named after our own Burly Quilter, Bryan.  EDITED: whoops! We made a math error halfway through but the instructions are now correct! We’ve also included a fix if you have already made your block.  Materials needed: • two solid (any colour) rectangles 10″x14″ Stack both fabrics together. From the short end,…

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January Block of the Month Instructions

Modern Mountain Quilt Block inspired by Tula Pink and Bonnie Hunter, both two fabulous ladies of quilting Supplies: • Two 10” solid White Kona Cotton Squares (doesn’t have to be Kona, but does have to be solid) • Two 10” Modern Print Cotton Squares • basic quilting notions • and a fabric marker of your…

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November Block of the Month instructions

November 2013 • Uneven Stacked Coins Block You need:  8-12 scrap strips – use happy, bright scraps. 1.5″ or 2″ wide, 3-8″ long 8-12 WHITE solid strips. 1.5″ or 2″ wide, 12″ long Your strips need to total 12” high (finished), so check your math for how many you need!!  I used 3 at 2”…

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October Block of the Month instructions

Block of the Month demo and lottery  October 2013 • Disappearing 9 patch How do you make a disappearing 9 patch block modern? Use lots of neutral!  You need:  5  5” squares of WHITE solid (not tone on tone) 2  5” squares of colour A print 2  5” squares of colour B print Sew the…

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