UK Quilters
Block 8: Flying Geese These blocks have been around since the 1860’s and folklore suggests they were used in the quilt code to help escaping slaves. They are made using rectangles and overlapping the squares to create the ‘inner’ triangle and very versatile in making many quilt pattern variations, and, of course, to build your…
Block 7: Hatchet Block This block is also known as Kansas Dugout, Indian Hatchet and Road to Tennessee and has been around since the 1820’s. It was often made by young girls as a starter block to practice their quilting. This block is made up using only squares to create ‘Connector Corners’. You can create…
Block 6: Pinwheel The Pinwheel block is made up of Half Square Triangles (HST). This might be a new technique for you to try and the great thing about doing just one block is that you can practice it without feeling daunted about having to make a full quilt. Once you have mastered Half Square Triangles…
Block 5: Cabin in the Cotton A third of the way through for making the blocks for your Sampler Quilt. I just love a Log Cabin block. There are so any variations of the Log Cabin block, and this is just one of them. Deceptively simple, this block will help you to build up your accuracy…
Block 4 is: Woven Ribbons There are many variations of the Woven Ribbons quilt block, and like many others, it has been around since the 1800’s. It is made up of squares and rectangular strips and only has one specific matching point, but it will help with getting those pesky quarter inch seams on track!…
Welcome to Block 3: Confetti of your Sampler Quilt. http://www.pieceandquilt.com/2015/01/how-to-confetti-quilt-block-30-days-of.html This modern block is made up of squares and rectangular strips and will help you to gain accuracy in cutting, matching at seam points and sewing your 0.25” (¼”) seams. There are lots of images in this block and I’ve shortened the instructions too. Don’t…
Welcome back, you’ve made your first Block: 9-Patch so now we are making: Block 2: Patience Corner There is more piecing involved in this block as it is made up of squares and rectangular strips, but very little matching of points. This block has been around since the 1890’s and there are several variations on…
Hello and welcome to the first block in the QuiltSewGo Beginners’ Sampler Quilt. Once you get to the ukqu.co.uk website the homepage will show you a list of options and, to make it easier Sylvia has very kindly arranged for these to be found in one place. – on the HOMEPAGE look for the Quilting…
Want to learn to quilt but not sure where to start or what to make? You can quilt but want to build up your confidence to try something more challenging? A sampler quilt is an ideal place to start! Welcome to the quiltsewgo (QSG) Beginners’ Sampler Quilt! I started my quilting journey about six years ago…
Last time we looked at making mini quilt sandwiches and the different ways to quilt some of the blocks for our Puzzle Quilt. Once the quilting is all done it is time to join the blocks or sections together. Lay the blocks out first and move them around so you don’t have two of the…
When we started out on this Puzzle Quilt adventure I suggested that it would be a Quilt-as-you-Go (qayg) project. This means quilting the blocks (or several blocks) as you make them and then joining them together. I have suggested you add a sashing to each block as we have gone along so that you can…
The final block for the Puzzle Quilt is called Hartford Hope and is a variation of the Hope of Hartford block. It has quarter-square triangle units (which we have come across in several of the previous blocks) and squares. However it has a slightly different construction technique which involves a partial seam. This is an…
Carol Lightburn
Chris Franses