Oh, Fransson!

Octagonal Orbs Quilt Top

I finished this quilt top this afternoon and, since it was actually sunny, I ran right out to take pictures.

Octagonal Orbs Blocks

Today I finished the 9 blocks I've been working on for my Ocagonal Orbs quilt. With 84 pieces per block, these take a while to make, but I think the results are pretty great. (My tutorial for these blocks is on the MQG blog, here.)

Mod Mosaic with Giant Bees

Let's start the week with a little bit of eye candy!

Have You Heard?

The Modern Quilt Guild will be holding its first-ever conference next February in Austin, Texas!

Please check the website to find out about all of the wonderful things that will be happening at QuiltCon. I'm honored to have been asked to teach workshops, and I hope to see some of you there!

Making a Two-Sided Quilt with Floating Blocks

During the past couple of years, I've made several quilts that featured irregularly-sized blocks "floating" on both the quilt front and quilt back. This tutorial describes how I put my quilts together.

Let's start with some examples.

This is my February Quilt, featuring blocks made by members of the Bee-autiful Quilting Bee. A tutorial for how to make the blocks can be found here.

Sparkle Punch Quilt

If you would like to make a quilt like this, check out the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along, here.

Ta da! Here's the Sparkle Punch quilt, all finished.

Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along: Finishing the Quilt

This post is part of the Sparkle Punch Quilt-Along. If you have questions that aren't answered in this post, please check out the others, which are linked on the main page, here.

Read about Mo’s Sparkle Punch quilt here.  

At this point, you should have a finished quilt top and quilt back. Use these pieces to sandwich, quilt, and bind your quilt using your favorite method.