Category Archives: Once A Week

What a fun and versatile block and it is scrappy! I think it would go together easily and quickly! It is called Goose Creek and can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/G/GooseCreekBlock.html. For our Paper Pieced Block this week, I think we will try Hexed Stars. You can find it here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/H/HexedStarsBlock.html. Have fun!

And yet another variation of a Star can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/W/WanderingStarBlock.html. Very pretty and versatile. Our Paper Pieced block for this week is called Walking Squares and can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/W/WalkingSquaresBlock.html. Have fun!

Since love is in the air, we shall start off with Lover’s Knot. You can find the pattern here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/L/LoversKnotBlock.html. You will love how easily it goes together. Our first PP block is also simple and is called Left and Right. Here is the link: http://www.quilterscache.com/L/LeftandRightBlock.html. Enjoy!

This is a good block to try out for borders and is called Border Block. It is 12 inches and can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BorderBlock.html. Our paper pieced block is called Butterfly and reminds me of spring. It is a 6 inch block. http://www.quilterscache.com/B/ButterflyBlock.html. Enjoy!

This is a really pretty block called New Waterwheel and can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/N/NewWaterwheelBlock.html. Our third PP block is called Pinwheel Skew and is fairly easy and can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/P/PinwheelSkewBlock.html. Don’t forget to click on the templates A and B. Enjoy!

Hello, everyone. A little late today but we were visiting my Uncle Ross down in Reedley and had a few other errands to run this morning. Anyhoo, our block for today is called Jacob’s Ladder and can be found here at :http://www.quilterscache.com/J/JacobsLadderBlock.html. Our second Paper Piecing project is Log Cabin. It is fairly easy toContinue reading “ONCE A WEEK KEEP YOUR OWN BLOCK, JAN #2”

2015 ONCE A WEEK KEEP YOUR OWN BLOCK January 1: Block #1: Split Nine Patch You can find it here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SplitNinePatchBlock.html. And if you are brave enough to try Paper Piecing as I am just learning how to also: Block #1 January 1: Paper Piecing Beginning Can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQuiltingPages/startquiltingthree.html. I haveContinue reading

These are the final blocks for 2014. Next Sunday, Jan 4, will begin a new round of blocks. There will be a mixture of paper piecing (which I am learning), applique and regular pieced blocks. I hope you enjoy the selection for next year as much as I enjoyed selecting blocks this year. Remember, youContinue reading “ONCE A WEEK KEEP YOUR OWN BLOCK, DEC #4 AND BONUS BLOCK”

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Since Christmas is almost here, here is a fun block. It’s a Snowman block and can be found here at: http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SnowmanBlock.html. Enjoy!

Do you love challenges?  Are you one of those who is always first to get everything done?  Would you like to learn new techniques?  This is for you! This is a Keep Your Own Block that involves no swapping whatsoever and is for those who love a good challenge.  The rules are simple: There willContinue reading “ONCE A WEEK KEEP YOUR OWN BLOCK, 2015”