Partial seams are one of the easiest ways to get visual bang for your buck without a whole lot of fuss. It’s that one extra step that makes the seams look “woven” because it isn’t immediately obvious where the piecing begins and ends. I'll show you how to use partial seams to make these three blocks, as well as a couple of quilts that use this block style to get this effect. Block 1 has a 2.5” square in the middle, then four 4.5” x 2.5” strips that border it. The top strip ge
It’s not a Lone Star block, because it has six points instead of eight, but it is a Solo star! I was tinkering with a block idea this week. One that would use up more scraps and could be made with leftover 2½” strips. I love the way it came out! This block could be sized up or down depending on how big you want to make it. I cut a bunch of 2½” diamonds from leftover neutral strips. I save everything! I have a lot of favorite little stripes and graphic prints that I use to th
Does this situation look familiar? "Oh points wherefore art thou?!" Cutting the points off your quilt blocks is one of the most frustrating experiences, even for seasoned quilters. I thought I would reverse-engineer this problem so you could see how to avoid it. All blocks with points involve at least three seams. I labeled the seams in order of assembly here. When the points get cut off, it is easy to assume that seam 3 is the culprit… but that is seldom the case! It all sta
