Curved seams quilt

This beautiful block is pieced using templates and sewn together with curved seams. It is very striking as a feature block, on its own, to use on a bag, cushion or wall hanging. Making a number of blocks into a whole quilt would be stunning. The centre circle of the block is appliqued after the rest of the vortex has been pieced. The pattern has lots of photos to help you with the techniques used. The bag displayed in the video is called the 'Big Block Bag' and a pattern for this is…

Start with your favorite fabric.Make some strip sets and using the Quick Curve Ruler, cut out your curves.Using the Quick Curve Ruler, cut out your background fabric. Piece your curves together and remember...no pinning or snipping needed. Iron your blocks. Using the Quick Curve Ruler, trim all the blocks. Sew blocks together. Square your blocks up.Sew blocks together to create the start of aD...

Today I am going to share how to make a template for a curved quilt block.

This is a little tutorial for sewing wavy seams, a technique taught to me at Dayspring Quilters by Jenni Dobson and all the credit for the written content of this post is due to her, the photographs are mine and the "I" comments are me. Start by cutting fabric in strips - between 3" and 5" is effective and gives you room for seams even with quite a wide curve. Select two strips of contrasting fabrics, iron them and place them one on top of the other, both right side up. If they are not the…

My improv pieced curve quilt is finished. In my bid to practice sewing pieced curves, I got out a bunch of 5" squares that I had left over from a previous project and took to them with my rotary cutter. It was a little scary at the beginning, but I'm so glad that I made it... and finished it. I learned a lot about curved piecing along the way - the right ways of doing it, and the wrong. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos, it seems that I sewed my curves together the 'wrong' way. I had…

The Drunkard's Path block has so many design possibilities. You'll discover there are also many piecing techniques - all of which I'll share with you!

Thank you for all of your comments regarding both the foundation paper pieced Colorwheel Mini Quilt and the Making Waves Pillow Cover ....

Urban Chained

Contrast (noun). “The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association.” Photo A The word contrast is a key word in a quiltmaker’s vocabulary. We look for contrast