Rolling Stone Hodge Podge block…

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I am starting this week with the addition of the Rolling Stone block to my Hodge Podge sampler….

I love this pattern and I have used this block before, when I did complete quilt using a 12 inch version. For this quilt I did the traditional layout for the block and you can see the completed quilt here if you are interested.

You can find the pattern for my 6 inch version here…rolling stone pattern For the 12 inch pattern I used Don’t Call Me Betsy’s great tutorial.

My plan is to get at least one more Hodge Podge pattern posted this week… so stay tuned….

9Nov2015

Laced Star Hodge Podge…and a winner….

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My little break from blogging has had quite an effect on me….I got into some bad habits and need to get back into the swing of posting…. Paper Piecing Monday seems to be very ingrained in my process but the rest needs some work.

So without further ado here is today’s pattern, the Laced Star….

I really like this pattern, and not just because I have a thing about paper pieced stars! The traditional colouring of this block gives the star a different look….

….giving the star some lovely movement. You can find the free paper piecing pattern for this 6 inch block here… laced star pattern

And the last order of business is to let you know the winner of the Glass Half Full bundle was Wendi who was chosen by the very scientific method of my husband picking a number between 1 and 151 and that numbered comment won. Very high-tech I know.

2Nov2015

The Hodge Podge returns…

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Just before I went off-line for a couple of weeks, I had started to make my own sampler, using vintage quilt blocks from 100+ years ago. I am loving how these blocks are coming together and decided to keep going with this project, so here is block number 4…. the Churn Dash…

This block is also referred to as The Wrench in some quilt books. This six inch block was pretty easy to paper piece and as with all my Hodge Podge blocks you can find the free paper piecing pattern here….churn dash pattern.

You can also use this pattern to make a Greek Cross block….

There are many more Hodge Podges to come… I may not have been able to sew in the last couple of weeks but I could wield a mouse and design some blocks!

5Oct2015

Hodge Podge continues with Broken Dishes…

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This week’s Hodge Podge blocks start with the classic Broken Dishes….

This is simple little 6 inch block comes together really quickly, with just four block pieces….

There are a couple of different versions of this block you can do… with quite a few of the traditional blocks using this colouring version.

So if you want to add this to your collection you can find the free paper piecing pattern here…broken dishes pattern… and there will be more patterns coming this week.

30Sep2015

More Hodge Podge….

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As promised I am posting another on of my Hodge Podge Sampler blocks…today’s block has the wonderful title of Mosaic No.1 and is block number 334 in the 1922 version of the Ladies Art Company Quilt Pattern book (link to this later version of the book can be found here).

The free paper piecing pattern for this block can be found here….Mosaic No1 block.

If you downloaded my first pattern, the Arkansas Snowflake on Monday, the pattern is a little small….Monday evening I amended the PDF so everything is fine, but you may want to down load the new pattern just in case…Arkansas snowflake pattern.

Now the final piece of business is naming the winner of this fabric bundle…

I had 300 entries for the draw and the lucky winner, selected at random is… Linda who commented “I don’t seem to have much of an imagination when I want to buy fun fabrics, so this lot certainly would give my, umm, somewhat ‘boring’ stash a fresh and happy ‘zing’! I think I would make my first ever hexie quilt; Recently, I punched out a huge bag of hexies, then realized I didn’t have any fun fabrics to make hexies with, so there sits the bag, on my coffee table, making me feel guilty…..”

Congratulations Linda and thank you to everyone who entered.