3 D Twisty Tube

Sew we Quilt always have interesting guest bloggers with evenly interesting tutorials.  Today I chose this cute block to show.

The full tutorial can be found over HERE.

Faux Bow Tie tutorial

April, from the blog "making ends meet" acknowledges that the traditional Bow Tie block can be somewhat of a pain in an uncomfortable place.

She therefore came up with this clever tutorial which she calls Faux Ties making blocks which look like the traditional Bow Tie but without the effort to make all the pieces fit.

Thank you April for sharing this with us.  Download this lovely tutorial in PDF form to your computer over HERE.

Hippy Square block Tutorial

Karen from Lisnaweary Quilts shared this interesting block and tutorial on how to make it with us HERE.

I don’t know whether it is just the colors that got to me but I really like this block and come to think of it, I don’t like pink that much, so it must be the pattern.

Shadow Seams Log cabin block

I do like a change from the obvious and this Shadow Seams log cabin just gives a nice new twist to an oldie.

Read Christina’s blog HERE to see how she made this.

3D Bow Tie Block

Can you still remember how to do this one or are you like me that need reminders constantly?  Leeann from the blog Quilt Whangarei in New Zealand, was so kind to put this tutorial together.

To see how this block is made, visit her blog by clicking HERE

Double disappearing nine patch block

Another tutorial from the blog by Christina – this lady seems to be as clever as she like to be and I have to agree I too like a block that looks more complicated than it really is.

To find this frame-by-frame picture tutorial, click HERE

The Rolling Stone block

Have you seen any of the Quilty videos by Mary Fons?  The videos takes a while to load, so before starting make yourself a cup of coffee, sit back and give yourself a break.  The video I recently watched was Episode 9 focussing on the Rolling Stone block.

I was unable to ‘pause’ the video and copy a picture of the block, so I had to draw one on EQ to show you what it looks like.

The block gives you the illusion that it has a circle in the centre but has no curved seems.

I then combined the blocks to see what it would look like in a quilt and this was the result using only 2 colors.

Now this gave me the impression of the naughts and crosses game we all know.

When I brought in one more color it changed the look totally as can be seen in the next picture.

Here the circles are prominent in 2 ways, in the yellow block your eye sees the bigger circle and in the orange block you see the smaller center circle and the crosses separating the circle blocks have now disappeared.

In the video Mary Fons shows you how to construct this quilt in a jiffy by using strip sets and a cheater square-in-a-square block and gives you all the measurements needed to construct a block.

To watch this video, click HERE