Hst quilt

The Half Square Triangle block is one of the most popular quilt blocks. This simple block can be arranged in endless ways to create unique quilt designs. The designs in this post were created using 80 Half Square Triangles (2 charm packs) and arranging them in an 8 x 10 grid. Create your own designs...

The Sugar Quilt Pattern is a FREE pattern available - sign up for it to be emailed to your inbox! The Sugar Quilt Pattern is a FREE Then Came June pattern! It includes six sizes - baby to King! You can use your stash, your favorite precuts or large scraps! I shared about the first Sugar Quilt we made using Petunia fabr

Remember the first time you put a seashell up to your ear to hear the ocean sounds? The amazement and wonder of how the whole ocean fit into that little shell. Or the first time you dug your toes into the sand and let the waves wash over them. For us it was love at first site, sound, and smell. There seems to be something calming about a soft ocean breeze and the crash of the waves that just makes everything better. Bring the ocean to life with lots of calming blue triangles and a fun…

Half Square Triangles are on of the most common basic quilt blocks, mastering them will go a long way toward making your quilting journey a smooth one! While you're working on your skills you might as well make a quilt with your blocks and today I'm sharing 8 HST quilt layouts you can use for your new favorite quilt

The newly 18-year-old daughter of my last post has deemed that she needs a birthday quilt. She spotted this collection of 'Daisy Chain' by ...

How to sew a quilted coat: tips on choosing fabric, a coat pattern and a quilt pattern plus tips on how to make your coat fit!

Discover a quick and easy solution to making eight half-square triangles at once with this Magic 8 Method tutorial by quilter Karen Walker. On Bluprint!

Here are the last 3 blocks in my quilt guild's Block of the Month. These blocks make up the bottom row of the pattern, Jeni Baker's Half Square Triangle Sampler: Now I need to choose a background. I wanted to go with a colored fabric, rather than the white as shown in the pattern, and I thought I had found the perfect green: I put the first 9 blocks against the green background and lived with it for a while as I made the last 3 blocks. I began to think that although the green was a perfect…

Inspired by a quilt that my friend Mary shared with me from Pinterest, I decided to design an Ombré HST quilt mathematically. This was the result. I chose to use a gradient of eight different values, numbered 1-8 from lightest to darkest. I began by drawing a 7 by 9 rectangle in my graph notebook and ...continue reading →

The Half-Square Triangle is one of the most commonly used shapes in quilting designs and has continued to make its way in the quilt world. From the very first quilts in history to modern-day designs. Half-Square Triangles consist of two right-angled triangles joined on the longest sides to form a square. The Triangle Multiplier quilt pattern is a beginner friendly pattern and explore three quick ways in creating half-square triangles: 2-in-1, 4-in-1 and 8-in-1 method. For tips on how to…