This is a super fast and fun way to create a Butterfly and Blossoms Quilt using your Periwinkle Template from Missouri Star Quilt Co! Click HERE to watch the short clip and get your supplies!
Quilt Snips Mini Tutorial – Butterfly Blossoms
Half and Half Quilt
When Jenny is designing a new quilt, she always asks herself, “What happens if…?”
What happens if she rotates every other block? What happens if she snowballs two corners? What happens if she uses solids instead of prints?
Today’s new quilt came to life when Jenny found out what happens if HALF square triangles are cut in HALF. Click HERE to learn how to make the Half and Half quilt!
Quilt Snips Mini Tutorial – Falling Triangles
This fun Falling Triangles design not only makes a large quilt but also a gorgeous one. This is also an excellent pattern to do in masculine prints. The possibilities are endless. Click HERE to watch the full tutorial!
DIY Flat Doll: Chuck the Chicken-Duck
It wouldn’t be National Quilting Month without a visit from our favorite quilting mascot, Chuck the Duck! He is always here to offer words…ahem, quacks of encouragement, and a helpful hint or two. This week, we are sewing up a fun, flat-ish version of Chuck just in time for spring.
To get started, download the FREE Chuck the Duck printable HERE! Follow along with Misty as she shows us how to create one of these soft, fabric friends. Watch the replay of our Missouri Star Live Video below:
Supplies:
- Chuck the Duck printable
- Fabric. Feel free to grab any you would like, but we used the Windowsill Garden line by Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufman for the floral body and a small piece of solid black fabric for the wings and eyes and a tiny bit of solid orange fabric for the noses.
- Fusible
- Shark Applicutter
- Polyfil
- Thread
Directions:
- Download the Chuck the Duck printable HERE. Not a fan of Chuck? No worries! You can create any shape you would like. We think this would look super cute as a dog, cat or even a bunny if you are wanting a spring creation. 🙂
- Cut out the duck outline, nose, eye, and wing. Just follow along the black lines on the template.
- Fold your fabric right sides together before tracing the Chuck outline on the wrong side of the fabric. Keeping both layers together, carefully cut around Chuck using the Shark Applicutter or a pair of fabric scissors.
- Repeat the process for both the nose, wings, folding fabric right sides together. If you would rather cut one piece at a time, just be sure to reverse the template for one of the cuts for each of the elements, including the body.
- Attach the wings, noses and eyes to a piece of fusible.
- Peel off the backing of the fusible and attach to the Chuck the Duck body.
- Start sewing! To give this doll the charming, rustic look, we top stitched around the right sides, so that the stitches show. (If this isn’t your style, feel free to sew the right sides together and leave an opening to pull right sides out before filling.) Be sure to leave an opening so it can be stuffed.
- Fill up Chuck with a bit of Poly-Fil. Be careful not to overstuff, since it is a flat doll.
- Finish top stitching, and you have your very own Chuck the Duck flat doll!
Have fun sewing, friends! Be sure to share your creations with us on Facebook and Instagram throughout National Quilting Month using #makesomethingtoday and #msqcshowandtell!
Bordered Nine Patch Quilt
What do you do to relax? Do put together jigsaw puzzles or work on crosswords? Do you enjoy pulling weeds or folding laundry? We all have our quirks, but the truth is, creating order out of chaos is the most satisfying feeling in the world. It’s what draws us to quilting and keeps us coming back for more.
This week’s new quilt is made with stacks and stacks of little pieces. This is the kind of project that just melts away my stress. Stitch by stitch, block by block, those pieces come together into a beautiful quilt and I am left feeling peaceful and accomplished and pretty darn proud of myself!