Craftapalooza Designs
Kitty Basket Meow (KBM) is a quilt block that comes with full piecing instructions and four layout options. KBM is a big gal finishing at 18", so she would also be perfect for a cushion or mini quilt. As the block is 18" it won't take you many blocks to get to a decent quilt size, sewing 16 blocks will get you a 72" × 72" quilt.
Loventwined Quilt is fat quarter and charm square friendly if you want to make a scrap version like mine, Scrappy Fizz, or you could go for the Be My Valentine or Over the Rainbow palettes or make your own! The pattern will have yardage calculations for 3 sizes and 3 colourways.
There are no 'must have' tools when it comes to hand piecing your patchwork and quilts, well aside from, you know, a needle and thread... however over time you'll find there are tools that you use again and again, that help you hand piece. I've listed my current tool box kit below, it can change over time, but these are pretty much my go-to tools.
If you’re new to hand piecing but not new to quilting you may have never considered making your patchwork by hand or consider making patchwork by hand as a crazy endeavour! Before sewing machines were invented (in the 1830’s!) how do you think vintage quilts were created… by hand.
If there's one quilt along you want to do for 2021 it's Angie's - GnomeAngel 100 Days 100 Blocks. The premise being you sew a block a day for 100 days and share to social media, with a bunch of other people. BEFORE you *sigh and walk away thinking 'crazy pants 100 blocks in a 100 days who has time for that', I'll explain. Read on Padawan...
