Watercolor quilt patterns

In January, our guild had an “Out with the old” challenge, where we were to use up some of the oldest fabric in our stash. Back when I first started quilting (I think around 2006), I bought four packages of 100 floral 4″ charm squares on eBay. The person selling them was putting them up […]

Tutorial on Designing a Strip Pieced Watercolor: Rather than re writing this info, here are the links for a 3 part tutorial to create a ...

May was a short month for me, but I did have that big finish! Something Old was The Buzz Saw quilt. Begun last fall and finally b...

I played with the arrangement and the colour flow off and on yesterday – I’m stopping with this layout: I worked at changing the block placement from linear on the diagonal to a more pa…

Watercolor quilts are among the most beautiful designs, but they can be intimidating. Break the steps down into easy pieces with the Strip Pieced Watercolor Quilt. Make stunning, artistic designs with this tutorial series that walks you through making watercolor quilts at every layer. Start by learning how to choose and lay out fabrics to make a design that suits your tastes and then move forward as you learn the process of putting these quilts together. In Part 1, learn how to choose your…

I finished the binding and label on Bright Colorwash 2 yesterday morning. I ditch quilted this one in both directions. I had meandered the last one and wanted to see how it looked with ditch quilting. Both ways worked well. I had 2 other labels to sew on and 1 hanging sleeve to sew down on the bottom edge. Then I worked on rolling the quilts and putting them in boxes to ship. When I got to the last box of the small stuff and hanging rods, I remembered I still had 3 mug rugs to quilt and…

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THUNDERSTORMS, WIND, RAIN, AND LIGHTNING!!! and we love it! I have 5 blocks for this week: I call this one "Under the Sea". I had some great fish fabric begging to be part of the quilt. The fish and the shells and the sand, and the seaweed make up the block with the ominous touch of wiggly worm on the fish hook. The original version of this block had a boat in it but it sailed away. Now my beloved Chuck Nohara blocks. I don't do hearts often so I had to come up with another motif finish…

I’ve just spent the past two hours trying to set up some kind of graduated layout using the 2″ squares I cut from the jellyroll I bought from Whims. Not an easy task I discovered –…

Wow, I have been surprised by all the questions on watercolor quilts coming from visitors and a couple of new followers. So, first a welcom...