Plus quilt

Today I'm here to talk about a wonderful annual charity quilt drive put on by Katie Blakesley of Swim, Bike, Quilt and the DC Modern Quilt Guild called 100 Quilts for Kids. The idea is simple, Make a quilt or two. Donate it to a child in need, locally if you can. Link up your donated quilts for a chance to win some great prizes! Need some motivation? Join in on the 100 Quilts for Kids Quilt Along! We all have a "quilts to make" list a mile long, so for my stop on the blog hop I wanted to…

DOWNLOAD THE FREE PDF PATTERN HERE! I’m slowly but surely working on catching up with all the completed quilts around here. This blog pretty much serves as a place to document completed quilty projects. Today is a simple plus quilt. I started this one back in July at a weekend retreat with friends and finished […]

Free plus quilt pattern, a modern take on a fast & easy plus quilt. Beginner friendly & includes pdf template. Made with 5-inch squares and is fast to sew!

I just took a quick inventory around my house and counted at least 12 quilts that still need to be blogged! Now that my busy summer season is winding down I have a lot more time for things like blogging and quilting! I’m pretty excited to be sewing again and I’ve missed it so much. […]

One great thing about being quilters is that the new babies in our family never arrive to this world without a baby quilt. It’s always...

I use this quilt all the time, for naps and as an extra layer on my bed. She is one of my favourites. Today I realized I have not shown her off properly here as a finish. She was made with Amy Butler fabrics and a Three Sisters Paris Map print and finished at about 55" x 60". This quilt took a morning to invent and piece, I shared that with you here. The quilting was fast too, I just sewed straight lines on either sides of the seams, which makes a nice pattern on the back too. The binding is…

learn how to make plus quilt with english paper piecing method, download the template free

After 17 years of marriage you'd think my husband would have a million quilts to call his very own. But sadly, that wasn't the case (unl...

This is the first time I have made a plus quilt, and I am really liking this pattern. It's so simple (just squares), but I love that it creates a design too. I just now realized that this is actually another pixelated quilt, to go along with the other two I'm working on. When we moved back to Texas a year and a half ago, I was naturally very worried about my school age daughter. I worried more about her than anything else. As it usually goes, her adjustment to new school and new friends was…