Yesterday I showed you how to make the blocks for your modern button quilt. Now, let’s put everything together to create this little quilt. Sew the blocks together, alternating block 1 and block 2. Sew a 6½” x 12½” black border strip to each side. Sew a 6½”...
Yesterday I gave you the cutting instructions for the little button quilt. We’ll be using buttons from the bottle o’ buttons blue collection. Now, let’s start sewing! For each block 1 you’ll need 1 – 1½” square from fabric 1 2 – 1″ x 1½” and...
I recently received these ‘Bottle o’ Buttons’ jars. What fun! Little jars of color-coordinated buttons just waiting to be used for some quick and easy projects. Button blankets have been around for hundreds of years. A button blanket is a wool blanket embellished with mother-of-pearl buttons, created by Northwest Coastal...
The gift making season is upon us! It seems to come along quicker every year. This week I created two items that can be made in time for the gift giving season, including a large checkerboard star quilted cushion cover. In yesterday post I added wide strips of...
I have enjoyed creating designs with Rock City fabrics by Banyan Batiks this week that are coming to quilt stores this month. In yesterday’s post, I used some sterling colorway fat quarters to create checkerboard star quilt blocks. Today I’ll make the blocks into a reversible quilted table...