Bloc-Loc

Category: Bloc-Loc

Jul
31

Different Directions

This is about not following instructions, about why there may be a better method.
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Notions, Tip Jar
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Bloc-Loc, Flying Geese
Mar
3

Measure Twice. Cut Once.

If you're making quilts, you're using rulers of some kind for measuring and cutting. Here are a few of our favorites.
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Notions
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Bloc-Loc, Olfa, Omnigrid
Mar
27

Tip Jar: Half-triangle Squares Revisited

If you've been here before, you probably know that I love quilts made with half-triangle squares. Like this one. Family Tree by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life . The fabric collection is the new Clover Hollow by Sherri & Chelsi . Two years ago, we posted about half-triangle squares and the...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Fabrics, Notions, Tip Jar
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A Quilting Life, Bloc-Loc, half square triangles, Half-triangle squares, HTS, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Star Singles, Tips & Tricks, Triangle Paper
Mar
27

Tip Jar: Half-triangle Squares Revisited

If you've been here before, you probably know that I love quilts made with half-triangle squares. Like this one. Family Tree by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life . The fabric collection is the new Clover Hollow by Sherri & Chelsi . Two years ago, we posted about half-triangle squares and the...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Fabrics, Notions, Tip Jar
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A Quilting Life, Bloc-Loc, half square triangles, Half-triangle squares, HTS, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Star Singles, Triangle Paper
Aug
4

Tool Time...

What is it about our tools... even if we already have a dozen pairs of scissors and snips, it's easy to be distracted when you see them in a pretty color. Or four pretty colors. These are 4" Thread Snips . While I am not really a "snipper", that orange has me reconsidering. (It's the open tip... I...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Notions
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Bloc-Loc, Deb Tucker, Jumping Jacks, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sasher, Sewing, Spelling Bee, Studio 180
Mar
22

Tip Jar: Goose Goose Geese!

You didn't really think that I would forget about Flying Geese. Really? This is Into The Wind - it's made with Larkspur by 3 Sisters . Flying Geese - three triangles that form a rectangle with a 2:1 ratio. All three triangles have one 90-degree corner and two 45-degree corners. The two small...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Tip Jar
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Bloc-Loc, Clearly Perfect Angle, Companion Angle, Easy Angle, Fit To Be Geese, Flying Geese, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing
Jan
26

Tip Jar: Half-triangle Squares

When I first started making quilts, I loved strip-piecing. Nine-patches and four-patches, Irish Chains and Rail Fences - even strips that finished at less than 1" didn't seem that difficult. I made a Sun and Shadow quilt, a Trip Around the World and a Lone Star - it was still strip-pieced. But half...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Tip Jar
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Bloc-Loc, Half-triangle squares, Laundry Basket Triangle Paper, Magic Half-Square Ruler, Pat Sloan, Patchwork, Primitive Gatherings Triangle Paper, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Star Singles, Teach Me To Sew Triangles, Triangles on a roll