#quiltblockmania – Quilt Moments

Snowflakes & Candy Cane Trees

Welcome to the November edition of the Quilt Block Mania blog hop with complimentary block patterns from 25 designers! This month the theme is Winter Celebrations.
I started out creating a snowflake block since I live in Minnesota, however, to incorporate all the colors in the scheme shown below, I then thought of adding candy canes, hearts, and pine trees, so that is how I came up with the silly block name of Snowflakes & Candy Cane Trees. Can you envision all those things in the block? Squint hard and use your imagination:)!

Here’s my rendition of the block using fabrics from my stash. The block is made completely with squares and rectangles.
To speed up the piecing a bit, I sewed together strips and sub-cut them into 2-patch and 3-patch units.

Click here to get the Snowflakes & Candy Cane Trees block pattern which is currently FREE.
I hope you have fun making this block and combining it with some of the fabulous other blocks created by my fellow participating designers.

Before hopping off to the other designers’ posts, please take a moment to check out my website and browse through my quilt patterns.

Look at this amazing variety of fun winter celebration blocks!

Here’s a list with block names and links to all the pattern designers participating in the Winter Celebrations theme Quilt Block Mania blog hop. Please visit their sites and check out the stories about their blocks! Special thanks to Carolina Moore for organizing the blog hop for us.
Remember to post the blocks you make on social media using #quiltblockmania so we can all enjoy your creations!

Christmas Wreath by Slice of Pi Quilts
Baby Sue’s First Christmas
Celebrate by Inquiring Quilter
Gifts at Always Expect Moore
Snowflakes by Blockofthemodotcom
Gifts of Friendship
Fireworks at duck creek mountain quilting
Wreath & Chain at Stash Bandit
Christmas Star by Michelle Renee Hiatt
Adirondack Mountain Quilt Block
A Present from Penny
Candlelighting at Pretty Piney Quilts
Poinsettia from QuiltFabrication
Harbor Holidays at Blue Bear Quilts
Christmas Cracker at Perkins Dry Goods
Sparkling Spruce at Patti’s Patchwork
Jingle All the Way at Orange Blossom Quilt
Snowflakes & Candy Cane Trees at Quilt Moments
Tower of Gifts by Oh Kaye Quilting
Winter Memories by Carolyn Burgess
Holiday Block by Seams to Be Sew
Ticker Tape Tree at Devoted Quilter
Evergreen by True Blue Quilts
Merry and Bright at Around the Bobbin
Ski Vacation

Thank you so much for participating in the Quilt Block Mania blog hop.
Until next time, enjoy ALL your Quilt Moments!

Marilyn
Quilt Moments

Leaf & Vine

Welcome to the September edition of the Quilt Block Mania blog hop with free block patterns from 29 designers! This month the theme is Halloween. I designed a leaf block in pumpkin shades starting with the assigned color theme shown below. I love thinking about the coming Fall, all the changing colors of the leaves, and the cooler temps allowing me to bundle up in comfy old sweaters. I’m not a huge hot weather fan, so it was a nice distraction dreaming of fall weather while designing this block during a 90 degree day here in Minnesota.

Here’s my rendition of the block using a variety of fabrics from my stash. The block is made completely with squares and rectangles so it’s not difficult. I made stitch and flip corners on the rectangles by placing a square on one side of a rectangle, stitching along the diagonal of the square, and pressing open to make the leaf point shapes. In this block sample my leaf stem is a bit thinner than the width shown in the block image above that I designed using EQ. The pattern includes options for both stem widths.

My friend Lou Ann made this pretty Leaf & Vine version using oranges with a bit more red and used a slightly wider leaf stem.
Click here to get the Leaf & Vine block pattern which is currently FREE.
You could make a whole quilt from a pile of Leaf & Vine blocks in various shades for a fun scrappy quilt, or combine one block with some of the fabulous blocks created by my fellow participating designers shown at the bottom of this post.

Before downloading the free block pattern and hopping off to the other designers blogs, please keep reading to see some of the other patterns I’ve designed in Halloween/Fall themes.
This pattern is called Blossom Bliss. For this sample I used fat quarters designed by Sandi Gervais for Moda. The pattern also includes the option of making the block centers with easy 4-patches made from the wide border floral print as shown in the kaleidoscope block examples below. If you are familiar with my patterns, you know that I love this kaleidoscope technique and often incorporate this option into my designs.

Here is Twister Treat which is a pattern I created for Twister Sisters Designs, home of the twister tools. I co-own Twister Sisters with Lisa Amundson of Around the Bobbin and she is also one of the participating block designers this month. If you haven’t made a twister quilt, give it a try. You simply sew together a framed grid of squares, cut it out in rows with one of the twister tool squares set on point on the seam allowance, and then sew the twister units back together to create fun pinwheel quilts that look hard, but are completely made with squares!

OK, back to the free Quilt Block Mania blocks. Look at this amazing variety of fun blocks!

Here’s a list with block names and links to all the pattern designers participating in the September Halloween theme Quilt Block Mania blog hop. Please visit their sites and check out the stories about their blocks! Special thanks to Carolina Moore for organizing the blog hop for us.
Remember to post the blocks you make on social media using #quiltblockmania so we can all enjoy the versions you create!