Candy Corn Kaleidescope Quilt

Happy Halloween! Here’s a festive quilt for you to stitch.  We’ve made ours with the CGRDBSKL CREATIVE GRIDS 45 DEGREE KALEIDOSCOPE DOUBLE STRIP QUILTING RULER if you don’t have this ruler you can use a similar 45° angled ruler (or template plastic to make a template to cut your triangle segments).

Here’s our quilt hanging in the shop for October. We used BELLA SOLIDS to make our quilt Two colors 9900 79 Ochre and 9900 60 Ivory. Scroll down for our mini-pictorial tutorial.

Here’s our quilt hanging in the shop for October. We used BELLA SOLIDS to make our quilt Two colors 9900 79 Ochre and 9900 60 Ivory. Scroll down for our mini-pictorial tutorial.

Creative Grids KALEIDOSCOPE RULER

Creative Grids KALEIDOSCOPE RULER

Need more details on cutting your shapes and block construction?

Watch Rachel Cross demonstrate the Kaleidoscope block and ruler in her video .

What you need:

·         Creative Grids Double Strip Kaleidoscope Ruler (CGRDBSKL) OR Creative Grids 45° Kaleidoscope & Dresden Plate Ruler (CGRTKAL45) or similar 45° angled ruler (or template plastic to make a template to cut your triangle segments)

·         2 ½ yards background (cream)

·         2 yards for blocks and binding (orange)

·         3 yards of backing fabric

Cut 2 1/2” strips from your fabric and sew into strip sets.

Cut 2 1/2” strips from your fabric and sew into strip sets.

Use your Kaleidoscope ruler or template to cut triangle segments from your strip sets.

Use your Kaleidoscope ruler or template to cut triangle segments from your strip sets.

Alternate your triangle segments and sew together.

Alternate your triangle segments and sew together.

Create your corner triangles by cutting 3 1/4” squares on the diagonal.

Create your corner triangles by cutting 3 1/4” squares on the diagonal.

Change the placement of your corner triangles to make the two different block styles you will need to create the kaleidoscope pattern in the featured quilt.

Change the placement of your corner triangles to make the two different block styles you will need to create the kaleidoscope pattern in the featured quilt.

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Thank you for reading, until we blog again, take some time to Enjoy the Sew!® - Carol

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"I CAN TOTALLY MAKE THAT!" FREE PATTERN SERIES WRAP UP


Today we are wrapping up the “I Can Totally Make That” series.

All 15 patterns have been posted here and there on the RCQ blog over the last 2 weeks. In case you came late to the party, on today’s post you can access all 15 of the patterns in one download. Scroll down for the button.

My favorite so far is Corey Yoder’s Amish buggy block, ‘Home is Where Our Heart Is’. It was hard to decide, with so many nice designs in this group. A nice variety of styles were included.

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Do you have a favorite?

A winner has been chosen on our blog giveaway, conrgrats to Lisa F , she won a charm pack from Kathy Schmitz’s Home fabric collection. Thanks so much to everyone who participated.

CLICK on the button below to download the free patterns. This is a 30 page PDF file so you may need to give it a minute to download, depending on your interment speed of the moment.

CLICK on the button below to download the free patterns. This is a 30 page PDF file so you may need to give it a minute to download, depending on your interment speed of the moment.

More about the Big Block Free Pattern Series:

There are 15 ‘I Can Totally Make That’ patterns. All are free patterns courtesy of Moda Fabric and their designers.

All are BIG 18” blocks that could stand alone as a mini quilt , make multiples for a larger throw or bed quilt. Maybe…make all 15 blocks as a sampler quilt? So many ways to go- isn’t that what we love about quilts and quilting?

Please respect the designer’s individual guidelines and use these patterns only for your own personal enjoyment. Read more about this at MODA FABRICS

Most of the designers have shared their blocks via social media and their blogs, along with their ideas for finishing.

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Next time we’ll be sharing the project sheet to make our Candy Corn Kaleidoscope quilt.

Next time we’ll be sharing the project sheet to make our Candy Corn Kaleidoscope quilt.

Thanks for reading! Until we blog again, be sure to take time out and Enjoy the Sew!® - Carol and staff @RCQ

 

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"I CAN TOTALLY MAKE THAT!" FREE PATTERN SERIES

Hello , Welcome to the RCQ blog. Today we have another free Big Block pattern for you, from the “I Can Totally Make That” pattern series.

Today it’s American Jane’s 4 star block ..scroll on for a mini tutorial on making Quarter Square Triangles

CLICK on the block or on the button below to download this free pattern.

CLICK on the block or on the button below to download this free pattern.

#sawitloveditmadeit

We saw it, loved it, made it. Here’s RCQ’s 4 Star block..

I loved the scrappy look shown in the Jane block pattern, but deiced to use fewer color values.

I loved the scrappy look shown in the Jane block pattern, but deiced to use fewer color values.

Fabrics I used in this block are a Bella Solid , 9900 200, and prints from 1930’s Favorites

Fabrics I used in this block are a Bella Solid, 9900 200, and prints from 1930’s Favorites

The 16 quarter square triangles in this block need to be 3 1/2” unfinished. The pattern pdf. doesn’t show howto make then so I have include how I did it here.

The 16 quarter square triangles in this block need to be 3 1/2” unfinished. The pattern pdf. doesn’t show howto make then so I have include how I did it here.

Match the triangles that you cut from your 6” frabric squares into pairs.

Match the triangles that you cut from your 6” frabric squares into pairs.

Place right sides together and sew together with a 1/4” seam on the long edge to create a half square triangle (HST).

Place right sides together and sew together with a 1/4” seam on the long edge to create a half square triangle (HST).

put 2 of these HSTs right sides together

put 2 of these HSTs right sides together

but turn the HST so that the dark and light triangles are opposite one another, (this won’t matter if your block is scrappy, they can go any which way)

but turn the HST so that the dark and light triangles are opposite one another, (this won’t matter if your block is scrappy, they can go any which way)

draw a line from corner to corner

draw a line from corner to corner

sew a 1/4” seam on both sides of your drawn line. Cut apart on the line

sew a 1/4” seam on both sides of your drawn line. Cut apart on the line

This will mke TWO Quarter Square Triangles. Trim them to 3 1/2” squares. You’ll need 16 of these to make your 18” 4 Star block

This will mke TWO Quarter Square Triangles. Trim them to 3 1/2” squares. You’ll need 16 of these to make your 18” 4 Star block

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OOPS! I always have to keep my seam ripper nearby

OOPS! I always have to keep my seam ripper nearby

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There is one more block left . We’ll be posting it here on the blog over the next few days.. Then, as a finale and as a courtesy to our readers, we will finish off this BIG BLOCK pattern series this weekend with a wrap up post that has links to ALL 15 free patterns in it, so if you haven’t already downloaded them all , you be able to find them easily in the same post.

More about the Big Block Free Pattern Series:

There are 15 ‘I Can Totally Make That’ patterns. All are free patterns courtesy of Moda Fabric and their designers.

All are BIG 18” blocks that could stand alone as a mini quilt , make multiples for a larger throw or bed quilt. Maybe…make all 15 blocks as a sampler quilt? So many ways to go- isn’t that what we love about quilts and quilting?

Please respect the designer’s individual guidelines and use these patterns only for your own personal enjoyment. Read more about this at MODA FABRICS

The designers will be sharing their blocks via social media and their blogs, along with their ideas for finishing in the coming weeks . Here on our blog is one of many places you’ll be able to download this free series. You can use the links provided to visit the featured designer’s blog. All the designer’s should be sharing starting 9-23-2019 and over the next 2 weeks.

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If you'd like to check out what the Moda designer’s will post about their blocks, here is the full schedule published by Moda:

9.23.19: Lella Boutique and Sherri & Chelsi

9.24.19: Kansas Troubles

9.25.19: Crystal Manning and Me & My Sister

9.26.19: Jan Patek

9.27.19: Robin Pickens and Corey Yoder

9.30.19: BasicGrey

10.1.19: Betsy Chutchian and Lisa Bongean

10.2.19: American Jane

10.3.19: Kathy Schmitz

10.4.19: Zen Chic and Deb Strain

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"I CAN TOTALLY MAKE THAT!" FREE PATTERN SERIES

Here is Tuesday’s free Big Block pattern to download from the “I Can Totally Make That” pattern series.

Today it’s the 18” Urban Farmhouse Gatherings block from Primitive Gatherings

CLICK HERE to visit Primitive Gatherings website and blogs to see what Designer Lisa Bongean may post about this block.

CLICK on the block or on the button below to download this free pattern.

CLICK on the block or on the button below to download this free pattern.

#sawitloveditmadeit

We saw it, loved it, made it. Here’s RCQ’s Urban Farmhouse block..

I used Primitive Gatherings’s STAR AND STRIPE GATHERINGS fabric collection to make my block

I used Primitive Gatherings’s STAR AND STRIPE GATHERINGS fabric collection to make my block

Five fabrics + a free pattern + me and my sewing machine= FUN!

Five fabrics + a free pattern + me and my sewing machine= FUN!

This block is pretty cool - A star in a star in a square, surrounded by a border of Half Square Triangles. Imagine the secondary patterns that will appear if you made more of these blocks and put them into rows for a quilt. I may have to do that to see what comes of it as a quilt.

This block is pretty cool - A star in a star in a square, surrounded by a border of Half Square Triangles. Imagine the secondary patterns that will appear if you made more of these blocks and put them into rows for a quilt. I may have to do that to see what comes of it as a quilt.

Check that your Half Square Triangles are 3 1/2” (unfinished). Trim them to 3 1/2” if they’re not, or you may have do some un-sewing (as I did) to get them to fit around the block neatly

Check that your Half Square Triangles are 3 1/2” (unfinished). Trim them to 3 1/2” if they’re not, or you may have do some un-sewing (as I did) to get them to fit around the block neatly

There are just 2 more blocks left . We’ll be posting them here on the blog over the next few days.. Then, as a finale and as a courtesy to our readers, we will finish off this BIG BLOCK pattern series this weekend with a wrap up post that has links ALL 15 free patterns in it, so if you haven’t already downloaded them all , you be able to find them easily in the same post.

More about the Big Block Free Pattern Series:

There are 15 ‘I Can Totally Make That’ patterns. All are free patterns courtesy of Moda Fabric and their designers.

All are BIG 18” blocks that could stand alone as a mini quilt , make multiples for a larger throw or bed quilt. Maybe…make all 15 blocks as a sampler quilt? So many ways to go- isn’t that what we love about quilts and quilting?

Please respect the designer’s individual guidelines and use these patterns only for your own personal enjoyment. Read more about this at MODA FABRICS

The designers will be sharing their blocks via social media and their blogs, along with their ideas for finishing in the coming weeks . Here on our blog is one of many places you’ll be able to download this free series. You can use the links provided to visit the featured designer’s blog. All the designer’s should be sharing starting 9-23-2019 and over the next 2 weeks.

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If you'd like to check out what the Moda designer’s will post about their blocks, here is the full schedule:

9.23.19: Lella Boutique and Sherri & Chelsi

9.24.19: Kansas Troubles

9.25.19: Crystal Manning and Me & My Sister

9.26.19: Jan Patek

9.27.19: Robin Pickens and Corey Yoder

9.30.19: BasicGrey

10.1.19: Betsy Chutchian and Lisa Bongean

10.2.19: American Jane

10.3.19: Kathy Schmitz

10.4.19: Zen Chic and Deb Strain

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Thanks for reading! Until we blog again, be sure to take time out and Enjoy the Sew!® - Carol and staff @RCQ

 

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"I CAN TOTALLY MAKE THAT!" FREE PATTERN SERIES



Monday greetings to all!

We are starting off the week with THREE free Big Block patterns for you to download today.

All are from the “I Can Totally Make That” pattern series.

Thanks to the folks at Moda Fabric and the Moda designers for this series of Big Block patterns

Explore Block from Deb Strain

You’ll need the panel print to make the Explore block look like it is pictured here, but good news ☺we’re expecting the Explore fabric collection here at the quilt shop during November

Stiletto Block from Basic Grey

and

Sarah’s Story block from Betsy Chutchian

Grandma’s House, a pattern designed be Jan Patek shown here in Betsy’s Sarah’s Story fabric.

Grandma’s House, a pattern designed be Jan Patek shown here in Betsy’s Sarah’s Story fabric.

More about the Big Block Free Pattern Series:

There are 15 ‘I Can Totally Make That’ patterns. All are free patterns courtesy of Moda Fabric and their designers.

All are BIG 18” blocks that could stand alone as a mini quilt , make multiples for a larger throw or bed quilt. Maybe…make all 15 blocks as a sampler quilt? So many ways to go- isn’t that what we love about quilts and quilting?

Please respect the designer’s individual guidelines and use these patterns only for your own personal enjoyment. Read more about this at MODA FABRICS

The designers will be sharing their blocks via social media and their blogs, along with their ideas for finishing in the coming weeks . Here on our blog is one of many places you’ll be able to download this free series. You can use the links provided to visit the featured designer’s blog. All the designer’s should be sharing starting 9-23-2019 and over the next 2 weeks.

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If you'd like to check out what the Moda designer’s will post about their blocks, here is the full schedule:

9.23.19: Lella Boutique and Sherri & Chelsi

9.24.19: Kansas Troubles

9.25.19: Crystal Manning and Me & My Sister

9.26.19: Jan Patek

9.27.19: Robin Pickens and Corey Yoder

9.30.19: BasicGrey

10.1.19: Betsy Chutchian and Lisa Bongean

10.2.19: American Jane

10.3.19: Kathy Schmitz

10.4.19: Zen Chic and Deb Strain

Thanks for reading! Until we blog again, be sure to take time out and Enjoy the Sew!® - Carol and staff @RCQ

 

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"I CAN TOTALLY MAKE THAT!" FREE PATTERN SERIES


Hello, Happy Sunday!

It’s raining here ,a good day to put the football game on and get some sewing done.

Which big block should I make? I can’t decide. Today there is something for everyone because we have

THREE free Big Block patterns for you to download from the “I Can Totally Make That” pattern series. Have fun, I know I will.

Sweet Violet from Jan Patek Quilts

Trellis Block from Crystal Manning

and

Full Bloom from Robin Pickens

More about the Big Block Free Pattern Series:

There are 15 ‘I Can Totally Make That’ patterns. All are free patterns courtesy of Moda Fabric and their designers.

All are BIG 18” blocks that could stand alone as a mini quilt , make multiples for a larger throw or bed quilt. Maybe…make all 15 blocks as a sampler quilt? So many ways to go- isn’t that what we love about quilts and quilting?

Please respect the designer’s individual guidelines and use these patterns only for your own personal enjoyment. Read more about this at MODA FABRICS

The designers will be sharing their blocks via social media and their blogs, along with their ideas for finishing in the coming weeks . Here on our blog is one of many places you’ll be able to download this free series. You can use the links provided to visit the featured designer’s blog. All the designer’s should be sharing starting 9-23-2019 and over the next 2 weeks.

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If you'd like to check out what the Moda designer’s will post about their blocks, here is the full schedule:

9.23.19: Lella Boutique and Sherri & Chelsi

9.24.19: Kansas Troubles

9.25.19: Crystal Manning and Me & My Sister

9.26.19: Jan Patek

9.27.19: Robin Pickens and Corey Yoder

9.30.19: BasicGrey

10.1.19: Betsy Chutchian and Lisa Bongean

10.2.19: American Jane

10.3.19: Kathy Schmitz

10.4.19: Zen Chic and Deb Strain

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Thanks for reading! Until we blog again, be sure to take time out and Enjoy the Sew!® - Carol and staff @RCQ

 

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