Rolling Star Fabric Postcard

Fabric postcards are fun to sew and go together very quickly.

This is a traditional patchwork quilt block that you can made 3″ by 3″ and then add 1″ borders onto the side to easily create a simple fabric postcard.

Add a backing – maybe some light batting or flannel in the center.

Bind and you’re finished.

You can send them through the mail or join Penny’s Postcard Posse and send them to the troops in the Middle East – just to let them know we are thinking about them and praying for their safe return.

www.Fabric-Postcards.com

Light and Shadow Quilt Block

This is a really easy quilt block – perfect for beginning quilters, and it would also make a great block for jelly rolls.

Ghostwalk Quilt block with border

This curved 4 patch quilt block is part of the Trick or Treat at the Haunted House Halloween quilt – an original quilt pattern.

This quilt block has 16 patches in it – all with curves, making it a little bit challenging to sew together. But once you learn some quick techniques for sewing curves, these are simple to sew, and the block goes together fairly easily.

Get a free download of this quilt block pattern at www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com and check out the other patterns there, too!

Our Trick or Treat at the Haunted House quilt pattern includes step-by-step instructions, and is available only during the month of October.

Enjoy!

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Dog Bone Quilt Block

Celebrate National Dog Day with the Dog Bone Quilt Block.

This easy-to-sew 4 patch quilt block can be made a couple of different ways.

The most obvious method is by cutting triangles and little odd-shaped pieces that are squares with one corner cut out.

Then you sew the triangle onto the corner of the square-like shape.

The other way is to cut triangles and squares, and then sew the triangles onto the corner of the square.

The second method is the way I demonstrate in the video. I prefer this method because it is a little more accurate and easier to cut the pieces.

Choose the one you like best, and enjoy this block!

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny Halgren
www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com

Aircraft Quilt Block

Included in this month’s free quilt block patterns is the Aircraft quilt block to celebrate Aviation Day on
August 19.

This is a fairly easy quilt block to sew together, made from half-square triangles. Just watch for all of those bias edges and don’t stretch them.

Peaceful Piecing!
Penny

Heart Spangled Star Quilt Block

Happy Birthday, quilting daughter, Stephanie!

Today is Stephanie’s birthday, and she and my mom had a “thing” about hearts, so this seemed like the perfect block for Stephanie’s birthday.

This is a quick and easy 4 patch with a beautiful heart appliqued in the center of the block.

In the video, you will see how I hand appliqued the heart using freezer paper.

I have tried several other methods of hand applique, and this seems to be the easiest for me.

Enjoy and Peaceful Piecing!

Penny Halgren

Dragonfly Quilt Block Pattern

This quilt block is known by several different names, including Crossed Canoes.

It is a relatively easy 4 patch quilt block to sew together.

Once I finished this block and hung it on my wall, I realized that the fabrics I used in the block made it look kind of like “mush.”

So, it became the topic of an article on color value  in quilt blocks.  When you read the article, you will see that these were all medium value fabrics, By changing one fabric to a dark, it completely changed the way the block looked.

Keeping color value in mind as you select the fabrics for your blocks will help you create the look you want in your blocks.

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny

Bread Basket Quilt Block

Quilters love to make basket quilt blocks, and this one is fairly easy to make.

I have sewn this block together using only triangles, squares and rectangles.

The handle is an add-on that was made using a narrow bias strip that was sewn onto the large background triangle. Once the handle was sewn, the triangle was added to the basket, hiding the raw edges of the bias strip.

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny

Washington Star Quilt Block

The Washington Star Quilt Block is a relatively easy to sew 4 patch quilt block.

Before I cut the patches, I saw that some could be combined, saving time for both cutting and sewing.

Watch the video to see how I figured out which patches could be combined. Basically I took patches that were side by side squares of the same color. Then some were cut at rectangles and others were cut as larger squares.

In the video you will see how I marked my block pattern in order to cut the right size and shape.

Peaceful Piecing!

Penny

Rolling Star Quilt Block - fabric postcard

Most any quilt block can be converted into a fabric postcard.

This Rolling Star quilt block is just made as a 4 inch block, two 1 inch strips are added to the sides to make it postcard shape, a backing is added and the postcard is finished. Add a greeting, and the card is ready to be sent to your friend – or possibly a soldier in the Middle East.

Fabric postcards can, in fact, be sent through the mail. If there are beads or other embellishments on the card, you may want to put the fabric postcard in an envelope so it will arrive safely. If your card is just “plain,” add a stamp (a little extra postage to cover the fact that it can’t be run through a postage machine), an address, and drop it in the mail.

Penny’s Postcard Posse continues to Roundup fabric postcards to send to the soldiers in the Middle East. You can use the Rolling Star fabric postcard, or visit www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com to get other fabric postcard patterns for free.

Here’s the video showing how to make the Rolling Star fabric postcard: