In some places the earliest flowers are beginning to show their beautiful faces.  If they aren’t showing up in your garden, or if you want them indoors find a quilt pattern with your favorites.

The sunny blossoms of Daffidil Dreams will surely brighten your day and any wall that you choose to hang in on.  The instructions include both hand and machine applique methods for the daffodils and the leaves and stems.

How about a tea party to celebrate Spring’s arrival.  Adorable kitty teapots sit with a vase of daffodils in China Kit Tea Party. 

Holiday Table Runners has Tulips for Spring.  And when you complete the Tulips you can get a head start on the other seasons.  These would make great gifts, wouldn’t they?

Wow! A whole field of tulips!  Dutch Tulips pairs Tulip blocks with Dutchman’s Puzzle blocks to make this beautiful arrangement.

Time for a walk . . . you can stroll down Primrose Lane.  There’s quite a lot of variety in this quilt.  You certainly won’t get bored making this one and you might even learn something new!

Spring Is Wild is a collections of Spring Flowers:  Phlox, Verbena, Violet, Primrose, & Morning Glory.  These flowers bloom with needle-turned dimensional applique, embroidery and fabric paint.  Scatter the finished blocks through a quilt and you’ll have an entire garden of beautiful Spring flowers.

Haven’t showcased your favorite flower?  Browse through all the quilt patterns and you will surely find something that strikes your fancy.

Sampler Quilts are a great way to learn to make different blocks and to learn different techniques. And once you are finished, you will have made a quilt that is fascinating to look at and study.  One of the new items this week among the quilt patterns at QuiltersWarehouse is a sampler.

The Let’s Go Sampler has several pieced blocks, a generous sampling of  applique and a few different row pieces. 

Charm Sampler uses a variety of techniques including English paper piecing, applique, embroidery and machine piecing.  It finishes at 19 X 37 and the instructions are written so that a beginner should have no trouble with this quilt.

If If you enjoy embroidery, Indigo Wildflower Sampler is the one for you.  There are several intricate pieced blocks surrounding 6 different bunches of embroidered wildflowers.  In spite of the name, this would look great in other colos, too.  It’d look great in all reds and white.  Or how about Chartreuse Wildflowers?

Are you feeling patriotic? Liberty Star is a great Red, White, and Blue sampler. You can make the nine block version as shown or the alternate 5 block version which leaves 4 blocks open for embroidery. Your choice. Or make one of each!

You need to be careful with Pinwheel Sampler so it doesn’t make you dizzy.  Pinwheels everywhere and if that’s not enough, there is pinwheel sashing!  This quilt will brighten up any room.

This was just a sampling of the samplers available, so sample your favorites and get sewing!

Do you have tons of scraps?  Here’s a few patterns to help you control the overflow.

Scrappy Pinwheel will really show off your colorful scraps.  The pinwheels and pieced border are perfect for scraps. And it’s a small wall quilt, 19″ X 23″, so every bit of it can be made from scraps . . . it won’t take much for the inner border or for the binding.  You won’t want to stop at just one.

Scrappy Heart is shown in pastels but wouldn’t this look great with all different red hearts?  Who doesn’t have 9 different pieces of red in their scrap stash?  Or, if making as a gift for a friend, the hearts could all be their favorite color. Instructions included for fusible or machine applique – your choice.

 Oh My Stars, even the background is scrappy.  All different shades of gold – makes you feel like you did a great job!  Or, make blue stars.  Or make the background all scrappy blue for night-time and use your whites & cremes for the stars.

Potholder Potpourri is six different patterns for potholders.  You can use up a wide variety of scraps with these.  A quick finish will give you a sense of accomplishment, that bolstering feeling of fulfilled creativity, you’ll see your scrap pile diminish and you’ll have little gifts to keep on hand.

 All these patterns are from just one designer . . . Just My Imagination.  Browse QuiltersWarehouse and you will find so many more quilt patterns for scrappy quilts

Whether it’s a dedicated room, a section in the basement, a corner in the family room, or the dining room table when it’s not being used for eating, everyone likes a neat, organized sewing area.  We have fabric to store, pins & needles, thread, rulers, patterns and more.

This storage box is perfect for storing WIPs (Works In Progress), or patterns.  If you are new to quilting and just starting to build your stash, it might hold all of your fat quarters of one particular color.  Or if you’ve been quilting for a while, perhaps it would store all of one color of fabric scraps.

The Multi-Craft Rack Storage will hold all your pins, needles, thimbles, quilting marking pens, extra bobbins, seam rippers, and more.   If you like to embellish your quilt projects, think of all the materials for embellishment this will hold.

Are you on the go with your quilting?  Do you head out to a quilt day at your local quilt shop or to an evening of sewing with your quilt guild?

The Total Tote will hold everything you need to take with you.  It has storage on each side with adjustable elastic bands to keep things organized and in place.  There are several interior pockets.  You also have the option of removing the center divider to provide bulk storage.

If you are taking your sewing machine along with you this wheeled sewing machine bag will be sure to hold it and still have room for your projects.  It has an inside pocket to hold your quilt patterns.  When you are not on the go, it collapses and stores easily.

Ok, now, no excuses . . . get organized, then get sewing!

The Log Cabin Block is a traditional block that many quilters learn early in their quilting journey.  A Log Cabin quilt is an excellent place for a beginner to start.  Easy strip piecing brings quick gratification for the new quilter and builds confidence.  But don’t be fooled.  There are many variations in the Log Cabin block that will bring results that will astound you.  It can also be used as just a part of a quilt, to accent or compliment other blocks.

Irish Cabin is a perfect example.  An Irish Chain is combined with a Log Cabin.   It’s a quick and easy quilt that is strip pieced.  The pattern is for a queen or king sized quilt but there are guidelines included so you can vary the size and make a smaller version if you like.

Color Bridge pairs the Log Cabin with the Bear Paw.  Two fairly easy blocks that, when arranged just right look quite stunning.  The designer, Elisa Wilson of Elisa’s Backporch Designs, suggests batiks for this pattern.  This quilt finishes at 66″ square.  Would it look great hanging in your den or family room?  Or thrown across the back of your couch?

Flowers In My Cabin combines the Log Cabin block with applique.  The applique can be done by hand or by machine.  

Log Cabin blocks masquerade as flowers in Log Cabin Rose.  This cute little quilt will finish in no time at all.  It might be fun to make several each with different colored flowers.

Browse through the quilt patterns at Quilters Warehouse and see how many Log Cabin variations you can find.  Select your favorite and start building!

Layer cakes (10″ squares) are delicious to look at and easy to sew.  Several patterns are available that make the most of layer cake collections.

One of the new patterns this week is for layer cakes and is by Lori Allison of Allison Quilt Designs.   Cake Eaters I & II has to be one of the easiest quilt patterns you can find. Sewing can begin without any cutting. There are two sizes: 48″ X 60″ and 44″ X 62″.  Praire Points provide the framing but you could always use a plain border instead.  Or, if you want to go ultimate easy just add binding.  Done!

Fruit Cake is another pattern by Lori Allison. Even easier! Just half square triangles make up this twin sized quilt. Again, framed with prairie points. Depending on the fabric you choose, this can be wild and crazy and just a bit fruity or it can be soft and subdued.

Who doesn’t remember playing Hopscotch oh so many years ago? One easy to make block that makes up this 55″ X 71″ quilt. The border matches the blocks. You’ll be snuggling under this large lap quilt in no time at all.

Ready for a bit of a challenge?  This quilt is a good introduction to curved piecing.  The circles in Lollipops are large enough that it’s relatively easy and you’ll be a pro by the time your quilt is finished.  Don’t you just love learning something new?

So, grab your favorite layer cake and start sewing.  You’ll be finished before you know it and will need to find another quilt pattern at Quilters Warehouse!