GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 16: BONUS BLOCKS!

QAL Week 16 – BONUS BLOCKS! So, the Grand Finale for the Garden-themed QAL are the Bonus Blocks! I hope everyone has enjoyed “quilting along!” We have three beauties for you; if I missed someone, sorry! Please let me know and I’ll get them posted up ASAP BLOCK NAME: Water / Rain (from Keril) Keril […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 15: Queen Bee Lauren

QAL Week 15 – Lauren’s Block At long last, the final week of “regular” blocks for the Garden-themed QAL! I hope everyone has enjoyed “quilting along!” A common item in the garden is a snail, but this one won’t eat up your plants. I couldn’t find a free pattern, so I had to draw up […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 14: Queen Bee Debbie

QAL Week 14 – Debbie’s Block This week’s block is from Queen Bee Debbie, and is a fan favorite! A beautiful butterfly! This is applique, which you can opt to do as raw edge or needle turn, or make it your own however you like. There is a picture file of the butterfly to trace, […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 13: Queen Bee Carol

QAL Week 13 – Carol’s Block This week’s block is presented by Queen Bee Carol, and comes with sage advice! This block is a gorgeous free pattern from a Riley Blake Quilt-a-Long. It finishes at 10″, so add frame it out with some borders or increase the pattern sizes (you choose) to get it to […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 12: Queen Bee Carolyn

QAL Week 12 – Carolyn’s Block Surprise! Another Queen Bee swap; Carolyn has moved from Week 14 to Week 12. Here’s another perfect block for a Garden Quilt! Queen Bee Carolyn has designed a shovel block for us. I’m so excited, as this gives me another opportunity to repeat that sparkly silver grunge in my […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 11: Queen Bee Jane

QAL Week 11 – Jane’s Block Jane is our Queen Bee for Week 11, and she’s got a beauty for us. Check out the Sunflower Power block by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique! I especially like that it’s both a sunflower and yet looks very traditional at the same time! 🙂 It’s also cool that […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 10: Queen Bee Jennifer

QAL Week 10 – Jennifer’s Block Another Garden favorite is flowers! And Jennifer has created a gorgeous abundance of flowers for us! Choose two to make a 12.5″ block, or make all four to add a double-sized block to your Garden QAL quilt. BLOCK NAME: Flowers! The pattern/instructions below refers to Flowers 1 through 4; […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 9: Queen Bee Patricia

QAL Week 9 – Patricia’s Block From Sissy: Springtime not only brings beautiful flowers but songbirds make their way home to make their new nests to prepare for arrival of their sweet babies. May Patricia’s block add sweet music to your beautiful quilt. Did you know that birds love fabric scraps and thread to add […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 8: Queen Bee Tracey

QAL Week 8– Tracey’s Block This block from Tracey is a beauty. Just look at that little hedgehog peeking out from the center! The block is called Weathervane, something you often see in a garden. I am so looking forward to incorporating a traditional block in my QAL quilt. I might make two of these […]

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GARDEN Retreat QAL Week 7: Queen Bee Melanie

QAL Week 7 – Melanie’s Block What sounds do you hear in the garden? Hopefully the sweet singing of birds… Melanie has sent in this super sweet Bluebird pattern, from the Riley Blake website – isn’t it darling?! BLOCK NAME: Bluebird The PDF pattern for the quilt block is below. OR you can get directly […]

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