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Quiltapalooza with Amy’s Quilt Room

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It’s a wrap! Wowza, what a great One Block Wonder Workshop we had with Amy’s Quilt Room in Uniontown PA! So much so, we have scheduled back-to-back 3-day workshops starting July 31st – August 6th, 2025. Check with Amy’s Quilt Room for details and reservations.

We started with a trunk show. My fellow Studio 180 design Certified Instructor, Carolyn Ratola made her version of Creepin it Real by QT fabrics. It is always so much fun to see how different they come out.

Getting started. We had a great space at the Hilton Garden Inn in Uniontown.

We got to visit Amy’s Quilt Room. Amy’s quilt shop is sooo wonderful. She has the best selection of Island Batik’s. It is so special when 4 Studio 180 Design Certified Instructors get to spend time together! From left to right; Amy Constible of Amy’s Quilt Room, Carolyn Rotola of CaTs Quilting in South Carolina, Jackie OBrien of If These Threads Could Talk, Whitesboro NY and Tina Dillard of Quilting Affections, Waldorf MD.

Tina’s winter scene is so beautiful. I love her star made from Quad units. She has a frozen lake down in the bottom left corner.

This panel was a challenge. But as you can see, Karen knocked it out of the park!

Dianne worked so hard to design and adjust this Van Go like panel, fabulous job! Carol was exploring and learning to make Hollow Cube 60 units. Her fabric created beautiful whimsical hexies!

Christine’s bird panel is going to sing! Kristi’s Aurora Borealis panel is just stunning!

I can’t wait to see Trixie’s Buffalo finished. Caryn’s beautiful midnight flowers is fabulous!

Madonna’s Unicorn is so colorful! Sherry’s Bears are just magnificent! She got the whole OBW together, I just love it!

Sherry’s horse panel by QT fabrics has the best colors. Gitta’s panel so playful!

Ann’s polar bears are going to be great, I love the colors. She is also adding Hollow Cube 60 units. Carolyn’s Northcott panel is going to be a work of art. She is painting with fabric.

Rhonda’s deer panel is amazing. I did realize how much blue she managed to pull out of it. Madonna won one of the door prizes. It was 7 mini versions of the Creepin it Real panel by QT Fabrics. We also gave away two Quilter’s Dream Battings generously donated by them.

This OBW Workshop Hosted by Amy’s Quilt Room was so much fun! I can’t wait to come back in August!

@Amy’sQuiltRoom @Studio180Design @QTFabrics #Quilltapalooza

Spirited – OBW #114

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The Spirited panel was designed by Elise Genest for Northcott Fabrics. The panel measures 24″ x 44″.

I cut my strips 2.75” which yields 4” finished hexies. There were 210 hexies.  I let the design tell me what it needs to tell a good story.  After cutting my strips I had about 2.25” strip left.  This allowed me to cut diamonds and make 11 kaleidoscope Star 60 units. I added 4” finished Hollow Cube 60’s and a 12” hollow Cube with 4” cubes inside it to represent the stables. 

Spirit was left in the corral far too long.  It began to rain and she jumped over the fence and headed for the stables, where it was dinnertime. Spirited measures 71” x 68”. 

Spirited was made for The Quilt Crossing quilt shop in Boise, ID. They have invited me there to teach a 4 day Sleep in your Own Bed One Block Wonder Workshop, June 18 – 21, 2025. Maybe I will get to meet you there.

@northcottfabric @studio180design #Star60 #HollowCube60 #DebTucker #Spirited

One Block Wonder Workshops: A Trip to Kentucky and Tennessee

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I have been traveling and teaching. I picked up my friend and fellow Studio 180 Design Certified Instructor Barb Wiseman, we left Pennsylvania and went west to Lexington, KY and met up with another fellow Studio 180 Design Certified Instructor Toni Raynolds. Barb and Toni assisted me while teaching One Block Wonder and a Hollow Cube 60 classes at Thomas Sewing Center. What a fabulous time we had! Thank you Toni for taking such good care of Barb & I.

Thank you to Thomas Sewing Center owner Alysson Rife and everyone who attended. I had a great time.

After Thomas Sewing Center Barb and I traveled south to Fairfield Glade, TN and met up with another fellow Studio 180 Design Certified Instructor Pauline Lang and the Fan-Tastic Quilt Guild for a One Block Wonder Trunk Show and workshop. I had a blast with you all. Thank you Pauline for all your help and wonderful hospitality!

I was on the road for 8 days, driving through 8 states by the time we got home. I am so grateful to be home safe!

Thank you sew very much for a great time! I hope you will all share photo’s of your completed OBW’s.

Autumn Smiles and Bread & Butter

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Bread and Butter is a fun table runner from Deb Tucker and even better when made from Qt Fabrics Autumn Smiles fabric line by Anne Lehman Stolpe. Autumn Smiles will be in quilt shops in early 2025.

This is a great beginner project to learn to use your Tucker Trimmer 1. Bread and Butter measures 18″ x 49″. The three 9.5″ blocks are made Using 3 color hour glass units. I will show you have to make the hour glass units.

Tip: I use plain plain plates to organize the fabrics required for my units.

Making 3 Color Hour Glass Units

Bread and Butter pattern Steps 1 -7 show you how to make your hour glass units.

Pair 3 “A” squares with 3 “B” squares and pair 3 “A” squares with 3 “D” squares.

Mark one of every pair with 2 diagonal lines using the Magic Wand.

Stitch on the drawn lines and then cut them apart.

Press toward the “A” fabric. You will end up with 6 A/B units and 6 A/D units. Remember: whatever you are pressing toward, goes on top.

Mark the back of the A/D units on with 2 diagonal lines using the Magic Wand.

Position each of the A/B units with right sides together with A/D units. Be sure the A’s are not layered on top of each other. Carefully align the center seams. Stitch on the lines and cut apart.

Swirl the centers and carefully press, ensuring the sections are completely pressed to the seams.

This is a 3.5″ unfinished hour glass unit. Place the half circle in the upper right hand corner of the unit. Carefully align both the common diagonal and 3.5″ size diagonal lines over the center seam lines of the unit. Trim up the right side and across the top. Rotate the unit. Line up the 3.5″ lines with the just trimmed raw edges and the 3.5″ size diagonal line as before and again trim up the right side and across the top. (Lefties place the half circle on the Tucker Trimmer in the upper left corner so they can trim up the left side and across the top.)

Make 12 – 3 color Hour Glass units. Follow Steps 8 – 10 to make the pieced units that will be the corners of the block. Note: Deb Tucker has a new Timeout Technique Sheet for these corner units.

Lay out the hour glass units, corner units and the center “G” square as shown above. Stitch into rows.

Join the rows to make the 9.5″ unfinished block. Finish your Bread and Butter table runner by following pattern Steps 12 – 18.

Back of the table runner.

@QTFabrics @Studio180Design @DebTucker #BreadandButter #TuckerTrimmer1 #AutumnSmiles

Click here for a supply list using Autumn Smiles fabrics:

Autumn Smiles Bread and Butter Supply ListDownload

Traditional Ukrainian 4 Seasons Panel by Rubin Design Studio

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I saw this panel depicting the 4 Seasons of the Ukraine and loved the soft colors. These Ukrainian figures, costumed in traditional dress, collect Easter baskets in spring, dancing in summer and autumn, and keeping warm by candlelight in winter.

Digitally printed, 29″ panel, includes four 14″ x 21″ frames, 4 Seasons of Ukraine by the Rubin Design Studio, designed exclusively for eQuilter.

I prefer one large panel, so I cut apart the four scenes and stitched them together starting with Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.

I cut my strips 3.25″ to yield 5″ finished hexies. This panel yielded 160 hexies to build my design.

I placed 11 – 5″ hexies across the top, and then added hexies down the right side of the panel.

To avoid cutting off the dancers feet, I had to place hexies past the bottom of the panel. The hexies will shrink upwards once stitched together.

I added a strip of fabric to the bottom of the panel that would need to be hidden later.

I used leftover hexies and appliqued them over the added strip of fabric.

My 4 Seasons of Ukraine measures 93″ x 60″ It would make a nice wall hanging, table cloth or bed runner.

@RubinDesignStudio @eQuilter #4SeasonsofUkraine #OBW#111

OBW Workshop Retreats

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I wanted to share two OBW workshops/retreats coming up. The first one is in Reliance TN at Quilters Getaway, 898 Childers Creek Road Reliance, TN 37369 – November 11 – 13, 2024. Hosted by Toni Raynolds of Pieced Perfection. Join me for a creative journey in the world of 60 degree kaleidoscopes.

  • Identifying and cutting your repeats.
  • Aligning repeats including difficult fabrics.
  • Choosing a ruler and understanding the difference between pointed & blunt tip rulers.
  • Deciding what strip widths to cut
  • And of course, cutting all your equilateral triangles.
  • Designing with the hexagons,
  • Integrating stars & cubes
  • Designing around a panel

Make your reservation now by clicking on the link below:

Annual Retreat- One Block Wonder with Jackie O’Brien Tickets, Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

OBW Supply ListDownload

Play Among the Stars – March 6 – 9, 2025

Join me at Strong House Inn, Vergennes, VT to Play Among the Stars.

Workshop focuses on designing OBW’s & the Star 60 Tool, along with Framed 60, Checkerboard 60, Striped 60, Capped 60, Hollow Cube 60, Quad 60, 60° Log Cabin and Power Strip Technique Sheets. Also, combining Star 60 units to create one of a kind  stars to enhance your One Block Wonders. Bring your imagination and let’s create one of kind stars. Play Among the Stars Supply List:

Play Among the Stars WorkshopDownload

I hope to see you at one of these workshops.

@studio180design @piecedperfection @stronghouseinn @quiltersgetaway

QT Fabric’s Queen Bee – OBW #108

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When I started cutting the hexies from Queen Bee strips, I knew it was going to be a beautiful OBW! The Queen Bee panel is by by QT Fabrics. It measures 36″ x 44″. The Queen Bee line will be in stores June 2024.

I cut my strips for the hexies 3.25″ for 5″ finished hexies. I cut off the borders. The inner border containing flowers measured 3.25″ so I was able to use them for more hexies. I had a total of 106 hexies to design with.

I used QT Fabrics blender line Rapture to create Hollow Cube 60‘s, using the Studio 180 Design Star 60 tool. I chose Charcoal, Orange and Marigold to make the cubes and half hexies surrounding the quilt. The Rapture fabrics were perfect.

I started out by making a 15″ Hollow Cube 60 containing 5″ Hollow Cube 60’s, but I felt that it over powered the bee.

I decided to make 5″ finished Hollow Cube 60’s and Quad 60 stars.

After I completed my four sections and laid them out around the panel, I realized I needed to add a strip to the bottom of the panel to be able to join the bottom section to the panel. That meant I would have to hide the strip by appliqueing hexies. The photo on the right above shows that you can no longer see where I added the strip of fabric.

Above shows a closeup of the hidden strip. I applique hexies of various sizes to tweak my design.

TIP: When you cut your hexies from the strips, you have a leftover piece on both ends. One side of the leftover already has a 60 degree angle. If you put the 60 degree line of your ruler on the straight edge of the leftover piece as shown above and cut , you will have a small hexie that can be appliqued on your OBW. Below I have created a lesson on how I create appliqued hexies.

appliqueing-hexiesDownload

Queen Bee measures 65″ x 60″. I absolutely love the way my Queen Bee OBW came out. Queen Bee will be in stores June 2024.

As I was quilting Queen Bee it occurred to me I was making a Bee Line, LOL!

@all @QTFabrics @QTCreatives @Studio180Design #QTFabrics #Studio180Design #Star60 #HollowCube60 #QueenBee

QT Fabric’s Resplendent – OBW 107

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I fell in love with this panel the first time I saw it. The colors are just fabulous. Resplendent is by QT Fabrics. The panel measured 36″ x 44″. Resplendent will be in stores June 2024.

I removed the borders and saved them to use as a outer border and binding for the finished quilt. I cut my strips 3.25″ for 5″ finished hexies. I had a total of 105 hexies to design with.

I created Star 60 stars and surrounded the peacock with half hexies using QT Fabrics blender line Rapture. The colors Ocean and Amethyst blended beautifully.

I embroidered peacock feathers to add to the design. I’ve had the large feathers for many years. I downloaded them from The Stitchery Mall by Dancing Thread. The small peacock feahers were purchased from OESD.

I made the stars using Studio 180 Design’s Star 60 Tool. I’ve created a lesson plan to share with you to show you how easy it is to make a Star 60 star.

star-60-lesson-planDownload

Below are the Star 60 Tool Instructions:

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Resplendent measures 70″ x 70″

@all @qtfabrics @resplendent #QTFabrics #Resplendent @studio180design #studio180design #star60 @QTCreative

Playing With My Star 60 Tool

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I was at a quilt retreat this weekend with my quilting buddies. I brought plenty of projects to work on, but a local quilt shop had a sale going on so I bought some beautiful fabric.

Shadow Play by Maywood fabrics had a nice light, medium, dark and a great green for a backgound, everyting I needed for Hollow Cube 60’s. I had an idea and wanted to see if it would work.

I love my Star 60 tool by Deb Tucker and I love Hollow Cubes using the Hollow Cube 60 Technique Sheet. I wanted to see if I could fit a circle of 6 – 6″ hollow cubes inside a cirlcle of 6 – 18″ hollow cubes and it worked. I love the look! I bought the fabric on Thursday and made the quilt on Friday! The quilt measures 60″ x 60″.

Next up was a challenge to make a 36″ finished quilt with the main focus using 7 fat quarters of 30’s reproduction fabric.

I decided to use Deb Tucker’s Star 60 Log Cabin Technique Sheet and of course my Star 60 Tool. I chose to add 6 rounds of 1/2″ finished logs for a 27″ finished log cabin star. I added Half Rectangle Triangles using the Star 60 tool instructions to make the hexagon into a rectangle. I added 2″ strips to make it square and added a 2″ border to make it 36″. I love my Star 60 Tool! All together a very productive weekend.

@studio180design @debtucker #studio180design #star60tool