Plus quilt

The craft blog of pattern designer Jeni Baker. Creative adventures in quilting, sewing, and color. Plus free sewing and quilting tutorials.

One great thing about being quilters is that the new babies in our family never arrive to this world without a baby quilt. It’s always...

Today I'm here to talk about a wonderful annual charity quilt drive put on by Katie Blakesley of Swim, Bike, Quilt and the DC Modern Quilt Guild called 100 Quilts for Kids. The idea is simple, Make a quilt or two. Donate it to a child in need, locally if you can. Link up your donated quilts for a chance to win some great prizes! Need some motivation? Join in on the 100 Quilts for Kids Quilt Along! We all have a "quilts to make" list a mile long, so for my stop on the blog hop I wanted to…

Tamarack Shack: Low Volume Plus Sew Along More

Ta-Da!!! My Collection Challenge Plus quilt is all finished, quilted and bound. I quilted straight lines across the diagonal using a walking foot. I just eyeballed the lines across from point to point. The quilting came out to about a 2" bias grid. The backing worked out great! I pieced it together and tried to match the pattern. While not a perfect match, you have to look for the piecing seam. I'm really pleased with this backing print for this quilt top and the intended recipients. The…

The Modern Plus Quilt is finally finished! I've cooked up a tutorial if you're interested in making your own! It's a fun alternative to regular patchwork, but the piecing is just as easy since you're still using squares! I can definitely see myself making more plus quilts in the future! If you’d rather have this tutorial in downloadable/printed form, check out my Arithmetic Quilt Pattern. It features six different quilt sizes in three different square sizes. That adds up to eighteen…

I love English Paper Piecing (EPP). I always haven an EPP project nearby. It usually keeps me from falling asleep while watching TV! And also it’s always handy having some projects at hand wh…

learn how to make plus quilt with english paper piecing method, download the template free