Wish Upon a Quilt Blog

We just loved the quilts from the Quilts on the Go trunk show! We had to send them on to the next lucky shop, but in case you missed them, here is a sample. We still have a few of the exclusive patterns – you can only get these from a shop that has booked the trunk show. We have put them on our website for easy access. Be sure to check out Exact Change, Crossroads and Time for Blooms.  All of the patterns are on our website here. The designers of these great patterns are Swirly Girls Design, Plum Tree Quilts and Kari Patch Designs.

Be sure to stay tuned for the next great trunk show to arrive!

Sally made this fantastic selvedge quilt! Not a scrap went to waste – nice job!

Ina finished this gorgeous mystery quilt – great job!

Loraine has completed another quilt! This is a beauty! Read the rest of this entry »

Chris made this fabulous quilt for her sister -  what a special label!

Welcome to Building Blocks – the fabulous Block of the Month program designed by Sharyn Craig.  At Wish Upon A Quilt, we stepped outside of the box a bit to bring you this program that is intended to bring out the creative genius in you! While we select the fabrics and provide a pattern – you will design your own quilt by choosing your fabric placement.  The whole program is designed so that you will challenge yourself to make a block the way you want to make it - branching out, and seeing what happens.

Getting Ready to Build

Building Blocks kits come in 4 different colorways – Black & White, Christmas, Kaffe Fassett and Batik. You’ve chosen your colors, now what? Select  2 yards of a background fabric to use with your Building Blocks kits. I’ve pointed out the background fabrics we selected in the pictures below.

Make a copy or two of the block pattern in your kit (you can make copies for your personal use) so that you can play with the design of your block.  We use colored pencils to test block designs. Your kit includes enough fabric to use any of the colors and you have enough fabric to make two blocks…in case you don’t like the first one. If you love them both –great! You will be making 2 quilts!

Once you have a block design that you are happy with, you are ready to cut. The great thing about the Building Blocks pattern is that you can rotary cut or use templates.  If you would like a set of templates, we are taking orders for them.  Piece your block following the instructions and before you know it, you will have a very special, unique quilt that you designed! Looking forward to seeing your blocks!

Kaffe Fassett - purple aboriginal dot background

Christmas - cream background

Groovy Girls is coming up next week! We have two more months of fun projects! Start your New Year right and join us! These are some of the great projects our Groovy Girls have been working on recently.

Nancy is hiding behind this great Clubhouse quilt. She is our fearless clubhouse leader – come join the fun!

Cindy is so talented! She usually designs her own patterns to make truly unique projects. This is one of her latest…a froggy growth chart! So cute!

Katie (on the left) made this gorgeous quilt. It was beautifully quilted by Bethany (on the right).