Ny beauty quilt patterns

This month's Ambassador Challenge for Island Batik is sponsored by one of our industry partners, Aurifil thread. We were sent a selection of weights and colours in our Ambassador box back in January, and an additional packet of thread arrived later this spring. It included these 3 spools of 40, 28, and 12 weight to be used in our challenge. Our instructions said, "Fabric is your canvas and Aurifil thread your paint! Create a one of a kind art quilt or project with Aurifil thread." This…

FREE NEW YORK BEAUTY QUILT BLOCK PATTERNS NY BEAUTIES 10 different patterns in 6 and 8 inch sizes create art quilts quilting patterns paterns batik and hand dyed fabrics shown free pattern requests

Another Springwood Quilt Show has been and gone. As promised I have some show and tell for you. There were approximately150 quilts on dis...

FREE NEW YORK BEAUTY QUILT BLOCK PATTERNS NY BEAUTIES 10 different patterns in 6 and 8 inch sizes create art quilts quilting patterns paterns batik and hand dyed fabrics shown free pattern requests

I cannot believe I didn’t blog about this quilt! This quilt has such a story to tell. The piecer of this quilt – Lorna – had been bringing me quilts for a while. Lots of fab…

Ever since I first started quilting I have always loved the look of the New York Beauty block but have been a little intimidated by the comb...

Hello A quilt I've always wanted to make is a New York Beauty and this week I decided to make a start. These blocks were designed by Do...

Assemble a 9" New York Beauty block. (This block is also called a Chinese Fan block.)

This is Ulrike’s stunning New York Beauty quilt and she said it took her 10 years to complete this top! It is made with all batik fabrics and batik backing. The blocks and border were all paper pieced and I love the blocks put on an angle creating stars in the sashing. The whole quilt is stitched in the ditch which took the most work and then I rolled it back and added the quilting designs. I did the same feather in the outer curve in all the blocks, added pebbles to some of the arcs and…