Craftsy's 12 Months of Quilt Blocks
Amy Gibson
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Introduction
5:58
Meet Amy Gibson, quilter, blogger and mom. She'll talk about tools, fabrics and some basic quilting techniques like the scant quarter-inch seam allowance.
January: Slashed Blocks
28:53
Start your sampler quilt with two slashed blocks, the Asterisk and Wonky Pound Sign.
February: Half-Square Triangles
26:08
Two different ways to make half-square triangles are on tap this month, and you'll make the Balkan Puzzle and Chunky Chevron blocks.
March: Foundation Piecing
25:24
Foundation piecing is in the spotlight this month. Amy demonstrates the Broken Spider Web and String blocks.
April: English Paper Piecing
34:04
This month features two techniques: appliqué and English paper piecing. Hexi Stripes and Sunny With a Chance of Hex are the two patterns you'll learn.
May: Wonky Log Cabin
26:45
You've never seen Log Cabin blocks like this. Amy shows you the Modern Log Cabin and the Wonky 5-Sided Log Cabin to demonstrate strip piecing.
June: The Modern 9-Patch
20:04
Eight-sided octagons take center stage this month. Learn the Greek Cross and Octagon blocks.
July: Dresden Plates
50:57
Dresden Plates are a traditional block design that looks great with updated, bold fabrics. Amy shows two takes on Dresden, one with a pointed edge, the other wheel-shaped.
August: Stars
42:09
Are you seeing stars? You will after you make the Ohio Star and Double Star blocks that make up this month's lesson.
September: Curved Piecing
32:37
Curved piecing intimidates many rookie quilters. Amy takes a look at the colorfully named Drunkard's Path pattern, making the Chain and Cleopatra's Puzzle blocks.
October: Paper Piecing
43:56
Learn paper piecing in this Block of the Month. The Friendship Circle and Circle of Geese designs are the perfect blocks to finish your sampler quilt.
The Big Finish: Assembly
26:39
In the last five lessons, Amy will show you how to construct the quilt. Lay out your blocks into a pleasing design, stitch them together and add sashing and a border.
The Big Finish: Basting
27:09
Your beautiful pieced top meets its batting and backing as you sandwich your quilt layers with Amy.
The Big Finish: Quilting
19:25
Easy quilting techniques, including stitch in the ditch and charm tacks, are covered in this lesson. For more ambitious quilting designs, take a look at Leah Day's Free Motion Quilting a Sampler, which features these blocks.
The Big Finish: Squaring Up
4:12
It's time for another adventure with the rotary cutter. Let's make sure the quilt is square before binding it.
The Big Finish: Binding
20:40
Amy shows a straight-grain binding with mitered corners and a hand-stitched finish. Bind your edges and voila! You have a quilt! Be sure to post your photos to the Craftsy projects page.
In Craftsy's first-ever Block of the Month, Amy Gibson illustrates 10 specific quilting techniques - half- and quarter-square triangles, appliqué, string quilting, paper piecing and more. Quilt along as Amy makes 20 12" blocks using what you've learned. Some are brand-new designs, others fresh twists on traditional favorites.
Amy Gibson
Amy Gibson is a passionate designer, writer and instructor who caught the fabric bug as a little girl in 4-H. Her quilts can be found in myriad magazines, at the Denver Art Museum and in her books "The Quilt Block Cookbook" and "For Keeps: Meaningful Patchwork for Everyday Living." As an instructor, her knowledge and enthusiasm earned her a nomination for 2014 Instructor of the Year from the International Association of Creative Arts Professionals. She lives in Denver with her husband, two devious twin boys, two beautiful daughters, a rambunctious husky and her fluffy feline photo assistant, Miss Adelaide. Keep up with her latest adventures at StitcheryDickoryDock.com.
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Hi. I’m loving making the blocks, thank you for sharing. But I can’t get my Dresden plate to sit flat, can you please help me? Regards Marg I
What fun blocks. Thanks, Amy.
Do you still Have the gallery of quilts made from this class?
What has happened to the course videos please. I am a visual learner and would like to watch rather than read the text. Thank you
This is a great class plus the Free Morion Quilting that goes along with it.
<em>Je ne peux pas télécharger les instructions pour faire la quilt * block of the month * de Amy Gibson. Dès que je clique sur le bouton de téléchargement, une page apparaît me disant que les instructions ne sont plus disponibles .
I am Premium Member, and I cant either see og download the bonus material. And the class is free, so why cant’t I get access ??
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Nice class!