Patchwork Quilt Along Block Three

It's the 15th of the month which means it's time for a new block pattern for the Patchwork Quilt Along hosted by the Fat Quarter Shop.  And I'd have to admit that this block is my favorite so far!

This month's block is called Box-in-a-Box and you can find the free block pattern here.  And don't forget to stop and make a donation to Make-A-Wish Foundation. 

The smaller scale prints are definitely working better for these blocks, since each block is only 5.5" square.  It's fun to pull out my scraps and dig through them for each block.  

Are you sewing along with us?  You can find the pattern for block 1 here, and block 2 here.  And there's a fun community of quilters gathered together in a Facebook Group.  It's a closed group, but just request to be added and then you're in!  It's fun to see everyone's blocks and to be able to ask and answer any questions.

You can also read more on these blogs - all of these quilters will be joining in all year long!

Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl (@jedicraftgirl)

Amy of Diary of a Quilter (@diaryofaquilter)

Andy of A Bright Corner (@abrightcorner)

*Bonnie of Cotton Way (@bonniecottonway)

*Camille of Thimble Blossoms (@thimbleblossoms)

Debbie of Happy Little Cottage (@happylittlecottage1)

Greg of Grey Dogwood Studio (@greydogwoodstudio)

Heidi of Buttons and Butterflies (@buttonsandbutterflies)

Melissa of Happy Quilting (@happyquiltingmc)

Melissa of Oh How Sweet (@ohhowsweet)

Pat Sloan of PatSloan.com (@quilterpatsloan)

Renee of Sewn with Grace (@sewnwithgrace)

Sedef of Down Grapevine Lane (@downgrapevinelane)

Sherri of A Quilting Life (@aquiltinglife)

Sondra of Out of the Blue Quilts (@sondradavison)

Taunja of Carried Away Quilting (@taunjalynn)

Tina of Emily Ann's Kloset (@emilyannskloset)

Carrie Nelson/Miss Rosie of Moda Cutting Table

Skipper Quilt Pattern

Today I get to introduce you to my newest quilt pattern!  This is Skipper - a fun star quilt that uses fat quarters.  The blocks look complicated but come together quite easily - I promise!

For the quilt on the pattern cover, I used the new Sunday Drive fabrics designed by Pat Sloan for Moda Fabrics.  (You can see more of Sunday Drive here at the Fat Quarter Shop.)  I love the colors in this line!    

The machine quilting was done by Melissa Kelley (Sew Shabby Quilting)  and she did this fun mix of baptist fan and clamshell quilting - called baptist clams.  And it's just perfect for what I was imagining for this quilt!

Like my other patterns, the Skipper pattern comes with instructions for multiple sizes (crib, throw, twin, queen).  The quilts shown in this post are all throw size - my personal favorite.

And here's a version of Skipper all done in solids.  I'm really wanting to make one of these to hang in my upstairs family room!

I had a great group of pattern testers for this pattern and you can see all of their blocks on instagram (#skipperquiltpattern).

You can find the Skipper pattern in my shop - and it's available as either a PDF (immediate download) or a paper pattern option.  

If you're a quilt shop, contact me for wholesale orders - or you can find my patterns through Checker and Brewer distributors.

Happy quilting everyone!