Free Tumbling Blocks Quilt Pattern

Published: Wed, 02/28/18

Hi ,

Have you ever been afraid of making a quilt? I've wanted to make a Tumbling Blocks Quilt for years, but kept getting scared off from piecing one because of all the Y seams needed to piece the diamond shapes together.

Well, this month I got the kick in the pants I needed from Quilty Box. My box arrived with a Sidekick Ruler which cuts 60 degree diamonds, triangles, and half triangle shapes. Wait - diamonds and triangles? An idea took root and I began slicing fabric like a mad scientist on a mission.

Instead of piecing the pattern with all diamonds, I exchanged the lightest fabrics for two triangles and suddenly - No Y SEAMS!

This type of Tumbling Blocks quilt is pieced in vertical rows and I used a simple chain piecing method to keep my pieces organized and speed up the process too. I ended up creating three Tumbling Blocks mini quilts and I'm sure there will be more in my future!

Click Here to find the Tumbling Blocks Quilt Tutorial.

Each month I use the materials in Quilty Box to make a new quilt and share the free quilt pattern with you. It's a challenge to plan the quilt, write the pattern, and make the quilt in just a few days, but I love pushing myself to make something new.

Click Here to learn more about Quilty Box.

Learn How to Quilt Curving Lines

Speaking of a quilting challenge, this week we tackled Curving Lines, an easy design to quilt with free motion quilting, but quite different to quilt with a walking foot.

Remember, each Friday we're quilting a new walking foot quilting design together.

This summer we will trim the blocks down and piece them together to create the Marvelous Mosaic quilt.

Make sure to watch the video to find tips on quilting curves and avoiding the dreaded whiskering that can happen when quilting designs like this.

Next week we'll be diving back into straight lines as we quilt Jagged Plain together.

Click Here to learn how to quilt Curving Lines.

Gear up for Our Next Quilting Adventure

Last week we finished the Rainbow Log Cabin Quilt with a three part quilt binding tutorial.

This was such a wonderful quilting adventure, and I've so enjoyed seeing all of the beautiful quilts show up on our facebook group.

But we're not done exploring walking foot quilting. We have another quilting adventure on the horizon that will begin on April 2nd.

I hope you'll join in the fun and make the Prism Path baby quilt with us this spring.

This bright rainbow quilt is pieced Bargello style and we're going to quilt it with a variety of beautiful walking foot quilting design.

For this project Dad has helped us cut a 6-pack of fat quarters for the Prism Path Quilt so you can use the same fabrics I'll be using in this Quilt Along.

Click Here to check out this fabric pack.

Super Workshop Coming Soon

, this month I pulled out the Squares and Sashing Quilt, a wall hanging I quilted many years ago and shared in a DVD. During our site change in 2015, this was yet another project that fell by the wayside. One of my challenges this year is to stop leaving so many things unfinished, both with my quilts and with my business.

So this week I took this pretty quilt outside and shot a new batch of photos and I'm so pleased with how these came out. This quilt is a wonderful showcase for what you can do with thread and quilting designs on fabric.

Be looking forward to this new Super Squares and Sashing Workshop coming soon!

I'm pulling the videos together and working on the PDF learning guide for this workshop this week. Be looking forward to this intense free motion quilting class starting in March!

So that's it for this week. I hope you'll check out the free Tumbling Blocks Quilt Pattern and also gear up for our Prism Path quilt starting in April.

Click Here to find the fabrics.

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day