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No, Quilst is not a typo! This is the secret world within all quilts that Mally Spencer stumbles into when she twists a button on a door block in my book Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

 

Guess what we're piecing together this week? A Magic Door Block! Learn how to piece a mini sized closed door in this new Mini Block Monday tutorial:

This block is pieced by adding strips around the magic door rectangle. This is a lot like a Log Cabin or Courthouse Steps block.

The nice thing is there are no triangles or funky units to piece! Just stitch around the door with your sets of pieces and in no time your magic door will be finished.

But don’t forget to sew on a tiny button on the side. You can’t enter the door unless there’s a door knob to twist and enter!

 

Remember, all of the patterns for Mini Block Monday tutorials are included in the video itself. Here is a screen shot of the pieces you will need to make the magic door block:

 

I've used quilting gloves for years and loved the way they gripped the quilt and allowed me to have wonderful control over the movement. When I started teaching Dad how to quilt, however, the gloves just couldn't work for him.

 

Dad has arthritis in his hands and after a few hours of quilting with gloves on, his fingers would be painfully cramping from the pressure of pressing down and moving the quilt.

We decided to try a lot of different grippy alternatives and these Grip and Stitch quilting discs were the winner. Dad could grip the quilt and move it smoothly under the needle while machine quilting, but keep the pressure off his fingers. He's able to quilt for hours at a time, and produce beautiful quilting designs without hurting his hands.

 

We currently have a lot of these in stock (unlike some other tools in our online quilt shop!) and have placed them on sale this month for $5.00 off their usual price.

 

 

Or watch them in action in the video below.

Grace Company has extended the sales for both the Q-Zone Hoop Frame and Qnique 19 inch longarm for another month!

 

Click Here to check out the Q-Zone Hoop Frame and how you can get your home sewing machine rolling fast.

 

Click Here to learn more about the Qnique 19 longarm. This is the perfect mid-sized longarm that can quilt 12 inch blocks on both the Q-Zone Hoop Frame or Continuum Frame.

 

BOTH the Hoop Frame and Qnique 19 come with a bonus light bar that will make an enormous difference in your quilting ability. Great lighting is the key to being able to see what you're doing and enjoy the quilting process.

This week we’re setting our rulers aside and quilting Inner Spiral with regular free motion quilting. This is a great design to build your skills at echo quilting.

 

Click Here to find the Dream Big Guidebook – This is an optional guide to help you get ahead on this quilt along. You can learn which petals I turned into Double Petals and how the designs will fill the quilt panel each week. This guidebook also includes information on making both the Dream Big Quilt and Dream Big Jacket!

 

Click Here to find the Dream Big Fabric Panel in the beautiful purple / teal aurora colorway. If you decide to make a quilted garment too, you may need more than one panel!

 

 

If you’d like to know which petals I quilted with Inner Spiral, check out the Dream Big Guidebook here. This guide includes all the designs we will be quilting together as well and helpful diagrams to follow along.

 

Let's go quilt,

 

Leah Day