Windmill quilt

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Like all the "Disappearing" block designs, they are somewhat misnamed. The windmills don't really disappear, they are merely transformed.

Have I told you about the scrapbook I found on eBay a few years ago? It's a collection of 1930s quilting columns by Nancy Page, Florence LaGanke, Alice Brooks and others. The columns are pasted in a book called SCHOOL LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1913. When I started writing Friendship Album, 1933, I knew I wanted

Assemble an 8" windmill block.

I was asked about instructions for the windmill quilt I posted the other day and while I’m not sure what pattern Mary from Maine used to piece the top, I do have instructions on my website for a simil

Learn how to piece the easy and versatile Windmill quilt block. Photo tutorial from NewQuilters.com. #quilting, #piecingquiltblocks, #quiltingforbeginners

Windmill quilt block February 1, 1933-"Windmill" Quilt Is as Popular Today as Ever." I think this headline could have been written today! It's very hard to trace it's origin because of it's popularity Nancy says. The Windmill quilt block is very easy to make. For a 6" finished block you need- 2 squares of print fabric-3 7/8" 1 square of color #1-4 1/4" 1 square of color #2-4 1/4" Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Cut the squares on the diagonal as shown in Figure 1. Rearrange the green square and…

Nearing the end of Quilt Market Houston 2012 coverage, and there are a few more posts to go. Here are more quilts from different categories that caught my eye because they are just amazing for a …

How to Make and Use Prairie Points This three-dimensional element offers interest to the blocks, border or binding or your quilt.

Have you taken a peek at the instructions for “Simple Windmills” on the “Rows Parade” BOM page of this blog? It is Block #1 for Row #1 in our Quilt Along for 2023. Even if y…