The story behind the quilt as you go quilt 'I Valentine', designed by Alaura Poole.

Learn how to get started with quilt-as-you-go; there are five free tutorials to watch and a free pattern to help you get started today!

The solution for the tiny unwanted triangle in the exploding star block. When making the 4 at a time flying geese in the exploding star block, did you get an unwanted tiny triangle in some of the units? Download the PDF document below to keep with your course notes. It will explain why it happened and if you’re yet to make the block, how to avoid it.

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In the world of quilting, there's a subtle yet powerful secret that can completely change the look and feel of the same quilt block -...

Although this blog shows a block from our 2024 online course, the techniques can be used for any quilt as you go applique pattern.

Dear Time to Bloom course member, this blog post is exclusive to you! Please login with your email and password, then hit the refresh button to download the course notes, read the blog post and watch the YouTube video ad free. (Yay!) (Do not click subscribe now). Email us at studio@patternpoole.com  if you need assistance. Welcome to Time to Bloom month 2! We are thrilled to present the latest instalment, where we will be creating a 1/4 log cabin block. In the previous month,

Each part of Time to Bloom is released on the first Wednesday of the month. We've created a course calendar for you to print and keep handy.

In this video, we show how to apply applique shapes onto background fabric with fusible web. We then show how to stitch around the shapes wi