Patchwork Pines: FREE pattern!

A tree quilt is a great way to dress up the home for the holidays. Here is a free pattern from American Patchwork & Quilting! Contemporary trees and a bright color palette add cheer to this wall hanging. Also, scroll down for more free patterns for Christmas trees!

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Patchwork Pines, ~50" square, free pattern at All People Quilt (CLICK for PDF download)

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Patchwork Ghost mini quilt: FREE tutorial!

Check out this adorable mini quilt made with Halloween scraps. At only 10in x 13in, it can be whipped up in an afternoon! Click for the FREE tutorial — including a video — at Sassafras Lane Designs.

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Patchwork Ghost Mini Quilt at Sassafras Lane Designs (CLICK for tutorial)

 

Finding Balance

An exploration of tiny log cabin blocks and contrasting color values, this miniature quilt consists of 900 pieces of fabric! When placed together, the off-center log cabins create the appearance of curves. 

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Finding Balance, 15" square, by Ann Marston (West Orange, New Jersey)  

Ann Marston is a member of the North Jersey Modern Quilt Guild, and this quilt won Second Place in its category at the 2025 QuiltCon show. Finding Balance was foundation paper pieced and quilted with a domestic machine. Each small block has 25 little pieces of fabric!  Check out the skinny white and black strips that make up the corners of the blocks.

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 QuiltCon show in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dream On, Kitty

Here is a fun panel quilt celebrating Halloween. A sleek black cat sits among decorative pumpkins in the window, gazing out on a moonlit sky.  Halloween is on its way! 

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Dream on Kitty by Linda Begega, quilted by Jean Firestine.  

 

 

This quilt was based on the 2021 Black Cat Capers collection by Northcott Fabrics.  Check out the Northcott Fabrics website to see their many seasonal offerings, including Twilight (coming in 2027!)

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2026 Tucson (Arizona) Quilters Guild show.

Alone No More

This abstract quilt reminds us of a Picasso portrait! The asymmetric face evolved from leftover, improvisationally-pieced blocks. Heidi Massingill says, "I call them orphan blocks, but don't like them to be orphaned for too long. It was a fun personal challenge to create something from such a simple start."

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Alone No More by Heidi Massingill (Avon, Ohio) @sewbot 

Alone No More was improvisationally pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted on a frame (longarm) and without a frame (domestic).  Heidi says that this fun portrait "evolved several times, staring at me in my studio wanting to be complete, until I added the final swirl in her pink hair." 

 Image credits: Heidi Massingill is a member of the North East Ohio Modern Quilt Guild. Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 QuiltCon show in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Triangle Man

"Triangle man, Triangle man, Doing the things a triangle can."  This is the theme of a small quilt by Cordelia Nance, a member of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild. Machine piecing was used to create 800 tiny half-square triangle blocks.

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Triangle Man, made and quilted by Cordelia Nance (Seattle, Washington) @NotMadeByRobots

Cordelia Nance made this small quilt as an explorationof triangles. The design creates an optical illusion, as if the triangles are overlaid on concentric light or dark rectangles. Viewed another way, you can also see flying geese patterns. 

 

Grasses

Grasses is the perfect name for this modern quilt... we can almost see the long grasses blowing in the wind! Pip Porter explains that this quilt was improvisationally pieced with cotton and linen fabrics. Grasses was quilted on a longarm with organic lines using variegated and plain cotton threads.

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Grasses, made and quilted by Pip Porter (Aberfoyle Park, Australia) @mizrini

 

 

A member of the Melbourne (Australia) Modern Quilt Guild, Pip Porter says: "I lost my motivation a while back so committed to 15 minutes of improv piecing each day. A couple of weeks later I had a pile of improv strips and started piecing them together until they were used up and I had regained my motivation."  See the closeup photo below showing the interesting modern prints and hand-quilted details. 

 

 

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Gameplay

Great colors and design stand out in this modern quilt by Sophie Zaugg. She is a former computer programmer turned full-time quilter, living in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Gameplay is machine pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted, and machine quilted on a domestic machine. 

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Gameplay, made and quilted by Sophie Zaugg (Le Sentier, Switzerland) @lunalovequilts

 

 

Sophie used a log cabin-style construction to surround and showcase hand-appliqued circles. The design reminded Sophie of the board and pieces in strategy board games, thus she named it Gameplay. To view more of Sophie's work, please visit her website at Luna Loves Quilts. 

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 QuiltCon show in Phoenix, Arizona.

Perfectly Imperfect!

This improvisational quilt explores the Drunkard's Path block in a modern way. Lisa Hofmann-Maurer says that it started out as a practice for curves, and turned into some "perfectly imperfect" curves!  The end result is stunning.

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Perfectly Imperfect by Lisa Hofmann-Maurer (Zurich, Switzerland) @sewwhatyoulove 

"Perfectly imperfect" was improvisationally pieced by machine, and machine quilted on a longarm machine. Lisa says, "I had fun playing with value and improv stripes from my scrap bin.  The quilt is quilted with matchstick quilting in different colors of thread." 

  Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 QuiltCon show in Phoenix, Arizona.

Red & White in Australia

Red, white and modern! This improvisationally pieced quilt exemplifies the use of negative space. A swath of white forms a crisp contrast with the angular red blocks. Pip Porter says, "Who knew there were so many reds and whites in my stash?" Scroll down for a closeup of Pip's machine and hand quilting.

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Red & White Study #1, made and quilted by Pip Porter @mizrini (Aberfoyle Park, South Australia, Australia)

A member of the Melbourne (Australia) Modern Quilt Guild, Pip Porter explains that this quilt was made for part of an intended series of red and white quilts, which happened to coincide with a guild Red and White challenge. It was machine pieced, improvisationally pieced, and machine quilted on a frame (longarm).  Lots of little details invite a closer look, including the hand quilting shown below.

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 QuiltCon show in Phoenix, Arizona.

Midnight Reflections

Here is a modern New York Beauty quilt that really stands out! Doreen Toby says: "The fabrics and colors mimic life, sometimes a bit chaotic, but it always works out the way it was meant to be!"  

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Midnight Reflections by Doreen Toby, quilted by Sharon Elsberry

This quilt was made in an online class taught by Dee Christopher, based on a published design: New York Beauty - Choose Your Own Adventure. Each participant was encouraged to use colors and layout to make it their own. The music and text print fabrics add so much interest to the quilt!

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2026 Quilt Arizona show.

Quilts and Nice Stuff

We found a fun site on Etsy: Quilts and Nice Stuff by Alexandra from Munich, Germany.  With more than 800 quilt block patterns, there's something for everyone! Check out the Scorpion block (for your favorite Scorpio birthday) and the Christmas quilt 25-block bundle, below!

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Scorpio block pattern at Quilts and Nice Stuff (CLICK!)

 

Christmas quilt 25-pattern bundle at Quilts and Nice Stuff (CLICK!)

FREE patterns: Village Life quilt!

Brand new... Here is the Village Life quilt and pillow from Tilda's World! The warm autumnal shades look great against the charcoal background. Some tree and kiosk blocks between the houses provide interest to the design. There's an adorable wall hanging version too.  Download the FREE patterns today!

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Village Life quilt & pillow, free patterns at Tilda's World (CLICK for quilt pattern) + (CLICK for pillow pattern) + (CLICK for wall hanging pattern)