Using the Golden Ratio and other design guidelines to determine the perfect quilt border proportions. You’ve finished piecing a beautiful quilt top. The blocks are perfect, the colors sing, and…
Inquiring Minds – Just Want to Know
State After State Quilt Blocks: A Quiltblox Word Search
If you’ve spent much time browsing quilt block patterns, you’ve probably noticed something interesting. Traditional quilt blocks are sprinkled with state names (and sometimes names of cities), from coast to…
The Loose Ends Project: A Community of Crafty Kindness
How Volunteers Help Finish the Stories Left in Fabric, Yarn, and Thread through The Loose Ends Project Most stitchers understand a simple truth: every project tells a story. A quilt…
So Many Numbers: Quilt Math Revisited
Quilting is a fascinating blend of creativity and precision. We choose fabrics we love, dream up designs, or select a pattern we’re excited about. Then we piece together shapes that…
When Your Quilting Tools Start Working Against You
A Quiltblox Guide to Evaluating and Replacing Worn Essential Quilting Tools There’s a moment in almost every quilting project when something just feels … off. Your cuts aren’t as clean…
What Does Swedish Death Cleaning Have To Do With Quilting?
Have you ever been the one helping to go through a loved one’s treasures when they are no longer around to let you know what’s important to them? I’ve been…
Why On-Demand Quilting Classes Are My Favorite Way to Learn (Right Now)
One of my goals every single year — no matter how busy life or business gets — is to keep learning. Sometimes that means stretching myself into brand-new quilting territory….
WIPs (or PIGs) Taking Over?
If there’s one thing we quilters have in common—no matter our style, skill level, or stash size—it’s this: we all have more than a few Works In Progress – WIPs….
Quiltblox Customer Survey – 2026
As we start this new year, each of us gets 365 days to do with as we wish. That’s pretty exciting when you think about it. I’m using the first…
Year in Review: Top Posts We Were Talking About in 2025
What a year this has been! I thought it would be fun to do a Year in Review and revisit a dozen of the posts that you’ve told me resonated…