{crossroads quilt}

i am a fan of symmetry. and white sashing. and, of all pre-cuts i love layer cakes the most (aside from fat quarters...but sometimes they're just out of question, you know?).

so i was thrilled to learn, that the quilt which tacha (hanies) brought to our guild meeting was to be a free moda bakeshop tutorial!

in person it's even more gorgeous...

{crossroads quilt tutorial}

crossroads quilt by tacha bruecher (hanies)
taken at our april guild meeting (bmqg)

 even better, the fat quarterly page has a .pdf of this tutorial on their homepage to download (along with the other tutorials published on the fat quarterly blog.

{crossroads quilt @ fat quarterly}

crossroads quilt by tacha bruecher
(picture 'blog-lifted' from moda bakeshop)

{royal squares quilt}

nothing better than simple squares set in a great a-b-a-b design with a little twist! majestic :)

emily from mle knits shares her

{royal squares quilt}

photo curtesy of emily @ mle knits

{hexagon park}

my dear lynne of lily's quilt (the fabulous & talented uk-based blogger for whom i made the blog design...sorry, i'm still so proud of it :)) debuted today on the moda bakeshop with her first project!! congrats, lynne!

hexagon park by lynne goldsworthy of lily's quilts

 you can bet that this quilt is right on top of my to-do-list!

{2 square quilt tutorial}

On her Blog, Designs by Jessie, Jessie shares the instructions for a great 

2 Square Quilt.

Jelly Roll friendly.

2 square quilt by jessie of designs by jessie

{garden fence}

'Garden Fence' by Cindy of hyacinth quilt designs ~ she generously shares the piecing directions.

Love this block - simple, clean, yet interesting.

Cindy also used a great color palette

'garden fence' quilt by cindy of hyacinth quilt designs