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Double Links quilt block

As in a Double Links quilt block...

This block might be considered challenging by some, but only because it contains so many individual pieces. However, the patches are all common ones -- half square triangles and quarter square triangles. By sewing a precise quarter inch seam allowance, you will find that this is not a difficult quilt block to make -- it might just take a while due to the number of pieces. In the end though, you will be pleased with the result.

Double Links quilt

I had great fun playing around with the quilt settings and this is one of the quilts I came up with. Not only do you have a really interesting quilt block to feature, but you also have ample free space to feature your quilting skills.

Download the free quilt block pattern.

P.S. to Maria -- does this block look familiar?

One Smart Guy

• "Creativity is intelligence having fun."
  ~ Albert Einstein

_{'Double Links' images © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com}

Happiness is a Pinwheel

Pinwheel Star

When I was a child and off on a family outing to the fair, it always made me happy when I got a pinwheel. Just seeing it spin in the wind, and flipping through its colours was enchanting for me, since I have always been a lover of colour.

Pinwheels are also a favourite of quilters. Even though the word "pinwheel" does not always appear in the quilt block name, you will see their shapes frequently.  One of my favourites is the Pinwheel Star quilt block.

Happiness quotes  for today

...(And doesn't Albert Einstein's picture just make you smile?)

Albert Einstein

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
~ Albert Einstein

"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon."
~ Winnie the Pooh

"Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."
~ Dale Carnegie

More Happiness Quotes...


_{Pinwheel Star quilt block image © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com
Albert Einstein photo - public domain}