Make an acorn quilt block with scrappy fabrics. This block features a nine patch unit for the body of the acorn. This is the next block in my fall quilt blocks series. Last week I shared a patchwork ...

A nine patch is one of the most basic quilting blocks. At it's most basic, it is nine different squares of fabric sewn ...

Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" appear to have ...