Quilt Block Mania and Giveaway!
I am so excited to be part of this month’s #quiltblockmania with many other quilt designers. We all used the same color palette and designed blocks with a Halloween theme. You’ll want to check them all out—that’s 29 free blocks! Scroll down for links.
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I’m building a new program called Taste Test: Unexpected Sampler Quilts, so I designed Pumpkin Chain in EQ8 as a way to tie lots of other quilt blocks together. It would make a terrific sampler!
Just choose favorite 12″ blocks with a fall or Halloween theme. Alternate them with my Pumpkin Chain and like magic: amazing sampler quilt!
You can also change out the center portion of my pumpkin so that each chain block is different. I’m excited to share those center blocks with my newsletter subscribers between now and Halloween! Sign up for Oh Scrap! and never miss out!
Last week I wrote about coloring designs in EQ and shot a video of how it’s done. If you watch it, you can see one of my ideas for how Pumpkin Chain can be used. More to come!
GIVEAWAY! I’ve gathered some soft oranges, backgrounds and neutrals to help you get started on your own autumn scrap quilt with some of the blocks you’ll find during Quilt Block Mania.
Leave a comment before midnight on Thursday, Sept. 3 and I’ll pick a winner on Sept. 4. Tell me where you found another cool block during #quiltblockmania! The winner of the giveaway is Bev C in Florida! I have already heard back from her and the package will be on its way shortly. Thank you, everyone!
Here’s a printer-friendly pdf with instructions for Pumpkin Chain.
“Which Hat?” at Pretty Piney
Black Cat at Inquiring Quilter
Ring of Pumpkins at Always Expect Moore
Haunted House at Powered by Quilting
Three Treats at Sew Brainy
Bat at Slice of Pi Quilts
Day of the Dead Skull at Duck Creek Mountain Quilting
Gypsy Wagon Fortune Teller at Orange Blossom Quilt
Monster at Seams to be Sew
Patchwork Pumpkin at Quilted Diary
Stacked Pumpkins at Perkins Dry Goods
Spooky Star at Block of the Mo .com
Leaf Ghost at Off the Wall Quilt
Leaf and Vine at Quilt Moments
Frankenstein at Around the Bobbin
Bat by Heidi Pridemore
Candy Corn by Quilt Fabrication
Dark night by Cotton Street Commons
Pumpkin by Sew on the Go
Pumpkin and Bat by ScrapDash
Pumpkin Chain by Stash Bandit
Happy Jack-o-lantern by Patti’s Patchwork
Foundation Pieced Creepy Eyes by Amarar Creacions
Spooky Trees by Aunt Em’s Quilts
Upside Down Witch by Appliques Quilts and More
Scaredy Kitty by Tacy Gray
Sun-Boo-Net Sue by Blue Bear Quilts
Spider by Oh Kay Quilting
Candy, Pumpkins, and Witch Hat by Utah Quilt Appraiser
Tags: autumn quilt, EQ8, free patterns, free quilt block, free quilt pattern, halloween quilt, quilt block mania, quilt blocks, quilt design
Marion Lisko
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Holy Moly I love all these blocks! My second favorite has to be “which Hat” as I see SEW much potential in your zillions of ideas!
Lori Smanski
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Frankenstein at Around the Bobbin THIS WAS SO CUTE
Thank you for sharing your block.
Cyndy Lipe
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all of the patterns are great but 1 I really like is Day of the Dead Skull at Duck Creek Mountain Quilting. Thank you for the pattern and a chance to win. Halloween is my favorite holiday
Sharon Aurora
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I’m loving all the blocks for Quilt Block Mania. thank you for the giveaway.
Pamela Richards
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Hi — am loving all the patterns — I got started on these thru Scrapdash! Love Kris’ designs! Thanks for sharing
Sally Murray
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Love the chain block for puking these blocks together. Thank you
Danette Stankovich
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Candy Corn by Quilt Fabrication. Some fantastic blocks. Thank you.
Lisa Dumais
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I’m liking Heidi Pridemore’s Bat opposite your chain. There are lots of cute ideas here that will be the start of some cute projects!
Sharon Treece
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I love all the colors in Three Treats from Sew Brainy Designs. I am having a great time getting all these wonderful patterns. “Thank you” to all the designers for putting these out for free for a month.
Diane Hicks
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Spider by Oh Kay Quilting is just one of the fabulous blocks I found today, Thank you, Diane and to all of the designers.
Linda Garcia
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I think your pumpkin chain would make a great pattern combined with the happy jacks pattern. A match made in heaven!
janet schmell
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I just love your block, it’s so creative and unusual. One of my other favorite blocks is the ‘black cat’ and her cauldron. I have several black cats. Thank you so much for your block. This is the first time I’ve joined.
Diane B Paul
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I like the hat. It can be used for a birthday themed quilt too
Carolina
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Oh! This is such a clever idea for a block – I love that it can be used with so many different blocks to get a really great look. Well done!!
Diane Harris
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Thank you so much! 🙂
Beth T.
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“Which Hat” at Pretty Piney and “Black Cat” at Inquiring Quilter were my favorites. It’s interesting, because both of them could use non-traditional colorings and still be recognized at Halloween quilts, which might be part of their appeal to me. I have a brother born on 10/31 and I might make “Which Hat” and find a way to make it a birthday hat/Halloween witch hat as a nod to him.
Diane Harris
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That’s a great idea! My mom’s birthday was on Halloween. 🕷😍🎃
Carol Andrews
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I really enjoyed all of the blocks but have 2 favourites besides yours, day of the dead skull by Duck Creek Mountain and the Gypsy Wagon Fortune Tellerat Orange Blossom Quilts. I think the stories that went along with their blocks might have helped hooking me! 😉 Carol
Suellen
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I like the traditional base to your block, and I can see apples, ornaments, oh the possibilities! I also liked the bat at Slice of Pi quilts.
Debby P.
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I thought the sugar skull at Duck Creek Mountain was cool. Thank you for this block! I like that it is more traditional and there are many possible variations.
cathy k
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They are all great blocks, but I love the spider from oh kaye.
Julie
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They are all great but I like the bat Heidi Pridemore did, also the tree from Emily Bailey.
I would probably get the most use out of your block though. It would work great with many designs. Thanks for participating and sharing all of the blocks.
Susan Stanton
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Slice of Pi Quilts! I love this! So many great, free patterns. I can’t wait to collect my fabrics and get started.
Diane Oakes
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Love all the blocks, one of my favorites is Haunted House. Thanks.
Pamela Reim
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This whole set of block is just wonderful. I love your idea for making use of all the cute blocks. Being an Oz fan, I thought the Gypsy Wagon & the story behind it from Orange Blossom Quilts was so fun & creative.
Melinda Coupland Thorne
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I love a chain block and have always wanted to make a whole quilt featuring them. The mini sampler at the centre pumpkin is really cute.I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
Melinda Coupland Thorne
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Thank you to all the designers for making these patterns available to everyone during this horror of a year. Happy Halloween.
Terri J
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Frankenstein at Around the Bobbin.
Such fun blocks! I can’t wait to explore every one of them!
Carmen
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The blocks are darling! I can see picking my favorites for a small table topper. And I love the fabrics you chose!
Vicki Bartels
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Love the monster pumpkin
Janna Saeger
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What a great pattern!
Linda
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I love the pumpkin blocks, particularly the one with three pumpkins. Halloween is not a favorite holiday, but Thanksgiving is, so these block would be perfect to dress up a Thanksgiving quilt.
VALERIE
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I love how the log cabin pumpkin that you used with this block. I also love the sugar skull from Duck Creek Mountain quilting. I love anything with skulls and halloween.
Bev Cheuvront
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Wouldn’t they all make a terrific Halloween sampler quilt! Hard to choose, but I think I’ll go with Spooky Trees.
Mary Ann Plance
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I loved your block. Also enjoyed so much your Zoom program. You were so good after a long dry time.
Diane Harris
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Thank you so much! That’s nice to hear. It was my pleasure!
Diana Owensby
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My 1st grand baby Son) was born on Halloween 🎃 ⭐️⭐️ And I Love your pumpkin quilt!! All the other blocks too❤️❤️ He’ll be 3 this year
Diane Harris
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That’s a fun day for a birthday! My mom’s birthday was also on Halloween. 🙂
bev gunn
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What a wonderful way to build a quilt with only the favorites!
Sheri Woods
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Hey Diane – great to see you on the Quilt Connection the other day. This was a “spooky ride” getting to all these sites and grabbing the free patterns. But I found some interesting sites and love having new places to visit. Have to say that my favorite block was the Sugar Skull – I love Day of the Dead themes. I have only recently made my first Irish Chain blocks and love how they come together. Your block (quilt) is stunning. Your EQ 8 tutorial has also made me want to finally dive in!
Constance Ellis
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Just love your pumpkin chain. Can just see the quilt with the other blocks separated by Pumpkin Chains
Leslie Martin
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Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday, so I loved them all!!! The two I would use the most are Monster at Seams to Be and Candy Corn by Quilt Fabrications. Leslie
Meloney Funk
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I love the leaf block, but so many of them are fun. I wish I could get it done this month, but that isn’t going to happen. I’ll be making this for decoration my daughter’s apartment.
Patti
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This is a good one! Thank you for the pattern. I also really like Happy Jacks, Hats and Sue Bonnet. It was fun browsing all the creative ideas designers had and loved the color palette as well.
Judith Williams
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Being a lover of Sunbonnet Sue, I would have to say a favorite is Sun-Boo-Net Sue by Blue Bear Quilts.
Jo Setliff
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Great blocks thanks