Finch Bucket Make along 2022

We have reached the end of the Finch Bucket Make Along for 2022. I’m still so surprised that people a) enjoy making this pattern and b) tend to make it alot. A friend of mine calls it a “potato chip pattern” – you can’t make just one. 🙂 To get your copy of the pattern, […]

Flying Geese Tutorial

This is a quick tutorial on how I make flying geese blocks. There are many ways to make them, but this is the method I choose. Cut one rectangle in the desired size. For this tutorial, I’ll use a 3 1/2″ x 2″ rectangle. Cut two squares in the corresponding desired size. For the rectangle […]

Finch Bucket Make Along – Week 1 – Post 4 – Quilt Block Mod

In my last MAL post, I promised I would release a modification to the Finch Bucket (original size only at this point) that would allow us to insert up to six 6 1/2″ quilt blocks into the bucket. The 6 1/2″ block (unfinished) I chose to use is a scrappy maple leaf block – it […]

Finch Bucket Make Along – Week 1 – Post 2 – The How-To Dictionary

Thank you for joining us in our make along! This post is an in-depth description of various techniques you can use to make the Finch Bucket. HOW TO CUT YOUR FABRICS Periodically, a fabric will have been loaded crookedly onto a bolt at the manufacturer causing the fabric to be pulled in two directions on […]