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Flower Moon

Amy FriendSeptember 4, 2026Complete Quilts, Uncategorized7 Comments

Dark red quilt with peach/pink circle with silhouette of two flowers within it made with foundation paper piecing and curved piecing.

Flower Moon is a personal project that I just completed. I only learned about the flower moon recently and just fell in love with the … Read More

Christmas Cats!

Amy FriendJuly 27, 2026Complete QuiltsLeave a Comment

Christmas themed quilt with cats and vintage ornaments hanging on a rustic wood barn with a bunch of holly.

I made a second version of my Scrap Cat Quilt where I replaced the wonky log cabin piecing in the cat head and body with … Read More

Keep the Summer Feeling All Year Long!

Amy FriendJuly 22, 2026Complete Quilts, Uncategorized3 Comments

Nautical themed foundation paper pieced quilt photographed in the sand and dunes in front of a white building on Cape Cod.

It’s been a few years since I designed a block of the month but I decided that it was time! I love living in coastal … Read More

A Two Color Quilt: Shuffle Quilt 2

Amy FriendJune 11, 2026Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Geometric quilt in plum and peach held in a field of yellow wildflowers.

Today I am sharing my completed Shuffle Quilt 2 that I made with the sewalong participants. My original quilt was made in a controlled palette … Read More

Scrap Cat Quilt: A Modern Foundation Paper Pieced Cat Quilt Pattern

Amy FriendJune 1, 2026Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

This combination of wonky log cabins, cats, and yarn balls appeals to me so much even though I am so very allergic to cats! It … Read More

Protecting My Peace Quilt

Amy FriendApril 22, 2026Complete Quilts1 Comment

Detail of a modern quilt with matchstick quilting in multiple thread colors over solid fabrics.

I will take a better photo once the weather warms up a bit. I am not happy with the colors or lack of vibrancy in … Read More

Eye of the Storm Quilt

Amy FriendMarch 26, 2026Complete Quilts16 Comments

Quilt called Eye of the Storm created with complex foundation paper piecing to create a sort of spiral using low volume solids paired with deep green.

I just completed this quilt that I am naming Eye of the Storm. It’s not a repeated block design, so that it something kind of … Read More

Shuffle Sewalong-FFP Modern Triangles

Amy FriendJanuary 27, 2026Complete Quilts, Uncategorized3 Comments

Modern, geometric, triangle based quilt being held in the snow.

Join me for the Shuffle Quilt Sewalong! Pattern Overview: Sewalong Schedule Pattern Details It will be fun to have a different triangle pattern to explore … Read More

Poetry Quilt

Amy FriendDecember 22, 2025Complete Quilts1 Comment

A modern abstract quilt in mushroom and pink hanging on the wall with a smaller version held in front of it.

I just finished my second version of a quilt that I am calling Poetry. I made the smaller size that I wrapped around stretchers, and … Read More

Avocado Toast

Amy FriendOctober 20, 2025Complete Quilts, Uncategorized2 Comments

Modern quilt featuring paper pieced avocado quilt blocks and toast quilt blocks, held in a fall landscape.

I was working in EQ8, using my improv paper piecing method, and the quilt I was sketching resembled avocados between the shapes and the colors … Read More

Colorfall Quilt Sewalong

Amy FriendAugust 17, 2025Complete Quilts5 Comments

Vibrant, modern, foundation paper pieced quilt with a geometric pattern and a rainbow color scheme held in front of purple loosestrife.

I’m excited to announce my next sewalong! We start Sept. 8 and the sewalong will run for 12 weeks. My goal for this sewalong was … Read More

Witch’s Garden

Amy FriendAugust 8, 2025Complete Quilts, Uncategorized5 Comments

A modern, foundation paper pieced, Halloween quilt with flower blocks, bat blocks, and a pumpkin block. The flowers all have spooky faces.

Pammie Jane, a Dear Stella designer, shared some of her new Costume Party Halloween fabric collection with me. I particularly liked her print called Spacey … Read More

Gentle Fade Quilt

Amy FriendJuly 28, 2025Complete Quilts4 Comments

Gentle Fade, a modern, paper pieced quilt, suggesting the layered petals of a flower. The quilt is deep red with piecing in shades of pink. It is being held in front of a farm house with a sunflower field.

I am so happy with the way this quilt finished up! After much overthinking and debating, I decided to name it Gentle Fade. My inspiration … Read More

Redacted Quilt

Amy FriendJune 8, 2025Complete Quilts, Uncategorized19 Comments

Redacted, a modern, foundation paper pieced quilt design with a blue background and soft green piecing. Quilt is held by some spring flowers.

Redacted was designed during the early days of Trump’s second presidency—a time marked by the rapid dismantling of long-standing governmental systems and protections. I didn’t … Read More

Reimagine Sew Along is Complete

Amy FriendMay 20, 2025Complete Quilts1 Comment

Reimagine Quilt with a center quilt block with four diagonal lines pointing to the four corners, surrounded by 12 quilt blocks around the edges. Each quilt block is foundation paper pieced and the outer block shape is the same but the interior is broken up differently in each. Colors are chartreuse, red, aqua, pink, green, and cream. Quilt is held below a blooming apple tree.

We just finished up the Reimagine Sew Along. This is the version of the pattern that I sewed along with participants. The idea was to … Read More

Phantom Bloom Quilt

Amy FriendMarch 31, 2025Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Phantom Bloom foundation paper pieced, modern quilt, with soft peach background and quilt blocks that are shaped like diamonds with little arms reaching into the block corners. The negative space looks like flowers. Quilt is draped over a rail fence.

Phantom Bloom is a modern, scrap-friendly quilt pattern designed for foundation paper piecing (FPP). Whether you love using up scraps or prefer a curated selection … Read More

Gulls 2 Quilt

Amy FriendMarch 20, 2025Complete Quilts6 Comments

A modern, foundation paper pieced quilt called Gulls, hung on a barn. The quilt is greens, blue, and white.

I finished this quilt weeks ago from class sample blocks. I use this pattern to teach Low Waste Foundation Paper Piecing. I had hopes of … Read More

Woven Quilt

Amy FriendJanuary 19, 2025Complete QuiltsLeave a Comment

I finished my Woven Quilt! My husband and kids got this great shot for me while I was teaching on Zoom yesterday. They wanted to get … Read More

Let’s Reimagine our Fabric Stash!

Amy FriendJanuary 14, 2025Complete QuiltsLeave a Comment

Woman holds colorful star quilt in snowy woods, reimagining fabric stash

Sure, fabric looks beautiful stacked on shelves—but imagine the possibilities when you transform your stash into a stunning, modern quilt. The Reimagine Quilt features 13 … Read More

Next Door BOM Holiday Edition

Amy FriendDecember 15, 2024Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Next Door Block of the Month quilt with 12 foundation paper pieced house blocks all made using holiday fabrics.

In 2020, I introduced my Next Door Block of the Month. I made my original quilt in all solids, and my second in whimsical prints … Read More

Sugar Cookie Christmas Tree Quilt

Amy FriendNovember 12, 2024Complete Quilts, Uncategorized1 Comment

A Christmas quilt with foundation paper pieced sugar cookie tree quilt blocks with fussy cut centers draped over a wooden reindeer cut out at a tree farm.

I was hoping to get a Christmas-y shot but if I wait for that, it will be Christmas. So here’s my finished Sugar Cookie Christmas … Read More

Spotlight 2 Quilt

Amy FriendOctober 1, 2024Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

The Spotlight Quilt Pattern is now available! This wall hanging sized, stash friendly project is doable in a weekend! I think you will really enjoy … Read More

Spotlight Quilt

Amy FriendSeptember 22, 2024Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

A modern transparency quilt design with a star shape in the center and radiating lines. The quilt is hung over a split rail fence.

I was inspired by the QuiltCon challenge to create a transparency design and decided to play with it on a small scale. I made this … Read More

Embrace Quilt

Amy FriendSeptember 6, 2024Complete Quilts, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

This is my completed Embrace Quilt. I designed this quilt using my improv paper piecing technique that you can find described in my book, Improv … Read More

Brambles Quilt

Amy FriendJuly 16, 2024Complete QuiltsLeave a Comment

I’ve completed my Brambles Quilt. I wasn’t sure it was going to happen with all of these 90 degree days that we’ve been having. There’s … Read More

Graphic Tee 2 Quilt

Amy FriendJune 20, 2024Complete QuiltsLeave a Comment

Graphic Tee Quilt with foundation paper pieced t-shirt quilt blocks with outdoorsy themes hanging on the railing of a lodge building next to LL Bean boots.

We just wrapped up the Graphic Tee Quilt Along. It was a lot of fun! During the quilt along, I sewed a second Graphic Tee … Read More

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