Darcy Quilts

I stumbled onto the Made some and Found Quiltalong in mid-February and it’s the perfect low-stakes, use up scraps, quilt for fun project for me this year! As you know…

The calendar says the Year of the Dog is coming.  Here at Darcy Quilts, it is clearly the Year of the Giraffe! I love giraffes, and I’ve got four different…

This isn’t a brand-new tutorial regarding basting, but is an update and success story regarding an earlier basting tutorial. A few years ago, I gave glue basting a try and…

After writing several tutorials on various aspects of making temperature quilts and a complete pattern, I wanted to round up all of the How to Make a Temperature Quilt resources…

I made a temperature quilt this year and documented my progress along the way on Instagram.  I also wrote a quick tutorial back in January, when I only had a…

I had so much fun making my temperature quilt last year that I wanted to make another. This time around I wanted to use a different block design and I…

It’s December 31st and that means it’s time to look back at this year’s Completed Quilting Goals.  If you are new to following Darcy Quilts, I always start January 1st…

Adjusting quilt colors – making an old pattern look brand new just by changing up the colors used using a little color theory. The quilt I’m sharing today looks NOTHING…

Remember my Flower Boxes tutorial?  I planned the size of the blocks to use up the fabric I had available, without thinking about how they would fit together as a…

Let the mystery quilting begin!  For many years, one of my sewing dreams was to make a mystery quilt.  The premise is simple – you get to learn each new…