This smaller quilt explores intersecting lines of colors.

Originally designed as “Emerald City” for Love Patchwork & Quilting, #112, June 2022.

Melamine resin dinnerware is one of the great products of the mid-1900s, in part because of its resistance to breaking. I wanted to reflect that resistance in the Broken Dishes block: what if the dish was less broken, more misshapen, with flowing curves and a dash of components that hearken back to Mid-Century. When the block is repeated, it would look right-at-home behind a display of Russel Wright’s Melmac dinnerware.

Inspired by the fabric line Favorite Things by Sassafras Lane Designs for Windham Fabrics

This intermediate difficulty pattern has orange peels and corner triangles pieced into background squares to make a throw (60 x 72"). There are two color variations- one made with 12 fat quarters and one with three colors of yardage. Some features of the pattern are digital coloring pages and paper templates.

This pattern for beginning quilters has guidelines for sizes Mini mini (5x7”) to Throw (60x72”). It features a digital coloring page and quick assembly (a throw top can come together in about 5-6 hours, a mini mini in just under 1).

This pattern for confident beginners has guidelines for sizes from Mini (18x18") to King (108x108"). It features digital and printable color pages, two-at-a-time half square triangles, works with solids and prints, and weekend-friendly top assembly.

Inspired by a plate full of good food.

This mini is assembled like a Courthouse Steps block, using pairs of strips as each component.

I chose a pine tree and the sun for the design of a wall quilt, as reminders of winter being a temporary state that we can survive and then rejoice about having passed through, but also enjoy while we are in it. There won't always be snow, but we can enjoy how it looks on the grass and trees while we remove it from the driveway. It'll be unbearably hot in too short a time, so we can enjoy the brisk air as we take the dog out.

I had a dream where I was trying to get lines of orange/white and teal/white fabrics into a design. I kept waking from the dream, hoping I'd remember it in the morning. I managed to get it digitized and as I was looking at the design, I thought if I took just a small section of it, it could be a pretty cool mini quilt. With June coming up soon and all the social distancing, I wanted to be able to celebrate Pride in my own way inside my house.

The main idea behind the Down to a Line Art pattern is to combine two pieces of fabric of one width with another piece of fabric of twice the width at a 45&deg; angle. The angles are then off-set so that there are no points to match.

Inspired by Eichler houses and traditional House Blocks, created as part of the Quilt Along for the Museum Fine Arts, Boston, exhibit “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories”

This beginner-friendly block, inspired by Disney's <em>Babes in Toyland</em>, was created for Day 9 of the 2020 Quiltmas Spectacular. The pattern creates a 12 1/2" block that can be replicated and/or incorporated with other holiday-themed blocks for a table runner, wall hanging, or a quilt. It is prepared using foundation paper piecing.


Inspired by the Danish woven baskets I would make as a child and by Lucy Dacus’s rendition of “Last Christmas” by Wham!, for Day 3 of Quiltmas 2021.

Created for Day 2 of Quiltmas Spectacular 2022, this block was inspired by the use of fire to commemorate Winter Solstice.

Ben Millett