foundation paper piecing Archives

Posted on December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 by maryhertel — Leave a comment

20 Adorable Woodland Animal Blocks for Creative Sewing

With 20 adorable woodland animal blocks to paper piece for your sewing fun, this book will give you hours of creative projects! Plus, all of these blocks are interchangeable with the projects from my previous books.

Adorable “Zippy Pouch” and large enough to hold a tablet.

Sew a Winter Woodland Christmas Book

$27.95

“Sew a Winter Woodland Christmas” book contains 20 mix & match paper pieced block patterns and 9 projects; including lap quilt, Christmas tree skirt, apron, pillow, table runner, stockings, zip bags, and gift bags. Price includes shipping.

Category: Books

Tags: paper pieced book patterns

Enjoy creating these 20 winter images. Let’s embrace winter with these new block patterns.

These stockings are for the puppy and kitty in your life. With patterns for a quilt, tree skirt, table runner, pillow, apron and more…get ready for some frosty fun!

SEW A WINTER WOODLAND CHRISTMAS book is available from this post, or press here for my ETSY SHOP.

Posted on July 26, 2025July 26, 2025 by maryhertel — 3 Comments

Cluck, Cluck, Cluck…Baaaack

Here are more farm animal paper pieced block patterns for you! I am on a chicken and rooster creating spree. Here are my latest to add to your farm projects.

CHICKEN BLOCK is so easy and cute. I love a fat brown hen!

ROOSTER WITH FLOWERS is adorable with my other Farmhouse Animals wearing flowers.

FARMHOUSE TABLE RUNNER PATTERN

ROOSTER BLOCK PATTERN was so fun to use a chicken wire fabric that I came upon.

SIR CROWS A LOT block will prance right onto your quilt project!

The HEN block is a whimsical chick ready to try to fly. This pattern will add a cute touch!

I would love to see some farm animal quilts using my chickens and roosters! Please share your photos.

Posted on March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 by maryhertel — 1 Comment

Something Fishy…

Twelve fresh water fish patterns included in the SOMETHING FISHY QUILT PATTERN, plus directions to construct this lap quilt.

Fish included: PERCH, BLUE GILL, GRAYLING, MUSKIE, TROUT, SUNFISH, WALLEYE, CRAPPIE, BASS, PIKE, SALMON, and BULL HEAD. All of these fish blocks are also sold separately.

POND COLLECTION is a bundle of 4 block patterns. FROG, TURTLE, and DRAGONFLIES.

Plus this CATTAIL BLOCK is an extra block that can be used along with the Pond blocks in a quilt.

And for the gnome lovers…GNOME WITH BIG CATCH is a fun block pattern. I hope this gives you some inspiration for creating something fishy of your own.

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by maryhertel

Bunny Love and More…

Its time to dust off those bunny decorations. Let me help you with that!

Here are some of my favorite paper pieced Easter patterns…

All 6 of these bunny and peeper blocks are included in one pattern: EASTER TABLE RUNNER AND POTHOLDERS. Easy peasy patterns, and a great way to use up those scraps!

HAPPY EASTER DUCKY and HAPPY EASTER BUNNY are fast and easy and make great gifts.

I sewed tiny little egg buttons in the EASTER BUNNY GNOME basket. Too cute!

The LOP BUNNY is great for a pillow.

BABY BUNNY without a bow, or BABY BUNNY WITH BOW.

My all time favorite bunny pattern to date, BUNNY WITH FLOWERS. I have this pillow in my sun room.

And here are some new designs…

This HOT AIR BALLOON BLOCK pattern was requested for a baby’s quilt.

The TRACTOR BLOCK pattern could be added to any farm or farm animal quilt. Very cute!

The GUINEA PIG BLOCK pattern is my fave!

Thank you for continuing to send me photos of the adorable projects you are creating using my patterns…you inspire me 🙂

Posted on February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 by maryhertel — 1 Comment

All About The Farm

Growing up in rural Wisconsin on a quaint dairy farm, has given me a love for animals which is very evident in my designing. Lately I’ve had lots of requests from customers for more farm blocks and farm quilts, specifically when they are making my FARMYARD STARS pattern.

Since animal designs are a favorite of mine, this is a happy request. Here are some resent quilt blocks that I think will go great in a farm quilt.

FARMER GIRL and FARMER BOY are sweet blocks, and of course have to have chickens are their heads. I had a pet chicken when I was young…this brings back fond memories.

These quilt blocks are all 8″ x 8″ unfinished, the same size as the blocks in the Farmyard Stars quilt.

This fun little TRACTOR is very easy to paper piece, and would be great for beginners.

I’m also working on an entire collection of horse patterns such as this one, HORSE #4.

Even KISSING HORSES! This block was actually requested by a customer 🙂

Or a HORSE WITH FLOWERS! As you can see, something for everyone who enjoys farm animals. What would you like to see in your farm quilt?

Posted on July 3, 2024 by maryhertel — 2 Comments

The Newest Doggie Patterns

If you have been looking for some new pooch patterns, here you go. My most popular dog pattern is DOGS ONLY…

This popular dog quilt offers 11 block patterns for only $10. If purchased separately, the block patterns would cost $33. Such a good deal to buy the quilt pattern. Since Dogs Only is so popular , I thought it was time to design another quilt based on pooches….

My DOG LOVER QUILT has 12 block patterns and the paw print pattern for the corners. That is 13 block patterns for $15. So much cheaper than buying them separately. I had so much fun designing these cuties! PRESS HERE to watch a video with more details for this quilt.

Here are some of my newest dog blocks; designed by request, but now also available to you.