
2023 Sew With Me | Block #8 (Beginning Quilt Series) with Erica Arndt
Erica Arndt- Fabric by Yard
- Traditional
- Lap / Throw
- Beginner
- Quilt size 66" × 81"
It’s time for Block #8 in Erica Arndt's 2023 Sew With Me series. Join her as she teaches you how to make some of the most fun and classic quilt blocks! Block #8 includes four patches that create a bit of an Irish chain and star points!

Instructor
Erica Arndt
Erica is a blogger, author, quilter, knitter, and maker of all the things! She is perhaps most well known for her homeschooling website, Confessions of a Homeschooler where she share homeschooling tips, curriculum, and organizational ideas, in addition to her quilting patterns and videos. She loves creating weekly video tutorials to share helpful tips, tricks, tutorials, fun projects, and inspiration for sewing and quilting.
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It’s time for Block #8 in Erica Arndt's 2023 Sew With Me series. Join her as she teaches you how to make some of the most fun and classic quilt blocks! Block #8 includes four patches that create a bit of an Irish chain and star points!
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The tutorial video is 00:20:26.
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Video Transcript
1. Press your seams open on this block and spin the centers of your four patches for seams that will lay flat in your finished quilt!
2. When you're trimming at the seams, trim multiple units at once or line them up in a row and use a longer ruler!
3. Use a tailor's clapper to keep those seams pressed open.
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