https://www.earlybirdquilts.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://www.earlybirdquilts.com/blog/big-fish-is-here monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/e403e209-cd9e-440c-a8db-ed48652b52be/multicolor.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish is Here! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earlybirdquilts.com/blog/confession-im-not-perfect monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/32252c52-1831-47c1-a83a-310ccf7711af/IMG_5501.jpeg Quilting Adventures - Confession: I’m Not Perfect - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earlybirdquilts.com/blog/friendship-ribbon-is-live monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/4140dacd-6ffc-4636-9f7f-24927ae8157e/IMG_5498.jpeg Quilting Adventures - “Friendship Ribbon” is Live! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/f4770eb3-ae5f-4a8e-ab23-e179b7383401/FR+-+pinks+and+blue.jpg Quilting Adventures - “Friendship Ribbon” is Live! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earlybirdquilts.com/blog/big-fish-update monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/710187e0-7666-4d5e-9d6c-5abb96f3d9af/big+fish-03.png Quilting Adventures - Big (Fish) Update - Make it stand out Alternate layout for the crib size “Big Fish” Quilt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/dc1016a6-0e82-4a17-a1d9-4b6e5327ec60/IMG_5289.png Quilting Adventures - Big (Fish) Update - Make it stand out “Friendship Ribbon” Quilt - free pattern coming soon! https://www.earlybirdquilts.com/blog/big-fish-using-multiple-fish-fabrics monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/77a73cd1-887e-4f45-a511-0eb59d0823db/Screenshot+2026-02-28+at+9.46.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics Here is how much fabric you will need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/842ef6f7-e81c-42d0-9645-78dd4d939289/Screenshot+2026-02-28+at+9.46.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/79d34927-7087-4ad4-b936-da1ce332fcc6/Screenshot+2026-02-28+at+9.47.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics 19 - Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each F fin fabric square. 20 - Place each F square right sides together with a Q water fabric square, then sew ¼” away from the line on both sides. 21 - Cut along the drawn lines, press the seams open and trim to make 4.5” x 4.5” HSTs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/2e1c5ba7-418f-4c80-869e-02ad900cd4f3/aaa_F-BG-Step-1-scaled.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/fd95c08c-69b3-415e-825e-fde51d5a388e/Screenshot+2026-02-28+at+9.47.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics 22 - Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each F fins fabric square. 23 - Place each marked F square right sides together with an A body fabric square, then sew ¼″ away from the line on both sides. 24 - Cut along the drawn line, then press open and trim to make 4.5″ x 4.5″ HSTs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/d18c4be6-83c3-4595-bedf-072e985d78bb/aaa_Fin-Body-HST-Finished-scaled.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5d113d790a03184d4bb3b/a0b07ece-201d-4b62-97b5-c544c7f99a69/Screenshot+2026-02-28+at+9.47.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Quilting Adventures - Big Fish: Using Multiple Fish Fabrics 25 - Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each E fin square. 26 - Place the marked E squares right sides together with the P water squares, then sew ¼″ away from the line on both sides. 27 - Cut along the drawn line, then press the seams open and trim to make 5″ x 5″ HSTs. 28 - Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the A body squares. 29 - Place each marked A square right sides together with each of the 5” x 5” HSTs from Step 27. 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