Off the Shelf

Patchwork Picnic: Simple-to-piece blocks that celebrate the outdoors

By Gracey Larson

Sew cute critters, fancy flowers, birds and bugs, trees and turtles, and other odes to the out-of-doors with 30 adorable quilt blocks, each in two sizes: 6in and 12in square. The secret to making these charming designs is an easy stitch-and-flip technique that skips