Dreamy Block Secrets: Sherri McConnell's Latest Quilt Along Pattern

James Miller · 2026-07-17

Welcome back for week 21 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along! We're celebrating our amazing quilting community with another block pattern. This week, we're excited to introduce the fanciful Dreamy Block by Sherri McConnell. Sherri McConnell is the pattern designer behind A Quilting Life and half of the mother/daughter fabric designing duo. She brought us the intermediate-level Dreamy Block, made with half square triangles and creative piecing. ### What You'll Learn This Week This block uses a handful of half square triangles and some clever construction techniques. You can join Kimberly for a live sewing tutorial of the Dreamy Block on Friday, July 17th, at 9 AM CT, in the Behind The Seams Livestream on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel. Sherri is sewing her Sewcialites 3 Quilt with her Strawberry Lemonade collection for Moda Fabrics. This collection features bright, cheerful colors that bring the Dreamy Block to life. ### Free Patterns and Tools You'll find everything you need to get started right here: - Sewcialites 3 Block 21 - Dreamy by Sherri McConnell Free PDF Pattern - Sewcialites 3 Information Packet Free PDF - 1-inch Half Square Triangle Paper - 2-inch Half Square Triangle Paper - 3-inch Half Square Triangle Paper Visit the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along Supply Page for the patterns for Blocks 1-20. ### See the Dreamy Block in Action Take a look at the Dreamy Block in all three size options, using different collections! Kimberly sewed the 6-inch block using Lyda Rose by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda Fabrics. Gina Tell made the 3-inch block in Wild Honey by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics. Pat Sloan pieced her 9-inch block with Rosie by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics. Three of our Quilty Staffers are joining in and making the 9-inch blocks using Blueprint by Camille Roskelley for Moda Fabrics, American Gatherings III by Primitive Gatherings for Moda Fabrics, and In the Garden by Corey Yoder for Moda Fabrics. ### Join the Community Ready to chat? Meet us in the Sewcialites Lounge. Meet your fellow Sewcialites by joining the Sewcialites Lounge on Facebook, where we will also be posting weekly updates and where you can ask questions. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates, and share your progress with the #Sewcialites3 hashtag so we can see and share your work! We hope to see you back here on the blog on Friday, July 24th, for the twenty-second block release of our Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along! Happy Quilting! Stay connected to Fat Quarter Shop!