Meet Block Widow, your new favorite Halloween quilt.

Hi!

I’m Erin Nichole, the head, heart and hands behind Mija Handmade. I design bold quilt patterns for the bold quilter, and I love sharing inventive patchwork to help grow your skills.

Woman sitting on a chair holding a wrapped gift, wearing a blue cap, heart-shaped sunglasses, and a blue sweatshirt with orange text, in front of a colorful geometric patterned quilt.
Colorful design with the words 'Broom Cupboard' in large multicolored letters, surrounded by small stars and ghost shapes in various colors.
A person ice skating outdoors on a frozen pond or lake, wearing a red jacket and black pants, with trees in the background.
Pixel art illustration of colorful animals and stars on brown branches against a dark background, resembling a stylized animal habitat or fantasy scene.
Broom Cupboard BOM

The Broom Cupboard quilt pattern brings the magic of the season back to life with frightfully cute quilt blocks featuring a wise owl, twinkling evening stars, a curious mouse, swinging bats, whimsical will o’ the wisps, and the brooms that soar through the night sky. The quilt finishes at 70" x 87" - a large throw quilt that we'll finish in plenty of time before the spooky season.

✓ A new critter block pattern every month
✓ Coloring page to plan your fabrics
✓ Plenty of fabric inspiration
✓ A fabric planning worksheet

Trending Patterns

Formal Gardens Quilt Block - PDF
Formal Gardens Quilt Block - PDF
Grandma Core Quilt Pattern - PDF
Grandma Core Quilt Pattern - PDF
Circus Ring Quilt Pattern - PDF
Circus Ring Quilt Pattern - PDF

  • The Circus Ring quilt pattern provides one size, a 36” round quilt, that lets you practice all the curves and technical skills of a double wedding ring quilt. The best part? No commitment to a full size quilt..

  • The Circus Ring quilt is an oversized double wedding ring practice quilt. Read through the sew-a-long blog posts to for step-by-step help.

  • The Grandma Core quilt comes in four sizes: wall hanging, baby, throw, and bed. The pattern accounts for two-way directional fabrics, so all your stripes will run in the same direction across each flower. Read this blog post to learn more about identifying two-way directional prints.

  • The Grandma Core quilt uses nine-patch and quarter circle blocks to create these groovy flower shapes.

  • This quilt block finishes at 12” x 12”. Perfect for adding to your sampler quilt or making several to turn into an entire quilt.

  • The Formal Gardens quilt block uses quarter circle blocks. See this blog post to learn my favorite tips for sewing quarter circles.

follow along with every stitch

Does this count as a black and white quilt?? I got a couple questions about the Ruby Star Society fabrics I used in my Block Widow quilt. I raided my LQS for every black and white RSS print they had - I didn’t keep track of the print names th
What do you get when you feed a spider some corn? A cobweb 🕸️🕸️ Have you seen the news?? The Block Widow quilt pattern drops on September 22. Save this post so you can refer back to the fabric requirements when you’re at your LQS this weeke
1) Still not over this not-actually-seasonal, seasonal fall fabric pull. 2) The Block Widow quilt half square triangles have so little waste. I orig ally wanted more Halloween purples in this fabric pull, but the dark purple was competing with the
Question for you: does a pattern need to explain chain piecing? 🕷️🕸️ I’m making so much progress on my tests of the Block Widow quilt Chain piecing seems too appropriate for this spider themed quilt 😆. #blockwidowquilt #modernhalloweenqu
This month marks the last month of the Broom Cupboard BOM! It’s time to finish the brooms so they can sweep us into the night sky! 🧹🧹 BOM members, check your inbox for the latest pattern. If you’re not a BOM member, you can still join
Who says you have to use Halloween fabrics to make a Halloween quilt? Not me. I’m testing my next pattern, the Block Widow quilt pattern. I’ve actually already made one test, decided I could improve it a million percent, and am now test