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Welcome to this, the final installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters – Binding by Machine. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Binding by Machine: One of my proudest accomplishments in learning how to make a quilt has been developing a machine finished binding method that works […]
From design concept to reality…. The making of the Elephant Parade quilt has been a joy filled journey. This project was generously sponsored by Northcott Fabrics. All those adorable animals were made from Northcott’s ColorWorks Premium Cotton Solids. Those rich and vibrant colours really pop against that snowy background. I am so pleased with how […]
Welcome to Sew Fresh Quilts! My name is Lorna and I so excited to be taking part in the Island Batik – Sock Hop Blog Hop. Each participant has featured their choice of Island Batiks new fabric collections in a Classic Block. To make my project, I had the pleasure of using these new batiks […]
It was -18 Celcius when I got into the car to head out to the class. That’s -0.4 in Fahrenheit. Let’s just say it was cold. Really chilly. Frosty. But as I drove along, I warmed up. Stopping in at the Tim Horton’s drive through on my way and picking up a toasted pretzel bagel […]
A wonderful method for starting out, and getting some experience with machine finished binding, is a Flanged Binding, also known as a faux flanged binding or piping. This Flowering Table Runner was finished with a flanged binding. After practicing the flanged binding method on many, many quilts, my confidence grew with experience. This experience enable […]
Today I am sharing a tutorial for the Stepping Stones quilt block designed in EQ7. I next had to decide on a positive or negative setting. I drew these up on my EQ7 quilt program. I asked my son Russell for his opinion. He favoured the one on the left in the positive setting. But […]
When I was offered the opportunity to take the Kona Club Challenge with Sew Sisters Quilt Shop, I was more than happy to oblige. After all…… I certainly do love me some solids. The Kona Club Challenge is to create something nice out of a fat quarter Kona Club bundle. And then share a tutorial for this […]
As I promised myself for the new year, I have been taking some time to just sit and do some doodling. No pressure drawing. Get out the graph paper and just let the ideas take shape. Just have some fun with it! Drawing inspiration from this backing fabric, Elephants in Grey by Ed Emberley from […]
Welcome to this week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters – Quilting with your Walking Foot. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Quilting with your Walking Foot: You have completed your latest quilt top! Yes! What an accomplishment. Now what? Lots of quilters shy away from […]
Thanks to the amazing popularity of the WoW-E! quilt blocks I have been sharing on social media (facebook and instagram), I could not resist finishing the first quilt one day…. And soon starting this next one! This remake of the WoW-E! quilt was made using solids from the ColorWorks Premium Solid 9000 collection by Northcott […]
