Flanged Binding Tutorial
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 […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Quilting with your Walking Foot
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 […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Sashing & Borders
Welcome to this week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters – Sashing & Borders. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Sashing: The basic building block of a quilt is a quilt block. Some quilts look fabulous by simply piecing these blocks together. Some blocks even […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – The Seam Ripper is your Friend
It has been quite a while since my last Top 10 Tips for New Quilters post was published. It’s been a busy time with so many projects and sooooo many giveaways! In between projects, I thought to myself…. “I better get back at writing these posts. Either that or I will have to change the […]
Pretty in Plaid – St. Louis 16 Patch finish!
Fall winds and cooler temps are here again. It seems that summer gets shorter and shorter every year. This week I took advantage of the opportunity to have one more outdoor photo shoot on the old hay wagon. While working on my weekly posts for the Top 10 Tips for New Quilters series, I was […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Get to know your Machine
Welcome to this week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters – Getting to Know Your Machine. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Get to Know Your Machine: Your sewing machine is your best friend. You spend hours and hours sewing and quilting. The hum of the […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Quick Piecing Techniques
Welcome to this week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters. Today’s topic is Quick Piecing Techniques. For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page this page. Chain Piecing Technique Chain Piecing is one of the most basic time saving methods. This method involves lining up your sets and […]
St. Louis 16 Patch quilt block tutorial
Today I am sharing a finish and a tutorial for the St. Louis 16 Patch. Hope you enjoy! The traditional St. Louis 16 Patch block is simply four rows of four patches. This block is normally pieced using a checkerboard layout, alternating between two fabrics. St. Louis 16 Patch quilt block tutorial One pair of […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Pressing Seams
This is Week 4 of the Top 10 Tips for new Quilters – Pressing Seams For the complete line up of tips, please see this page. Just what does it mean to press the seams? Because your fabric pieces are sewn together with right sides facing each other, it is necessary to press the seams […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – 1/4″ Seam
Here we are with Week 3 of the Top 10 Tips for new Quilters – 1/4″ Seam For the complete line up of tips, please see this page. Following accurate rotary cutting, the accuracy of your 1/4″ seam is the next step in accomplishing proper sized blocks. If your seams are not accurate, your block […]