Bindingless Quilted Placemats – A Tutorial
Monday was just one of those days. All I wanted to do was sit and sew! Something simple….. Sew a few strips together and see what comes of it. I rediscovered these batik strips from Island Batik in my stash. The strips were each about 3″ x 10″ and I thought the four groups of […]
Making Half Square Triangles – An Updated Tutorial
It seems like I have been spending an awful lot of time making HST’s lately. Last week I shared my progress on my third WoW-E! quilt and that I have plans for making a fourth version using an on point setting. I must be nuts. WoW-E! in SOLIDS on point – 57″ x 71″ It […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Binding by Machine
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 […]
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 […]