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 […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Cutting Accuracy
This week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters is Cutting Accuracy. For the complete line up of tips, please see this page. There are two methods for cutting accurately – Rotary Cutting and the AccuQuilt GO! Cutters. Purchase Quality Tools that are of an Appropriate Size for the Job. When I first […]
Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Fabric & Thread
Introducing Week 1 of the Top 10 Tips for new Quilters – Fabric & Thread For the complete line up of tips, please see this page. Quality Cotton Quilting Fabric: Three elements are used to determine the quality of cotton quilting fabric: the thread count, the quality of the threads/yarns used, and the finishing processes. […]
Prayers and Patience
Please be patient with me. For all those who have kindly commented on a post. Written me an email in the past two days. Linked up this week with the Let’s Bee Social. It is going to take me some time to reply to comments and emails. And to be able to visit you. I […]
Finish it up {for Mom} Friday!
So back in March, I used this pattern and some Charley Harper prints to make myself a quilted jacket for my birthday. My mom adored this jacket. And so I offered to make her one for her birthday, too! She chose the red colourway for her Charlie Harper prints from Birch Fabrics. Me and the […]
Quilt Blog Tips from the Experts
You started quilting. You started blogging. Now what? Are you wondering how to turn the passion for your hobby into something more? Something bigger? Do you want to make it your life’s work? A full time business? As a quilting blogger, you may have asked yourself, “Do I have what it takes to succeed?”Just what […]
Equilateral Triangle Quilt – Finished!
Introducing my Triangle Quilt Along baby quilt… Completely completed! I started quilting by stitching in the ditch around the focus triangle. Quilting Detail Then I spiral quilted around this block, alternating between 1/4″ and 3/4″ spacing. Spiral Quilting And then returned to that focus triangle to add one final outline of quilting inside the triangle. […]
Binding Inside Corners Tutorial
The Triangle Quilt Along with Paula of The Sassy Quilter has been a blast! It’s been great to follow along with everyone’s progress each week.And it’s fun to see how differently each quilt looks as they are developing. I have my rows all pieced and my top is finished! Sew here goes! Step 1 […]