Easy Patchwork Quilt Tutorial
Whether you are a modern or traditional quilter – or somewhere in between – one thing we can ALL agree on is that we share a love of fabric. When Rita of Fabric Please! approached me about putting together a fat quarter blogger bundle for a tutorial and a giveaway, I was like… YES, PLEASE! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]