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 – 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 […]
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 […]
Kansas Dugout Quilt Block and Y Seam Tutorial
I just love this little guy. Such an amazing little piece. The 1/4″ presser foot with guide. Have you ever noticed those little notches along the side before? Me either… Until now! Each is spaced exactly 1/4″ apart. Hmmm….. In Monday’s post, I promised to share my secret on how I pieced the Kansas […]
Granny Square Quilt Block Tutorial – Part 2
As outlined here in Part 1 of this tutorial, your intended layout and fabric selections will be used to determine how to make your granny squares quilt. If your layout will be with sashing, you will make BLOCKS. If your layout will be without sashing, you will make ROWS. BLOCKS are made using any of […]
Granny Square Quilt Block Tutorial – Part 1
Last week I posted about my completed Granny Square baby quilt and expressed my desire to share a tutorial about the Granny Square. I was disappointed that I had not thought through the whole process before I began making my blocks. And wished I had considered the block layout before I began. As I said […]
Granny Square Quilt Blocks
What a week! What started out simple enough has turned into sew much more! Since Monday, I have been working on my very first Granny Square blocks, made from a 20 piece jelly roll of True Colors by Anna Maria Horner for Free Spirit. This yielded 20 blocks. The finished quilt is approximately 33″ x […]