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Welcome to Sew Fresh Quilts! My name is Lorna and I so excited to be taking part in the Island Batik – Sock Hop Blog Hop. Each participant has featured their choice of Island Batiks new fabric collections in a Classic Block. To make my project, I had the pleasure of using these new batiks […]
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 […]
Today I am sharing a tutorial for the Stepping Stones quilt block designed in EQ7. I next had to decide on a positive or negative setting. I drew these up on my EQ7 quilt program. I asked my son Russell for his opinion. He favoured the one on the left in the positive setting. But […]
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 allow […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. Chain Piecing Technique Chain Piecing is one of the most basic time saving methods. This method involves lining up your sets and sewing […]
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 […]
I spent quite a few hours this past week densely quilting a runner with organic wavy lines. During these hours, I contemplated how much experience I have gained along the way in my quilting journey. How many little tips and tricks I have managed to learn. And I decided there is nothing I wanted more […]
Hello all you quilty people! Welcome to the Pretty Posy quilt block tutorial! This simple 9 patch block finishes at 9″ square and can be used to make quilts of various sizes. For my sample, I used 4 blocks made from Kona cotton solids, to make this cute mini quilt. Sew – Let’s get started!!! […]
