Quilting Tutorials

Freezer Paper Foundation Paper Piecing and National Quilting Day!

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Quilting Basics, Tutorials

Freezer Paper Foundation Paper Piecing and National Quilting Day!

Happy National Quilting Day! We are so excited to be teaming up with an amazing group of quilters to bring your lots of fun tips and tutorials today. After you watch our video, scroll down and make sure to check out all the other quilters as well!   What is Foundation Paper Piecing? Foundation paper piecing is making quilt blocks using paper with the pattern printed on it. You sew directly on the pattern (through the paper and fabric) and then tear the paper off after you are done. Why use foundation patterns for Quilting? Using Foundation Paper piecing (or...


Easy Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Beginner Quilter, Free Patterns, QAL, Quilt Pattern

Easy Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern

For this years quilt along, we have designed 4 quilts using precuts! We love being able to get an entire line, or simply have less prep work before we start sewing, and pre cuts are a perfect way to accomplish both!   What is pre cut fabric? When we are referring to pre cuts, we simply mean a group of fabric that has already been cut to a specific size. They go by different names depending on the manufacturer, but there are standard sizes throughout the industry. Charm Packs refer to 5" squares Layer Cakes are 10" squares Jelly rolls...


Pink Lemonade Quilt

Kimberlee Tanner

Pink Lemonade Quilt

Buy the Pattern - PDF Construction Type:  Traditional Piecing and Applique Recommended Sewing Level:  Confident Beginner Quilt Size(s):  Includes layout for Throw/Twin  Buy the Pattern - PDF How it Came to Be: Summer is definitely our favorite season.  It has everything we love, sunshine, playing outside, working in the garden, kayaking, hiking.  And did I mention warmth?  We are most definitely warm weather people and even in southern Utah’s mild winter weather, Kimie and I both complain and count down to summer.  And you can’t have summer without lemonade.  Summer and lemonade just go together, which is a little funny...


Easily Line Up Blocks with Sashing

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Beginner Quilter, Quilting Basics, Tutorial

Easily Line Up Blocks with Sashing

Sashing between blocks can be the perfect addition to some quilts, but keeping it lined up and looking perfect isn't always fun! This week we are sharing our tips to quickly and easily line up sashing so that you have straight lines both horizontally and vertically.   Sashing in Quilts When we are talking about sashing in quilts, we are simply referring to strips of fabric in between the blocks. This can be in between some blocks, or all the blocks. Regardless of how much, or little, sashing the quilt has, it can make it harder to line up your blocks....


2023 Quilt Along - Adding the Borders

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Free Motion Quilting, Free Patterns, QAL, Quilting, Quilting Basics

2023 Quilt Along - Adding the Borders

We only have one more step (okay, two if you include binding) and our 2023 quilt along will be finished!    This step is going to be the quickest of the quilt along, but adding on borders to match the sashing finishes off the quilt nicely. After you add the borders, you'll just need to bind it and you'll be done and ready to use your quilt. If you don't want to add borders, you can skip this step, trim the backing and batting to match the quilt top, and bind. Miss a month? Head to the main quilt along...