Quilting Tutorials — Beginner Quilter

We love Christmas!  It might be one of our favorite holidays.  We love night time rides to see all the lights, spending time at all of the holiday celebrations.  Our little community of towns does a really fun job of activities that we always frequent.  Tree lighting, live nativities, light parades and snow ball fights (the kind we like best, with giant pompoms 😊). As we are preparing for Christmas, we know that time is short and that we all want to make the best of it.  We’ve pulled a list of all of the projects we’ve created in Christmas’ past...

Buy the Pattern Meet the Quilt: Checkmate Construction Type: Foundation Paper Piecing Recommended Sewing Level: Confident Beginner Quilt Size(s): Baby, Throw, Twin and Queen One of my favorite reasons for spring is the color.  Nature starts to wake up and gives us an amazing array of color through flowers.  Flowers make me happy and it doesn’t even matter what kind.  I do have my favorites, but overall, I just love flowers.  Which is no surprise that flower quilts are some of my favorites.  We also love to layer patterns on top of each other in quilts.  This FPP flower quilt...

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...

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. Want to grab the pattern that we use in the video?  You can find it here.  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...

This project is perfect for a last minute gift, or just when you need an easy quilt that you don't have to think to hard about.   Grab some precuts or scraps, pick your adventure, and we'll have this quilt done in no time! Materials For this quilt, we have a choose your own adventure option. There are two paths you can take. Path 1: I want to save time! Make this quilt as quickly as possible by choosing path one. This is perfect for when the baby shower is this weekend, or you just realized you need one more...