Quilting Tutorials — Fabric

We are back and ready for more free quilt along fun! We had such a good time completing our skill builder with you last year, we knew we wanted to do it again. This year we are mixing things up and doing a mystery quilt along. Not sure what that is? It simply means, you don’t know what the finished project will look like. We promise it’s awesome though. We’ve designed a big, bold, modern quilt to put together with you throughout the year. Each month, we’ll work on a different aspect and work towards putting it all together. After...

Crackle – Michael Miller Flower Fairies We created this project as Michael Miller Brand Ambassadors. We are provided fabric collections and then get to create whatever we can imagine from them! Whenever we get a new box of fabric from Michael Miller, it’s like Christmas morning. We know what collections we could get before it arrives, but we don’t know which one we will receive. When we opened this box of fabric last month from Michael Miller, my 4 year old immediately claimed them! Flower Fairies designed by Frederick Warne is a whole pile of adorableness and perfect for my...

Starting a new quilting project is always exciting, but how do you pick out the fabric? This week we are going to talk about 3 different aspects to look at when picking out fabric for your quilting project. We will talk about scale, value, and color. With some simple tips and tricks, you’ll soon be picking out fabric combinations you love.   Fabric Scale When a designer creates fabric, they create a repeat design that covers the entire piece of fabric. These designs can vary from large to very small. The size of the design is considered the scale. When...

How to Curate a Custom Fabric Bundle Have you ever looked at the custom bundles shops and designers put together and longingly wanted to be able to do the same? Do you feel like you can only mix and match fabrics from the same collection or designer? Well, you don’t have to anymore! You can quickly and easily create your own fabric bundles, mixed and matched from the entire shop, regardless of designer, collection, or even manufacturer. A couple months ago, our friend Erica shared this technique that I’m dubbing, The Best Friend Method, at our guild meeting. As soon...