Quilting Tutorials — Quilting Basics

While I don’t love the process of binding a quilt, I love what it symbolizes. The project is nearly complete and ready to be used! This week, we are sharing a little twist on a regular binding. We are using a Flange Binding. You’ll need 2 fabrics and a couple extra steps, but overall the process is about the same as regular quilt binding. We’ll be attaching our binding by machine, but you can hand stitch it as well if you prefer.   What is Flange Binding? Flange Binding is a binding that includes two fabrics, a main fabric and...

This year is wrapping up quick and we are now on Block 10. If you missed block 9, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 9 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. We are working on curves this week! Quilters sew lots and lots of straight lines, but often times curves can be very intimidating.  They don’t need to be though! Use the tips we teach this week to improve or tackle curves once and for all.  After you...

We are moving right along and working on Block 9 this month. If you missed block 8, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 8 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. When we did applique the beginning of the year, we mentioned you would also have the opportunity to try hand applique this year, and we are there! The dresden plate is a traditional block that is perfect for this. I love it because there are no unfinished edges....

We love to add 3d elements to our quilts, especially ones made for kids. This is a fun and easy block you can make in any size to add a little extra pop to your top.   Fabric Requirements You can make this block any size you want. The only thing to remember is to cut your pinwheel fabric 1″ smaller that the background squares. You will need 4 background squares and 4 pinwheel squares. For our sample block, we used 6 1/2″ background squares and 5 1/2″ pinwheel squares. This will give us a finished block of 12″. To...

Welcome to month 8 of our year long quilting bee! If you missed block 7, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 7 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. We are giving you a little breather after tackling Y-seams and before we finish up with some of the more advanced techniques. This month, we are going to work on square in a square quilt blocks. One easy way to achieve a square in a square quilt block is to...