Quilting Tutorials — Quilting Basics

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...

We are moving right along and now working on block 7! If you missed block 6, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 6 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 kicking things up a notch and moving on to Y-seams. Oftentimes I avoid anything that has to do with Y-seams, but every once in awhile, a project has them that you really want to do. So, as part of this years goal, we are tackling them once...

How to Accurately Attach Quilt Borders When we first started quilting, we’d finish a top, sew the border strips together, line it up along the edge of the quilt and add it. After it was sewn on, we’d trim it off to match. This was quick and easy, BUT, we noticed that most of our quilts had extra fabric and waves. The corners were never quite square. We assumed it was just the way that fabric stretches and pulls with no thought of the way we did the borders being an issue. I simply dealt with it during the quilting...