Quilting Tutorials — Quilting

How to Quilt an Ohio Star Block

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags FMQ, Free Motion Quilting, Inspiration, Quilting

How to Quilt an Ohio Star Block

How to Quilt an Ohio Star Block As we spend the year learning new skills and creating new blocks, we are also going to provide some inspiration and ideas on how to quilt your blocks. I show a few different ways to approach a quilting plan to help you decide how to quilt your block. The motifs and ideas I show can also be adapted to other blocks using the same shapes.   Quilt Within the Block Pieces One way to approach a quilting plan is to work within the the piecing and filling in the shapes that are there....


Creating a Quilting Plan – Windswept Quilt

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags FMQ, Free Motion Quilting, Inspiration, Quilting

Creating a Quilting Plan – Windswept Quilt

How to Create a Quilting Plan It’s been a while since I shared a video on how I create a quilting plan and I’m excited to show this one to you. This quilt continues to be one of our best sellers, and I had so much fun quilting it. It wasn’t a super complicated plan, but sometimes, simple is best!   Thread Color for Quilting I want to talk about thread color a little bit. On this quilt, I just used white on the entire thing. I don’t mind the thread showing more, and when it’s all done, it doesn’t...


Machine Binding a Quilt for Beginners

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Beginner Quilter, Binding, Quilting, Tutorials

Machine Binding a Quilt for Beginners

Learn to Machine Bind your Quilt Now that we’ve quilted our first quilt top, it is ready to bind and use! This is always a very exciting step, because it means you are so close to finishing your project. Just like every other step, machine binding can take practice to master. The most important part is taking your time. If you try to go fast, it won’t end up straight. Slow down and be patient with yourself. We like to throw in a good movie and relax while finishing the binding.   To get started, the first thing you will want...


Learn to Free Motion Quilt for Beginners

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Beginner Quilter, FMQ, Free Patterns, Quilting, Tutorial

Learn to Free Motion Quilt for Beginners

Free Motion Quilting for Beginners Last week we made our Floppy quilt, a super easy quilt pattern perfect for the beginner quilter. We included a tutorial to teach you how to make your first quilt top. This week, we are ready to quilt your first quilt. There are different ways to finish your quilts. You can use a walking foot or regular foot and simply sew straight lines across the top. You can also hand quilt it, tie it, or send it off to someone else. However, if you want to explore the world of free motion quilting, this week we...


Walking Foot Quilting

Kimberlee Tanner

Tags Quilting, Tutorials, Walking Foot Quilting

Walking Foot Quilting

How to Use Your Walking Foot to Quilt Every once in a while, Missy has a project she needs finished and doesn’t have time to wait for Kimie to quilt it. However, Missy does not do free motion quilting. She loves all the other aspects of the project, but lets Kimie do that part. Luckily, there is a solution! A walking foot can be a fabulous addition to your sewing machine. Not only can it help with piecing and keeping your fabric from shifting, you can also use your walking foot to quilt and finish your project with ease and...